This year, the 48-hour marathon is scheduled as the second stage of the Dakar and has been a battle of favorites and non-favourites which is expected due to the type of terrain on which it is held, nothing to do with the sands. of Last year in the Empty Quarter they had done their thing. In the cars there was an amazing turnaround in the classification with the champion Carlos Sainz unfortunately giving away the crown, however this nightmare phase ends for him.
Specialists Al Rajhi and Al Attiyah obtained oil by ‘cleaning’ their direct rivals with their expertise in medium and high sands and only South Africa Hank Latemanwho became the leader, resisted the attack of the Arab pilots. He was 2’45” ahead of his Toyota teammate Al Rajhi and 7’14” ahead of Al Attiyah’s Dacia.
The biggest surprise of this 48 hours was Toyota accumulating four motorcycle titles Price-Sunderland who finished fourth at 11’44” from the head.
After the technical problems of the first part of Seb Loeb The tools were salvaged on Monday, probably at the cost of parts from his car. Cristina Gutierrezwho had to leave, with dizzying speed at the end of the special and sixth place overall in 18’46”.
on motorcycles Daniel Sanders He completed a 48-hour stage and continued to add special stages without stopping and cemented his leadership today with 12’36” over Howes while the Valencian Tosha Schareina He would be fourth, just 8″ behind third Branch and 12″ second, his Honda teammate Howes, and ahead of reigning champion Brabec.
But the big surprise in these 48 hours was made by the very young debutant Edgar Canet who entered the top-10 of the stage and the general classification.
Provisional motorcycle classification Stage 2:
1. Daniel Sanders (AUS/KTM) 11:12’13”
2. Adrien Van Beveren (FRA/Honda) at 6’45”
3. Skyler Howes (USA/Honda) at 7’37”
4. Tosha Schareina (ESP/Honda) at 7’41”
5. Ross Branch (BWA/Hero) in 10’02”
6. Luciano Benavides (ARG/KTM) at 11’49”
7. Michael Docherty (RSA/KTM) in 11’50”
8. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) at 12’47”
9. Pablo Quintanilla (CHL/Honda) at 13’39”
10. Edgar Canet (ESP/KTM) at 15’43”
11. Lorenzo Santolino (ESP/ Sherco) at 25’50”
12. Nacho Cornejo (CHL/Hero) at 26’09”
General classification of motorcycles after Stage 2:
1. Daniel Sanders (AUS/KTM) 16:10’30”
2. Skyler Howes (USA/Honda) at 12’36”
3. Ross Branch (BWA/Hero) at 12’40”
4. Tosha Schareina (ESP/Honda) in 12’48”
5. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) at 15’09”
6. Adrien Van Beveren (FRA/Honda) at 22’10”
7. Luciano Benavides (ARG/KTM) at 22’31”
8. Pablo Quintanilla (CHL/Honda) at 25’12”
9. Nacho Cornejo (CHL/Hero) at 46’57”
10. Edgar Canet (ESP/KTM) in 48’07”
11. Bradley Cox (RSA/KTM) at 53’36”
12. Lorenzo Santolino (ESP/ Sherco) at 57’07”
Provisional classification of vehicles Stage 2:
1. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU/Toyota) 10:54’54”
2. Nasser Al Attiyah (QAT/Dacia) at 4’29”
3. Henk Lategan (RSA/Toyota) at 6’16”
4. Juan C. Yacopini- Dani Oliveras (ARG/ESP/Toyota) in 8’45”
5. Mathieu Serradori (FRA/Century) at 9’59”
6. Rokas Baciuska – Oriol Mena (LIT-ESP/Toyota) in 11’17”
7. Sébastien Loeb (FRA/Dacia) in 14’58”
8. Mattias Ekström (SUE/Ford) in 15’42”
9. Toby Price (AUS/Toyota) at 16’14”
10. Mitchell Guthrie (USA/Ford) in 24’04”
11. Lucas Moraes-Armand Monleón (BRA-ESP/Toyota) in 28’07”
General classification of cars after Stage 2:
1. Henk Lategan (RSA/Toyota) 15:40’30”
2. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU/Toyota) at 2’45”
3. Nasser Al Attiyah (QAT/Dacia) at 7’14”
4. Toby Price (AUS/Toyota) in 11’44”
5. Mattias Ekström (SUE/Ford) at 13’16”
6. Sebastien Loeb (FRA/Dacia) in 18’46”
7. Mitchell Guthrie (USA/Ford) in 19’33”
8. Mathieu Serradori (FRA/Century) in 20’45”
9. Lucas Moraes-Armand Monleón (BRA-ESP/Toyota) in 20’57”
10. Juan C. Yacopini- Dani Oliveras (ARG/ESP/Toyota) in 23’57”
*The item may change as participants arrive
Source: La Verdad
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