The Argentine, who turned 34 this Sunday and 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, came second in the seventh stage, between Riyadh and Al Dawadimi with 299 kilometers of connection and 402 of special.
Dogwood Florimo he won with a time of 3h28m46, Kevin Benavides reached only 44 seconds and third finished Joan Barreda Bort at 2m51s, while Luciano Benavides placeholder image He was the second best Argentine when he finished fourth and fifth was Lorenzo Santolino.
Another important news this Sunday is that there was the abandonment of one of the candidates for victory in Motorcycles as Daniel Sanders, who suffered a fall in a roundabout of the link, when he lost his stability, hit the ground and injured his elbow.
In the general, Adrien Van Beveren He is at the top with 23h45m2s, as an escort he appears Matthias Walkner at 5m12s and third Benavides at 5m23s. At the same time, Luciano Benavides placeholder image kills 15 ° and Diego Gamaliel Llanos 31°.
Among the quadricycles, the Argentine nationalized American Pablo Copetti he was third in the seventh stage and remains second overall.
This section was won by Marcelo Medeiros with a time of 4h17m18, followed by Alexandre giroud 3m7s behind, third to Copetti at 16m36s, while the top five were completed by Aleksandr Maksimov and Kamil Wisniewski.
For his part, the Mendoza Francisco Moreno was the second best Argentine on the stage, arriving in sixth place with a difference of 27m24s behind the winner Medeiros.
Overall, Giroud continues at the top with 29h28m54s, with Copetti at 18m21s difference, Maksimov at 52m39s and Moreno is fifth at 2h13m35s.
The eighth stage for the ATVs in the Saudi Dakar rally will take place on Monday between Al Dawadimi and Wadi Ad Dawasir with 435 connecting kilometers and 395 special.
Source From: Ambito
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