Dakar Stage 6: Sainz wins in cars, Barreda in Bikes

Carlos Sainz (shown above) has achieved his second victory of the year on completion of the day’s special finishing near Ha’il. The Spaniard was the quickest driver at the first intermediate point and went on to open the gap over his pursuers who were not able to catch him. All in all, a fine performance from the Mini driver!

Bikes

Joan Barreda was once again triumphant on completion of the sixth special. The HRC rider wins for the third time this year, just 13 seconds in front of the Yahama ridden by Ross Branch and 53’’ ahead of Daniel Sanders’ KTM.

Quads

Alexandre Giroud has held steady throughout the special to keep Giovanni Enrico at a distance and grab his third victory of the year, including the prologue. The Frenchman has finished 34’’ in front of the Chilean, but has only regained two minutes over Nicolás Cavigliasso, third on the day’s special, and now trails the Argentinean by 45’22’’.

Giroud

Trucks

Airat Mardeev has won the sixth special the day before the rest day and the Russian has given Kamaz their 150th victory on the Dakar! He has beaten his team-mates Dmitry Sotnikov and Anton Shibalov to make it a 100% Kamaz podium on the stage.

Overall Standings after Stage 6 (Top-10)

Cars

Pos No. Driver/Nat. Brand Time Gap
1 300 C. SAINZ ESP MINI 03:38:27 0:00:00
2 303 Y. AL RAJHI SAU TOYOTA 03:42:30 0:04:03
3 301 N. AL-ATTIYAH QAT TOYOTA 03:45:43 0:07:16
4 302 S. PETERHANSEL FRA MINI 03:46:01 0:07:34
5 307 J. PRZYGONSKI POL TOYOTA 03:52:48 0:14:21
6 339 B. BARAGWANATH ZAF CENTURY 03:57:43 0:19:16
7 311 N. ROMA ESP PRODRIVE 03:58:00 0:19:33
8 304 G. DE VILLIERS ZAF TOYOTA 04:00:47 0:22:20
9 314 C. DESPRES FRA PEUGEOT 04:04:12 0:25:45
10 317 V. VASILYEV RUS MINI 04:04:38 0:26:11

Bikes

Pos No. Rider/Nat. Brand Time Gap
1 088 J. BARREDA ESP HONDA 03:45:27 0:00:00
2 018 R. BRANCH BWA YAMAHA 03:45:40 0:00:13
3 021 D. SANDERS AUS KTM 03:46:20 0:00:53
4 001 R. BRABEC USA HONDA 03:47:51 0:02:24
5 052 M. WALKNER AUT KTM 03:48:41 0:03:14
6 042 A. VAN BEVEREN FRA YAMAHA 03:49:00 0:03:33
7 003 T. PRICE AUS KTM 03:49:21 0:03:54
8 027 J. RODRIGUES PRT HERO 03:50:02 0:04:35
9 005 S. SUNDERLAND GBR KTM 03:51:21 0:05:54
10 002 P. QUINTANILLA CHL HUSQVARNA 03:51:55 0:06:28

Quads

Pos No. Rider/Nat. Brand Time Gap
1 152 A. GIROUD FRA YAMAHA 04:50:24 0:00:00
2 159 G. ENRICO CHL YAMAHA 04:50:58 0:00:34
3 150 N. CAVIGLIASSO ARG YAMAHA 04:52:25 0:02:01
4 154 M. ANDUJAR ARG YAMAHA 05:01:55 0:11:31
5 163 P. COPETTI USA YAMAHA 05:20:35 0:30:11
6 155 K. WISNIEWSKI POL YAMAHA 05:23:21 0:32:57
7 157 R. DUTU FRA YAMAHA 05:24:08 0:33:44
8 153 T. KUBIENA CZE YAMAHA 05:26:10 0:35:46
9 174 T. VINGUT ESP YAMAHA 05:30:32 0:40:08
10 168 I. PEDEMONTE CHL YAMAHA 05:37:30 0:47:06

Trucks

Pos No. Driver/Nat. Brand Time Gap
1 509 A. MARDEEV RUS KAMAZ 04:08:52 0:00:00
2 507 D. SOTNIKOV RUS KAMAZ 04:10:00 0:01:08
3 501 A. SHIBALOV RUS KAMAZ 04:13:41 0:04:49
4 504 A. LOPRAIS CZE PRAGA 04:14:35 0:05:43
5 505 A. VISHNEUSKI BLR MAZ 04:14:42 0:05:50
6 500 A. KARGINOV RUS KAMAZ 04:15:44 0:06:52
7 503 M. MACIK CZE IVECO 04:21:22 0:12:30
8 506 M. VAN DEN BRINK NLD RENAULT 04:29:16 0:20:24
9 515 P. DE BAAR NLD RENAULT 04:41:45 0:32:53
10 511 G. HUZINK NLD RENAULT 04:48:08 0:39:16