Dakar 2010: Stage Three

Posted January 4, 2010 - 2:41pm by benhill

KTM won the stage today as Cyril Despres was in fine form.  His performance today catapulted him into the overall lead 10:03 ahead of Casteu.  Jonah Street finished eighth and is now standing at sixth place overall.  Marc Coma's penalty from stage 2 is still holding him back in the overall standings.  Preliminary reports indicate that Jordi Villadoms crashed "heavily" and was taken by helicopter to the medical unit at the bivouac.  He was forced to withdraw.

Todays Stage results:

POS No. Name   Make/Model Time Variation Penalty
1 2 Cyril Despres AND  690 Rall 3:01:09    
2 5 Helder Rodrigues PRT  WR 450F 3:11:49 0:10:40  
3 10 Paulo Gonǡlves PRT  G 450 X 3:13:18 0:12:09  
4 3 David Casteu FRA  450 CAST 3:13:22 0:12:13  
5 9 Francisco Lopez Contardo CHL  RXV450 3:18:14 0:17:05  
6 14 Alain Duclos FRA  690 3:18:54 0:17:45  
7 31 Manca Luca ITA  690 RALL 3:19:05 0:17:56  
8 24 Jonah Street USA  690 3:20:01 0:18:52  
9 1 Marc Coma ESP  690 RALL 3:22:46 0:21:37  
10 4 Pal Anders Ullevalseter NOR  690 3:24:39 0:23:30  

Overall Standings:

 

POS No. Name   Make/Model Time Variation Penalty
1 2 Cyril Despres AND  690 Rall 8:54:04    
2 3 David Casteu FRA  450 CAST 9:04:07 0:10:03  
3 5 Helder Rodrigues PRT  WR 450F 9:12:01 0:17:57  
4 31 Manca Luca ITA  690 RALL 9:18:33 0:24:29  
5 14 Alain Duclos FRA  690 9:25:02 0:30:58  
6 24 Jonah Street USA  690 9:27:30 0:33:26  
7 9 Francisco Lopez Contardo CHL  RXV450 9:31:19 0:37:15  
8 1 Marc Coma ESP  690 RALL 9:36:08 0:42:04 0:22:00
9 4 Pal Anders Ullevalseter NOR  690 9:39:27 0:45:23  
10 10 Paulo Gonǡlves PRT  G 450 X 9:47:17 0:53:13