The crew of the Instaforex Loprais Praga team driving Praga driven by Alyoš Loprais became the winner of the second stage of the Dakar Rally Marathon in the truck category.
Loprais posted a time of 5 hours 38 minutes 18 seconds and took the overall lead, supplanting his compatriot Martin Machik from the front row, who became eighth in the stage on Monday. In the general classification, the crew of Janus van Kasteren from the Netherlands (Boss Machinery Team De Rooy Iveco) is second with a delay of 12 minutes 17 seconds, the crew of Czech Jaroslav Waltra from Tatra Buggyra ZM Racing (+16.04) is third.
Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar (Toyota Gazoo) won the stage in the passenger car category with a time of 5 hours 0 minutes 26 seconds. Spaniard Carlos Sainz Sr. (Audi Sport) remains first in the general classification, who is 2 minutes 12 seconds ahead of Al-Attiyah, and Frenchman Mathieu Serradori (Century Racing Factory Team, +24.55) closes the trio of head. The crew of Russian Denis Krotov representing Kyrgyzstan from the X‑Raid Mini JCW team is 22nd (+1:11.42).
In motorcycling, the stage victory went to the American Mason Klein (BAS Dakar KTM Racing Team). His time was 5 hours 23 minutes 4 seconds. German Sebastian Büchler of Hero Motosports Team Rally was 1 minute 9 seconds behind him. Third on the stage was American Skyler Howes of Husqvarna Factory Racing. His winning backlog was 1 minute 13 seconds. The overall leader is Klein (9 hours 38 minutes 28 seconds). Aussie Toby Price (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) is 1 minute 41 seconds behind him. The third is Spaniard Joan Barreda of the Monster Energy JB team. His Klein backlog is 2 minutes 3 seconds.
Frenchman Alexandre Giroux (Yamaha Racing – SMX – Drag’ON) celebrated the victory in the second stage of the quadrocyclists – 6 hours 21 minutes 6 seconds. In the general classification, he is also the leader. Argentinian Manuel Andujar (Team 7240, 8 minutes 28 seconds) is second. American Pablo Copetti (Del Amo Motorsports by Motul) is third (+17.24).
In the MTB category, the winner of the stage is the Polish Michal Gochal (Energylandia Rally Team) with a time of 5 hours 45 minutes 31 seconds. He is also the overall leader. The second is the Brazilian Rodrigo Luppi De Oliveira (South Racing Can-Am, +5.44), the third is his compatriot Jeremias González Ferioli (South Racing Can-Am, +6.57). The crew of Saudi Yasser Seidan and Russian navigator Alexei Kuzmich, flying the flag of the United Arab Emirates, took 37th place overall.
Dakar takes place in Saudi Arabia, the marathon rally will last until January 15.
Source : MatchTV
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