Dakar: Barreda wins stage, Walter Roelants evacuated after crash
The HRC Honda Rally Team was partying today in the Dakar Rally. Joan Barreda won the stage from Al Qaisumah to Riyadh ahead of teammate Pablo Quintanilla.
Today's big surprise came from the Italian MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci. He managed to finish third in a stage that was treacherous due to the high speeds and the length of the special. This proves that Petrucci is not afraid to open the throttle wide in the desert. How unfortunate it is that he was given a lot of time on Monday due to a defective fuel pump.
The French brand Sherco did well with a fourth place for Rui Goncalves and a fifth for Lorenzo Santolino. Kevin Benavides lost seventeen minutes, Daniel Sanders came in at eighteen minutes. Yamaha rider Adrien Van Beveren made a bad turn today and came in 15 minutes behind winner Barreda. In the general classification he is now just under five minutes behind leader Sam Sunderland. It is Matthias Walkner who now takes second place in the standings.
Crash Walter Roelants
Bad news from the Belgian camp. Walter Roelants crashed during the internship and was taken away by helicopter. He is then flown by plane to a military hospital. He is said to have suffered a back injury. According to him, there would be no major problems. Walter Roelants: “My heart hurts more than my back”. It was Mathieu Liebaert who provided assistance after the crash and helped Roelants into the helicopter.
The best Belgian today was once again Jérôme Martiny. He clocked in at a 47th place. Mikael Despontin turned 51th. Due to the assistance that Mathieu Liebaert provided to Walter Roelants, he probably lost a lot of time. At the time of going to press we had no information about his ranking. The Dutchman Wiljan van Wikselaar turned 49th, his compatriot Mirjam Pol was 54th across the line. Bram van der Wouden was also not yet in when this article was published. You can view the full results via this link.
Tomorrow there is a 346 km internship on the agenda from Riyadh to Riyadh. The decor now changes abruptly and rock formations and the accompanying arm pump will be on the menu of the day.
Stage 4 Al Qaisumah - Riyadh
1 | 088 – JOAN BARREDA BORT (ESP) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 4h07m06s | + 00: 00: 00 | + 00: 01: 00 |
2 | 007 – PABLO QUINTANILLA (CHL) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 4h10m43s | + 00: 03: 37 | –:–:– |
3 | 019 – MOULTING GONÇALVES (PRT) | SHERCO FACTORY 450 SEF RALLY | 4h14m05s | + 00: 06: 59 | –:–:– |
4 | 015 – LORENZO SANTOLINO (ESP) | SHERCO FACTORY 450 SEF RALLY | 4h15m02s | + 00: 07: 56 | –:–:– |
5 | 077 – LUCIANO BENAVIDES (ARG) | HUSQVARNA 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 4h16m01s | + 00: 08: 55 | –:–:– |
6 | 003 – SAM SUNDERLAND (GBR) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 4h16m21s | + 00: 09: 15 | –:–:– |
7 | 052 – MATTHEW WALKNER (AUT) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 4h17m51s | + 00: 10: 45 | –:–:– |
8 | 142 – STEFAN SVITKO (SVK) | KTM 450 FACTORY RALLY REPLICA | 4h19m09s | + 00: 12: 03 | –:–:– |
9 | 010 – MARTIN MICHEK (CZE) | KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA | 4h20m24s | + 00: 13: 18 | –:–:– |
10 | 002 – RICKY BRABEC (USA) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 4h20m40s | + 00: 13: 34 | + 00: 02: 00 |
47 | 056 – JEROME MARTINY (WHITE) | HUSQVARNA 450 RALLY | 4h54m08s | + 00: 47: 02 | –:–:– |
49 | 095 – WILJAN VAN WIKSELAAR (NLD) | KTM 450 EXC | 5h08m29s | + 01: 01: 23 | –:–:– |
51 | 058 – MIKAEL DESPONTIN (BEL) | KTM 450 RALLYE | 5h17m38s | + 01: 10: 32 | –:–:– |
54 | 040 – MIRJAM POL (NLD) | HUSQVARNA FR 450 RALLY | 5h20m43s | + 01: 13: 37 | –:–:– |
Interim score
1 | 003 – SAM SUNDERLAND (GBR) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 15h30m01s | + 00: 00: 00 | –:–:– | (1) |
2 | 052 – MATTHEW WALKNER (AUT) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 15h33m01s | + 00: 03: 00 | –:–:– | (2) |
3 | 042 – ADRIEN VAN BEVEREN (FRA) | YAMAHA WR450F | 15h34m55s | + 00: 04: 54 | –:–:– | (3) |
4 | 004 – DANIEL SANDERS (AUS) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 15h37m08s | + 00: 07: 07 | –:–:– | (4) |
5 | 015 – LORENZO SANTOLINO (ESP) | SHERCO FACTORY 450 SEF RALLY | 15h40m29s | + 00: 10: 28 | –:–:– | (5) |
6 | 007 – PABLO QUINTANILLA (CHL) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 15h41m14s | + 00: 11: 13 | –:–:– | (6) |
7 | 088 – JOAN BARREDA BORT (ESP) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 15h43m13s | + 00: 13: 12 | + 00: 01: 00 | (7) |
8 | 005 – SKYLER HOWES (USA) | HUSQVARNA 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 15h45m17s | + 00: 15: 16 | –:–:– | (8) |
9 | 142 – STEFAN SVITKO (SVK) | KTM 450 FACTORY RALLY REPLICA | 15h50m43s | + 00: 20: 42 | –:–:– | (9) |
10 | 001 – KEVIN BENAVIDES (ARG) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 15h55m13s | + 00: 25: 12 | –:–:– | (10) |
39 | 056 – JEROME MARTINY (WHITE) | HUSQVARNA 450 RALLY | 17h41m05s | + 02: 11: 04 | –:–:– | (39) |
44 | 095 – WILJAN VAN WIKSELAAR (NLD) | KTM 450 EXC | 18h46m58s | + 03: 16: 57 | –:–:– | (44) |
49 | 058 – MIKAEL DESPONTIN (BEL) | KTM 450 RALLYE | 19h15m45s | + 03: 45: 44 | –:–:– | (49) |
55 | 040 – MIRJAM POL (NLD) | HUSQVARNA FR 450 RALLY | 19h40m15s | + 04: 10: 14 | + 00: 15: 00 | (55) |
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