Stage Thirteen (Final):
Red Bull KTM factory rider Marc Coma of Spain on Saturday sealed his fifth Dakar title and presented KTM with its fourteenth win in this offroad classic. Paolo Goncalves of Portugal took second place and KTM rookie Toby Price of Australia took the minor podium place.
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Coma, a Red Bull athlete, rode to the start of the final Stage 13 with a 17-minute lead over Goncalves however riders were unable to complete the 393 km of the final stage into Buenos Aires after heavy rain made the track surface slippery and too dangerous. The race was halted at CP2 and Coma was declared the winner. The win for Coma equals that of his former KTM teammate Cyril Despres and represents the domination of these two riders on the event for a decade.
Coma tackled the Dakar with his usual passion and attention to detail, true to his belief that the only result that counts was that in the final day. He took victory in Stage Five and was top three in six other stages. He also rode with care and prudence in the two marathon stages, nursing a damaged tire in the first and safely bringing his KTM 450 RALLY home across the salt flats of Bolivia in wet conditions that resulted in many riders having to exit the rally after salt clogged their engines and electronics.
Marc Coma: “I’m happy and proud. As usual it was a grueling rally. We had to overcome a problem on the second day that slowed us down a bit in the rankings. So from then on we had to change the strategy a little and push to recover that time. We knew that the marathons would be key stages and they were. I am happy with the team and the people we have around us. This fifth win says a lot about all of us.” Coma also congratulated his two rivals Joan Barreda and Paolo Goncalves who he said were tough opponents. “The level was very high and this also makes the win very valuable,” he added.
The 2015 rally was an emotional roller coaster for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team and the KTM-supported riders. Factory racer Sam Sunderland got things off to a brilliant start with a solid first stage win, only to get lost at the tail end of Stage Two in what was the longest stage in the 2015 edition. He then crashed out early in Stage Three and had to retire.
At the same time it was already clear that two young contenders, KTM-supported Dakar newcomers Matthias Walkner of Austria and Australian Toby Price were out to impress. Both came to the Dakar with only one rally under their tires having raced the Morocco Rally in October. Both were also new to road book-style navigation.
Walkner drew attention early. After finishing 8-6 in the two opening stages he then won Stage Three. The rest of his rally saw him making great recoveries after difficult days until he finally succumbed to altitude sickness and stomach problems in Stage Nine and had to withdraw. It was an unfortunate end for a rider with great potential and as yet little experience and he exited after making his mark as a rider to watch in the future.
Price, a four-time winner of Australia’s Finke Desert classic said at the beginning of the rally that navigation would be difficult. He did have some difficulties in stages 4-6 but by the time he started in the final stage he had eight top five finishes and including a win in Stage 12. Price by then had moved up to third overall and was able to make it stick until the race was declared over.
Regular Red Bull KTM Factory rider Ruben Faria of Portugal finished sixth overall, which was a solid result given that Faria had broken his collarbone only six weeks before the rally. His teammate Jordi Viladoms was one rider who was unable to finish the difficult stage over the Bolivian salt flats. Villadoms was fifteenth overall when he retired from the race.
KTM-supported rider Riaan van Niekerk also retired after Stage Seven left Bolivia. He was overall twelfth. Jakub Przygonski of Poland, a regular KTM-supported rider who competes for Team Orlen was eighteenth overall. He has had a difficult season after a serious injury in Abu Dhabi at the beginning of 2014.
Line honors in the final shortened stage went to three KTM riders. Ivan Jakes of Slovakia won the stage. Countryman Stefan Svitko finished second and Price was third. Svitko finishes fifth overall and Jakes was eighth overall. KTM riders took seven of the top 10 places in the 2015 edition.
The Dakar 2015 was indeed a battle of attrition. Of the 168 starters in the bikes division only 78 were on the starting line for the final run into Buenos Aires.
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
46.03.49 |
2 |
Paolo Goncalces |
POR |
Honda |
+00.16.53 |
3 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.23.14 |
4 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.38.38 |
5 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.44.17 |
6 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+01.57.50 |
7 |
David Casteu |
FRA |
KTM |
+02.00.14 |
8 |
Ivan Jakes |
SVK |
KTM |
+02.18.18 |
9 |
Laia Sanz Pla-Giriber |
ESP |
Honda |
+02.24.21 |
10 |
Olivier Pain |
FRA |
Yamaha |
+03.09.09 |
11 |
Hans Vogels |
NLD |
KTM |
+03.31.50 |
Stage Twelve:
Red Bull KTM factory rider Marc Coma of Spain goes into Saturday’s final stage of the 2015 Dakar Rally with a 17 minute 49 lead over second places Paolo Goncalves of Portugal. The Stage 12 victory went to KTM rookie Toby Price of Australia who further consolidates his third overall position in the rankings.
Riders are now almost at the end of the 9,000 km journey in South America and on Friday traveled from Termas Rio Honda to Rosario in Argentina, a timed special of 298 km and a 725 km liaison section.
Coma finished a comfortable sixth in the stage sacrificing 6.25 of his lead time as he preserved tire wear and is now looking at the possibility of winning his fifth Dakar title. The final stage into the finish line at Buenos Aires involves another 393 km, of which just 174 km is timed special. Should Coma succeed in taking the title, it will be a fourteenth victory for KTM in this epic annual race.
Coma said it had been another hard 300 km ride on Friday. “There was a lot to lose so it was important not to make any mistakes or crash. It is not easy to find the balance to ride like that but I am happy we are here. Today the tires were wearing a lot so I took care about that at the beginning of the special.
I felt a bit fresher on the last part and made a good pace to the end. There are still some kilometers left, but the end is getting closer now. The conditions are always very tough all the time. The young riders are pushing a lot, so I have to use my energy. We spend all year preparing to arrive here in a good shape, so it's time to spend that energy”.
