SUNDERLAND ZWEITER BEI DER 3. ETAPPE DER DAKAR RALLY
Ergebnisse Dakar 2017 nach 3 Etappen von 12
San Miguel de Tucumán – San Salvador de Jujuy: 364 km timed, 780 km total
1. Joan Barreda (ESP), Honda, 4:23:41 h (1 min penalty)
2. Sam Sunderland (GBR), KTM, +12:29 min
3. Pela Renet (FRA), Husqvarna, +15:30
4. Pablo Quintanilla (CHL), Husqvarna, +16:02
5. Paulo Goncalves (POR), Honda, +16:20
Other KTM
8. Gerard Farres Guell (ESP), KTM, +20:43
9. Toby Price (AUS), KTM, +21:51
11. Matthias Walkner (AUT), KTM, +25:40
17. Laia Sanz (ESP), KTM, +34:42
Standings Dakar 2017 after 3 of 12 stages
1. Barreda, 7:36:30 h (1 min penalty)
2. Sunderland, +10:20 min
3. Goncalves, +13:42
4. Quintanilla, +14:56
5. Price, +16:19
Other KTM
7. Farres Guell, +22:00
9. Stefan Svitko (SVK), KTM, +25:54
10. Walkner, +27:47 (5 min penalty)
15. Sanz, +46:35
Die Fahrer zu der 3. Etappe:
Sunderland: “We knew the first 45 km were going to be tricky, but they were really tricky. There was a lot of vegetation, we were crossing through rivers and trying to find the piste again. It was really tough. We lost 10-15 minutes in the first 45 km and that was a bit frustrating, then in the second part of the special it was good, and I managed to push a bit. We knew it was going to be a tough day and there are still many more to come. We just take each day one at a time, and tick them off as we go. I want to arrive at the finish this year. That’s very important for me, and we still have a long way to go.”
Price: “It was a hard stage and the first 70 km was really difficult. If you didn’t hit your marks exactly right and get all your way points at the times you needed to, then your road book got all out of whack and you had to recalibrate and sort out where you were. I went a little bit too left in the first one and then I couldn’t find it. I ended up doing an extra 10-12 km more than I needed to today. We just have to put that day behind us.”
Walkner: “Today was not so good and I sometimes got lost at the beginning of the stage. It was heavy to start with Toby in the front, but I think everyone got lost a couple of times because it was tricky navigation. Then after the neutral part I was late arriving for the start of the second part of the special. The time calculated was very short and I hope I will get some of this back again. It was not really a good day, but there are still more to come.”
