Dakar 2023

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Third stage win in a row for Loeb, but he gains only 5 minutes on both Nasser and Moraes. But considering the special stage was only 114 Km, Seb won it by a 3 minute gap on Ekstrom, it's impressive.

1 Al Attiyah (Toyota)
2 Moraes (Toyota Overdrive) + 1h 21'
3 Loeb (Prodrive BRX) +1h 37'
4 Lategan (Toyota) +1h 48'
5 De Villiers (Toyota) +2h 10'

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DAKAR RALLY
@dakar
Ales Loprais is not able to continue #Dakar2023 following yesterday's fatal accident involving an Italian spectator. Loprais, who was leader of the general truck classification at the time, was only informed of the tragic news on his arrival at the bivouac last night.

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DAKAR RALLY
@dakar
Ales Loprais is not able to continue #Dakar2023 following yesterday's fatal accident involving an Italian spectator. Loprais, who was leader of the general truck classification at the time, was only informed of the tragic news on his arrival at the bivouac last night.

I saw the footage, what an absolutely stupid place to stay. I don't mean to badmouth a dead person, but to be in a place where you are impossible for a car to avoid in the middle of the desert, it takes a special talent.
Sorry for Loprais, not only for a possible lost first ever win, but mostly because of the traumatic experience.

[NaBUru38]

Classification after stage 10:

Bikes

1. ARG Kevin Benavides (KTM), + 35:46'
2. USA Skyler Howes (Husqvarna), 1'29"
3. AUS Toby Price (KTM), + 2'10"
4. FRA Andrien Van Beveren (Honda), + 9'
5. CHI Pablo Quintanilla (Honda), + 14'
6. USA Mason Klein (KTM), + 15'
7. CHI Josè Ignacio Cornejo (Honda), + 20'
8. ARG Luciano Benavides (Husqvarna), + 21'
9. AUS Daniel Sanders (Gas Gas), + 23'
10. AUT Mattias Walkner (KTM), + 39'

T1 Cars

1. QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota), 36:13'
2. BRA Lucas Moraes (Toyota), + 1:21'
3. FRA Sébastien Loeb (BRX), + 1:35'
4. RSA Henk Lategan (Toyota), + 1:48'
5. RSA Giniel de Vulliers (Toyota), + 2:10'
6. FRA Romain Dumas (Rebellion), + 2:45'
7. CZE Martin Prokop (Ford), + 2:50'
8. RSA Brian Baragwanath (Century), + 2:56'
9. CHN Han Wei (SMG), + 3:43'
10. ARG Juan Cruz Yacopini (Toyota), + 4:00'

T3 Light Prototypes

1. BEL Guillaume de Mévius (OT3), 41:45'
2. USA Austin Jones (Can-Am), + 7'
3. USA Seth Quintero (Can-Am), + 1:03'
4. CHI Francisco López (Can-Am), + 2:44'
5. ESP Cristina Gutiérrez (Can-Am), + 3:14'

T4 SSV

1. LTU Rokas Baciuška (Can-Am), + 43:17'
2. POL Eryk Goczal (Can-Am), + 3'
3. ESP Gerard Farrés (Can-Am), + 6'
4. POL Marek Goczal (Can-Am), + 11'
5. ARG Jeremias Gonzlez Ferioli (Can-Am), + 45'
6. BRA Cristiano Batoista (Can-Am), + 1:53'

T5 Trucks

1. NED Janus Van Kasteren (Iveco), 43:00'
2. NED Martin Van Der Brink (Iveco), + 22'
4. CZE Martin Macik (Iveco), + 57'
5. NED Mitchel Van Der Brink (Iveco), + 2:08'
6. CZE Jaroslav Valtr (Tatra), + 2:22'

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Fourth win in a row for Loeb, but just like yesterday's stage, only 6 minutes gained on Al Attiyah and Moraes. So far, these "difficult to navigate" dunes stages have proven not difficult for most drivers...

1 Al Attiyah (Toyota)
2 Moraes (Toyota Overdrive) +1h 21'
3 Loeb (Prodrive BRX) +1h 30'
4 Lategan (Toyota) +1h 49'
5 De Villiers (Toyota) +2h 14'

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5 in a row for Loeb. 3 minutes gained on Al Attiyah, 11 minutes on Moraes, therefore climbing to 2nd place. Lategan had troubles.

1 Al Attiyah (Toyota)
2 Loeb (Prodrive BRX) + 1h 27'
3 Moraes (Toyota Overdrive) +1h 29'
4 De Villiers (Toyota) +2h 22'
5 Lategan (Toyota) +2h 34'

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With today's fifth stage win, Loeb equals the record of most consecutive stage wins at Dakar of Ari Vatanen from 1989.
Only 2 relatively short stages left, so Nasser got this in the pocket. Unless someone blows his Hilux up while he's sleeping

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6th in a row
https://www.dakar.com/en/news/2023/s...-winner/183253

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6 consecutive stages, 7 stage wins out of 14, and still 1 hour 20 minutes behind Nasser... clearly speed or navigations are not the problems for Seb in rally raid.

[J4MIE]

Well you could argue that Nasser would be faster when trying in a fight for the lead, as much as I’m a huge fan it has been pretty much an open goal for Loeb to shoot for. Just such a shame the car let him down early on.