Dakar 2020: Sainz al Dakar blows at a stage shortened by the wind; Barreda victory on motorcycles

The Madrid driver achieves the stage win in cars and leads Al-Attiyad and Peterhansel in more than 18 minutes. Barreda adds his 17 victory and approaches the second place

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  Tremendous overturning of Alonso in a dune as soon as he started
  

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The Spanish delegation lived a round day in the tenth stage of the Dakar Rally, with the victories of Carlos Sainz (Mini) and Joan Barreda (Honda) in cars and motorcycles, respectively. The violent gusts of wind, which impede to fly over the helicopters over the competition zone, forced to cut the 534 km route between Haradh and Shubaytah. The stage stopped at 345 and times were counted at kilometer 223 of the timed section

The last stage of this Dakar was especially satisfactory for Sainz, who started the day with only 24 seconds of advantage over Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota) and finished with more than 18 minutes away on Qatar and also on his other great rival, Stphane peterhansel (Mini). The Madrid scored his fourth victory in this Dakar after a day complicated by the strong wind that caused numerous navigation problems among his rivals and finally forced to shorten the route.

Thus, of the 534 timed kilometers initially planned barely 223 were disputed, although it was enough ground for Sainz to make a great step towards the possible third Dakar of his career after the titles of 2010 and 2018. His rivals barely miss two minutes in the kilometer 174, but in the last 50 they squandered much of their options to the final triumph.

Finally, Sainz won ahead of the Polish Jakub Przygonski (Mini) and the South African Giniel de Villiers (Toyota), but his real gaze was on Peterhansel (10) and Al-Attiyah (17), who lost 11:48 and 17:46, respectively. Now, the Spanish leads with 18:10 of advantage over the Qatar and 18:26 over the French.

Before, the day began with the spectacular accident of Fernando Alonso (Toyota), who volc while passing a dune and took two bells. Neither the Asturian pilot nor his co-pilot Marc Coma they suffered physical consequences and were able to continue in the race, although without the windshield of their car, which greatly hindered their visibility. They finally lost an hour and 17 minutes in goal and fell to 14th overall.

Premiere of Barreda, that borders the 2 place

As for the motorcycles, Barreda finally cant victory in this Dakar after three days in a row in the 'Top 3', adding the 17th triumph of his career since the start of his palmars in 2012. The Spaniard won with just over a minute of rent on Ricky Brabec (Honda), who again controlled the race and reaffirmed its broad advantage in the general classification, which brings it closer to the first Dakar of his career.

The American already has a colchn greater than 25 minutes above Pablo Quintanilla (Husqvarna). Behind, Barreda only loses 1:25 compared to the Chilean and has in his hand the second place of the general that will significantly exceed his best historical result, the fifth place of 2017.

This Friday will be played the penultimate day and second part of the marathon stage, which all competitors return to play without assistance, with a tour of 379 timed kilometers between Shubaytah and Haradh.