Historic stage victory for Carlos Sainz in the Dakar

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First joy for

on the Dakar Rally. The Madrilenian won the third stage and achieved the first victory for Audi's innovative hybrid vehicle, which debuts in this edition. A victory to show that, were it not for the navigation problem that caused him to lose two hours in the first stage, he would be in a position to fight for the lead in the overall car with Qatari

.

And he corroborated his words after Monday's day in which he assured that what he expected from this Dakar was "to have fun" and "continue to understand" the Audi hybrid.

He did it and managed to give the German brand its first stage victory, confirming that

, the great doubt before starting the competition.

Behind, the South African

finished

at 38 "and the Frenchman

, also Audi,

at 1'41 ". The third rider of the German brand, the Swedish

finished fifth at 2 minutes and 59 seconds.

In the fight for the final victory, Al-Attiyah was more of the leader despite having a bad day of competition.

And is that to win the Dakar you have to be fast and also have luck.

First, the Qatari prince escaped disqualification despite competing on Monday without connecting the black box that measures different parameters of the vehicle.

The FIA, treating it as a human error, which the Toyota team alleged, left it at 5,000 euros of fine and notice of elimination if it is repeated.

Loeb loses almost half an hour

And already in the heat of the competition, Al-Attiyah had his worst day in the four competition that go to Dakar, opening the track during most of the special and finishing 5'10 "behind Sainz. But his main rival in the general, the The only one who, following him, did not get lost in Sunday's sailing, the Frenchman

compared to the Qatari.

The one who finished without problems was his teammate, the Spanish

.

Also accusing the navigation problems with the fateful penultimate checkpoint of stage 1B, which left the Dakar very inclined at the first changes, but performing at a high level.

He finished fourth just 2 minutes 41 seconds behind Sainz.

In the general classification, Al-Attiyah further strengthens his leadership, beating Loeb 37'40 "and the podium after four days of competition is completed by South African

(Toyota) at 45'22", but could lose this position after two unsportsmanlike actions in which, after colliding with two motorcycle riders, he did not stop to help.

Bad day for Joan Barreda

In motorcycles,

(Honda) left more than ten minutes this Tuesday and has fallen to twelfth place in the general classification in a day in which the Portuguese

(Hero) has prevailed. The Castellón, who won the second stage on Monday and became the Spanish rider with the most partial victories (28) in the toughest raid in the world, entered the finish line twenty-fourth at 10:32 am from the winner of the day.

Thus, Barreda leaves the 'Top 10' of the general of the two wheels and is now twelfth at 23:27 of the British Sam Sunderland (GasGas), who despite finishing at 7:30 of the Portuguese rider retains the lead with only four seconds ahead of French

(Yamaha) and 1:30 over Austrian

(KTM).

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