The American pilot Ricky Brabec (Monster Energy Team Honda) won this Wednesday of stage 3 of the YPF INFINIA Route 40 Challenge Rally, held in the Argentine province of San Juan, and led by motorcycles. For his part, the American too Seth Quintero was the best in cars, continuing under the dominance of Saudi Yazeed Al Rajhi, while in Quads the local Manuel Andujar consolidated his lead.
During a classic stage of the Raid Rally, with 341 kilometers of selective section and another 137 links, the desert of the Cuyo region, which left its mark during the passage of the Dakar Rally in South America, once again surprised and ask the drivers.
Without the oppressive heat of January, as in the South American versions of the Dakar, the province of San Juan is the scene of the same “off road” essence as before that Brabec took advantage of to achieve a resounding victory and capture the general. classification, extending the dominance of Honda occupying the first four positions in this race.
The American completed Wednesday’s special in 3:15.15 and won by 3.27 over compatriot and teammate Skyler Howes, while third was Spain’s Tosha Schareina, in 3:38.
In this way, the general classification is led by Brabec with a 1.34 advantage over Schareina, winner of Route 40 in 2023. In third place appears the Frenchman Adrien Van Beveren, who today started the day as leader but lost time in the opening. trace.
In the Quads, Argentine Manuel Andujar (Yamaha) won his third stage in a row and is already more than half an hour ahead of his runner-up and compatriot in the general classification, Facundo Viel (MEC Team).
Among the cars, in the Ultimate class, Seth Quintero and Dennis Zenz (Toyota Gazoo Racing) completed the section in 3:14.0 and beat Nasser Al Attiyah and Edouard Boulanger (Nasser Racing by Prodrive) by 1:09, who managed to discount some. second to Yazeed Al Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk (Overdrive Racing) who, despite third, still dominates the overall standings with a 2.21 lead over the Qatari.
In the Challenger, Nazareno López and Lino Sisterna (Taurus T3 Max) sprung a surprise when they won the stage in the category dominated by Rokas Baciuska and Sebastien Delaunay (Can-Am Factory Team). In SSV, victory went to Spaniards Ricardo Ramilo and Fausto Motta (BPR Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR), who also topped the General Class.
In the Open, Julián Sánchez Dabin (Max Clean Rally Team) won and took the lead in Motorcycles, while Jeremías González Ferioli and Gonzalo Rinaldi (Ferioli Racing Team) took the lead in Cars.
This Thursday is the turn of the La Rioja region and there will be more time to navigate the first part of the 412 kilometer special that will have this penultimate stage.
The start of this speed sector is through the dune sector which will once again test the navigation of the track openers.
Small sand dunes with plants that turn into an area of swamps, are joined by several areas of salt flats that off-road specialists can take advantage of.
Then, the race will enter some of the Riojan roads visited by last year’s race; These are very technical last kilometers that test the physical condition of the pilots because the margin for error is zero.
The competition will run until next Friday in a circuit that crosses the provinces of Córdoba and San Juan to end in La Rioja, between the heart of the Argentine territory and the west in the shadow of the Andean mountain range.
The circuit covers 3,057 kilometers of the southern country, with 1,792 kilometers of special, and ends in ‘La Docta’ – the name given to the city of Córdoba due to its university status.
Source: La Verdad
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