He rally in Dakar He has completed only three stages and the search for favorites does not stop with the certain departure of the current champion. Carlos Sainz and part of the two-time champion in motorcycles and cars Nani Rome, who took part in the Dakar Experience. This Tuesday the nine-time WRC champion will have to go through the checkout Sébastien Loeb, which overturned at km 12, halted again at km 63 to resume the march with one minute lost. Victory in the Dakar continues to elude the legendary Alsatian who is now 16th overall with over an hour lost. The best news for Spanish riders continues to come from motorcycles with a first victory in a special for the man from Salamanca Loren Santolino.
The Valencian Tosha Schareina remains the best asset for success in motorcycles and, although he has regained time in relation to leader Sanders, who has faced problems opening the track with the electronic roadbook since the PK130, it has lost his excellent rivals for second place Howes , Branch and Brabec. Tosha He added a lot of bonuses by opening the track, but from km202 he started to punish, he fell behind Sanders and Howes got away from them.
Santolin, junior enduro world champion in 2010, inaugurated his record of marginal victories in the Dakar in his seventh participation, this is the sixth for Sherco since the victory of Michael Metge in Pisco in 2019 and the first in Saudi Arabia for the French brand. The one from Guijuelo became 10th overall and sixth in the 2021 edition. Good day also for Edgar Canetwhich continues to consume the qualifiers, eighth on the stage and 11th overall, reaffirming its status as leader of the Rally 2 category.
In the cars, the day turned out to be favorable for those who started at the back and so the 18-year-old Saood Variawa, who drives for the powerful Toyota Gazoo team owned by his father, former Dakarian Shameer, He added to his first Dakar stage victory by 23″ over Frenchman Chicherit and 45″ over De Meevius. But among the bronze Tuareg contenders, the great beneficiary is the five-time champion. Nasser Al Attiyah, sixth on the stage, cutting leader Henk Lategan to 7’17” and also moving into third place overall Matthias EkstromFord’s newest asset.
He stepped down from the provisional podium Rajhi and also provides positions Toby Price -from the fourth to the sixth- and definitely Seb Loeb, who repositioned himself 18’56” behind the Dakar leader (sixth) and this Tuesday he is 1h14’45” behind Henk Lategan (16th). The French could not shake off the curse of Dakar.
They will sneak into the top-5 Lucas Moraes and Armand Monleón. SA Nani Romewho entered in 7’09”, was given a 20-hour penalty for changing engines. Cristina Gutierrez, who rejoined the Dakar Experience, came 14th on the stage in 10’28” and became the guardian angel of Nasser Al Attiyah because after the ‘scare’ last year, when he refused to help Loeb and left, It is likely that the French will be up for the job after the new disappointment.
And the chef keeps adding great episodes Nandu Jubany who was 23rd overall, 25′ behind Baciuska’s top-20.
Provisional motorcycle classification Stage 3:
1. Lorenzo Santolino (ESP/ Sherco) 3:29’43”
2. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) at 4’01”
3. Skyler Howes (USA/Honda) at 4’10”
4. Ross Branch (BWA/Hero) at 4’14”
5. Luciano Benavides (ARG/KTM) at 4’55”
6. Stefan Svitko (SVQ/KTM) at 5’02”
7. Pablo Quintanilla (CHL/Honda) at 5’19”
8. Edgar Canet (ESP/KTM) at 5’31”
9. Martin Michek (CHE/KTM) at 6’42”
10. Tobias Ebster (AUT/KTM) at 6’53”
17. Tosha Schareina (ESP/Honda) at 10’18”
22. Daniel Sanders (AUS/KTM) in 14’49”
43. Javi Vega (ESP/Kove) at 36’57”
59. Sandra Gómez (ESP/Fantic) in 1:00’51”
62. Marc Calmet (ESP/Rieju) in 1:10’18”
47. Josep Pedro (ESP/Rieju) in 2:15’30”
General classification of motorcycles after Stage 3:
1. Daniel Sanders (AUS/KTM) 20:09’54”
2. Skyler Howes (USA/Honda) at 1’57”
3. Ross Branch (BWA/Hero) at 2’05”
4. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) at 4’21”
5. Tosha Schareina (ESP/Honda) at 8’17”
6. Luciano Benavides (ARG/KTM) at 12’37”
7. Pablo Quintanilla (CHL/Honda) at 15’42”
8. Adrien Van Beveren (FRA/Honda) at 16’24”
9. Nacho Cornejo (CHL/Hero) at 41’18”
10. Lorenzo Santolino (ESP/ Sherco) at 42’18”
11. Edgar Canet (ESP/KTM) in 44’59” (Rally 2 leader)
12. Brad Cox (RSA/KTM) at 46’08”
41. Javi Vega (ESP/Kove) in 3:39’31”
54. Marc Calmet (ESP/Rieju) in 5:37’07”
56. Sandra Gómez (ESP/Fantic) in 6:00’34”
Provisional car classification (ultimate) Stage 3:
1. Saood Variawa (RSA/Toyota) 3:16’52”
2. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA/ Mini) at 23″
3. Guillaume de Mevius (BEL/Mini) at 45″
4. Seth Quintero (USA/Toyota) at 1’48”
5. Joao Ferreira (POR/Mini) 3’15”
6. Nasser Al Attiyah (QAT/Dacia) at 3’34”
7. Mattias Ekström (SUE/Ford) at 3’49”
8. Mathieu Serradori (FRA/Century) at 5’00”
9. Lucas Moraes-Armand Monleón (BRA-ESP/Toyota) at 6’14”
10. Giniel de Villiers (RSA/Toyota) at 6’32”
11. Henk Lategan (RSA/Toyota) at 7’31”
14. Cristina Gutiérrez-Pablo Moreno (ESP/Dacia) in 10’28”
17. Toby Price (AUS/Toyota) in 16’04”
20. Rokas Baciuska – Oriol Mena (LIT-ESP/Toyota) in 16’56”
22. Juan Cruz Yacopini- Dani Oliveras (ARG/ESP/Toyota) and 21’55”
29. Nandu Jubany-Marc Solà (ESP/MD) in 30’47”
…Sebastien Loeb (FRA/Dacia) in 1:03’20”
… Nani Roma-Alex Haro (ESP/Ford) in 20:07’09” (20 hour penalty for engine change)
General classification of cars (ultimate) after Stage 3:
1. Henk Lategan (RSA/Toyota) 19:04’53”
2. Nasser Al Attiyah (QAT/Dacia) at 7’17”
3. Mattias Ekström (SUE/Ford) at 9’34”
4. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU/Toyota) at 11’45”
5. Lucas Moraes-Armand Monleón (BRA-ESP/Toyota) in 19’40”
6. Toby Price (AUS/Toyota) in 20’17”
7. Mathieu Serradori (FRA/Century) in 21’15”
8. Mitchell Guthrie (USA/Ford) in 23’40”
9. Joao Ferreira (POR/Mini) 32’07”
10. Seth Quintero (USA/Toyota) in 35’04”
11. Juan Cruz Yacopini- Dani Oliveras (ARG/ESP/Toyota) in 35’16”
16. Sébastien Loeb (FRA/Dacia) in 1:14’45”
20. Rokas Baciuska – Oriol Mena (LIT-ESP/Toyota) in 2:18’39”
23. Nandu Jubany-Marc Solà (ESP/MD) in 30’47” in 2:43’57”
…. Cristina Gutiérrez-Pablo Moreno (ESP/Dacia) 36:14’48”
…. Nani Roma-Álex Haro (ESP/Ford) 61:03’44”
*The item may change as participants arrive
Source: La Verdad
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