Stage 12 was also an opportunity for Toby Price to illustrate his speed and skills. A passionate desert racer in Australia, Price is contesting his first Dakar Rally as a KTM-supported rider and has shown constant improvement of form as the rally has progressed.
At the beginning of this edition Price had ridden only in the Morocco Rally and was new to the navigation using the road book. Price said on Thursday that he was finally coming to grips with the navigation technique and this was illustrated on Friday when he rode a very strong stage throughout.
Price was in the lead at CP1 after 126 km and had accumulated a one minute 36 advantage over second placed Joan Barreda. He stretched the lead to 1.46 by the 231km mark at CP2 and went on to best Barreda by a margin of 1.55. Price has been in the top five in seven stages since the rally started on January 3.
Speaking after the stage, Price said he was aware that anything could still happen. “At this stage everything is just feeling good. We're enjoying it, so it's been a good experience. There have been a lot of highs and lows and good learning curves as well as a few mistakes, but we're trying to fix them as best as we can and get to the finishing line. Hopefully, that will happen tomorrow. I always knew it was going to be difficult, but you don't know until you actually come here and have a go. Then you find out how hard it really is.”
In the overall rankings Price now has a cushion of eleven minutes to KTM rider Pablo Quintanilla of Chile who is in fourth place, but whatever the outcome on Saturday, he can go away pleased with his debut ride. It was also a very good day for the Slovak duo of Ivan Jakes and Stefan Svitko, both riding KTM who finished Stage 12 in positions 4-5, ahead of Coma who opted to conserve his strength for the final push into Buenos Aires.
Red Bull KTM’s Ruben Faria finished twentieth, dropping 16.21 during the stage but stays at sixth on the overall rankings. KTM continues to have seven riders in the top 10 in the overall standings.
With a lead of 17 minutes over Paulo Gonçalves, Marc Coma will be chiefly focused on avoiding mistakes on the 174 km special that remains on the Dakar 2015 after more than 9,000 km covered. A fifth outright victory on the Dakar awaits the KTM rider, bringing him level with the amount won by Cyril Despres when riding for the same Austrian manufacturer.
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
45.08.32 |
2 |
Paolo Goncalces |
POR |
Honda |
+00.17.49 |
3 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.25.18 |
4 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.36.57 |
5 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.40.43 |
6 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+01.50.39 |
7 |
David Casteu |
FRA |
KTM |
+01.55.09 |
8 |
Laia Sanz Pla-Giriber |
ESP |
Honda |
+02.19.37 |
9 |
Ivan Jakes |
SVK |
KTM |
+02.21.29 |
10 |
Olivier Pain |
FRA |
Yamaha |
+03.04.21 |
11 |
Helder Rodrigues |
PRT |
Honda |
+03.27.54 |
Stage Eleven:
Red Bull KTM’s Marc Coma finished sixth in the Dakar Rally Stage 11 and now goes into the penultimate stage of the 2015 edition with a five minute 12 lead over Paolo Goncalves. KTM rookie Toby Price of Australia on Thursday moved into potential podium territory and is now third overall.
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Coma, the consummate tactician and a four-times Dakar winner has said in the past that it is only where you are in the rankings on the final day that count, was satisfied after the second stage of the second marathon session of this year’s rally. With the finish line in Buenos Aires now looming large on Saturday and riders and teams worn down from the rigors of a very hard edition, riders tackled a total of 512 km, of which 351 km were timed special on the way to Termas Rio Honda.
Marc Coma: “We come from a marathon stage that is always more stressful and always with mechanical work. Our time is good but we still have a difficult day tomorrow and also the last day. I am still not able to see the end to this rally but I am happy with how things are going so far. If you look at how far we have already come, it is an eternity. So far we can say we are still very happy.”
Overnight riders were not permitted any mechanical support from teams although they may do the work themselves. Engine changes do incur time penalties, even if riders carry out the work themselves.
Price, of Australia moved into third overall for the first time and now has a marginal time advantage over KTM rider Pablo Quintanilla of Chile. He stands a fair chance of a podium finish in his first Dakar, provided he manages to hold onto the advantage over two more stages. Quintanilla has also been having an excellent Dakar and will not want to give up on going for the minor podium place.
Toby Price: "Two days is still a long way to go. We're just trying to do the best we can, stay fit and healthy, keep the bike in good shape and that's been my plan the whole way. Today was not so bad. It wasn't extremely fast but you couldn't afford to run wide on turns. It was just a good clean day." Price, new to this type of navigation and the road book said this aspect had also started to come together for him over the past couple of days.
KTM riders delivered a solid result in the stage with Ivan Jakes of Slovakia, Red Bull KTM factory rider Ruben Faria of Portugal, Price, Coma and Quintanilla finishing the stage in places 3-7. At the end of the stage there were also seven KTM riders in the top 10 overall positions.
KTM Factory Team Manager Alex Doringer said conditions had been very tough for the entire team who had endured temperatures up to 45 degrees Celsius on Thursday as well as dust storms and even flooding in past days.
“We are in good shape,” Doringer said. “Marc is happy and smiling ahead of tomorrow’s stage and no one believed that we would see Toby up here fighting for third place on his first time out at the Dakar.” Doringer said the team was in a strong position for Friday’s stage with Faria, Price and Coma starting at places four, five and six.
