Stage 8 of the 2024 Dakar Rally, live: Carlos Sainz, live today | Saudi Arabia

The motorcycle riders are now on the asphalt of the stage, on a road, before the end of the stage marked by stones.

Laia Sanz, before leaving for the eighth episode, sent us some previous statements about how she faces the day. He was already in the Top-15 of the general car classification, although he knew there was still a long way to go and that he could not be trusted, he successfully overcame some difficult tasks: the first, getting out of the back positions. after encountering a very devastated land in the timed prologue. Then squeeze a good rhythm in the early stages of the stone. Then he knows how to suffer in the sands with a 4×2 car that is worse in said terrain than the 4×4, without being removed from the sands or suffering any problems and keeping the Top-20.

His position in that stage 6, the dune marathon, started him further back in stage 7 yesterday and he also succeeded by quickly leaving that hole with a good top-20 of the stage for rose to the Top-15 overall. It’s huge.

“We are going for the eighth stage. Today we start much further forward, in a comfortable position. I think we will be able to enjoy the stage, so it looks like a fast stage, with cut dunes at the beginning where we will have be careful, and with some complicated navigation, so be attentive and proceed too”said Laia Sanz.

If you want to check the general classifications of all the categories of the Dakar, including all the Spanish ones, you can do it every day in Mundo Deportivo. As the Spaniards arrive at the finish line, we always try to update them so that everyone can see which Spanish pilots have arrived and how they are placed in the classification. Here it is, yesterday: This is how the Dakar classification looks after stage 7 in all categories: Sainz and Loeb, it’s a matter of two; Cristina Gutiérrez, 2nd

This is the 8th stage of Dakar 2024, from Ha’il to Ad-Duwadimi. Today’s day has 26% dirt tracks, 19% sand and another 14% dunes, apart from 37% asphalt link and 4% dunes.

At kilometer 165 of stage 8 of the Dakar 2024, in motorcycles, Ricky Brabec, who started this Monday as the leader of the general motorcycle classification with only a second advantage in Ross Branch, gains some places at this start by of leading the special with 58 seconds ahead of Quintanilla, who was out of the race after running out of gas on stage 6 in the middle of the desert. Price was third at 1’07” and Luciano Benavides was fourth at 1’13”. Watch out because Ross Branch, fighting for victory in the Dakar, is now one of the biggest losers by losing 1’53” to Brabec at the start of the special.

Sébastien Loeb attacks again. Yesterday he recovered 10 and a half minutes from Carlos Sainz. Loeb opened up the track and that didn’t hurt him. He sailed well alongside Lurquin and shone with amazing speed to win the stage. It went from being 29 minutes away from Sainz to being 19 minutes away and having to reopen today. Right now, Loeb continues to attack but Carlos starts to level up.

At the first checkpoint, at km 51, Loeb passed with only 7 seconds ahead of Carlos Sainz.

Loeb heads into this stage 8 of the Dakar 2024 with the intention of continuing the attack, fueled by the incredible special he did yesterday. Loeb won stage 8 with a big recital about which Carlos Sainz spoke after the special. Sainz didn’t hesitate to say that “Loeb has us all beat.”

Here’s yesterday’s episode: Loeb takes out his claws and attacks Sainz: wins stage 7 and tightens the fight for Dakar 2024.

Welcome to stage 8 of Dakar live. The action begins with cars and motorcycles. The stage took place for a while. From now on, we analyze everything that happens in this stage 8 of the Dakar 2024 live here, in Mundo Deportivo.