Dakar 2024 - Stage 2 | All the results
January 7
th
2024
- 15:06
[GMT + 3]
RALLY GP | NACHO, NACHO MAN!
Nacho Cornejo is the winner of the special. The Chilean opened the road together with Ricky Brabec and Ross Branch and played his cards right to pick up his seventh Dakar stage win, the first since stage 12 last year. Branch is still 2′30″ ahead of Cornejo at the top of the virtual overall.
RALLY 2 | LEPAN TAKES THE SPOILS IN RALLY 2
Third in the Rally-Raid World Cup last year, Jean-Loup Lepan claimed the Rally 2 special and gained time on his compatriot Romain Dumontier and Bradley Cox in the overall. He is now third in the ranking, 17′06″ behind Dumontier.
AUTO | PETERHANSEL MAKES HISTORY BY PULLING LEVEL WITH VATANEN!
Stéphane Peterhansel romped home with the fastest time to scoop up his fiftieth career Dakar stage win. He is now the joint record holder for most stage wins together with Ari Vatanen. Monsieur Dakar kept Sébastien Loeb at bay and crossed the finish line with 29 seconds to spare.
QUADS | MEDEIROS TAKES THE QUAD SPECIAL
Marcelo Medeiros crossed the finish line with the fastest time and got a second back-to-back win. He now has a total of 10 Dakar stage victories, rising to joint fourth (with Alexandre Giroud and Alejandro Patronelli) in the all-time ranking of the quad race.
CHALLENGER | ERYK GOCZAŁ SECURES THREE-PEAT
Eryk Goczał, almost 2 minutes down on the leader at km 167, was not going down without a fight. The SSV reigning champion slowly but steadily erased his deficit to blast over the finish line with the fastest time, a minute ahead of his uncle Michał and 2′55″ clear of Mitch Guthrie. He remains unbeaten, with three victories in a row. His father, Marek, posted the fourth-fastest time so far, sewing up a Taurus 1-2-3-4 ahead of "Chaleco" López in the first Can-Am.
TRUCK | VAN KASTEREN BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH
Janus van Kasteren can breathe a sigh of relief after bagging his third Dakar stage win this season, as many as he got last year. His duel with Aleš Loprais went down to the wire, and only 6 seconds separated the Iveco and Praga crews at the finish. Of course, this means he is still in the overall lead, now with 12′55″ in hand over his Czech rival.
