There was the second stage of the 39th rally-RAID “Dakar”-2017. The riders started from the Argentine city of Resistencia and finished in San Miguel de tucumán. The stage race was 275 km (284 km for trucks), and the whole length is 803 miles (812 km for trucks).
The first victory in the current competition, the most decorated rally driver in history Sebastien Loeb, immediately leading the overall standings. First go was won by the winner of “Dakar”-2016 motorcyclist Toby Price. He also took the lead in the overall standings.
The next stage will start on 4 January. Riders from San Miguel de Tucuman will travel to San Salvador de Jujuy. The total duration of the route is 780 km, truck – 757 km special Stage will be 364, truck -199 km.
The results of the 2nd stage of the “Dakar”-2017:
Motorcycles:
1. Toby Price (Australia, KTM) – 02:37:32
2. Matthias Walkner (Austria, KTM) – + 00:03:22
3. Paulo Goncalves (Por, Honda) – + 00:03:51
ATVs:
1. Pablo Copetti (Argentina, Yamaha) – 03:14:29
2. Nelson Augusto Sanabria Galeano (Paraguay, “Yamaha”) – + 00:01:59
3. Axel Dutry (France, Yamaha) – + 00:05:31
SUVs:
1. Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (France, Peugeot) – 02:06:55
2. Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel (Qatar/France, Toyota) – + 00:01:23
3. Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz (Spain, Peugeot) – + 00:02:18
ATV:
1. Mao Ruijin (China, “Polaris”) – 03:46:58
2. Li Dongsheng (China, “Polaris”) – + 00:58:18
3. Leonardo Torres (Brazil, “Polaris”) – + 02:07:27
Trucks:
1. Martin van den brink (Holland, Renault) – 02:37:08
2. Dmitry Sotnikov (Russia, KAMAZ) – + 00:02:03
3. Peter Versluis (Holland, MAN) – + 00:02:52
Final standings after two stages:
Place
Racer
Team
Time
The difference
Fine
MOTORCYCLES
1
T. PRICE (AUS)
KTM
003:07:17
–
0:00:00
2
P. GONCALVES (PRT)
HONDA
003:10:11
0:02:54
0:00:00
3
S. SUNDERLAND (GBR)
KTM
003:10:40
0:03:23
0:00:00
ATVS
1
P. COPETTI (ARG)
YAMAHA
003:49:06
–
0:00:00
2
MEDEIROS M. (BRA)
YAMAHA
003:53:26
0:04:20
0:00:00
3
DUTRIE A. (FRA)
YAMAHA
003:54:47
0:05:41
0:00:00
SUVS
1
S. LOEB (FRA)
PEUGEOT
002:33:31
–
0:00:00
2
N. AL-ATTIYAH (QAT)
TOYOTA
002:33:59
0:00:28
0:00:00
3
C. SAINZ (ESP)
PEUGEOT
002:35:27
0:01:56
0:00:00
ATV
1
RUIJIN M. (CHN)
POLARIS
004:26:29
–
0:00:00
2
DONGSHENG L. (CHN)
POLARIS
005:21:53
0:55:24
1:00:00
3
L. TORRES (BRA)
POLARIS
006:29:50
02:03:21
1:00:00
TRUCKS
1
M. VAN DEN BRINK (NLD)
RENAULT
003:07:33
–
0:00:00
2
D. SOTNIKOV (RUS)
KAMAZ
003:10:42
0:03:09
0:00:00
3
M. KOLOMY (CZE)
TATRA
003:10:44
0:03:11
0:00:00
