Joan Barreda ha donat un cop sobre la taula en l’etapa més llarga del Dakar 2015, amb un total de 518 quilòmetres i que ha completat en poc més de 5 hores. El pilot castellonenc ha esgarrapat un bon grapat de minuts als seus principals rivals i, així, li ha tret el liderat que va aconseguir ahir el britànic Sam Sunderland.
El segon classificat en l’especial d’avui ha estat Paulo Gonçalves, però s’ha quedat molt lluny dels temps de Joan Barreda, concretament a més de sis minuts. Això deixa al portuguès a la segona posició de la general a poc més de 4 minuts i mig. Mentrestant, el màxim candidat al títol fins al moment, Marc Coma, ha tingut un problema a la part final de l’especial que li ha tret uns minuts molt importants de cara a la classificació general. El pilot català ha perdut més de 12 minuts en els més de 500 quilòmetres, gran part d’ells als últims 40 quilòmetres, que el situen a la sisena posició de la classificació general.
El podi de l’etapa d’avui l’ha tancat Ruben Faria, que ha creuat la linea de meta a més de nou minuts del guanyador Joan Barreda. El motxiller del vigent campió, Jordi Viladoms, es va recuperar de l’estratègia conservadora d’ahir per llançar un atac en l’especial d’avui i s’ha quedat a menys de 10 minuts de Joan Barreda, col·locant-se a la quarta posició de la classificació general i un minut per davant de Coma.
Joan Pedrero ha tancat el Top Ten de l’etapa d’avui i s’ha col·locat a la desena posició de la classificació general a menys de 20 minuts del líder. L’actuació dels principals pilots catalans es tanca amb la brillant actuació de Laia Sanz que, després de patir un problema, ha creuat la línia de meta en la 16ª posició a només 23 minuts del nou líder.
La tercera etapa del Dakar 2015 serà més tranquil·la que la d’avui, amb menys quilòmetres i, a priori, amb menys mals de cap per tots els pilots. El recorregut que anirà des de San Juan fins a Chilecito tindrà una especial de 220 quilòmetres i la principal dificultat per les motos serà evitar les pedres que es trobin en el majestuós paisatge de terra vermella de Chilecito.
Resultats:
| 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 |