#Dakar2015, Day 13 (Stage 12) - Termas de Rio Hondo to Rosario, Argentina

Route of the penultimate day!

Penultimate - Day 13 [Stage 12], at Dakar 2015.

Kamaz splashing through the stream..

It was a day of flat-out for a few, and keep it clean for the top order boys, and girls! The long liaison on either ends of the special stage meant, it was a marathon route on its own, and the stage passed through through some water splash, tree lined narrow roads, and some flat out section to finish the race at Rosario. 

First it was Bikes, then Quads, Cars & finally Trucks passed through the same route and it was a quickie for each of the category and it meant some furious head-to-tail riding & driving. More on the details in the below sections, in the order of start.

Toby Price kicking up the dirt!

Australian Toby Price put his best of performance today and won the special with a gap of 1m55s ahead of the chasing Barreda Bort. Joan's team-mate Paulo Goncalves, finished third fastest, yet conservative of this bike, which now has a new engine. He was awarded 15 minute time penalty for the engine change has now eased off the rally leader Marc Coma and he finished 6th quickest, still keeping an healthy lead for the final stage tomorrow.

CS Santosh up the slippery roads..

Indian, KTM rider, Santosh CS finished up by 3 positions to his start at 34 and now is 35th overall. His performance was appraised by Xavier, the Dakar competitor relations officer, for his splendid performance despite his injuries and expressed his best for the sportsman spirit.

Not only that, yesterday he had lent his stocked tire to the rally leader Marc Coma, who had worn out all of his to keep up the top spot. Again the team boss appreciated his generousness and sportsman spirit.

Overall Top 5 Bikes, after Stage 12

Quads

Negotiating a corner in a quad

Christophe Declerck, Sanabria Galeano & Nosiglia take the top three spots on today' stage finish. Rafal Sonik, finished fourth and keeps his overall lead intact, along with this quad.

Rafal Sonik, Gonzalez Ferioli & Nosiglia finish the top three overall leadership.

Top 5 Quads, Stage 12

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	260	DECLERCK (FRA)	YAMAHA	03:47:15	-	-
2	256	SANABRIA GALEANO (PRY)	YAMAHA	03:54:24	00:07:09	-
3	283	NOSIGLIA (BOL)	HONDA	03:56:46	00:09:31	-
4	251	SONIK (POL)	YAMAHA	03:57:20	00:10:05	-
5	286	SAAIJMAN (ZAF)	YAMAHA	03:57:42	00:10:27	-

Overall Top 5 Quads, after Stage 12

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	251	SONIK (POL)	YAMAHA	56:05:18	-	00:15:00
2	261	GONZALEZ FERIOLI (ARG)	YAMAHA	58:57:35	02:52:17	-
3	283	NOSIGLIA (BOL)	HONDA	59:46:47	03:41:29	00:20:00
4	256	SANABRIA GALEANO (PRY)	YAMAHA	60:18:49	04:13:31	00:00:30
5	260	DECLERCK (FRA)	YAMAHA	62:02:08	05:56:50	-

Cars

Splashing through the greenery

Orlando Terranova finished the stage victorious, another MiniAll4 driver, Russian Vladamir Vasilyev, was second by 30s and for the first time, Argentinian & Renault Duster driver Emiliano Spataro has completed third quickest in this year's Dakar.

Nasser Al-attiyah, Giniel de-Villiers and Holowczyz stay in control of the top three overall positions.

Top 5 Cars, Stage 12

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	305	TERRANOVA (ARG)  GRAUE (ARG)	MINI	03:04:06	-	-
2	310	VASILYEV (RUS) ZHILTSOV (RUS)	MINI	03:04:36	00:00:30	-
3	316	SPATARO (ARG) LOZADA (ARG)	RENAULT	03:05:35	00:01:29	-
4	301	AL-ATTIYAH (QAT) BAUMEL (FRA)	MINI	03:05:43	00:01:37	-
5	315	TEN BRINKE (NLD) COLSOUL (BEL)	TOYOTA	03:05:56	00:01:50	-

Overall Top 5 Cars, after Stage 12

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	301	AL-ATTIYAH (QAT) BAUMEL (FRA)	MINI	40:18:30	-	00:02:00
2	303	DE VILLIERS (ZAF) VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)	TOYOTA	40:54:09	00:35:39	-
3	307	HOLOWCZYC (POL) PANSERI (FRA)	MINI	41:50:21	01:31:51	-
4	314	VAN LOON (NLD) ROSEGAAR (NLD)	MINI	43:20:04	03:01:34	00:40:00
5	310	VASILYEV (RUS) ZHILTSOV (RUS)	MINI	43:30:49	03:12:19	-

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Top 5 Trucks, Stage 12