The 11th stage of the Rally Dakar have come to an end, with Ross Branch to win again in this year’s competition.
The rider from Hero Motorsports took 4h51m57s to secure the win in the 420km stage, but saw his main rival in the battle for the Dakar title to reach second, just 32s away. With this, Ricky Brabec already has a hand and a half on the title as there is only one more round to race.
Adrien Van Beveren got to finish the day 3m17s after Branch, while Luciano Benavides was fourth and the best Husqvarna of the day. As for Toby Price, he was the fastest riding a KTM, to finish fifth.
Looking at the overall standings, Branch only took 32s off Brabe’c lead, which makes the difference between to be now at 10m22s. Van Beveren is third 14m31s off of his teammate.
Top ten Dakar Stage 11th:
POS. | N° | EXP. | DRIVE-TEAM | TEAM | TIME | VARIATION | PENALITY |
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1 | 46 | (BWA) ROSS BRANCH | HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY | 04H 51′ 57” | |||
2 | 9 | (USA) RICKY BRABEC | MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM | 04H 52′ 29” | + 00H 00′ 32” | ||
3 | 42 | (FRA) ADRIEN VAN BEVEREN | MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM | 04H 55′ 14” | + 00H 03′ 17” | ||
4 | 1 | (ARG) LUCIANO BENAVIDES | HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING | 04H 56′ 35” | + 00H 04′ 38” | ||
5 | 2 | (AUS) TOBY PRICE | RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING | 04H 58′ 28” | + 00H 06′ 31” | ||
6 | 18 | (ZAF) BRADLEY COX | BAS WORLD KTM RACING TEAM | 05H 00′ 02” | + 00H 08′ 05” | ||
7 | 47 | (ARG) KEVIN BENAVIDES | RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING | 05H 01′ 05” | + 00H 09′ 08” | ||
8 | 5 | (AUS) DANIEL SANDERS | RED BULL GASGAS FACTORY RACING | 05H 04′ 20” | + 00H 12′ 23” | ||
9 | 23 | (CZE) MARTIN MICHEK | ORION – MOTO RACING GROUP | 05H 06′ 24” | + 00H 14′ 27” | ||
10 | 142 | (SVK) STEFAN SVITKO | SLOVNAFT RALLY TEAM | 05H 07′ 44” | + 00H 15′ 47” |
General Standings:
POS. | N° | EXP. | DRIVE-TEAM | TEAM | TIME | VARIATION | PENALITY |
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1 | 9 | (USA) RICKY BRABEC | MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM | 49H 37′ 57” | 00H 01′ 00” | ||
2 | 46 | (BWA) ROSS BRANCH | HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY | 49H 48′ 19” | + 00H 10′ 22” | 00H 01′ 00” | |
3 | 42 | (FRA) ADRIEN VAN BEVEREN | MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM | 49H 52′ 28” | + 00H 14′ 31” | ||
4 | 11 | (CHL) JOSE IGNACIO CORNEJO FLORIMO | MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM | 50H 16′ 41” | + 00H 38′ 44” | 00H 06′ 00” | |
5 | 47 | (ARG) KEVIN BENAVIDES | RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING | 50H 19′ 16” | + 00H 41′ 19” | 00H 03′ 00” | |
6 | 2 | (AUS) TOBY PRICE | RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING | 50H 25′ 56” | + 00H 47′ 59” | ||
7 | 1 | (ARG) LUCIANO BENAVIDES | HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING | 50H 33′ 45” | + 00H 55′ 48” | 00H 15′ 00” | |
8 | 5 | (AUS) DANIEL SANDERS | RED BULL GASGAS FACTORY RACING | 50H 50′ 22” | + 01H 12′ 25” | ||
9 | 142 | (SVK) STEFAN SVITKO | SLOVNAFT RALLY TEAM | 51H 32′ 15” | + 01H 54′ 18” | ||
10 | 23 | (CZE) MARTIN MICHEK | ORION – MOTO RACING GROUP | 52H 21′ 37” | + 02H 43′ 40” | 00H 01′ 00” |