Dakar 2024 - Stage 6 | All the results
January 12
th
2024
- 09:27
[GMT + 3]
RALLY GP | VAN BEVEREN WINS
Adrien Van Beveren has achieved the best time on the 48 HR stage to open his account of stage wins this year. It is his fourth victory on the Dakar. In the general rankings, the Frenchman lies in fourth position, 9’21’’ behind Ricky Brabec, the new leader ahead of Ross Branch and Nacho Cornejo.
ULTIMATE | LOEB WINS WITH SAINZ SECOND
Sébastien Loeb has produced the best time on the 48 HR stage to pick up his second victory on this edition of the Dakar, increasing his number of wins on the event to 25, to equal Hiroshi Masuoka, the sixth most decorated driver on the world’s biggest rally-raid. Having led the stage until the bivouac, Carlos Sainz finishes with the second-best time, 2’01’’ behind the Frenchman, and takes the lead in the general rankings with an advantage of more than 20’ over his team-mate Mattias Esktröm, third today almost 11’ behind.
RALLY 2 | LEPAN WINS IN THE RALLY 2 CLASS
Jean-Loup Lepan is the quickest Rally 2 rider to reach the finish of the 48 HR special with a lead of more than 14’ over Toni Mulec. It is his second success this year after his win on stage 2.
CHALLENGER | NUMBER FIVE FOR ERYK
Having trailed by more than 2 minutes after 246 km, Eryk Goczał posted the best time at the following intermediate point (after 295 km) and did not leave the lead until the finishing line to record his fifth in of the year. He finished more than a quarter of an hour in front of his uncle Michał. Cristina Gutiérrez has finished in third, almost 19’ behind. In the general rankings, Eryk is soaring away with a lead of more than 1 hour over Mitch Guthrie.
QUAD | NUMBER 2 FOR GIROUD
Alexandre Giroud has finished with the best time on the 48 HR stage to gain his second victory on this edition of the Dakar. He crossed the finishing line with a time just 25’’ better than Manuel Andújar, which, on a timed special lasting almost ten hours, is a close battle!
SSV | DE SOULTRAIT WINS THE 48 HR STAGE IN HIS SSV
Xavier de Soultrait has achieved the best time in the 48 HR stage to beat Yasir Seaidan by 1’05’’ and pick up his third victory of the year. Sara Price has finished on the bottom step of the podium for this special, more than 6’30’’ behind de Soultrait. In the general rankings, Seaidan has taken advantage of the 36 minutes lost by Jérôme de Sadeleer to take command of the category. Following the mishap experienced by Yazeed Al Rajhi yesterday in the Ultimate class, another Saudi driver has put the smile back on the home crowds faces in the SSV category.
TRUCKS | MAGIC MACIK
Martin Macík has produced the best time in the truck category to leave his nearest pursuers, Mitchel van den Brink and Aleš Loprais trailing by more than one hour. The Czech driver, who has picked up his third victory of the year and leapt up the general rankings, deemed this 48 HR stage as the most difficult in his 12 participations on the Dakar.
