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stage 3 : 302 - Stephane PETERHANSEL: It was not really a good day
We had a puncture with a piece of tree inside the tyre so we stopped for a first time. After, we pushed a little bit more and then we had a second puncture so it was not really a good day. We stopped two times to... [more]

Uruguay and the two sides to quad mania

One of them is winning and seems to float over difficulties and fly ahead of his rivals: Sergio Lafuente is lighting up the beginning of this Dakar and seems irresistible for the moment. The other is also a Uruguayan quad rider, Mauro Almeida, but he represents the other side to...[more]

live timing

special n° 1	bike	quad	car	truck
1st start (GMT-3)	10:15	10:15	12:18	14:53
1st start (GMT-3)	Number of participants
start	166	29	149	73
left	160	26	140	70
cp 1	159	26	140	70
cp 2	158	26	-	-
cp 3	150	24	137	70
arrival	153	24	137	70

Ranking

Stage

	N°	Name
bike	2	Cyril DESPRES (FRA)
quad	256	Pablo sebastian COPETTI (ARG)
car	305	Joan (Nani) ROMA (ESP)
truck	511	Miki BIASION (ITA)

Overall

	N°	Name
bike	2	Cyril DESPRES (FRA)
quad	250	Alejandro PATRONELLI (ARG)
car	304	Krzysztof HOLOWCZYC (POL)
truck	533	Artur ARDAVICHUS (KAZ)

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Stage report

Despres shows French flair, Roma stages a comeback

Despres, already a winner in San Juan on the Dakar's last visit in 2010, won again today, taking advantage of a major navigational error by Coma to take the lead in the general standings. Nani Roma won his 15th stage on the Dakar and his 3rd in the car category. His team-mate Holowczyc, who is starting to make a collection of second places, nonetheless... [more]