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On Thursday, the athletes covered 501 kilometers in the Biša area, with 346 kilometers of special stages.
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Sains finished in three hours, 29 minutes and 32 seconds, celebrating his 41st victory in the rally stages. He was three minutes and ten seconds ahead of Argentine Lusio Alvarez (“Overdrive Toyota”) and three minutes and 53 seconds ahead of Swedish motorist Matthias Estrström (“Audi”).
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The “Kreda” team with pilot Juknevičs and co-driver Zariņš lost 50 minutes and 54 seconds to the winner. They took 36th place in the stage.
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In the overall standings, the 51-year-old Qatari driver Naser Al-Atija (“Toyota”), who finished in seventh place on Thursday, losing six minutes and 42 seconds, is 33 minutes and 19 seconds ahead of his closest Frenchman Sebastien Leb (“Bahrain Raid Extreme”). who lost seven minutes and 21 seconds to Sainsam on Thursday and finished in eighth place. The Frenchman was sentenced to five minutes, without which he would take second place.
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Third in the overall standings is the home of Jazid Al-Raji (“Overdrive Toyota”), who is an hour and three seconds behind the first place. He finished 13th alone on Thursday, more than 14.5 minutes behind the winner.
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The Lithuanian / Latvian crew loses 30 hours 29 minutes and 53 seconds to the leader and takes the 48th place.
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The victory in the motorcycling class was celebrated on Thursday by Kevin Benavidess (KTM) from Argentina, who was four seconds ahead of the British Sam Senderland (“GasGas”) and by two minutes and 26 seconds – the Portuguese Hua Motorsports (“Hero Motosports”).
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In the overall ranking, the leaders have changed again. The 2017 winner Senderland is in the lead, finishing third before Thursday’s stage and ahead of Chile’s Pavlo Quintanil (Honda) by six minutes and 52 seconds, who finished second, finishing sixth on Thursday.
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The third place is taken by the former Austrian Matthias Valkner (“Red Bull KTM”), who was fourth in the 11th stage and is seven minutes and 15 seconds behind the leader.
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Former leader Frenchman Adrien van Beveren (“Monster Energy Yamaha”) finished in 15th place on Thursday, 21 minutes and 33 seconds behind the stage winner. He ranks fourth overall 15 and a half minutes behind the leader.
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On Friday, athletes will be left with only 164 kilometers of speed.
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The 12-stage rally will run until January 14 with a finish in Jeddah.
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The Dakar Rally is taking place for the 44th time and is taking place in Saudi Arabia for the third time in a row. Last year, the Frenchman Stefan Peteransel (“Mini”) won the car class in the Dakar Rally, but the Argentine Kevin Benavidess (“Honda”) won the motorcycle race.
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The rally took place 29 times in Africa between 1979 and 2007, but was canceled in 2008 for security reasons. However, it made its debut in South America the following year.
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The endurance journey, which began in 1979 between Paris and the Senegalese capital Dakar, moved to Saudi Arabia for the first time in ten years last year in South America.
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