Dakar Rally: B.Vanagas is close to the top ten, but lags behind C. Despres (LIVE)

The eleventh year of 2021 will begin on Thursday in Saudi Arabia. Speed ​​section of the Dakar rally, which six teams from Lithuania will also try to overcome.

The penultimate, one of the longest speed sections (464 km) more difficult and important after the 10th speed section was shortened to 63 km due to the track damaged by bad weather. This will be practically the last speed section in which you can still climb the highest positions, since on the last day the participants will have to wait only 225 km.

The speed section will start a few kilometers from the bivouac, so the participants will be able to rest more and then begin to prepare for the race.

Around 100 km of sand dunes will be waiting for the participants, the organizers also promise many narrow roads in the mountains, so the curve will be extremely difficult.

The only Lithuanian Benedict Vanagas avoid the trucks in front of him and start on the 11th, while before Antanas Juknevičius 10 trucks will go to the track, and before Edvinas Juškauskas and The accused Peter – Even more.

Results of the eleventh speed section (constantly updated):

Car credit:

Updated 1:10 pm B.Vanagas’ team shares a video of the neutralization.

Updated at 1:05 pm In WP6, B. Vanagas’ time fell to 14th place (+00: 13: 54). Lithuanian 8 min. 23 sec. He is behind C. Despress (he had a lead of 5 minutes 11 seconds in the general classification), but 7 minutes. 54 sec. surpasses Ch. Lavieille (had a deficit of 6 minutes 21 seconds in the general classification).

After point WP4, the results for Lithuania are as follows: E.Juškauskas is 26 (+00: 14: 04), G.Petrus is 36 (+00: 22: 11) and A.Juknevičius is 39 (+00: 28:12).

Updated at 12.40 pm Vanags covered 306km and is now 10th in WP6. However, this is not the final place, because the WP6 point was not reached much faster than the drivers who drive faster than the Lithuanian.

Updated 12.31 pm A. Juknevičius reported that even before neutralization, he broke two wheels while bending the truck, so it was moving very slowly towards the mechanics.

Updated 12.06 hrs. Latest information from WP4 spot: B.Vanagas ranked 12.4 minutes. 10 sec. ahead of the main competitor due to a better place in the general classification Cyrilas Despresas (+00: 06: 09), but the Lithuanian 4 min. 16 sec. ahead of Christian Lavieille from France (+00: 14: 35)

Updated 11:51 AM B.Vanagas has already traveled 215 km and reached point WP4, where it is 7 ° (+00: 10:19).

Update 11.36 am G.Petrus and A.Juknevičius also achieved the WP3 point and neutralization. Currently, the order among Lithuanians is as follows: B.Vanagas – 16 (+00: 08: 18), E.Juškauskas – 22 (+00: 09: 38), G.Petrus – 28 (+00: 08: 18) 12:20) and A. Juknevičius – 38o (+00: 24: 33).

Updated 11.24 am 30 participants have already reached the WP3 point, including B.Vanagas (11th place) and E.Juškauskas (22nd place). This is a neutralization in which participants can order their vehicles. So far, Spaniard Carlos Sainz is in the lead, followed by Nasser Al-Attiyah (+00: 00: 51) and Cathar Peterhansel (+00: 01: 37).

Updated at 11.11 am In WP2, rocking among the Lithuanians: G.Petrus was the fastest and reached 23rd place (+00: 08: 02), E.Juškauskas – 24 (+00: 08: 08) and A.Juknevičius – 42nd. (+00: 18:45).

Updated 11.05 am B.Vanagas fell to position 15 in WP3 (+00: 08: 18).

Updated 10.23 pm B.Vanag’s time fell to 10th in WP2 and 11th in WP2.

Other Lithuanians also reached the first intermediate finals: A.Juknevičius, who struggled, started in 26th place, but WP1 only reached time 41 (+00: 10: 36), E.Juškauskas, who started from 28th place , now he’s 25- like (+00: 03: 36). G.Petrus also showed a great time, starting from position 37 at the WP1 point, it was 27 (+00: 03: 47) and only 11 seconds. fell behind E.Juškauskas.

Updated 10.10 am When other riders reached WP1, Vanagas’s time dropped to 13, but he is still 7th in WP2.

Updated at 9.45 pm B.Vanagas, starting from 11th place, moved up to 10th place at the WP1 spot (+00: 02: 31).

Benedict Vanagas and Filipe Palmeiro (Inbank Toyota Gazoo Racing Baltics, Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux) | Overall ranking: 11th place, +04: 37: 13

Antanas Juknevičius and Darius Vaičiulis (KREDA, Toyota Hilux Overdrive OTB) | Overall ranking: 27th place, +08: 33: 35

Edvinas Juškauskas and Aisvydas Paliukėnas (Heston Airlines Pitlane Team, Toyota Hilux Gazoo Racing) | Overall ranking: 25th place, +08: 29: 07

Gintas Petrus and Jose Marquesas (Petrus Kombucha Team, Optimus EVO 3) | Total positions: 31st place, +10: 48: 10

Motorcycle positions:

Updated 12.58 pm A.Gelažninkas has covered 362 km and is ranked 24th in WP7 (+00: 37: 46).

Updated 11.52 pm A.Gelažninkas has already covered 306 km and reached the WP6 point, but the system does not show his WP5 time, so it is not clear if it is a GPS problem or if the Lithuanian missed it. So far, A.Gelažninkas is ranked 23 (+00: 34: 18).

Updated 11.04 am A.Gelažninkas ranked 25th in WP4 (+00: 29: 41).

Updated 9:44 am At the WP3 point, A.Gelažninkas remained 26th (+00: 14:49).

Updated 8:58 pm A.Gelažninkas, who started from position 22, reached point 25 of WP1 (+00: 03: 50) and WP2 – 26 (+00: 09: 34).

Arūnas Gelažninkas (Team Zigmas Dakar, replica of the KTM 450 Rally) | Total ranking: 22nd place, +06: 21: 31, individual ranking: 1st place, 46 hours. 41 min. 39 sec.

ATV Classification:

Updated 1:33 PM L. Kancius keeps up the pace and is sixth in WP6 (+00: 32: 06).

Updated 11.42 pm L. Kancius reaches the sixth point WP4, but the system does not provide the time of many participants from this point.

Updated at 9.49 pm L. Kancius climbs to 7th place in WP3 (+00: 12: 17).

Updated 9:27 am In WP1, L. Kancius was 10th (+00: 03: 41), and WP2 climbed to eighth place (+00: 06: 38).

Laisvydas Kancius (Racing history, Yamaha Raptor 700) | Overall ranking: 9th place, +11: 27: 50