DAKAR: SAINZ for the third time, BRABEC the fastest among motorcyclists, MARČIČ at the end of the 8th in his class

It's at the end an experienced Spaniard kept a good six minutes advantage over Nasser Al-Attiyah, who, with a navigation error, more or less wasted his chances of winning two days ago. "I am very happy," is after end of Dakar said Sainz: “Behind this success is a huge effort, a lot of training and teamwork. I went to Dakar with the idea of ​​a joint victory, and in the end we succeeded. "

The absolute embodiment of sportsmanship: @AlAttiyahN waiting for @CSainz_oficial to congratulate him on his # Dakar2020 triumph.

Give it up for those two legends 🙌

📸 ASO / C. Lopez pic.twitter.com/oCPnUKo8Hl

- DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 17, 2020

He eventually retained second place Qatar in Toyota Hilux, who was a bit disappointed, but is aware that he lost the victory on the shortened stage two days ago: “Navigation was really difficult in some parts, in the end it also decided the winner of the rally. Congratulations to Carlos. " He eventually won third place Mr. Dakar, Stephane Peterhanseland the fourth a local matador Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Fernando Alonso was the best rookie and landed 13th overall.

Motorcyclists: Honda overthrows KTM, Marčič finished 50th and 8th in the Original by Motul class

Ricky brabec s Hondo set a new milestone as he was the first American to win the Dakar among motorcyclists. Today's stage, which had to be shortened at work due to works on the pipeline, was won by Čilenec Ignatius Cornejo, Brabec's overall victory was not in question for even a second, as he finished second and the advantage over Pablom Quintanillo increased to 16 minutes and 26 seconds. In the end, the American said: “Finally, all the pieces in the mosaic matched us. For me, this is the fifth Dakar and barely the second I have managed to finish. I'm really happy for all my teammates. " Last year's winner Toby Price won third place, and today’s winner Cornejo ended up winning fourth place.

He coped very well with this year’s Dakar Simon Marčič, who eventually won 50th place overall, and achieved career success on the 10th stage when he finished 23rd and second in the class Original by Motul.

Trucks: Karginov and Kamaz class for themselves

Among the truckers, almost everything was decided before the last stage, which was given to the sovereign winner. Andrey Karginov from the team Kamaz-Master. This category was marked by competitors and teams behind the former Iron Curtain, as another Russian won second place, Anton Shibalov with Kamaz, the third was the Belarusian crew with Siarhei Vijazovic (MAZ), won fourth place Dimitrij Sotnikov (Kamaz) the fifth is Czech Martin Macick s Prague.

I fucking love Kamaz trucks. They're my fave thing about the Dakar every year 😂🤷🏻‍♀️🤘🏼 https://t.co/PVI0u2ZEnq

- Fran Wyld (@fran_corchamps) January 13, 2020