Tosha Schareina He didn’t want to admit an open secret, that he broke his left collarbone in a fall on stage 5. He didn’t want to show signs of weakness against his rival, the reliable and very fast Daniel Sanders. The Valencian still believes it is possible. There are 4 episodes left and any mistake by Daniel could put the title on a plate. But in stage 9 now, starting from Al Duwadimi and when it comes to Haradat the door of ‘Empty Quarter’, The Valencian Honda rider suffered a very hard fall at kilometer 20 of the special and lost time that could have been decisive.
Despite the severe fall, Toshawith a great finish on the stage in a place of very difficult navigation, where Canet He said it looked “more like a puzzle than a roadbook,” Schareina just give up 3’45” to Sanders with a heroic final attack, finishing 7th on the stage despite falling.
Tosha Schareina’s hard fall: she got up and kept going
Tosha He left his motorcycle on the ear and had a strong impact on the ground. He got up as fast as he could. He tried to stand the motorcycle with his right hand. And immediately after, he returned to his Honda to speed up, as if nothing had happened. That added to the pain and injury he already had on his collarbone. Too affected, with a sore body and 14 minutes and 45 seconds off the lead with just 3 stages to go.
David Castera, director of the Dakar, insisted on the enormous difficulty of stage 11, the penultimate one, and that it must be followed. Toshaaware that in the sands of the last three days, it will be difficult to have a big difference between all.
Luciano Benavides scored his second straight winning streak, winning the game by 1’54” to Van Beveren and for 3’04” to Sanderswho was third on another day of perfect race management.
Canet, final navigation problem
Edgar Canet He was shining, showing tremendous speed, as he has been doing for the past few days. So two checkpoints before reaching the finish line he was the third fastest among dirt bikes. 2’48”but ended up giving up 11 minutes compared to the stage winner in the latter part a real puzzle, a navigational torture that affected most pilots.
Source: La Verdad
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