Dakar Rally 2015 - 5th stage

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There are still 131 riders in the race, 8 riders had to say goodbye to the Dakar yesterday, including Sam Sunderland, who broke his shoulder after a mistake at kilometer 66 of the 4th stage. The leader Joan Barreda starts today's race at 9:30 am. Marc Coma follows two minutes later.

Only 34 km after the start, Jordi Viladoms and Ruben Faria make a fatal mistake. They choose a wrong route and run the risk of losing a lot of time, but thanks to their experience they find their way back to the right route a few minutes later.

Pablo Quintanilla, thanks to his good knowledge of the region, manages to gain a lead of 1 minute over Marc Coma and 3 minutes over Joan Barreda at checkpoint 1. Stefan Svitko on KTM also draws attention after passing checkpoint 1 14 seconds faster than Quintanilla. Can the 11th-placed rider maintain this performance? After Marc Coma has passed checkpoint 1 in fourth place, the Spaniard increases the pace once again and gains an advantage over Barreda and Quintanilla. He saves this lead until the finish of the stage, which he decides for himself. Impressively, Pablo Quintanilla finishes the stage in third place.

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Quads

The rigors of the Dakar Rally are taking their toll. Lucas Bonetto, who won the stage two days ago, has to abandon the contested ride through the desert due to mechanical problems. The leader Rafal Sonik opens the 5th stage for the Quas followed by Ignacio Casale, Mohammed Abu-Issa and Segio Lafuente. And the Polish rider and leader of the standings shows again a strong ride and leads at checkpoint 1 with 1'47 minute on Casale and 8'51 minute on Lafuente. He is able to extend this lead. As expected, Sonik wins the stage with a clear lead. For Mohammed Abu-Issa, however, the Dakar is over after the engine broke down at kilometer 361. For the Qatari, the Dakar Rally is over.

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Trucks

While Andrey Karginov and Eduard Nikolaev were still engaged in a neck-and-neck race at Checkpoint 1, Nikolaev was able to clearly distance himself from all his opponents in the course of the race and take the lead. His second victory in a row demonstrates his strength and superiority. The White Russian Siarhei Viazovich impresses with a third place in the stage. The Kamaz duo of Nikolaev and Mardeev leads the standings unchallenged.

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