Joan Barreda made an important step in the longest stage of this 2015 Dakar edition, in a 518 kilometers of distance which the Valencian made in slightly more than five hours. The Honda star driver took a lot of minutes of distance between his opponents, taking the lead of the rally.


The second classified in the today’s stage has been Paulo Gonçalves, but he finishes so far from Barreda, concretely slightly more than six minutes. This cause the second place in the standings for the Portuguese rider. Meanwhile the current champion, Marc Coma, had a problem in the final of the stage and he lost an important time there for the standings.

On third place today we have Rubén Faria. Jordi Viladoms, the backpacker of the 2014 champion made an attack on today’s stage to finishes on 4th place.

Joan Pedrero closes the top10 position today and takes the tenth place in the standings.  The Catalan girl, Laia Sanz, finishes on 16th place after suffer a problem.

Tomorrow’s stage of Dakar 2015 edition will be more peaceful than today, with no such as distance as today. The stage will start in San Juan and it will finish on Chilecito.

Quotes

Joan Barreda Bort:

“I am really happy. Today was amazing. It was really hard, really tough in the last part of special with a lot of tracks and a lot of bumps and it was so physical. But today was one of these days where it is important to get to the finish and we’ve got here so we are really happy. I was alone in some parts, but the most important was to remain calm over the first kilometres and finally we did a really good job. I think it’s a good opportunity for victory but the race is really close, so if we can perform like today and gain some minutes and seconds, then it’s very important”

Paulo Gonçalves:

“Today was a really, really long and hard stage. It was more than 500 km but with really difficult tracks, a lot of rocks and a last 45 km that was amazing. There was some super grass and a section with sand. With this temperature it was really, really hard, but I’m happy to be here. In the middle of the stage I lost a little bit of time trying to find a way point. I lost the others and for the last 200 km I was on my own, but I’m happy for me, for HRC and especially for Joan, because he rode a really, really, really, really smart race today. He just started pushing after 350 km, so congratulations to Joan. I thought we were very brave today because it was a really difficult day. This was a really typical Dakar stage; it wasn’t a normal Dakar stage, but one with a high amount of difficulty”.

Marc Coma:

“We know that today was a very tough day. We started in the morning with a good feeling, not pushing too hard because we knew it was a long day. But on the other side, I felt that 60 km from the end my rear tyre was finished and I started to ride no faster than 60 kmph, no faster than that. Ok, we lost some time today, but at the end I’m lucky because normally I could have stayed stuck in the desert all the day”.

 

 

Results:

