Dakar 2022 - Stage 10 | All the results
January 12
th
2022
- 12:57
[GMT + 3]
BIKES | Major reshuffle as Adrien Van Beveren moves into the overall lead at the finish
Leading from the front after Honda's Brabec and Cornejo made a navigation blunder and his teammate Benavides withdrew from the race, Walkner seems to have also made a mistake in the finale, allowing the rest of the field to catch up with him. He came in 15′55″ down on the fastest time, set by Toby Price. Sunderland was also off the pace at 11′18″, while Barreda came in fith at 3′21″, VBA fourth at 3′35″ and Quintanilla ninth at 7′05″. VBA seized the overall lead for the second time this year. He now has 4′15″ on Quintanilla, 5′59″ on Sunderland, 6′47″ on Barreda, who is back in contention for the title, and 8′24″ on the biggest loser of the day, Walkner, who slumped to fifth place at 8′24″. The Dakar is never over before it is over!
CARS | Peterhansel almost level with Vatanen
Stéphane Peterhansel has won today's stage, following in the footsteps of his Audi teammates, Carlos Sainz and Mattias Ekström, in his new RS Q e-tron. He has now claimed 49 Dakar stages in the car category, one fewer than all-time recordman Ari Vatanen.
LW PROTO | Seth Quintero pulls level with Pierre Lartigue!
Mission accomplished! Seth Quintero emerged victorious from today's stage with almost 2'30" to spare over Cristina Gutiérrez, making him the second driver in history to rack up 10 stage wins in a single Dakar, after Pierre Lartigue in 1994. The Californian has still got two stages left to try and improve on this result.
TRUCKS | Kamaz lock up the stage podium, Casale fourth
Dmitry Sotnikov blew the opposition out of the water today. The reigning champion seized the lead at the second checkpoint and put clear daylight between himself and his own teammates. His closest rival in the fight for the title, Eduard Nikolaev, came in second at 1'30". Andrey Karginov rounded out the podium 20 seconds behind Nikolaev. Ignacio Casale finally managed to overtake Anton Shibalov and finished fourth, 2'35" down. Sotnikov has just over 10 minutes to spare over Nikolaev with two stages to go, with Shibalov 45 minutes back and Karginov almost 1 h 50 down.
SSV | Baciuška takes the stage
The T4 drivers are starting to finish the special after their T3 counterparts. Rokas Baciuška seized the lead halfway through the stage and held onto it to claim his maiden win. The rookie became the third Lithuanian victor, after Laisvydas Kancius in this same edition and Vaidotas Žala in 2020. The youngest Lithuanian Dakar participant put close to two minutes into Aron Domżała and Gerard Farrés. Michał Goczał finished just outside the podium but still managed to claw back a bit less than a minute from Austin Jones, fifth on the day but still in command of the overall lead.
QUADS | Medeiros triumphs but Giroud stays in control
Marcelo Medeiros claimed his second success of the year today. The Brazilian, over 22 h 30 down in the general standings, finished a mere six minutes ahead of Alexandre Giroud, who came in third on the day. The second-placed rider, Kamil Wiśniewski, moved up to the same position overall thanks to Pablo Copetti's DNF, but he is still over 2 h 30 behind Giroud, now two stages away from glory!
