Day 4, Nazca to Arequipa: A long gruelling stage awaits the competitors today as Stage 04, which requires 3 refuelling stations ...
Day 4, Nazca to Arequipa:
A long gruelling stage awaits the competitors today as Stage 04, which requires 3 refuelling stations over the longer 720km (288km special stage + 429km transport).
We can say, this is the first of beginning of the longer stages.
We can say, this is the first of beginning of the longer stages.
Stage 4
The need for experience & skill goes into today stage, as the stage demands more today. In the first 1/3rd section is a 2km slide downhill special stage and also a refueling point just around. The stage has two different tracks/passage, slightly apart from each other, one for the bikes/quads and another for the cars/trucks.
Joan Barreda Bort took stage [another] win stage today, while Olivier Pain is the new leader of the bikes category. Says he was lucky to watch from the top of the dune, while others [who were lost] were struggling to navigate, he took the advantage and made it quickest. Quips, "I don't want to get overexcited about my place in the overall". He sits at a slender margin of over 2m24s to David Casteu & 3m9s to Cyril Despres in bikes overall.
Marcos Patronelli has a sail-breeze finish and going strong over 9m48s over the nearest Sebastien Husseini in Quads category. Rafal Sonic from Poland is at distant 1h0m16s.
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