2024-01-15 14:13:22
Manuel Andújar (Yamaha) added this Monday his second partial victory in the Dakar Rally of Saudi Arabia and consolidated his leadership in the general quadricycle classificationthe eighth stage was held with 458 kilometers timed between the town of Al Duwadimi and the city of Hail, in the center of the country.
The Buenos Aires native, who seeks to repeat the title he achieved in 2021, completed the course with a difference of 5 minutes, 6 seconds compared to his escort, the Frenchman Alexandre Giroud (Yamaha).also second in today’s stage, ahead of the Slovakian Juraj Varga.
In this way, he recovered part of the time given to the French two-time defending champion (13m.50s.) in the seventh set on Sunday, which began the second half of the most demanding race in the world.
How much advantage did Andujar get?
The Argentine is at the top of the quadricycle division with an accumulated time of 45 hours, 12 minutes and 40 seconds, with an advantage of 11m.26s. regarding the Grenoble pilotwhen there are four stages left to go.
Giroud, winner in 2022 and 2023, and Andújar, crowned in 2021, dominated the last three years of the category, in which Argentina is the most awarded country with seven crowns. The previous ones were achieved by Marcos Patronelli in 2010, 2013 and 2016; his brother Alejandro in 2011 and 2012 and Nicolás Cavigliasso in 2019.
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