Pos. Rider Team Pen. Time Gap Int
1 Joan Barreda Bort ESP HONDA 5:46:06
2 Paulo Goncalves PRT HONDA 5:52:19 + 06:13
3 Ruben Faria PRT KTM 5:55:22 + 09:16 + 03:03
4 Jordi Viladoms ESP KTM 5:55:26 + 09:20 + 00:04
5 Toby Price AUS KTM 5:55:48 + 09:42 + 00:22
6 Matthias Walkner AUT KTM 5:57:31 + 11:25 + 01:43
7 Helder Rodrigues PRT HONDA 5:57:41 + 11:35 + 00:10
8 Marc Coma ESP KTM 5:58:38 + 12:32 + 00:57
9 Jeremias Israel Esquerre CHL HONDA 6:01:55 + 15:49 + 03:17
10 Juan Pedrero Garcia ESP YAMAHA 6:02:51 + 16:45 + 00:56
11 Stefan Svitko SVK KTM 6:04:06 + 18:00 + 01:15
12 Riaan Van Niekerk ZAF KTM 6:07:50 + 21:44 + 03:44
13 Alain Duclos FRA SHERCO TVS 6:08:01 + 21:55 + 00:11
14 Pablo Quintanilla CHL KTM 6:08:56 + 22:50 + 00:55
15 David Casteu FRA KTM 6:09:26 + 23:20 + 00:30
16 Laia Sanz Pla-Giribert ESP HONDA 6:09:40 + 23:34 + 00:14
17 Michael Metge FRA YAMAHA 6:11:31 + 25:25 + 01:51
18 Alessandro Botturi ITA YAMAHA 6:12:17 + 26:11 + 00:46
19 Olivier Pain FRA YAMAHA 6:12:25 + 26:19 + 00:08
20 Ivan Jakes SVK KTM 6:17:11 + 31:05 + 04:46
21 Xavier De Soultrait FRA YAMAHA 6:18:45 + 32:39 + 01:34
22 Jakub Przygonski POL KTM 6:18:49 + 32:43 + 00:04
23 Hans Vogels NLD KTM 6:21:20 + 35:14 + 02:31
24 Daniel Gouet CHL HONDA 6:22:02 + 35:56 + 00:42
25 Fabien Planet FRA SHERCO TVS 6:25:23 + 39:17 + 03:21
26 Juan Carlos Salvatierra BOL KTM 6:32:18 + 46:12 + 06:55
27 Marc Guasch ESP YAMAHA 6:32:28 + 46:22 + 00:10
28 Patricio Cabrera CHL KAWASAKI 6:34:38 + 48:32 + 02:10
29 Frans Verhoeven NLD YAMAHA 6:34:41 + 48:35 + 00:03
30 Jean De Azevedo BRA HONDA 6:37:51 + 51:45 + 03:10
31 Mario Patrao PRT SUZUKI 6:38:50 + 52:44 + 00:59
32 Txomin Arana Cobeaga ESP YAMAHA 6:40:41 + 54:35 + 01:51
33 Romain Souvignet FRA KTM 6:43:00 + 56:54 + 02:19
34 Franck Verhoestraete COG SHERCO 6:43:29 + 57:23 + 00:29
35 Paolo Ceci ITA KTM 6:43:57 + 57:51 + 00:28
36 Ondrej Klymciw CZE KTM 6:47:33 + 1:01:27 + 03:36
37 David Pabiska CZE KTM 6:48:05 + 1:01:59 + 00:32
38 Thomas Berglund SWE KTM 6:48:10 + 1:02:04 + 00:05
39 Esteban Ariel Lopez Jove ARG KAWASAKI 6:53:45 + 1:07:39 + 05:35
40 Bruno Da Costa FRA YAMAHA 6:56:19 + 1:10:13 + 02:34
41 Jurgen Van Den Goorbergh NLD KTM 7:03:34 + 1:17:28 + 07:15
42 Hugo Payen FRA YAMAHA 7:04:17 + 1:18:11 + 00:43
43 Miran Stanovnik SVN KTM 7:05:11 + 1:19:05 + 00:54
44 Pablo Oscar Pascual ARG KTM 7:08:37 + 1:22:31 + 03:26
45 Mauricio Javier Gomez ARG YAMAHA 7:09:19 + 1:23:13 + 00:42
46 Jakub Piatek POL KTM 7:10:41 + 1:24:35 + 01:22
47 Milan Engel CZE KTM 7:12:58 + 1:26:52 + 02:17
48 David Gregory Reeve ZMB KTM 7:15:42 + 1:29:36 + 02:44
49 Gerard Farres Guell ESP GASGAS 7:16:09 + 1:30:03 + 00:27
50 Santosh Chunchunguppe Shivashankar IND KTM 7:16:39 + 1:30:33 + 00:30
51 German Fernandez URY KAWASAKI 7:17:53 + 1:31:47 + 01:14
52 Jan Van Gerven NLD KTM 7:24:55 + 1:38:49 + 07:02
