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Sainz suffers an accident that jeopardizes his options for the Dakar

Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel (Audi) had to abandon the Rally Dakar 2023 in the sixth stage after having suffered an accident at 200 kilometers of special on a terrible day for Audi, since the Spanish Carlos Sainz also suffered a mishap at the same time of the day, the organization reported.

Peterhansel, who was second overall in the raid, crashed his Audi and his co-driver Edouard Boulanger had to be treated by the rally medical team, the organization reported. He had back pain and was evacuated to a hospital for additional tests.

His teammate Carlos Sainz is waiting for assistance, according to the Dakar.

Luciano Benavides prevails in motorcycles

Argentine Luciano Benavides (Husqvarna) won the sixth stage of the 2023 Dakar Rally on motorcyclesalthough initially the organization had given the winner to the American Skyler Howes, also with Husqvarna, who reinforced his leadership in the general classification with his second position, while the Spanish Joan Barreda (Honda) finished fourth.

Benavides scored his first stage win in the raid by completing the 358-kilometre special between Ha’il and Riyadh in 3h14:38, which was reduced by about 100 kilometers and which was played with dunes and sand on the drivers’ menu. At the end of the timed race, they took the link route (300 kilometers) to the Riyadh bivouac.

At the finish, he led Howes by 1:03, who has a 3:32 lead overall over Australian Toby Price (KTM), third in the stage after having benefited from a 1:36 bonus for opening the track.

He assumed that role for much of the stage the French Adrien van Beveren (Honda) after having won the fifth stage by only 13 seconds compared to the Chilean Nacho Cornejo (Honda).

Cornejo, who started second this Friday, he set the best time at the first checkpoint, at kilometer 31, with Howes, five seconds behind, although with the bonuses the best time was Van Beveren. and, in addition, with 29 seconds of compensation.

The American He subtracted 29 seconds at the 84 kilometer waypoint and led the stage in real time, but still with the Honda ahead in corrected time. The Spanish Joan Barreda, after the crash on Wednesday and with a broken finger from the second stage, was tenth only 1:04 behind Howes.

the one of Husqvarna increased the pace with more than a minute of rent on Cornejo at kilometer 121, although the bonuses kept the Chilean ahead by 54 seconds. Van Beveren, with time compensation, held second place with a five second margin.

Cornejo had 1:05 on Howes, who was already ahead of Van Beveren (16 seconds), as he passed 163. The gap between the top two narrowed to just 10 seconds at kilometer 207.

The bonuses were closed in the provisioning, after 236 kilometers, and there, the Chilean lost 23 seconds in corrected time over Howes, leader of the stage at the time. Price (KTM) moved to second place, 15 seconds behind the American thanks to a 1:36 bonus. Barreda was at 2:41.

With just over 50 kilometers to go, lThe victory was still very close. Howes stayed in front. but with 16 seconds compared to Price, 25 compared to Cornejo and 40 over the Argentine Luciano Benavides (Husqvarna).

the south american he improved his teammate’s time at the finish line, although they had initially given the win to Howes, who consolidated his lead. Barreda finished fourth at just 2:33. The Argentine Kevin Benavides (KTM) finished fifth and Cornejo, sixth. Salamanca Lorenzo Santolino left 7:52.

In the provisional generalHowes now has 3:32 on Price, 7:00 on Kevin Benavides and 10:54 on Barreda.

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