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For B. Vanagas, the second stage ended with unpleasant sensations: he began to have back pain and contracted his back muscles. The new Toyota Hilux was first driven by navigator F. Palmeiro, according to a team press release.
“I realized from about kilometer 150 that I couldn’t sit up, and at that point there were at least another 400 kilometers to go. The mandatory 15-minute rest stop helped a bit, but then the muscles tensed, “said the tormented runner.
And the second day was not without flat tires, but this time the crew missed only one spare lap. B. Vanagas was also angry with himself for, in his own words, the childhood entrapment in the dunes. I didn’t waste too much time, but it still affected the bottom line.
“The dunes were fun and seemed small, but it became a challenge for many. I saw other colleagues sitting down. Of course, it really pissed me off. Anyway, there was a lot of sand, but the finish was quick and the miles turned fast. We do not have a limiter, so the maximum allowed during the last 20 kilometers is 180 km / h. I tried to control the speed with my foot ”, commented the athlete.
The first victim and the ambitions of the leaders
The chivalrous actions of B. Vanags and F. Palmeiro, when they sacrificed their result to the goal of the first stage, dragged the “Mini” of Vaidotas Žala and Paul Fiuza, did not give the results expected by the Dakar enthusiasts. Another car’s engine eventually broke down even before they reached the start of the speed section.
Two members of the X-Raid Mini team, Stephane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz, show great ambition to win this year’s marathon rally. On Monday, the two riders re-entered the competition, which the Frenchman finally won, but on Monday they were not the fastest.
After a rocky start, Toyota Gazoo Racing’s greatest hope in the fight against the Mini, Nasser Al-Attiyah, found his pace. The Cathar not only prevented the leaders from separating, but also managed to win the second speed section. He reduced S. Peterhansel’s lead in the final classification to 9 minutes. 14 sec.
Overcame the first dunes
Dakar participants covered a distance of 685 kilometers from Bisha to Wadi Ad Davasir on Monday, of which 457 kilometers were the speed stage. Already in the first third, the runners were greeted by the first dunes of this year’s competition, which lasted more than 30 kilometers. In a landscape dominated by yellowish hues, the image was diversified by white sand.
According to the organizers, up to 82 percent. the pavement of the second speed section was sand, 13 percent. dunes and the remaining 5 percent. – land. Still, as the experience of the first day showed, the last number meant stony areas.
Not all of the stage was fighting in the sand dunes. Before the last most difficult stage, open spaces were opened to the end, where the most daring teams, who had saved spare tires, could press the accelerator as needed.
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