53 Emanuel Gyenes ROU KTM 7:27:20 + 1:41:14 + 02:25
54 Felipe Rios PER KTM 7:30:55 + 1:44:49 + 03:35
55 Marco Brioschi ITA KTM 7:31:09 + 1:45:03 + 00:14
56 Laurent Lazard URY KTM 7:32:33 + 1:46:27 + 01:24
57 Francisco Arredondo GTM KTM 7:34:19 + 1:48:13 + 01:46
58 Patrice Carillon FRA KTM 7:34:28 + 1:48:22 + 00:09
59 Eduardo Heinrich PER SUZUKI 7:36:48 + 1:50:42 + 02:20
60 Mauro Ayesa ARG BETA 7:38:04 + 1:51:58 + 01:16
61 Fabricio Fuentes BOL KTM 7:38:06 + 1:52:00 + 00:02
62 Janos Desi HUN KTM 7:42:27 + 1:56:21 + 04:21
63 Jorge Lacunza ARG KTM 7:42:36 + 1:56:30 + 00:09
64 Philippe Cavelius FRA KTM 7:45:31 + 1:59:25 + 02:55
65 Sjaak Martens NLD KTM 7:48:03 + 2:01:57 + 02:32
66 Javier Pizzolito ARG HONDA 7:49:50 + 2:03:44 + 01:47
67 Gustavo Bassi ARG YAMAHA 7:51:11 + 2:05:05 + 01:21
68 Alberto Brioschi ITA KTM 7:56:27 + 2:10:21 + 05:16
69 Albert Hintenaus ZAF KTM 7:59:48 + 2:13:42 + 03:21
70 Jan Vesely CZE KTM 8:01:59 + 2:15:53 + 02:11
71 Juan Esteban Sarmiento Ceron COL YAMAHA 8:03:36 + 2:17:30 + 01:37
72 Marcel Butuza ROU KTM 8:09:24 + 2:23:18 + 05:48
73 Sam Sunderland GBR KTM 8:12:54 + 2:26:48 + 03:30
74 Michael Pisano FRA KTM 8:16:37 + 2:30:31 + 03:43
75 Claudio Rodriguez CHL KTM 8:17:14 + 2:31:08 + 00:37
76 Diego Demelchori ARG KAWASAKI 8:18:53 + 2:32:47 + 01:39
77 Damien Udry CHE KTM 8:23:34 + 2:37:28 + 04:41
78 Mateo Moreno Kristiansen COL KTM 8:24:23 + 2:38:17 + 00:49
79 Francisco Errazuriz CHL HUQSVARNA 8:28:13 + 2:42:07 + 03:50
80 Florent Vayssade FRA SHERCO 8:30:03 + 2:43:57 + 01:50
81 Marco Reinike CHL KTM 8:35:49 + 2:49:43 + 05:46
82 Simon Pavey AUS KTM 8:39:11 + 2:53:05 + 03:22
83 Llewellyn Sullivan-Pavey AUS KTM 8:42:21 + 2:56:15 + 03:10
84 Mart Meeru EST HONDA 8:42:30 + 2:56:24 + 00:09
85 Pablo Rodriguez ARG HONDA 8:57:23 + 3:11:17 + 14:53
86 Pawel Stasiaczek POL KTM 8:57:32 + 3:11:26 + 00:09
87 Michal Hernik POL KTM 8:58:01 + 3:11:55 + 00:29
88 Kevin Echeveste ARG HONDA 9:15:51 + 3:29:45 + 17:50
89 Demian Guiral ARG HONDA 9:15:53 + 3:29:47 + 00:02
90 Jan Bastiaan Nijen Twilhaar NLD KTM 9:18:31 + 3:32:25 + 02:38
91 Miguel Puertas ESP KTM 9:21:43 + 3:35:37 + 03:12
92 Cristobal Andres Guldman Gonzalez CHL KAWASAKI 9:22:01 + 3:35:55 + 00:18
93 Cesare Zacchetti ITA KTM 9:25:10 + 3:39:04 + 03:09
94 Alberto Santiago Ontiveros ARG BETA 9:27:02 + 3:40:56 + 01:52
95 Serkan Ozdemir TUR KTM 9:32:44 + 3:46:38 + 05:42
96 Eric Croquelois FRA KTM 9:34:11 + 3:48:05 + 01:27
97 Anders Berglund SWE HUSABERG 9:35:11 + 3:49:05 + 01:00
98 Sakir Senkalayci TUR KTM 9:37:44 + 3:51:38 + 02:33
99 Jean-Christophe Menard FRA KTM 9:41:02 + 3:54:56 + 03:18
100 Guillaume Martens NLD KTM 9:42:57 + 3:56:51 + 01:55
101 Melchior Van Heertum NLD KTM 9:44:17 + 3:58:11 + 01:20
102 Caspar Van Heertum NLD KTM 9:45:26 + 3:59:20 + 01:09
