Dakar: Benavides wins stage, Sunderland seizes power
British GasGas driver Sam Sunderland was in the lead for almost the entire day today, but saw Kevin Benavides rush past him to victory in the final meters. Sunderland starts tomorrow as the leader, almost 7 minutes ahead of Pablo Quintanilla and Matthias Walkner
Benavides retired yesterday with a broken engine and was able to start today outside the rankings with a new power source. Sunderland crossed the line just four seconds later. Hero's Joaquim Rodrigues completed the podium, 2.26 minutes behind.
Adrien Van Beveren, who left as leader, had to look for a waypoint early in the stage and lost 21 minutes. He must start the last stage of this Dakar tomorrow with 15 minutes behind Sunderland. Joan Barreda was also given time, coming in at 25 minutes. Luciano Benavides and Toby Price lost 27 and 30 minutes respectively.
The Belgians also rode a solid race today. Jérôme Martiny turned 32th. Mikael Despontin and Mathieu Liebaert turned 55 respectivelyth in 65. th. The Dutch Wiljan van Wikselaar and Mirjam Pol were flagged as 46th in 60. th. You can get all the results read here.
So tomorrow is the last stage in these 44th Dakar Rally. It departs from Bisha and arrives in Jeddah. There is a 165 km special on the program with sand routes. The dunes are behind us, so there can be a lot of flames towards the Red Sea again. Can Sam Sunderland take victory tomorrow and give a first victory to GasGas?
Stage 11 Bisha -Bisha
1 | 001 – KEVIN BENAVIDES (ARG) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 3h30m56s | + 00: 00: 00 | –:–:– |
2 | 003 – SAM SUNDERLAND (GBR) | GASGAS 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 3h31m00s | + 00: 00: 04 | –:–:– |
3 | 027 – JOAQUIM RODRIGUES (PRT) | HERO 450 RALLY | 3h33m22s | + 00: 02: 26 | –:–:– |
4 | 052 – MATTHEW WALKNER (AUT) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 3h35m50s | + 00: 04: 54 | –:–:– |
5 | 002 – RICKY BRABEC (USA) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 3h36m18s | + 00: 05: 22 | –:–:– |
6 | 007 – PABLO QUINTANILLA (CHL) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 3h38m36s | + 00: 07: 40 | –:–:– |
7 | 011 – JOSE IGNACIO CORNEJO FLORIMO (CHL) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 3h39m01s | + 00: 08: 05 | –:–:– |
8 | 078 – ROMAIN DUMONTIER (FRA) | HUSQVARNA 450 RALLY | 3h45m56s | + 00: 15: 00 | –:–:– |
9 | 029 – ANDREW SHORT (USA) | YAMAHA WR450F RALLY | 3h46m42s | + 00: 15: 46 | –:–:– |
10 | 142 – STEFAN SVITKO (SVK) | KTM 450 FACTORY RALLY REPLICA | 3h48m47s | + 00: 17: 51 | –:–:– |
32 | 056 – JEROME MARTINY (WHITE) | HUSQVARNA 450 RALLY | 4h07m24s | + 00: 36: 28 | –:–:– |
46 | 095 – WILJAN VAN WIKSELAAR (NLD) | KTM 450 EXC | 4h33m21s | + 01: 02: 25 | –:–:– |
55 | 058 – MIKAEL DESPONTIN (BEL) | KTM 450 RALLYE | 4h43m24s | + 01: 12: 28 | + 00: 14: 00 |
60 | 040 – MIRJAM POL (NLD) | HUSQVARNA FR 450 RALLY | 4h51m31s | + 01: 20: 35 | + 00: 06: 00 |
65 | 114 – MATHIEU LIEBAERT (BEL) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 4h57m17s | + 01: 26: 21 | –:–:– |
Interim score
1 | 003 – SAM SUNDERLAND (GBR) | GASGAS 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 37h04m05s | + 00: 00: 00 | –:–:– | (1) |
2 | 007 – PABLO QUINTANILLA (CHL) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 37h10m57s | + 00: 06: 52 | + 00: 01: 00 | (2) |
3 | 052 – MATTHEW WALKNER (AUT) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 37h11m20s | + 00: 07: 15 | –:–:– | (3) |
4 | 042 – ADRIEN VAN BEVEREN (FRA) | YAMAHA WR450F | 37h19m35s | + 00: 15: 30 | –:–:– | (4) |
5 | 088 – JOAN BARREDA BORT (ESP) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 37h31m59s | + 00: 27: 54 | + 00: 03: 00 | (5) |
6 | 002 – RICKY BRABEC (USA) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 37h41m29s | + 00: 37: 24 | + 00: 02: 00 | (6) |
7 | 011 – JOSE IGNACIO CORNEJO FLORIMO (CHL) | HONDA CRF450 RALLY | 37h45m07s | + 00: 41: 02 | –:–:– | (7) |
8 | 029 – ANDREW SHORT (USA) | YAMAHA WR450F RALLY | 37h47m45s | + 00: 43: 40 | –:–:– | (8) |
9 | 043 – MASON KLEIN (USA) | KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA | 37h55m14s | + 00: 51: 09 | –:–:– | (9) |
10 | 018 – TOBY PRICE (AUS) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 37h56m32s | + 00: 52: 27 | + 00: 06: 00 | (10) |
31 | 056 – JEROME MARTINY (WHITE) | HUSQVARNA 450 RALLY | 41h47m53s | + 04: 43: 48 | –:–:– | (31) |
44 | 095 – WILJAN VAN WIKSELAAR (NLD) | KTM 450 EXC | 45h54m10s | + 08: 50: 05 | + 00: 23: 14 | (44) |
48 | 058 – MIKAEL DESPONTIN (BEL) | KTM 450 RALLYE | 46h52m06s | + 09: 48: 01 | + 00: 21: 00 | (48) |
49 | 040 – MIRJAM POL (NLD) | HUSQVARNA FR 450 RALLY | 46h57m54s | + 09: 53: 49 | + 00: 25: 00 | (49) |
57 | 114 – MATHIEU LIEBAERT (BEL) | KTM 450 RALLY FACTORY REPLICA | 49h26m47s | + 12: 22: 42 | + 00: 01: 00 | (57) |
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