Marko Hanželic
After the first stage, which was forgotten, and the second, in which de began to indicate that Audi they had not yet said the last word, this time he took care of the daily victory Carlos Sainz, which is also the first stage victory of a car that follows the rules of the group T1 Ultimate.
In total Nasser Al-Attiyah managed to increase his advantage over the pursuers, also at the expense of pitch Sebastien Loeb, which is a good half an hour behind due to a flat tire and technical problems, but is still in second place overall.
Because in recent days in Saudi Arabia heavy rain, the third stage was shortened by a hundred kilometers, so that the section on which the time was measured was 244 kilometers long. The rain made driving in sandy areas a bit easier, as they were much harder than usual.
He was the first to start Sebastien Loeb, but he had a lot of technical problems on the way, which is why he broke into the lead at the first checkpoint Henk Lategan with Toyota, which was faster than both of Audi’s legends since it was Sainz on the other, peterhansel but in third place. In the end, the Spaniard was the fastest at the finish line as he is South African in Toyota overtook by just 38 seconds. Convincingly the leader in the overall standings, Nasser Al-Attiyah he finished the third stage in eighth place.
We had a big surprise to see among the motorcyclists, as the third stage belonged to the Portuguese Joaquim Rodrigueswho rides a motorcycle brand Hero. This is the first stage victory for a racer on a motorcycle of this Indian brand. He still leads in the overall standings Sam sunderland, which, however, has only a four-second advantage over Adrien van Beveren (Yamaha). The former MotoGP racer also took part in the stage Danilo Petrucci, who had to resign yesterday due to technical problems and therefore received an 11-hour mark-up.
Simon Marčič he finished today's stage in 55th place in his class Original by Motul however, he placed 8th. It is common in the mentioned class, because the riders are also the mechanics of their motorcycles, in the eleventh place.
He is in the truck class with today’s win Dmitry Sotnikov increased the advantage over the pursuers, and for the first time in this year's performance of the Dakar, the Dutchman finished among the first three Janus to you Kasperen with Iveco Powerstar.
