Dakar Rally: Motorcycle class leaders wandered, B.Vanagas rushes to the top ten, G.Petrus edged out A.Juknevičius and E.Juškauskas (LIVE)

Tuesday in Saudi Arabia continues until 2021. Dakar Rally, where six crews from Lithuania continue the fight

In the third speed section, participants need 630 km, of which 403 km will be the speed section. Organizers report 10 percent. The speed section will be in the dunes, 80 percent. the coating will be sand and the rest will be primer.

In the third speed section before Edvinas Juškauskas and Antanas Juknevičius 6 trucks will start, while before The accused Peter – 14 Vanagas will avoid truck congestion again.

The good news for the runners is that after the finish they will return to the same bivouac they were in after the second speed section, so they had more time to rest.

2021 The Dakar was started by 288 riders: 101 motorcyclists, 16 off-road vehicles, 66 cars, 61 buggies and 44 trucks. In total, they will have to cover 12 speed sections and 7,646 kilometers of sand dunes in Saudi Arabia, of which 4,767 kilometers of speed sections

Car credit:

Updated 11:30 am B.Vanagas is heading successfully towards the goal: in WP7 it was 13 ° (+00: 17:25), WP8 – 12 ° (+00: 18:48).

Updated 11.23 pm Nasser Al Attiyah (WP9, 2 h 53 min 10 sec.) First and successfully advances towards the goal, second staggered by Stephane Peterhansel (WP8, +00: 03: 11), third – Bernhard Ten Brinke (WP8, + 00: 03: 57), and Sebastien Loeb (WP8, +00: 04: 06) is fourth.

Update 11.12 am All Lithuanians have already covered 183 km and have reached the WP4 point. G.Petrus – 39 ° (+00: 36: 43), E.Juškauskas – 40 ° (+00: 38: 04) and A.Juknevičius – 44 ° (+00: 48: 05).

Updated 11.14 am Both E.Juškauskas and A.Juknevičius had trouble driving to the WP3 point, while G.Petrus avoided them. E.Juškauskas is 40 (+00: 30: 47), A.Juknevičius is 44 (+00: 41: 06) and G.Petrus is 34 (+00: 20: 28).

Updated 11.06 am B.Vanagas has already covered 235 km and in WP6 – 9 (+00: 16: 08).

Updated 10:50 am E.Juškauskas struggled to reach the WP3 point and fell significantly: 40th place (+00: 30: 47).

Updated 10.29 pm B. Vanagas reached WP5 without making an error and is tentatively 14th (+00: 15: 25).

Updated 10.06 am B.Vanagas rushes into the top fifteen! Where the leaders slipped, B. Vanags did not make a mistake and after the WP4 point, N.Al-Attiyah is only 13 minutes behind. 4 sec., While C. Sainz – 31 min. 50 sec. or ex Y. Al Rajhi – 43 min. 50 sec.

Updated 10.00 Swinging up the leaderboard: After WP3, Sainz missed and lost about 30 minutes and fell to at least 10 from first place, while second-ranked Yazeedasa Al Rajhi also missed and has yet to reach WP4. Nasser Al-Attiyah now leads (1 cal. 34 min. 25 sec.), Stephane Peterhansel is second (+00: 02: 59) and Sebastien Loeb is third (+00: 03: 29).

Updated at 9.54 pm A. Juknevičius reached the WP2 point (+00: 10: 37).

Updated at 9.49 pm E.Juškauskas won a WP2 point (+00: 08: 10), in which he lost several positions, and is about 3 minutes behind B.Vanags.

Updated at 9.40 pm All Lithuanian car crews have already covered 43 km: E.Juškauskas – 27o (+00: 04: 13), A.Juknevičius – 41o (+00: 05: 23), G.Petrus – 47o (+ 00:08 : 16).

Wan3 was hit by 137 km old B. Vanagas, who is preliminary 20 (+00: 09: 08).

Updated 9:15 am B.Vanagas reached the WP2 point without losing much time (+00: 05: 17) and held the 19th position.

Updated 8.59 hrs. B. Vanagas reached the WP1 point and was 19 on it (+00: 03: 12).