On Friday riders travel from Termas Rio Honda to Rosario, another 1024 km with 298 km of timed special. Teams would be permitted to transport the bikes for part of the long liaison section, Doringer said
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
41.43.03 |
2 |
Paolo Goncalces |
POR |
Honda |
+00.05.12 |
3 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.31.43 |
4 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.33.15 |
5 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.48.07 |
6 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+01.40.43 |
7 |
David Casteu |
FRA |
KTM |
+01.46.51 |
8 |
Laia Sanz Pla-Giriber |
ESP |
Honda |
+02.13.20 |
9 |
Ivan Jakes |
SVK |
KTM |
+02.24.45 |
10 |
Olivier Pain |
FRA |
Yamaha |
+02.55.17 |
11 |
Hans Vogels |
NLD |
KTM |
+03.24.48 |
Stage Ten:
Red Bull KTM’s Marc Coma on Wednesday consolidated his position at the head of the overall standings in Stage 10 of the Dakar Rally, picking up another two minutes on second-placed Paolo Goncalves of Portugal.
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Coma, A Red Bull athlete now leads the standings by a margin of seven minutes 35 but there are still many kilometers to the finish at Buenos Aires and he still has to weather the second half of the second marathon stage on Thursday. Riders are not permitted any mechanical assistance or support from their teams at the halfway point of a marathon stage.
The Spanish factory rider was second in Stage Ten, which was won by Joan Barreda of Spain who has been Coma’s constant companion throughout the rally. Barreda’s chances of a victory were more or less thwarted on Tuesday when he, like many other riders experiences technical difficulties crossing Bolivia’s massive salt lake.
Coma said after the stage that it was important to stay focused so close to the end of the rally. “It’s been a tough Dakar,” he said. “We have to fight many adverse situations but after so many days and despite the suffering, I am still enjoying it. That is what is great about this race. It makes you confront your limits and when you think you can’t do any more, you face them and move on. Today’s stage was very hard and it was not easy to keep up a high pace. At first there was the altitude, and then a technical part that really tested us. I tried to keep up the same pace throughout the stage.”
Coma finished one minute 39 second behind Barreda, followed by factory teammate Ruben Faria of Portugal at 1.57 and KTM-supported rider Toby Price of Australia at 2.14. Price is fourth in the overall standings and has the possibility of catching third placed Chilean KTM rider Pablo Quintanilla, who is only around half a minute in front of the Australian. KTM currently has seven riders in the top ten positions in the overall standings. Red Bull KTM Factory riders and KTM-supported riders are contesting the Dakar on the KTM 450 RALLY.
Austria’s Matthias Walkner, who like Price was riding his debut Dakar for KTM was forced to withdraw before the start of Wednesday’s special due to illness. Walkner has had an impressive first Dakar experience with many highs and lows. Almost always among the fastest riders, he comes away with a stage win and a reputation for fighting back hard from adverse situations.
The stage took riders back across the Andes and into Argentina as the rally turns east to head back to the finish in Buenos Aires at the weekend. The timed special started on the Salinas Grandes, more than 3600m above sea level and the liaison stage saw them climb to a staggering 4970 m to cross the mountains via the de L’ACay pass so both riders and bikes had to contend with the debilitating effects of altitude.
In Stage Eleven riders will travel from Cachi to Termas Rio Honda over a total distance of 512 km, of which 351 km is timed special.
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
38.13.50 |
2 |
Paolo Goncalces |
POR |
Honda |
+00.07.35 |
3 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.31.42 |
4 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.32.06 |
5 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.45.19 |
6 |
David Casteu |
FRA |
KTM |
+01.41.14 |
7 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+01.41.40 |
8 |
Laia Sanz Pla-Giriber |
ESP |
Honda |
+02.05.00 |
9 |
Ivan Jakes |
SVK |
KTM |
+02.25.51 |
10 |
Olivier Pain |
FRA |
Yamaha |
+02.50.11 |
11 |
Hans Vogels |
NLD |
KTM |
+03.21.36 |
Stage Nine:
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Dakar riders returned to the challenge of reaching the finish line after Monday’s turbulent day in Bolivia with Marc Coma finishing third in Stage Nine to hold onto the overall lead by a margin of five minutes 28.
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Riders spent their final day in the sand of Chile’s Atacama Desert as they went from Iquique to Calama over a total distance of 539 km, 451 km of which was under the clock. They first had to tackle some 50 km of sand and dunes before encountering rougher narrow tracks with plenty of potholes and areas of fesh-fesh (fine dust).
Stage winner was Helder Rodrigues of Portugal who finished in five hours 06.14 with countryman Paolo Goncalves three minutes 51 behind in second place. Coma, A Red Bull athlete crossed the line seven minutes 34 behind the leader.
Coma said it had been another very difficult day: “It was foggy at the start of the special and I made one small navigation mistake and I lost some time there, but then I tried to push with a high rhythm to come back to my position. The last part was also tricky navigation and it was difficult to find one of the waypoints. I am lucky because maybe I am faster than some of the others and I can push until the end. It’s okay. It was a good day for us.”
Other leading KTM riders in the stage were Slovakia’s Stefan Svitko who was sixth, followed by both KTM rookies, Austria’s Matthias Walkner at seventh at 22.02 and Australia’s Toby Price at 23.09. KTM factory rider Ruben Faria was twelfth home, trailing by 34.22.
Price too had occasional difficulties with the navigation: “This morning was going well and we were making up ground. I made a small navigational error in the sand but I got on top of it. We were about one minute off the lead at the first CP but then we went into the fesh-fesh area and it was really tough. Then at about the 360 km mark there was a waypoint and we all got lost and the other guys made up ground. It was frustrating to lose time there but I am happy we’re here. As long as we can get to the finish line, that’s the main goal. But if we can stay in the top five that’s even better.”
Walkner had another strong day out in the desert given that he started way down the order because of difficulties encountered in Stage Eight and had to fight his way through a lot of dust. He also hit a bump and crashed, tearing off his drink pack in the process. He had to ride the last 150 km without water and did well to reach the finish in another impressive time. Both Walkner and Price have delivered very solid performances in their first Dakar outings.
KTM riders are also well placed in the overall standings with Coma in the lead, Chile’s Pablo Quintanilla in third at 26.52, followed by Price in fourth at 31 minutes 31, Svitko is in fifth and Faria in sixth overall.
