2024-01-12 05:53:03
Sébastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin won the fifth stage of the Dakar, organized over two days in the Saudi desert. The Franco-Belgian duo, aboard a Prodrive Hunter from the BRX team, completed the 547 km of dunes in 7h21’56”. The Spanish pair Carlos Sainz-Lucas Cruz, imperial on Thursday on the first part of the stage, was content to manage this Friday morning on the second to take second place, at 2’01”. Another Audi, those of the Swedes Ekström and Bergvist, complete the stage podium.
Second overall and well placed throughout this stage, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel (Hunter Prodrive) are currently stopped around fifteen kilometers from the finish and will lose big.
Overall, the 61-year-old Spanish veteran, author of one of his finest performances on the Dakar, performed very well since he took advantage of the abandonment on Thursday of Yazeed Al-Rajhi to take the lead. head of the general. He has 20’21” on Ekström and 29’31” on Loeb. If Loeb’s tactics ahead of this “8 hours flat” allowed him to make a nice rise in the standings, from ninth to third place, the gap remains significant with Sainz.
Everything will be decided in the second week of the event, following the rest day scheduled for Saturday in Riyadh. The final arrival is scheduled for January 19 in Yanbu.
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