Benedict Vanagas and Filipe Palmeiro (Inbank Toyota Gazoo Racing Baltics, Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux) | Overall ranking: 23rd place, +01: 13: 12

8.48 val. Edvinas Juškauskas and Aisvydas Paliukėnas (Heston Airlines Team Pitlane, Toyota Hilux Gazoo Racing) | Overall ranking: 34th place, +01: 34: 52

8.50 val. Antanas Juknevičius and Darius Vaičiulis (KREDA, Toyota Hilux Overdrive OTB) | Total standings: 40th place, +02: 02: 42

9.07 val. Gintas Petrus and Jose Marques (Petrus Kombucha Team, Optimus EVO 3) Overall ranking: 47th place, +02: 37: 43

Motorcycle positions:

Updated 11:25 am A.Gelažninkas reached the last intermediate final, where he was 39 (+00: 35: 47). On the highway between 292 and 354 kilometers, A. Gelažninkas lost about 13 minutes.

Updated 11.07 am Already 18 motorcyclists have reached the finish line. On this occasion, the failed speed section was for the general classification: the Spanish Joan Barred Bort, who was 24 minutes behind the Australian Tony Price, leader of this section. 49 sec. , the American Ricky Brabec (+00: 21: 39) and the Chilean Pablo Quintanilla (+00: 19: 15). The second place in this section of speed was occupied by the Argentine Kevin Benavides (+00: 01: 16), and the third, the American Skyler Howes (+00: 06: 16).

The general classification in the motorcycle category has changed significantly: the American Skyler Howes (12:00 9 minutes 48 seconds) has taken the first place, followed by the Argentine Kevin Benavides (+00: 00: 33) and the third place by Frenchman Xavier De Soultrait (+00: 01: 28). Australian Toby Price is fourth (+00: 01: 52), fifth is Sam Sam Sunderland (+00: 05: 27) and Spanish Joan Barreda Bort is eighth (+00: 09: 02).

Updated 10.27 am WP8 punkte A.Gelažninkas – 39-as (+00: 22: 40).

Updated 10.11am WP7 punkte A.Gelažninkas – 40-as (+00: 20: 46).

Update 10.04 am A.Gelažninkas maintains its position and at WP6 point – 39 (+00: 19:26), and the lost leader of the “lonely” class E.Gyenesas is already at least 11 minutes ahead.

Updated at 9.43 pm A.Gelažninkas is not wrong and continues to drive at his own pace and 39 steps (+00: 18: 29).

Update 9:00 AM A.Gelažninkas lost several positions in WP4 and now ranks 39th (+00: 15: 54), but most importantly, the player is ahead of the leader of the “lonely” class in Romania Emanuelį Gyenesa, who was even about 5 minutes behind A.Gelažninkas in WP3.

Updated at 8.35pm So far, the Argentine is likely to suffer Kevin Benavides, WP3 was reached in 1 hr 18 min. 25 sec., Second – Australian Toby Price as (+00: 00: 19) and the third is Austrian Matthiasas Walkneris (+00: 01: 36).

Updated at 8.35pm A.Gelažninkas reaches point 34 (+00: 11: 05).

Updated 8.20 AM A.Gelažninkas reaches the WP2 point losing about 4 minutes, but maintaining position 35 (+00: 08: 20).

Updated at 7.55 pm A.Gelažninkas covered the first 43 km in 35 times (+00: 04: 29).

Arūnas Gelažninkas (Team Zigmas Dakar, replica of the KTM 450 Rally) | Total ranking: 33rd place, +01: 13: 25, individual ranking: 2nd place, +00: 03: 43

ATV Classification:

Updated 11.11 am L. Kancius closed in on Kamilo Wisniewski in 10th place at the WP6 point, who is only a few minutes behind, while 41 minutes behind the leader. 19 sec.

Updated 10.10 am Kancius reached the WP5 point and although the lead over 12th place has diminished, he is still 11th and has a 4 minute lead over Suany Martinez. L. Kancius is 35 minutes behind the leader. 24 sec.

Updated 9.13 pm On the way to point WP3, L. Kancius had problems and lost about 10 minutes (+00: 19: 31).

Update 9.02 am L. Kancius reached point WP2. Although the Lithuanian lost some time, he still holds the eleventh position (+00: 10: 21).

Updated at 7.53 pm L. Kancius reaches point WP1 at 11 (+00: 04: 17).

Laisvydas Kancius (Racing history, Yamaha Raptor 700) | Overall ranking: 11th place, +02: 33: 39