Carlos Sainz wins the third stage and is leader in the Dakar, Alonso finishes fifth

The Spanish pilot Carlos Sainz (Mini) has been positioned in entrance of the Dakar Rally in vehicles after their victory this Tuesday in the third stage, a particular 427 kilometers with departure and arrival in the coastal city of Neom (Saudi Arabia) whereas the American Ricky Brabec (Honda) has gained the victory and the management in bikes, the place the Spaniard Joan Barreda (Honda) has risen to third.

Sainz, double winner of the Dakar Rally, He is already main the common classification after a really stable day that allowed him to complete with a time of three:48:01 and beat the Qatari in three and a half minutes Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota)

Beginning at kilometer 200, the place Al-Attiyah was main with 45 seconds of benefit, the Madrid driver accelerated till his first partial victory in this version of the hardest raid in the world. His nice efficiency contrasted with the dangerous day of the Argentine Orlando Newfoundland (Mini), who gave up the lead after shedding virtually 13 minutes. Usually, the Madrid driver now instructions 4:55 forward of Al-Attiyah and 8:09 over Newfoundland.

For its half, Fernando Alonso (Toyota) was redeemed from his lazy Monday, in which he misplaced two and a half hours, with an impressive efficiency that took him to the fifth place simply over six minutes from Sainz. Though he not has choices in the common, the Spaniard confirmed his development over the desert and confirmed that he is in a place to combat for some stage victory. For its half, Nani Rome (Borgward) misplaced one other 31 minutes and is already greater than an hour away from the lead.

As for the two wheels, Brabec was the winner of a stage that left necessary variations between the candidates, imposing a 9:39 benefit over the Chilean José Ignacio Cornejo (Honda) and 13:16 over Barreda.

The American took command from the begin and starred in a masterful efficiency to get on the lead with a 15:02 hire on Cornejo and 15:14 on Barreda. By cons, black day for the hitherto leader Sam Sunderland (KTM), which misplaced 38 minutes, and for the title defender, Toby Value (KTM), which reached 35 minutes from Brabec. Additional, Laia Sanz (GasGas) was twentieth and climbs ten locations on the desk to be positioned twenty-seventh.

This Wednesday can be the fourth stage of the Dakar, a particular 453 kilometers between Neom and Al-Ula. “The menu alternates sandy steps and paved sections in equal components, all on usually rolled tracks. Nonetheless, velocity shouldn’t be confused with acceleration, since the exhausting navigation can be chargeable for making a transparent choice,” warns the official web site of the group.