Marko Hanželic
Already the first stage of this year Dakar she served up everything this endurance rally does for the race of all races. Many of the favorites had trouble navigating, but he again coped best with the difficult conditions Nasser Al-Attiyah, which also won the first stage after the prologue.
It got much worse Dakar Rally started for last year’s winner Stephan Peterhansel, who no longer has a chance to win together, as he has accumulated several hours behind due to a broken axis. Stage around the city Ha'il it was 514 kilometers long, of which the organizers measured time on a 333-kilometer section.
As with motorcyclists, it also played a major role in motorists navigation, with which many had quite a few problems. He pulled the shortest end due to a mechanical failure Stephane peterhansel, and nothing was better for his teammates, as it is Matthias Ekström behind leader Al-Attiyah an hour and a half behind, Carlos Sainz and half an hour more.
Having already mentioned Qatar he coped well with the first stage as well Sebastien Loeb, who was a good twelve minutes behind the winner of the day, and took the opportunity to drop out of the favorites Martin Prokop, which ranked third.
Among motorcyclists, he was again the fastest Australian Daniel sanders (GasGas), before Pablo Quintanillo (Honda) and Matthias Walkner (KTM). Simon Marčič he finished the difficult first stage in 77th place in the class Original by Motul is in 14th place.
Among truck drivers, the situation remained similar to yesterday, as the Russian crews of the team finished in the first four places. Kamaz-Master.
