Bad weather forces the neutralization of the third stage of the Dakar Rally; Ecuadorian pilots continue in the race | Other Sports | Sports

The third stage of the Dakar Rallyhad to complete 447 kilometers of special and 221 of links, a section between between Al Ula and Ha’il, in Saudi Arabia, day canceled due to adverse weather conditions.

“Due to worsening weather conditions in the afternoon, the organizers have decided to stop the vehicles that were still in the race at kilometer 240, where a neutralization was placed on the route of the stage. Competitors head by road from this point to the Ha’il bivouac,” the organization published in a statement.

45th edition of the Dakar Rally is staged in the dunes of Saudi Arabia

Hours after the day ended, the organizers reported in detail the classifications of the different categories, with the Ecuadorian Sebastian Guayasamin (South Racing Can-Am) in rank 2949 minutes 42 seconds behind his teammate Cristiano Batista, winner in the Modified stock T4 SSVs.

“We did a very good first part of the stage, the weather changed and everything got very complicatedthen we had a very big river to cross, many vehicles got stuck, we don’t have windshields this year and we suffered a lot from the coldwith that you start to lose concentration a bit from the track. The race got so hard with the theme of the weather and few cars we got to the point where the race was cut off”, commented Sebastián Guayasamín.

Despite a position far from the first places, the man from the capital and his navigator, the Argentine Ricardo Torlaschi, rose one place in the generalto be located in the locker 11 of the classification led by the Polish Marec Goczal, from the Energylandia Rally Team.

For his part, Brad Salazar from Guayaquil (FN Speed ​​Team) held this Tuesday the 38th place in the T3 light prototypes categorywho took first place in this third stage to the American Austin Jones, from the Red Bull Off-Road Jr Team.

Salazar and the Argentine navigator Eugenio Arrieta occupy the box 33 of the generalled by the American Seth Quintero, Jones’ partner.

on motorcyclesthe Australian Daniel Sanders (GasGas) was the winner of a day in which the abandonment of American Ricky Brabec (Sling)

Winner in 2020 and winner of the first stage on Sunday, Brabec was helped by medical teams and suffers from neck pain, according to the first reports. The pilot was transported by helicopter to a hospital to undergo additional tests.

in cars, the French Guerlain Chicherit (Prodrive) recovered from the inconveniences in the previous day and he was left with the victory of the third stage, who had the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Audi) as the big loser of the day, presenting problems with his left wheel, he was 56 minutes behind the winner. The Qatari and current champion of the test Nasser Al-Atthiyah remains first overall of this division. (D)