In the global classification, the salteño distances himself at 17:45 from the British leader Sam Sunderland (GasGas Factory Racing), champion of the 2017 edition.
Benavides, the first South American driver to win the Dakar In the motorcycle division, he is looking for the record of winning it with a different brand – last year he did it with Honda – something that no one has achieved since the most extreme rally came out of Europe Y Africa, to start his stage in South America (2009-2019) and Saudi Arabia (since 2020).
His younger brother Luciano, 26, member of the official team Husqvarna, entered the 17th position of the stage (+21: 21).
The other Argentines in the two-wheeler division finished in the following positions: Diego Gamaliel Llanos (KTM) in 36th place; Diego Noras (Husqvarna) in ’69, Joaquín Debeljuh Taruselli (KTM) in ’85 and Matias Notti (KTM) in 119.
In quadricycles, Manuel Andújar (Yamaha 7240 Team) finished third on today’s stage and advanced from sixth to fourth place, 31:33 behind the lead.
The great protagonist of the day was the Cordovan representative of U.S, Pablo Copetti (Yamaha Rally Team), who won the set with a time of 3:12:48 and was the leader of the general classification, with a 15:29 handicap over the French guard Alexandre giroud (Yamaha Racing SMX Drag’on).
The rookie from Mendoza is also among the top 10 quads. Francisco Moreno (Yamaha Drag’on Rally Team) on the sixth step and the Chaco Carlos Verza (Yamaha Verza Rally Team) in the tenth.
In the cars category, the Mendoza Lucio Alvarez (Overdrive Toyota) came ninth in stage 3 and ranks third in the accumulated table at 42:06 behind the leader and three-time Qatari champion Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota Gazoo Racing).
The pilot of San Rafael (44 years old) is third in the general at 40:53 behind the Qatari leader Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota Gazoo Racing), who was an escort this Monday. Stage 2 corresponded to Sebastien loeb (Prodrive), who thus added his 15th victory in six participations.
The experienced Mendoza Orlando Terranova (Prodrive) -10th overall- came in 13th. and his countrymen Sebastián Halpern (Mini) and Juan Cruz Yacopini (Overdrive Toyota) were 16th. and 33rd. respectively.
The fourth stage that will be played tomorrow will be between Al Qaisumahy Riad, of 707 total kilometers and 465 kilometers of special, and the Dakar will thus advance south until Riad, the capital of Saudi Arabia.
The longest special of the rally consists of a complete menu: fast tracks for about 200 kilometers, dune cords of varying size and a stony end of the stage. One of the acid tests of the first week.
The Dakar 2022 It will run until Friday, January 14, divided into 12 stages, with a total route of 8,000 kilometers (4,300 timed).
This edition launches the first phase of the “Dakar Future” program, which aims to achieve 100% low-carbon vehicles by 2030.
In this energy transition, the novelties of this year are the implementation of hybrid engines in cars and trucks and the installation of a camp with the use of renewable energies.
Source From: Ambito
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