Stage 10 on Wednesday is the start of the second marathon stage, which takes riders over a distance of 891 km, including a timed special of 371 km. Preservation of bikes and tires will again be important as they are not permitted any support or assistance from their teams overnight.
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
34.05.00 |
2 |
Paolo Goncalces |
POR |
Honda |
+00.05.28 |
3 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.26.52 |
4 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.31.31 |
5 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.40.36 |
6 |
David Casteu |
FRA |
KTM |
+01.31.26 |
7 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+01.41.22 |
8 |
Laia Sanz Pla-Giriber |
ESP |
Honda |
+01.54.37 |
9 |
Ivan Jakes |
SVK |
KTM |
+02.18.31 |
10 |
Olivier Pain |
FRA |
Yamaha |
+02.36.13 |
11 |
Hans Vogels |
NLD |
KTM |
+03.12.56 |
Stage Eight:
Red Bull KTM’s Marc Coma took a cautious approach in what was a very tough second half of the first Dakar Rally marathon stage. In very adverse conditions for all bikes and riders, Coma brought his KTM 450 RALLY back to the finish in ninth place in Monday’s stage and assumed the overall lead by nine minutes 11 seconds.
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Coma sacrificed seven minutes 37 seconds in the stage that started with a high-speed dash across the Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia, then returned riders back into the mountains and the dunes of Chile’s Atacama Desert. Finally they had to negotiate the terrifyingly steep descent back to Iquique.
His main rival, Joan Barreda of Spain, who was the pre marathon stage leader suffered technical difficulties and dropped down the order. Barreda finally finished sixty-fifth in the stage and is now tenth overall at one hour 24.14 behind the KTM factory rider.
Stage winner was Chilean KTM rider Pablo Quintanilla, second was Joan Pedrero of Spain. Stefan Svitko of Slovakia (KTM) had a great marathon stage to finish third just 00.12 seconds behind the leader. It was also a very strong performance by KTM’s Dakar rookie, Toby Price of Australia who finished 00.41 seconds behind Quintanilla in fourth place and is also fourth in the overall standings behind Coma, Paolo Goncalves of Portugal and Quintanilla.
The start of the rally was delayed because of weather conditions and rain the day before had made conditions tricky for a high-speed dash across what is the world’s largest salt lake. Coma said later that conditions had been “over the limit”.
Marc Coma: “Conditions were very complicated, for me over the limit. To ride over the salt and the water was like a kind of cement on the bike and there was a lot of stress to try to take care of the engine of the bike and everything. To arrive here today is like a victory. I am happy we are leading now but we still have five days in front of us. We have a long way to go and every day there is something different. We just have to take it kilometer by kilometer.”
Coma said at the end of the stage that he had had problems with a radiator blockage caused by the paste-like mix of salt and water and he thanked his teammates Jordi Viladoms and Ruben Faria for their help in solving the problem at the refueling point. Faria went on to finish behind Coma in tenth place but Monday saw the retirement of Viladoms, who was last year second to Coma at the finish of Dakar 2014. Also retired after Stage eight was KTM-supported rider Riaan van Niekerk of South Africa.
Toby Price also commented that the salt water has clogged many of the bikes and had especially affected the electronics, resulting in a lot of problems for many of the top riders. "For me it was just a matter of preserving the bike and trying to get to the finish. It's still in one piece and I am just hoping I can get to the finish line."
KTM rookie Matthias Walkner had another very tough day but finally made it to the finish line in forty-fourth place and is now ranked twenty-eighth overall. The young Austrian, riding only in his second rally has shown speed, courage and determination and has a stage victory to his credit. Third in Stage Seven heading for Uyuni, Walkner said on Sunday that he had already felt the adverse effects of the altitude in Bolivia. He remains committed to be at the finish line in Buenos Aires and like Price, has put in an admirable performance in his first Dakar.
Matthias Walkner: "Today was our hardest day. it rained until about 10-11 o'clock and we rode 150km in the salt lake with a lot of water. Most of the bikes were destroyed and my bike also stopped two or three times. In the end it was just bad luck and I hope for a better day tomorrow."
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
28.51.12 |
2 |
Paolo Goncalces |
POR |
Honda |
+00.09.11 |
3 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.11.11 |
4 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.15.56 |
5 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.26.30 |
6 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+00.34.34 |
7 |
Alain Duclos |
FRA |
Sherco |
+00.58.08 |
8 |
David Casteu |
FRA |
KTM |
+01.10.48 |
9 |
Laia Sanz Pla-Giribert |
ESP |
Honda |
+01.18.51 |
10 |
Ivan Jakes |
SVK |
KTM |
+01.47.47 |
11 |
Juan Pedrero Garcia |
ESP |
Yamaha |
+02.06.10 |
Stage Seven:
Red Bull KTM factory rider Marc Coma had a good day out in the first of two marathon stages at the Dakar 2015 on Sunday, trimming the time deficit between him and overall leader Joan Barreda by half in Stage 7.
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Coma, a Red Bull athlete who finished a very close in the stage that went from Iquique to Uyuni in Bolivia is now overall second by six minute 28 seconds. Barreda, like Coma, also from Spain finished twelfth in the stage some 6.13 behind the winner, Paolo Goncalves of Portugal. Coma finished just 14 seconds behind Goncalves.
Immediately behind Coma was KTM’s Dakar rookie Matthias Walkner of Austria who bounced back impressively after having a very tough day on Friday before the only rest day. Walkner, riding in only his second rally ever was only 30 seconds behind the stage winner.
Next was KTM rider Pablo Quintanilla of Chile at 1.32 and KTM’s second Dakar Rookie, Toby Price of Australia was at 1.49. KTM riders Stefan Svitko of Slovakia, KTM-supported rider Riaan van Niekerk of South Africa and factory rider Jordi Viladoms came in at positions 9-11. KTM factory rider Ruben Faria was fourteenth.
