Nasser Al-Attiyah its comeback operation begins. The Qatari Dacia driver had to recover from the problem he suffered in the previous stage, in the first part of the marathon stage, which saw him lose more than half an hour compared to the general leader. Henk Lategan. And a day later, in the second part of the marathon stage, he went on the attack, by accident.
He 5 times champion of Dakar He took first place at kilometer 173 and from there he continued to gain time and started closing in on his rivals in the overall standings. Lategan, Al-Rajhi and Ekström.
Nasser achieved his 48th stage win, putting himself just 2 away from the record of Homeland and Peterhansel. He told this newspaper a few days ago that this is not his goal, but to be the ‘Prince of Dakar’ with 5 clubs this year. However, to do this he needs to change his approach and push as hard as possible in search of closer to the general classification. It meant winning and he did it.
Quick reaction from a Qatari who did not give up anything for the lost and won the stage by 9 minutes against Quintero, who put 10 minutes on him. Lategan and Ekström and 14 in Al-Rajhi.
In this way, the Dakar in cars has reached its resting phase Henk Lategan (Toyota Overdrive) leader with a margin of 10’17” and above Al-Rajhiincluding Ekström (Ford) in 20’54 and Nasser in exactly 2’5 minutes.
The best Spaniard in the general classification continues to be the Catalan co-pilot Armand Monleon (Toyota official), comp Lucas Moraes41’55” from the general leader. For his part, the navigator of Yacopiniand Catalan Dani Oliveras, is 1 hour and 3 minutes behind the leader.
Nani Roma, had an accident
Nani Roma, who after withdrawing due to problems with his Ford rejoined to fulfill backpacker duties with Mattias Ekström and Mitch Guthrie, suffered an accident against Vitse at kilometer 203 of stage 5 of Dakar 2025. He broke the right front part of the car and had to wait for the help of the Ford truck during the race to help him.
Source: La Verdad
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