Naser al-Attijah, a Qatari leader in the race, won the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, adding to his overall advantage.
The second best time was for Saudi al-Rajahi, who thus holds second place overall.
For motorcyclists, Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo of Chile was the best of the day, and Adrien van Beveren of France took the lead overall.
Results (based on the match website):
Section 7, Riyadh - al-Davadimi, 701 km (speed 402 km):
motorists:
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1. Nasser al-Attijah, Matthieu Baumel (Qatar, Andorra, Toyota) 3:14:58
2. Jazid al-Rajhi, Michael Orr (Saudi, British, Toyota) 4:37 min disadvantage.
3. Bernhard ten Brinke, Sébastien Delaunay (Dutch, French, Toyota) 7:28 p.m.
the complex edge group:
1. al-Attijah, Baumel 23:52:22 oh
2. Al-Rajhi, Orr 53:31 p h.
3. Orlando Terranova, Daniel Oliveras Carreras (Argentine, Spanish, Bahrain Raid Extreme) 1:36:55 ó h.
bikers:
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1. Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo (Chile, Honda) 3:28:46 ó
2. Kevin Benavides (Argentina, KTM) 44 sec.
3. Joan Barreda Bort (Spanish, Honda) 2:51 p.m.
the complex edge group:
1. Adrien van Beveren (French, Yamaha) 23:45:02 hrs
2. Matthias Walkner (Austria, KTM) 5:12 min h.
3. Benavides 5:23 p.
The field will have to cover a total of 8,000 kilometers by Friday’s finish in Jeddah. The total distance of the special stages is 4300 kilometers. On Monday, there will be 830 kilometers between al-Davadimi and Vadi ad Davasir on the field, and the distance of the special stage will be 395 kilometers.
(Source: autokalauz.co.hu; MTI | Image: pixabay.com)