There are currently six KTM riders in the top 10 of the overall standings as the rally goes into the second and final week.Sunday’s marathon stage demanded careful riding, especially when it came to looking after tires. Riders are allowed no contact or mechanical intervention by their teams and must carry out any necessary repairs by themselves.
The ride from Iquique in Chile into Bolivia and Uyuni, named as the world’s largest salt lake, took riders to an altitude of 3500 m. They traveled for 321 km under the clock after a liaison section of almost 400 km and They face an even tougher day on Monday when Stage 8 from Uyuni back to Iquique is a race against the clock of some 781 km. Should the surface of the gigantic lake be dry, organizers are planning a mass start of 30 riders at a time. If it is not dry, riders will take a course around the edge of the lake.
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Joan Barreda |
ESP |
Honda |
25.40.48 |
2 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.06.28 |
3 |
Paolo Goncalves |
POR |
Honda |
+00.10.59 |
4 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.25.16 |
5 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.29.20 |
6 |
Helder Rodrigues |
POR |
Honda |
+00.33.56 |
7 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.40.23 |
8 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+00.40.55 |
9 |
Alain Duclos |
FRA |
Sherco |
+00.50.31 |
10 |
David Casteu |
FRA |
KTM |
+01.16.52 |
11 |
Alessandro Botturi |
ITA |
Yamaha |
+01.19.18 |
Stage Six:
Stage Six of the Dakar Rally saw a great ride by KTM-supported Toby Price, who took a close second, finishing just one minute 10 behind the stage winner Helder Rodrigues of Portugal. It was the Australian Desert racer’s best finish so far as the 2015 edition concludes the first half of the nearly 9000 km distance at the Chilean coastal city of Iquique.
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Red Bull KTM’s Marc Coma finished eighth overall after being shadowed by his main rival and fellow Spaniard Joan Barreda, who finished sixth. Barreda retains the overall lead as riders head into Saturday’s rest day. Coma’s factory teammate Ruben Faria finished ninth in the stage and is seventh overall at the half way mark. Teammate Jordi Viladoms struggled after missing a way point and was clearly disappointed at the end of the day. He wraps up the first week at eleventh overall.
KTM’s other newcomer, Matthias Walkner, who was in a comfortable fourth position at the fourth WP then dropped down the order and was still to finish at the time of filing. The team indicated he had had some fuel issues but this was to be confirmed. Up to this point, Walkner a former MX3 World Champion but new to rally and to the team, had been having a great first outing in his debut Dakar ride. He won Stage Two and has been consistently up with the leaders.
Stage Six from Antofagasta took riders north along the Pacific coast, then over some endurance-type terrain and along tracks in the spectacular coastal desert of Chile. The total distance was 688 km, which included 319km of timed special, ending in a series of dunes that took riders into the heart of Iquique to a point in the city center, where Chilean fans came out in numbers to greet them.
Price said his day had been a good one. “I caught a bit of dust at first but then I made my way around some of the guys and was in the clear. I almost missed a way point at one stage but I turned back and got it. After than I kept motoring along and I didn’t get lost one bit. I was pretty surprised. I think the navigation is slowly coming. I think we’re getting the hang of it now. I take my time with it and at the end of the day its better because I don’t rush things. I’m stoked to be at the half way and to get a good result today.”
Coma on the other hand said his day had been a tough one. “I started first in the stage and I had a small crash at the beginning and this caused me to lose a bit of confidence in the first part. Then the rhythm was coming back again but the navigation was very difficult and it was very tough to find the way. Joan (Barreda) was always with me and he’s become my shadow the last three days. Bit it’s like this. Everyone is playing their cards.”
Ruben Faria said on the balance it had been a good result for him. “The day was tricky and there were some bumps but in the end it was a good result. I am very happy to finish the first week.” Faria who injured his collarbone and wrist six weeks before the Dakar said he was looking forward to having some rest and recuperation on the rest day Saturday.
Viladoms on the other hand was very disappointed at having missed the way point and said the stage had been really bad. "I think it is one of those days I will try to forget. I jumped a way point and it was too late to come back. I started thinking about this and it cost me a lot of energy. This made it difficult during the stage because what I expected and how it is are very different.”
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Joan Barreda |
ESP |
Honda |
21.38.35 |
2 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.12.27 |
3 |
Paolo Goncalves |
POR |
Honda |
+00.17.12 |
4 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.29.35 |
5 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.33.44 |
6 |
Helder Rodrigues |
POR |
Honda |
+00.36.04 |
7 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+00.40.27 |
8 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.41.27 |
9 |
Alain Duclos |
FRA |
Sherco |
+00.52.56 |
10 |
David Casteu |
FRA |
KTM |
+01.14.52 |
11 |
Alessandro Botturi |
ITA |
Yamaha |
+01.19.18 |
Stage Five:
Red Bull KTM’s Marc Coma went on the attack on Thursday and picked up his first stage victory of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Coma was able to claw back two minutes of the gap between him and overall leader and rival Joan Barreda during Stage Five that saw riders compete against tough conditions in Chile’s renowned Atacama Desert.
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Coma completed the 458 km of timed special in four hours 38.16. Barreda was second and retains the overall lead by a margin of 10.33.
Two other KTM riders, Pablo Quintanilla of Chile and Stefan Svitko of Slovakia also had a good day finishing 3-4 in the stage while KTM’s newcomers Matthias Walkner of Austria and Australia’s desert racer Toby Price continued to impress. Walkner and Price, both KTM-supported riders finished 8-10, ahead of KTM factory riders Jordi Viladoms and Ruben Faria who were 11 and 15 at the end of the stage.
