Stage 3 - San Juan de Marcona > Arequipa

A game of survival

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Arequipa, the second most populous city in Peru, lies at the foot of the Misti volcano and, although today's special took place somewhere else, the Dakar saw an eruption turn the various classifications on their heads. Today, the competitors raced far to the north, in the Duna Grande and Duna Argentina areas near San Juan de Marcona, before moving higher (2,000 masl)...

Waves4Water / UK

Carlos Sainz: "This is what happens in the Dakar"

The defending champion in the car category waved goodbye to the prospects of a third win after crossing the finish line of stage 3 a full 4 h 20 behind teammate Stéphane Peterhansel.

"The rally is over for us. We fell into a hole and broke the suspension. I'm sad and disappointed, but that's the way it is. This is what happens in the Dakar."

"Very unfortunate"

After starting the stage in the overall lead, the 2009 champion saw his hopes of a second win 10 years later dashed upon a stone and now trails Nasser Al-Attiyah by 4 h 23.

"We were really unlucky. We were going really well. [I was] slightly in the dust of a quad, I was in the track in third gear and I jumped on the one jump and I landed into the next jump, but...

special n°3	Bike	Quad	Car	SxS	Truck
1st start [GMT -5]	05:40	05:40	07:44	07:44	07:44
	Number of participants
start	134	25	95	30	38
left	133	24	94	30	36
cp 1	129	23	92	30	37
cp 2	120	22	90	29	27
cp 3	128	23	93	29	33
arrival	124	23	80	26	26

San Juan de Marcona > Arequipa

01-09-2019 - Stage 3

A game of survival

Waves4Water / UK

Carlos Sainz: "This is what happens in the Dakar"

"Very unfortunate"

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