RALLY DAKAR 2023
Daniel Sanders sweeps, Joan Barreda resists and Ricky Brabec abandons the Dakar 2023
The Australian Daniel Sanders has risen to the leadership of the Dakar 2023 after giving a true exhibition in the third stage, covering in 4 hours, 24 minutes and 15 seconds the 447 timed kilometers between Al Ula and Ha'il to lead by more than five minutes Argentine Kevin Benavides with American Mason Klein saving the day after opening track from start to finish.
The Spanish Joan Barreda has resisted as he could after injuring his foot in yesterday's stage to be fifth overall, on a day in which the American Ricky Brabec, the second of the great favorites who says goodbye, has abandoned after Sam Sunderland two days ago.
Mason Klein, winner of yesterday's stage, opened the track with the incentive of bonuses for the first three; while behind him Skyler Howes did not take long to pass Sebastian Bühler to snatch these bonuses. Thus, two stages were opened in one: that of the two Americans for losing as little time as possible and that of those who, from behind, were looking for stage victory.
Two names would quickly stand out from the rest: Daniel Sanders and Ricky Brabec. With the Australian always in command, the American stayed very close. In fact, he was only five seconds behind in the middle of the stage... until he suffered a hard fall that made him give up due to neck pain. Thus, Honda lost its spearhead and the Dakar lost the second of the five winners in this edition.
In addition, that left the stage victory clear for Daniel Sanders, who had been passing pilots with astonishing ease. In fact, several tried to follow him, but his rhythm managed to release Kevin Benavides, Joan Barreda and Ross Branch. The only one who could keep his wheel to the finish line was Toby Price, who is still pretty cool these days.
Mason Klein and Skyler Howes had arrived before, of course. He had yet to quantify his loss of time against Daniel Sanders, who did not let up in the slightest and took the stage with 5:23 over Kevin Benavides. Thanks to the 3:14 gained in bonuses, Skyler Howes gave up just over six minutes; while Mason Klein saw his loss of almost 13 minutes drop to 7 thanks to accumulating 5:52 in bonus for opening the track all the time.
Joan Barreda dropped 11 and a half minutes, finishing as the best Honda of the day and salvaging a difficult day after fracturing the phalanx of his gearbox foot yesterday, with Toby Price giving up 12 minutes. The first official Hondas were those of Pablo Quintanilla and Adrien Van Beveren, who delivered a quarter of an hour. Nacho Cornejo lost 16 minutes just behind Joaquim Rodrigues.
Among the Spanish riders, Lorenzo Santolino lost almost 17 minutes to finish the stage 12th behind Matthias Walkner, with Tosha Schareina close to the top 20 and Joan Pedrero one more day as the best rider in the Original category, although he did not count in the classification. of it for having been an elite pilot in the past.
Due to adverse weather conditions, the medical helicopter cannot fly and it has been decided to neutralize the stage at the penultimate waypoint, located at kilometer 378. At the time of neutralization, 35 motorcycles have reached the finish line, 42 to the next WP and 59 to disable WP.
by SWINXY
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