It was Daniel Sanders who led most of the rain-shortened 255 km Stage 3 near Al Qaisumah, recuperating from a challenging trip on Monday that had actually dropped him from very first to 3rd in the basic category.
The GasGas rider took out a lead of simply over a minute over the chasing pack led by Rodrigues at the very first waypoint and had the ability to hang on to that benefit up until the penultimate checkpoint.
However, the Australian dropped almost 4 minutes to the frontrunners in the last 35 km stretch up until the goal, permitting Rodrigues to come through and clinch the phase win.
It marked the first triumph in a phase for the Portuguese rider in 5 Dakar begins – in addition to the very first for Indian maker Hero.
Two-time Dakar champ Toby Price enjoyed his finest phase surface up until now in 2022, winding up 1m03 s behind Rodrigues in 2nd position on the factory KTM.
This year’s star novice Mason Klein placed on another excellent efficiency on the BAS KTM, the 20- year-old completing simply 1m14 s off the rate in 3rd and one position ahead of the leading Husqvarna bike of Skyler Howes.
Sanders was ultimately categorized 5th, 2m55 s shy of Rodrigues’ time, however he did beat the leading Yamaha of Andrew Short in addition to the leading Honda entry of 2020 champ Ricky Brabec.
Kevin Benavides (KTM) and Adrien van Beveren (Yamaha) were 8th and ninth respectively, while 2018 winner Matthias Walkner contended the top 10 for KTM.
After winning Monday’s Stage 2 to bring himself back into total contention, Honda’s Joan Barreda slipped back down the order with the 24 th fastest-time, losing over 10 minutes to the leaders.
His GasGas competitor Sunderland fared partially much better, losing 7m30 s en path to 17 th location, however he continues to stay atop the general leaderboard by simply 4 seconds from Yamaha’s van Beveren.
Walkner is now 3rd in the basic category, simply 1m30 s behind his previous KTM colleague Sunderland, with Sanders slipping to 5th in the ranking behind Howes.
Sherco’s leading runner Lorenzo Santolino holds 6th in spite of a reasonably average go to 20 th in Stage 3, leading the leading Honda of Pablo Quintanilla and the KTMs of Benavides and Stefan Svitko.
Despite Rodrigues’ triumph, it is his colleague Aaron Mare who is Hero’s highest-placed rider in the standings, presently hanging on to 10 th location from Yamaha’s Ross Branch.
Petrucci returns
Following his retirement on Monday, MotoGP race winner Danilo Petrucci had the ability to go back to Stage 3 as part of a brand-new guideline presented to the Dakar Rally this year.
Riding in the colours of Tech 3 KTM, the Italian rider set the 22 nd quickest time of the day, beating the similarity Barreda (24 th) and Quintanilla (26 th).
Overall standings after Stage 3:
| Pos. | # | Name | Make | Time | Gap | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Sam Sunderland | GasGas | 11: 13: 40 | 00: 00: 00 | |
| 2 | 42 | Adrien van Beveren | Yamaha | 11: 13: 44 | 00: 00: 04 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 3 | 52 | Matthias Walkner | KTM | 11: 15: 10 | 00: 01: 30 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 4 | 5 | Skyler Howes | Husqvarna | 11: 17: 35 | 00: 03: 55 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 5 | 4 | Daniel Sanders | GasGas | 11: 22: 34 | 00: 08: 54 | 00: 10: 00 |
| 6 | 15 | Lorenzo Santolino | Sherco | 11: 25: 27 | 00: 11: 47 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 7 | 7 | Pablo Quintanilla | Honda | 11: 30: 31 | 00: 16: 51 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 8 | 1 | Kevin Benavides | KTM | 11: 31: 25 | 00: 17: 45 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 9 | 142 | Stefan Svitkko | Slovnaft KTM | 11: 31: 34 | 00: 17: 54 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 10 | 6 | Aaron Mare | Hero | 11: 32: 21 | 00: 18: 41 | 00: 00: 00 |
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It was Daniel Sanders who led most of the rain-shortened 255 km Stage 3 near Al Qaisumah, recuperating from a challenging trip on Monday that had actually dropped him from very first to 3rd in the basic category.