Coma pushed hard throughout the stage to reduce the gap to Barreda and as the rally approaches the rest day on Saturday the two Spanish rivals have extended their lead to the rest of the pack by a good 10 minutes. Currently seven of the top ten places in the overall standings are occupied by KTM riders, however the team is now without British factory rider Sam Sunderland who retired during Stage Four after a crash at the 59 km mark. Sunderland incurred some ligament damage but no serious injury, the team confirmed.
Coma said it had been another hard day’s riding with the fesh-fesh (fine dust) and plenty of rocks making it difficult to maintain a good rhythm in the first half of the stage. His aim was to exert pressure on Barreda but also to ensure the other riders did not close the gap on the front two. “I am happy about the stage win but the fact is that Joan enjoys a significant advantage and we will try to trim it. There is still a lot of race left. The second part (of the rally) is longer with the marathon stages and it will be a fight every day. We are going in the right direction and we will keep fighting,” he said.
Coma’s teammate Jordi Viladoms was unhappy about having lost time at the start of the stage, “My concentration was not good and I put too much focus on riding the bike and trying to push. I took the wrong track and I lost eight minutes.” Faria, who had been riding with Viladoms suffered the same fate but was quite philosophical, saying “It’s like this in the Dakar, tomorrow is another day and I will try to be better.”
Team Manager Alex Doringer said that although Viladoms and Faria had lost time in the stage he was confident they would improve in the coming days. “They are still in a good position overall and they will get better day by day because they both have a lot of experience.”
Walkner of Austria said he believed it had been his best stage yet and said he was getting more comfortable with the navigation and conditions as the rally progressed. Doringer was also very complimentary about his two newcomers Walkner and Price, saying: “Young Matthias and Toby are doing a great job. After five days I think everybody can recognize the potential and the talent of these two guys.” Riders of the Red Bull KTM Factory team and the KTM-supported riders are competing on the KTM 450 RALLY.
Stage six takes riders from Antofagasta to Iquique over a total distance of 688 km, of which 319 is timed special.
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Joan Barreda |
ESP |
Honda |
17.51.05 |
2 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.10.33 |
3 |
Paolo Goncalves |
POR |
Honda |
+00.22.50 |
4 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.31.06 |
5 |
Jordi Viladoms |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.36.23 |
6 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+00.38.13 |
7 |
Matthias Walkner |
AUT |
KTM |
+00.38.36 |
8 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.39.54 |
9 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.42.05 |
10 |
Helder Rodrigues |
POR |
Honda |
+00.43.24 |
11 |
Jordi Viladoms |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.46.48 |
Stage Four:
Red Bull KTM’s Marc Coma advanced from fourth to second in the overall rankings after riders completed Stage Four of the Dakar 2015 on Wednesday when the rally entered Chile. Coma was second in the stage, finishing just 1.59 behind Joan Barreda of Spain who continues to lead overall.
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Coma a Red Bull athlete, rode the 318km special in three hours, 29 minutes and 27 seconds. Riders had a long 594 km liaison at the start of the day that took them up to an altitude of 4800m before making the descent on the western side of the Andes into the Atacama Desert. The stage started with a hard, rocky surface and fesh-fesh (fine dust) and ended in the deep sand of the Copiapó dunes.
Factory Team Manager Alex Doringer said Coma had done a great job in the stage. “Marc was pushing hard all day and did an amazing job. He also did all the navigating as he and Barreda rode together all day.”
Coma’s deficit basically represents the time he lost in Stage Two when he had to slow right down because of tire damage, but the four-time Dakar winner is still feeling satisfied with his progress.
Marc Coma: “This was an important day for me because it would have been easy to lose time in the last 100 km of deep sand and big dunes. I opened the road all day and I tried to make a high rhythm and to push to the maximum. I’m happy to arrive here with no mistakes and everything is getting better for me. We are now in the Atacama and I feel comfortable here.”
The third rider home was Pablo Quintanilla of Chile, also on a KTM, followed by Coma’s Spanish teammate Jordi Viladoms, who said at the end of his ride that it had been a day of really difficult navigation. “I am happy with the overall results but also disappointed because I got lost. I need to be a bit more concentrated and not make mistakes. Tomorrow I will try to push a bit more and to be more focused. Today there was a lot of valleys and it was difficult to find the right one. Here we always have surprises.”
Fellow teammate Ruben Faria finished just 11 seconds behind Viladoms and commented at the end of the day: “This is our first day in Chile and we started with a very fast track with a lot of fesh-fesh and stones, then towards the end we came into the big dunes of Copiapó. There was a lot of navigation and I made a good job until about 10 km to the end then I got completely lost and lost some minutes. But overall it was a very good day.”
The two KTM newcomers, Stage Three winner Matthias Walkner of Austria and KTM Australia’s Toby Price sacrificed some time with navigational difficulties but also gained a lot of valuable experience as both are on a sharp learning curve.
Walkner had to open the track but said after 15 km he was not 100% sure he was on the right track. “I was right, but I didn’t have the confidence if I didn’t see the lines. Then I found a good rhythm and I was only two minutes behind the leaders at the CP refueling point. Then we were in the dunes and I took the wrong direction and got lost. This was a new experience for me but now we are back to reality and I hope I can do it better tomorrow.”
Price too had a crisis of confidence. “Straight up this morning I got lost following the crest of a hill. I thought I was on the right track but obviously I wasn’t, so I lost a bit of time there. It’s all a learning curve. I knew today would be a little worse results because of the conditions, but all in all, I’m at the finish. I can take a few points from today, learn from them and know where I went wrong.”
Sadly it was the final day for KTM Factory rider Sam Sunderland who had such a great start with a stage win on the opening day. Sam crashed at the 59 km point in Stage Four and fell hard on his shoulder. He was dizzy and was unable to continue. X-Rays have subsequently indicated some slight ligament damage but nothing is broken and no serious injury.
