Joan Barreda dio un golpe sobre la mesa en la etapa más larga del Dakar 2015, con un total de 518 quilómetros y que ha completado en poco más de 5 horas. El piloto castellonense arañó un buen puñado de minutos a sus principales rivales y, así, arrebató el liderato que alcanzó ayer el británico Sam Sunderland.
El segundo clasificado en la especial de hoy ha sido Paulo Gonçalves, pero se ha quedado muy lejos del tiempo de Joan Barreda, concretamente a más de seis minutos. Esto deja al portugués en la segunda posición de la general a poco más de 4 minutos y medio. Mientras, el máximo candidato al título hasta el momento, Marc Coma, tuvo un problema en la parte final de la especial que le quitó unos minutos valiosos de cara a la clasificación general. El piloto catalán perdió más de 12 minutos en todo el recorrido, gran parte de ello en los últimos 40 quilómetros, que le colocan en la sexta posición de la clasificación general.
El podio de la etapa de hoy lo cerró Ruben Faria, que cruzó la línea de meta a más de nueve minutos del ganador Joan Barreda. El mochilero del vigente campeón, Jordi Viladoms, se recompuso de la estrategia conservadora de ayer para lanzar un ataque en la especial de hoy y se quedó a menos de 10 minutos de Joan Barreda, colocándose en la cuarta posición de la clasificación general i un minuto por delante de Coma.
Joan Pedrero cerró el Top Ten de la etapa de hoy y se situó en la décima posición de la clasificación general a menos de 20 minutos del líder. La actuación de los principales pilotos españoles se cierra con la brillante actuación de Laia Sanz que, después de sufrir un problema, ha cruzado la línea de meta en la 16ª posición a solo 23 minutos del nuevo líder.
La tercera etapa del Dakar 2015 será más tranquila que la de hoy, con menos quilómetros y, a priori, menos quebraderos de cabeza para todos los pilotos. El recorrido que irá desde San Juan a Chilecito tendrá una especial de 220 quilómetros y la principal dificultad para las motos será esquivar las piedras que se encuentren en el majestuoso paisaje de tierra roja de Chilecito.
Resultados:
| 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 |