The GasGas rider took out a lead of simply over a minute over the chasing pack led by Rodrigues at the very first waypoint and had the ability to hang on to that benefit up until the penultimate checkpoint.
However, the Australian dropped almost 4 minutes to the frontrunners in the last 35 km stretch up until the goal, permitting Rodrigues to come through and clinch the phase win.
It marked the first triumph in a phase for the Portuguese rider in 5 Dakar begins – in addition to the very first for Indian maker Hero.
Two-time Dakar champ Toby Price enjoyed his finest phase surface up until now in 2022, winding up 1m03 s behind Rodrigues in 2nd position on the factory KTM.
This year’s star novice Mason Klein placed on another excellent efficiency on the BAS KTM, the 20- year-old completing simply 1m14 s off the rate in 3rd and one position ahead of the leading Husqvarna bike of Skyler Howes.
Sanders was ultimately categorized 5th, 2m55 s shy of Rodrigues’ time, however he did beat the leading Yamaha of Andrew Short in addition to the leading Honda entry of 2020 champ Ricky Brabec.
Kevin Benavides (KTM) and Adrien van Beveren (Yamaha) were 8th and ninth respectively, while 2018 winner Matthias Walkner contended the top 10 for KTM.
After winning Monday’s Stage 2 to bring himself back into total contention, Honda’s Joan Barreda slipped back down the order with the 24 th fastest-time, losing over 10 minutes to the leaders.
His GasGas competitor Sunderland fared partially much better, losing 7m30 s en path to 17 th location, however he continues to stay atop the general leaderboard by simply 4 seconds from Yamaha’s van Beveren.
Walkner is now 3rd in the basic category, simply 1m30 s behind his previous KTM colleague Sunderland, with Sanders slipping to 5th in the ranking behind Howes.
Sherco’s leading runner Lorenzo Santolino holds 6th in spite of a reasonably average go to 20 th in Stage 3, leading the leading Honda of Pablo Quintanilla and the KTMs of Benavides and Stefan Svitko.
Despite Rodrigues’ triumph, it is his colleague Aaron Mare who is Hero’s highest-placed rider in the standings, presently hanging on to 10 th location from Yamaha’s Ross Branch.
Petrucci returns
Following his retirement on Monday, MotoGP race winner Danilo Petrucci had the ability to go back to Stage 3 as part of a brand-new guideline presented to the Dakar Rally this year.
Riding in the colours of Tech 3 KTM, the Italian rider set the 22 nd quickest time of the day, beating the similarity Barreda (24 th) and Quintanilla (26 th).
Overall standings after Stage 3:
| Pos. | # | Name | Make | Time | Gap | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Sam Sunderland | GasGas | 11: 13: 40 | 00: 00: 00 | |
| 2 | 42 | Adrien van Beveren | Yamaha | 11: 13: 44 | 00: 00: 04 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 3 | 52 | Matthias Walkner | KTM | 11: 15: 10 | 00: 01: 30 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 4 | 5 | Skyler Howes | Husqvarna | 11: 17: 35 | 00: 03: 55 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 5 | 4 | Daniel Sanders | GasGas | 11: 22: 34 | 00: 08: 54 | 00: 10: 00 |
| 6 | 15 | Lorenzo Santolino | Sherco | 11: 25: 27 | 00: 11: 47 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 7 | 7 | Pablo Quintanilla | Honda | 11: 30: 31 | 00: 16: 51 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 8 | 1 | Kevin Benavides | KTM | 11: 31: 25 | 00: 17: 45 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 9 | 142 | Stefan Svitkko | Slovnaft KTM | 11: 31: 34 | 00: 17: 54 | 00: 00: 00 |
| 10 | 6 | Aaron Mare | Hero | 11: 32: 21 | 00: 18: 41 | 00: 00: 00 |
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