After four stages the bigger picture as reflected in the overall standings sees Barreda and Coma well out in front of the rest of the field. Portugal’s Paolo Goncalves is in third around 15 minutes behind, followed by five KTM riders – Faria, Viladoms, Quintanilla, price and Walkner. With many miles left still to ride, the competition remains wide open.
Thursday’s Stage Five takes riders from Copiapó to Antofagasta for another 697 kilometers, 458 of them timed, through the Atacama Desert. The fesh-fesh will be one of their main opponents.
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Joan Barreda |
ESP |
Honda |
13.10.33 |
2 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.12.49 |
3 |
Paolo Goncalves |
POR |
Honda |
+00.20.29 |
4 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+00.23.05 |
5 |
Jordi Viladoms |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.24.51 |
6 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.30.42 |
7 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.32.05 |
8 |
Matthias Walkner |
AUT |
KTM |
+00.33.28 |
9 |
Alain Duclos |
FRA |
Sherco |
+00.36.31 |
10 |
Helder Rodrigues |
POR |
Honda |
+00.39.05 |
11 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.40.27 |
Stage Three:
Dakar newcomer Matthias Walkner of Austria sealed victory in Stage Three of the Dakar Rally, an impressive result for the former MX3 World Champion. Walkner, a KTM-supported rider, is the first Austrian to ride in the Dakar since Heinz Kinigadner in the 1990s.
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Walkner completed the stage in two hours 34.28, just 00.40 ahead of KTM Factory rider Marc Coma and 1.53 ahead of current overall leader Joan Barreda. During the day race officials decided to shorten the stage that was planned to take riders from San Juan to Chilecito – a total distance of 657 km, including 220 km of timed special. This was in response to Monday’s Stage Two having been judged by even seasoned professionals as ‘difficult’.
Fourth across the finish line was Australia’s desert racer Toby Price, like Walkner making his first appearance in the Dakar Rally as a KTM-supported rider. Price continues to be impressive and was only 2 minutes 45 behind Walkner. KTM’s other factory riders Ruben Faria, Jordi Viladoms and Sam Sunderland finished 7-9-11. The top 20 riders all finished within a 10-minute margin.
The stage, said to be one of the most scenic in this year’s rally, took riders northwards along the line of the Andes. They had to negotiate their way through red earth tracks and canyons and spent much of their time in extremely rocky riverbeds.
After Stage Three, Barreda of Spain and Portugal’s Paolo Goncalves continue to lead the standings. Walkner moves up to third, leading in five KTM riders – Coma, Faria, Price and Viladoms, who at seventh is currently 14.07 minutes off the winning pace.
What the riders said:
Matthias Walkner: “I already had a good feeling when I got to the finish because I knew I had a good day. But at the end I was a bit tired and wasn’t concentrating so well and I made some small mistakes. It is an amazing feeling to win the stage and for sure I didn’t expect this. It will be difficult to open the piste tomorrow. Now for the rest of the rally I just want to enjoy every kilometer, to learn and to stay focused on the road book so I don’t make many mistakes.”
Marc Coma: “Today was not a long stage and I thought it would be a good day to recover some time. But in the end that is quite difficult to do if the distance is short. Tomorrow the skyline of the rally completely changes. We arrive in the open desert and the sand dunes where I feel more comfortable. Everything is possible.”
Ruben Faria: Today was easier than yesterday, which was very tough. It was very fast at the beginning of the stage and in the end we were about 40 km in the riverbed and there were a lot of stones. Tomorrow we start the real navigation in Chile and I hope to arrive in a good place. The navigation will be tough and it will be a hard day.”
Jordi Viladoms: “Today we were expecting a few more navigation problems but we just had to follow the river. Tomorrow is going to be a difficult one so I tried to be careful and save something for that. Everything at the moment is really good with my riding, with the bike and everything, and also with my physical condition is good after yesterday so I am happy.'
Toby Price: “The first part of the stage was fast and open and the navigation was easy. If all the Dakar was like this I wouldn’t have any dramas but I’m still struggling a bit with the road book definitions. At this stage I definitely couldn’t lead a stage but hopefully by the end of next week we might be able to do that. Once we get into the desert its game on and a lot of hard work. My pace might drop off a bit but hopefully by the end of next week we can pick it up again.”
Red Bull KTM Factory Team riders and KTM-supported riders are all on the KTM 450 RALLY.
Stage Four sees the route leave Argentina and enter Chile as riders head from Chilecito to Copiapó. They have to travel 909 km, 315 km of timed special and the characteristics and geography will change dramatically as they enter the Atacama Desert and have to attack the dunes
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Joan Barreda |
ESP |
Honda |
09.43.05 |
2 |
Paolo Goncalves |
POR |
Honda |
+00.05.33 |
3 |
Matthias Walkner |
AUT |
KTM |
+00.10.33 |
4 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.10.50 |
5 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+00.12.10 |
6 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.12.24 |
7 |
Jordi Viladoms |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.14.07 |
8 |
Jeremias Israel Esquerre |
CHI |
Honda |
+00.18.33 |
9 |
Helder Rodrigues |
CHI |
Honda |
+00.18.34 |
10 |
Juan Pedrero |
ESP |
Yamaha |
+00.23.02 |
11 |
Alain Duclos |
FRA |
Sherco |
+00.25.39 |
Stage Two:
Red Bull KTM Factory riders and Dakar veterans Ruben Faria and Jordi Viladoms were the top KTM finishers in the long second stage of the Dakar 2015. They finished 3-4 in the stage and the overall standings behind Joan Barreda and Paolo Goncalves.
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It was a mixed day for the KTM riders with Red Bull athlete Marc Coma finishing eighth in the stage. He shadowed leader Barreda all day but in the final stretch had to slow down because of tire problems. Experience paid off for him and he was still able to finish the stage just 12 minutes 03 behind Barreda.
