At a special stage with a length of 347 km, the athlete lost 18 minutes 8 seconds to the winner Seth Quintero from the USA.

In the general classification, Karjakin currently occupies the fifth line.

His lag behind the leader - Pole Aron Domzhaly - is 36 minutes 37 seconds.

Earlier it became known that the crew of Ayrat Mardeev won the sixth stage of the Dakar.