The route passed through the stages that are used by WRC stages during Rally Argentina, although a whole lot longer and more than the regular sandy surface between rocky terrain that the world rally cars used to tame. The start of the longest stage of the rally was gravel packed harder surface, which gradually ended up on much looser sand dunes. Adding to the woes were the extremely hot temperatures, hovering around 40ºC.
With the
Bikers starting the day as usual, overnight leader
Sam Sunderland hit problems with his bike and lost over 3 hours, and his closest challenger
Joan Barreda Bort was the fastest of the day's and rally's marathon stage.
Paulo Goncalves was second, while
Ruben Faria finished third quickest.
#TheFirstIndian,
Santosh CS had a better day, finishing at a commendable 50th position [both day's as well as overall] from yesterday's 85th, making a comeback 35 steps in the second stage of the rally.
Stage 2, Top 5 Bikes
| Pos. | N° | Name |
| Time | Difference |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | BARREDA BORT JOAN (ESP) |
| 05:46:06 | - |
| 2 | 7 | GONCALVES PAULO (PRT) |
| 05:52:19 | 00:06:13 |
| 3 | 11 | FARIA RUBEN (PRT) |
| 05:55:22 | 00:09:16 |
| 4 | 4 | VILADOMS JORDI (ESP) |
| 05:55:26 | 00:09:20 |
| 5 | 26 | PRICE TOBY (AUS) |
| 05:55:48 | 00:09:42 |
| 50 | 59 | C S SANTOSH (IND) |
| 07:16:39 | 01:30:33 |
Bikes Top 5 Overall, after Stage 2
| Pos. | N° | Name | Mark | Time | Difference | Penalty |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | BARREDA BORT (ESP) | HONDA | 07:06:44 | - | - |
| 2 | 7 | GONCALVES (PRT) | HONDA | 07:11:21 | 00:04:37 | - |
| 3 | 11 | FARIA (PRT) | KTM | 07:17:21 | 00:10:37 | - |
| 4 | 4 | VILADOMS (ESP) | KTM | 07:18:08 | 00:11:24 | - |
| 5 | 26 | PRICE (AUS) | KTM | 07:18:16 | 00:11:32 | - |
| 50 | 59 | C S SANTOSH (IND) | KTM | 08:58:03 | 01:51:19 | - |
Quads, #
Sonik_Rafal of #Poland took the stage victory, while opening stage winner
Ignacio Casale finished second, while
Sergio Lafuente finished third fastest.
Top 4 overall spots are occupied same as the day's results, while fifth is held by Qatari
Abu-Issa.
Stage 2, Top 5 Quads
| Pos. | N° | Name |
| Time | variation |
|---|
| 1 | 251 | SONIK RAFAL (POL) |
| 06:49:24 | - |
2
| 250 | CASALE IGNACIO (CHL) |
| 06:52:57 | 00:03:33 |
3
| 252 | LAFUENTE SERGIO (URY) |
| 06:53:38 | 00:04:14 |
4
| 255 | HALPERN SEBASTIAN (ARG) |
| 06:58:30 | 00:09:06 |
5
| 269 | GONZALEZ GASTON (ARG) |
| 07:08:18 | 00:18:54 |
Quads Top 5 Overall, after Stage 2
| Pos. | N° | Name | Mark | Time | Difference | Penalty |
|---|
| 1 | 251 | SONIK (POL) | YAMAHA | 08:27:39 | - | - |
| 2 | 250 | CASALE (CHL) | YAMAHA | 08:30:05 | 00:02:26 | - |
| 3 | 252 | LAFUENTE (URY) | YAMAHA | 08:32:09 | 00:04:30 | - |
| 4 | 255 | HALPERN (ARG) | YAMAHA | 08:41:18 | 00:13:39 | - |
| 5 | 253 | ABU-ISSA (QAT) | HONDA | 08:48:57 | 00:21:18 | - |
Cars, #Nasser Al-attiyah was the fastest, also reclaims his lost [penalty] overall topspot with this stage victory. Yesterday he was penalized for 2 minutes for speeding in the road section, outside the special stage.
Giniel De Villiers was second quickest in his Toyota Hilux,
Bernhard Ten Brinke finishes third.
Overall Top five positions are held in the same order as the top 5 finishers of the day as below.
Stage 2, Top 5 Cars
| Pos. | N° | Name |
| Time | Difference |
|---|
| 1 | 301 | AL-ATTIYAH NASSER (QAT) |
| 05:04:50 | - |
| 2 | 303 | DE VILLIERS GINIEL (ZAF) |
| 05:13:20 | 00:08:30 |
| 3 | 315 | TEN BRINKE BERNHARD (NLD) |
| 05:14:54 | 00:10:04 |
| 4 | 307 | HOLOWCZYC KRZYSZTOF (POL) |
| 05:16:02 | 00:11:12 |
| 5 | 310 | VASILYEV VLADIMIR (RUS) |
| 05:20:59 | 00:16:09 |
Cars Top 5 Overall, after Stage 2
| Pos. | N° | Name | Mark | Time | Difference | Penalty |
|---|
| 1 | 301 |
- AL-ATTIYAH (QAT)
- BAUMEL (FRA)
| MINI | 06:19:40 | - | 00:02:00 |
| 2 | 303 |
- DE VILLIERS (ZAF)
- VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)
| TOYOTA | 06:27:22 | 00:07:42 | - |
| 3 | 315 |
- TEN BRINKE (NLD)
- COLSOUL (BEL)
| TOYOTA | 06:29:22 | 00:09:42 | - |
| 4 | 307 |
- HOLOWCZYC (POL)
- PANSERI (FRA)
| MINI | 06:30:08 | 00:10:28 | - |
| 5 | 310 |
- VASILYEV (RUS)
- ZHILTSOV (RUS)
| MINI | 06:37:03 | 00:17:23 | - |
In the Trucks category, it was a day of
Kamaz trucks for top 3 positions.
Eduard Nikolaev made a strong finish to take the stage victory with just under a minute, but trimming the top spot overall to 20 seconds. Siarhei Biazovich closed in on the second place, while Airat Mardeev into the third spot.
Overall leader Stacey still holds the top spot, with a 4th place finish in today's stage, while third overall trucker finished in 5th in stage 2.
Stage 2, Top 5 Trucks
| Pos. | N° | Name |
| Time | