The section between Ha’il and Al Artawiya, with 230 kilometers of connection and 338 of special, allowed Andújar to leave behind the inconveniences and prevail with a time of 4h27m51, with a difference of 2m3s compared to Alexandre giroud and 5m4s of the Argentine nationalized American Pablo Copetti, while fourth was the Lithuanian Laisydas Kancius – winner of the first stage and leader of the general classification – and fifth was Aleksandr Maksimov.
For its part, Francisco Moreno he was the third best Argentine on the stage arriving seventh at 25m23s from Andújar.
A similar panorama was achieved by the Salta Kevin Benavides, who was the best Argentine in the second stage for motorcycles by completing the podium behind the winner the Spanish Joan Barreda Bort and the escort Sam Sunderland.
Barreda Bort set a time of 3h31m20, with a difference of 5m33s over Sunderland and 5m54s over Benavides, while they completed the best five Skyler Howes y Toby Price.
This result allowed Kevin Benavides, 33, who seeks to be the first rider to repeat the title with two different brands (he went from Honda to KTM) since the Dakar left Africa for South America in 2009, advance three places in the general, where he is in 11th place at 20m47s behind the leader Sunderland.
For his part, his brother Luciano Benavides arrived 17th with the Husqvarna and the third best Argentine in this stage was Diego Gamaliel Llanos, who finished 36th more than 41 minutes behind Barreda Bort.
The third stage of the Dakar 2022 will be on Tuesday from Al Artawiya to Al Qaysumah with 381 kilometers of connection and 255 of special.
Source From: Ambito
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