Marc Coma: “The (tire) mousse disintegrated in the last 60 km. A little earlier I know it was happening. I had to slow down a lot. For the last 60 km I could not go faster than 60 km/h. But after having reached the finish I consider myself lucky because we could have lost much more time. Obviously its not the result we wanted but it is still salvageable.”
It was also a tough day for KTM Factory rider Sam Sunderland, who won the opening stage. He looked comfortable all day and was in third place for most of the day but then made an expensive navigational error. He finally arrived at the finish two hours 26.48 behind the winning time.
On the other hand, two KTM-supported riders making their first Dakar appearance not only weathered the longest timed special well but also finished 5-6 in the stage. First home in fifth was Australia’s Toby Price, nine minute 42 behind the leader after 518 km of timed special, followed by Austria’s Matthias Walkner at 11.25. The two newcomers are currently fifth and seventh in the overall standings.
Faria and Viladoms, who finished second overall in the Dakar in 2012 and 2014 respectively, made a big improvement in their overall positions. Faria of Portugal advanced from tenth to third overall and Viladoms of Spain improved his position by ten places.
Viladoms said it had been a hard and long day. "We had many different kinds of terrain and the worst one was the final part which was sandy and bumpy. I'm happy because I had a good rhythm throughout the race but I also saw I could have problems with the mousse so I had to slow down and be careful in the last part."
Team manager Alex Doringer: “Ruben and Jordi did a great job today and although Marc had trouble with the mousse and had to slow down, he’s still in good shape. It was a very disappointing day for Sam because he was doing so well before he got lost. Now he’ll have to concentrate on getting some of his lost time back in the coming days.”
On Tuesday riders have a total distance of 657 km, which includes 220 km under the clock. They travel from San Juan north to Chilecito in the eastern shadow of Andes. KTM Factory and supported riders are on the KTM 450 RALLY.
Overall Standings:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Total Time |
1 |
Joan Barreda |
ESP |
Honda |
07.06.44 |
2 |
Paolo Goncalves |
POR |
Honda |
+00.04.37 |
3 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+00.10.37 |
4 |
Jordi Viladoms |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.11.24 |
5 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.11.32 |
6 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.12.03 |
7 |
Matthias Walkner |
AUT |
KTM |
+00.12.26 |
8 |
Helder Rodrigues |
POR |
Honda |
+00.13.26 |
9 |
Jeremias Israel ESquerre |
CHI |
Honda |
+00.16.24 |
10 |
Juan Pedrero |
ESP |
Yamaha |
+00.19.34 |
11 |
Stefan Svitko |
SVK |
KTM |
+00.22.14 |
Stage One:
Red Bull KTM Factory riders and supported riders opened their bid for Dakar glory on Sunday in a relatively short first stage that saw the team’s Sam Sunderland take line honors. The young British rider who is based in Dubai finished the 175 km special in one hour 18.57, leading in 22 riders who all finished within a six-minute margin.
Portugal’s Paolo Goncalves was right with Sunderland, finishing only 00.05 behind with master tactician and four-time Dakar winner Marc Coma, a Red Bull athlete, finished a comfortable third at just 1.12 back.
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Sunderland, a young rider with great potential was signed to the KTM Factory Team early in 2014 was pleased, but also realistic about his Stage One win.
"It's difficult to judge your strategy based on the first day because you still don't know who's pulled out all the stops. It's also important not to go all in, you've got to leave something for the other stages... However, I think I had a good special and that's always a reason to be happy. The bike didn't miss a beat, it was very fast and I probably posted a good time. I'm a contender... for the first day. I hope I'm also a contender at the end, but we've only covered 175 kilometers and there's still a long road before us," he said after the stage. Sunderland is correct – 175 km in the bank and 4577 km of tough timed specials to the finish line.
KTM-supported rider Matthias Walkner, making his Dakar debut also had a confidence-building first day out finishing in eighth place, the third just two minutes 42 seconds behind Sunderland. Walkner, an MX3 World champion but new to rally-raid is the first Austrian to ride in the Dakar since Heinz Kinigadner in the early 1990s following a world championship-winning career in motocross.
Factory rider Ruben Faria finished tenth, followed by KTM Australia’s Toby Price, also making his Dakar debut and the factory’s Jordi Viladoms, who was second last year to Coma was fourteenth, just 3.45 off the winning pace.
Factory Team Manager Alex Doringer said it had been a smooth and very fast stage with riders averaging around 130 kph. "It was a good pace and a good backup. So far everything is going smoothly. while Monday is a longer and more difficult day, he said he was pleased to have a strong start from the team and especially from the younger riders Sutherland, Walkner and Price.
While Sunday was a taste of things to come, the rally in fact gets serious on Monday when Stage Two from Villa Carlos Paz to San Juan has a relatively short liaison of 107 km liaison and a timed special of 518 km.
Results:
Place |
Name |
Country of Origin |
Manufacturer |
Stage Time |
1 |
Sam Sunderland |
GBR |
KTM |
1.18.57 |
2 |
Paolo Goncalves |
POR |
Honda |
+00.00.05 |
3 |
Marc Coma |
ESP |
KTM |
+00.01.12 |
4 |
Joan Barreda |
ESP |
Honda |
+00.01.41 |
5 |
Alain Duclos |
FRA |
Sherco |
+00.02.08 |
6 |
Jermias Israel Esquerre |
CHI |
Honda |
+00.02.16 |
7 |
David Casteu |
FRA |
KTM |
+00.02.36 |
8 |
Matthias Walkner |
AUT |
KTM |
+00.02.42 |
9 |
Pablo Quintanilla |
CHI |
KTM |
+00.02.58 |
10 |
Ruben Faria |
POR |
KTM |
+00.03.02 |
11 |
Toby Price |
AUS |
KTM |
+00.03.31 |