Carlos Sainz

suffered a severe setback this Tuesday in his aspirations to revalidate the title in the Dakar Rally.

The Spaniard made a mistake in the third stage and crossed the finish line at 31:02 behind his main rival, Qatari

Nasser Al-Attiyah

, who achieved his third partial victory.

The Madrilenian rolled in second position at kilometer 88, so his performance seemed promising.

However, at kilometer 156 of the special a navigation error led him to take the wrong path and he ended up giving up more than half an hour at the end of the day.

So he will have to come back for the rest of the race to continue aspiring to victory.

Al-Attiyah, winner of the prologue and the second stage, once again signed another superb performance and is already second in the general car classification, 5:09 behind Frenchman

Stéphane Peterhansel

, third on the finish line this Tuesday.

Sainz drops from second to fourth overall and is 33 minutes and 34 seconds behind the leader.

The dunes are becoming a favorable terrain for the Qatari, fully recovered from the disappointment of the first stage.

His partial victories, in the second and third stages - in addition to the prologue -, once again place him as a great candidate for the final triumph in Saudi Arabia.

Just 5 minutes and 9 seconds separate them from the general classification, still led by the French driver.

Meanwhile, on motorcycles, Australian Toby Price (Red Bull KTM) snatched the victory from Argentine Kevin Benavides (Honda) in the third stage.

The day was unfortunate for the hitherto leader, the Spanish Joan Barreda (Honda), who gave 25 minutes to Price.

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