103 Caspar Schellekens NLD KTM 9:54:02 + 4:07:56 + 08:36
104 Sergio Miguel Petrone ARG YAMAHA 9:54:34 + 4:08:28 + 00:32
105 Henno Van Bergeijk NLD HUSABERG 9:58:15 + 4:12:09 + 03:41
106 Rosa Romero Font ESP KTM 13:01:09 + 7:15:03 + 3:02:54
107 Antonio Gimeno García ESP KTM 3h 13:02:08 + 7:16:02 + 00:59
108 Enrique Guzman CHL KTM 3h 13:02:39 + 7:16:33 + 00:31
109 Diocleziano Toia ITA KTM 3h 13:07:09 + 7:21:03 + 04:30
110 Maciej Berdysz POL HONDA 3h 13:12:16 + 7:26:10 + 05:07
111 Roberto Gajdosech ARG YAMAHA 3h 13:12:42 + 7:26:36 + 00:26
112 Herve Theuriot FRA KTM 3h 13:12:52 + 7:26:46 + 00:10
113 Matteo Casuccio ITA GASGAS 3h 13:13:27 + 7:27:21 + 00:35
114 Marc Pedrola ESP YAMAHA 3h 13:14:22 + 7:28:16 + 00:55
115 Thierry Domenach FRA KTM 3h 13:16:33 + 7:30:27 + 02:11
116 Boldbaatar Damdinkhorloo MNG KTM 3h 13:19:11 + 7:33:05 + 02:38
117 Edouard Leconte FRA YAMAHA 3h 13:19:29 + 7:33:23 + 00:18
118 Mikael Berglund SWE KTM 3h 13:19:31 + 7:33:25 + 00:02
119 Carlo Vellutino PER KTM 3h 13:20:20 + 7:34:14 + 00:49
120 Charles Cuypers FRA KTM 3h 13:23:35 + 7:37:29 + 03:15
121 Leon Amespil ARG YAMAHA 3h 13:31:17 + 7:45:11 + 07:42
122 Carlos Fernandez ESP KTM 3h 13:32:10 + 7:46:04 + 00:53
123 Domingo Fernandez Mendez ESP KTM 3h 13:33:11 + 7:47:05 + 01:01
124 Jeroen Van Daele NLD HONDA 3h 13:36:32 + 7:50:26 + 03:21
125 Francesco Catanese ITA YAMAHA 3h 13:36:50 + 7:50:44 + 00:18
126 Jan Roelf Bouwknegt NZL KTM 3h 13:40:33 + 7:54:27 + 03:43
127 Axel Heilenkotter CHL HUQSVARNA 3h 13:41:26 + 7:55:20 + 00:53
128 Mariano Kazmierski PER KTM 3h 13:43:00 + 7:56:54 + 01:34
129 Clayton Jacobsen AUS KTM 3h 13:44:55 + 7:58:49 + 01:55
130 Humphrey Sennvanbasel NLD KTM 3h 13:49:45 + 8:03:39 + 04:50
131 Erik Klomp NLD HONDA 3h 14:04:22 + 8:18:16 + 14:37
132 Pierre Cherpin FRA KTM 3h 14:11:50 + 8:25:44 + 07:28
133 Christopher Cork GBR HUSQVARNA 3h 14:12:41 + 8:26:35 + 00:51
134 Yvan Reynaud FRA HONDA 3h 14:13:18 + 8:27:12 + 00:37
135 Alain Delaunay FRA HONDA 3h 14:13:45 + 8:27:39 + 00:27
136 Charles Monier FRA KTM 3h 14:13:49 + 8:27:43 + 00:04
137 Daniel Oliveras Carreras ESP GASGAS 3h 14:14:18 + 8:28:12 + 00:29
138 Carlos Gracida Garza MEX KTM 3h 14:15:37 + 8:29:31 + 01:19
139 Anar Chinbataar MNG KTM 3h 14:17:15 + 8:31:09 + 01:38
140 Carl Hagenblad SWE KTM 3h 14:17:24 + 8:31:18 + 00:09
141 Guido Martinelli ARG KAWASAKI 3h 14:18:31 + 8:32:25 + 01:07
142 Diego Martin Penalva ARG YAMAHA 3h 14:24:13 + 8:38:07 + 05:42
143 Juan Suarez Zapata ARG KAWASAKI 3h 14:49:50 + 9:03:44 + 25:37
144 Selcuk Bektas TUR KTM 3h 15:00:10 + 9:14:04 + 10:20
145 Antonio Narino USA HUSQVARNA 3h 15:05:33 + 9:19:27 + 05:23
146 Sebastian Alberto Urquia ARG YAMAHA 3h 15:15:32 + 9:29:26 + 09:59
147 Koray Ozkaplan TUR KTM 3h 15:51:03 + 10:04:57 + 35:31
148 Zden?k Gottvald CZE HUSQVARNA 3h 19:02:50 + 13:16:44 + 3:11:47