Today, Wednesday, January 4, 2023, the fourth stage of the Saudi Dakar Rally 2023, the competition in which the Kingdom organizes for the fourth year in a row, started today, the Frenchman Sebastien Loeb, pilot of the Bahrain Red Extreme team. , managed to set the fastest time in the car category, taking his first victory in this race with a time of 4 hours 11 minutes and 34 seconds, while Stefan Peterhansel, the driver of the Audi team, finished second with a difference of 13 seconds, and his teammate from Spain Carlos Sainz finished third.
Qataris Nasser Al-Attiyah of Team Toyota Gazu continued to lead the overall standings in fourth place today, in addition to Saudi Yazid Al-Raji of Team Overdrive who was able to maintain second place despite his arrival. fifth. , 18 minutes and 18 seconds behind the leader, while Peterhansel was 18 minutes and 52 seconds behind him.
In the motorcycle category, Spaniard Juan Barreda of the Monster Energy team won the fourth round of the Dakar Rally Saudi Arabia 2023 in first place, while Kevin Benavidez of Argentina of the Red Bull KTM team was 16 seconds behind him in Australia’s Toby and Bryce, a Red Bull KTM rider, finished third by two minutes and 24 seconds.
Australian Daniel Sanders of Team Red Bull Gazgaz was able to maintain his overall lead by 3 minutes 33 seconds despite his eighth run of the stage, while American Skyler Hawes of Team Husqvarna climbed second place, 3 points behind the leader, 3 minutes and 48 seconds behind the leader, and American Mason Klein, rider of the Pass World KTM team, fell to third place, 3 minutes and 58 seconds behind the leader. due to a problem with the parking system.
France’s Alexandre Giroud of Team Yamaha Racing continued his distinction by taking first place at this stage in the ATV category, with Argentinean Manuel Andujar of Team 7240 coming in second by 4 minutes 46 seconds, and Lithuanian Laisvydas Kancius, rider of the Story Racing team, was named third at this stage.
In this category, France’s Giro continued to lead, followed by Argentina’s Francesco Moreno Flores of the Drag On Rally team, by 47 minutes and 4 seconds, while Andújar of Argentina finished third behind them by one hour, 8 minutes and 12 seconds.
In the T3 desert light car category, Mitchell Guthrie of the Red Bull Offroad Junior team took first place with a time of 5 hours, 1 minute and 55 seconds, while Portugal’s Joao Ferreira of the X-Raid Yamaha team finished second, 5 minutes and 49 seconds back, while Belgian G Rally Team driver Guillaume de Mevius fulfilled the Champions’ contract at this stage, finishing third, 6 minutes and 14 seconds back.
Mitchell Guthrie moved up to first place overall in this category, while Guillaume de Mevius came in second with a lead of one minute and 29 seconds, while American Austin Jones of the Red Bull Offroad Junior team moved up to third with a lead of 11 minutes and 13 seconds.
Pole Eric Gotzal, driver of the Energy Landia Rally Team, the youngest participant in the rally, managed to take first place in the fourth stage in the category of light commercial vehicles for the desert “T4”, achieving this in 5 hours. 18 minutes 41 seconds, Spaniard Gerard Farris of South Racing Can-Am Factory is second, Michael Gochal of Poland is third, 6 minutes 50 seconds back.
Brazil’s Rodrigo Lope de Oliveira of South Racing Can-Am managed to lead the overall standings in this category by 14 minutes and 4 seconds ahead of Pole Eric Gochal, with Lithuanian Rokas Pasiushka of Team Red Bull Can-Am behind him. in third place, 24 minutes and 57 seconds behind the leader.
According to the results of this stage, the Czech Martin Macek, the driver of the MM Technology Team, took first place, completing the race in 4 hours 28 minutes and 48 seconds, and the Dutchman Martin Van Debrink, the driver of the MM Technology Team. Eurol Team de Rooy came in second with 8m minutes and 50 seconds back, followed by Czech Alisa Lubris, pilot of InstaForex Lubris Braga, in third place with a difference of 9 minutes and 22 seconds.
Alisa Lobris continued to lead the category, with Martin Van Diebrink of the Netherlands second with a difference of 27 minutes and 22 seconds, while the Czech Jürslav Walter of the Pajera ZM team finished third with a difference of 28 minutes and 17 minutes. seconds.
The Dakar rally competitions will continue tomorrow, Thursday, with the start of the fifth stage, which will be the circular stage in Grad, for a distance of 649 km, of which 275 km is a connecting stage, and 374 km is a special stage stage depending on the time.
