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Domingo, 28 Janeiro 2018 21:45 | Actualizado em Sábado, 23 Março 2024 08:21

Defending champion out the Dakar but Loeb finds top form to win a brutal stage.
 

The 330km special stage pushed the athletes and their machines to the limit on the route around San Juan de Marcona in Peru.

In the toughest physical day of the 2018 Dakar Rally so far, the leaderboard was shook up with many pre-race favourites coming into difficulty.

Today (Wednesday) sees bikes and quads take a separate route from the cars and trucks. After a 250km plus special stage, they will meet again in Arequipa.

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Bike

2017 champion and overnight race leader Sam Sunderland suffered a dramatic exit from the race towards the end of the stage as he was evacuated by helicopter from the route.

Severe back pain which required a hospital visit put an end to the British riders hopes and enabled Adrien Van Beveren to take a commanding stage win ahead of Xavier de Soultrait and Matthias Walkner.

Walkner, who is now third in the overall standings, said: “I lost a lot of time and had many crashes in the soft dunes, it was really hard and a crazy day.”

Car

WRC king Sébastien Loeb enjoyed a first stage win of the year after going toe to toe with Stéphane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz for most of the day.

The trio of Team Peugeot Total drivers opened up huge gaps as they managed to avoid any major mishaps like teammate Cyril Despres, who broke a wheel and suffered suspension damage on his 3008DKR Maxi.

After getting back into contention yesterday, disaster struck for Nasser Al-Attiyah who came into trouble and lost more than 50 minutes to the leaders.

Loeb said: “On WRC stages you lose two minutes, sometimes here you can lose 30 or more so it is very different. We are doing a good job at the moment though.”

Quad

Sergey Kariakin ended the early Ignacio Casale dominance to beat the Chilean by 43 seconds and claim a first stage win. The Russian still trails Casale by 25 minutes overall.

Trucks

Eduard Nikolaev strengthened his grip on the race with another impressive drive in the Kamaz Master. He left the rest of the field to fight it out in the desert, finishing 27 minutes before his closest rival Federico Villagra.

Don’t miss any 2018 Dakar Rally coverage.

- Still images, news cuts with racing footage and stories free for editorial use in English and Spanish via Red Bull Content Pool HERE.

- Exclusive stories, action clips, images from the rally and behind the scenes content on RedBull.com HERE.

- Daily highlights and behind the scenes content on Red Bull TV HERE.


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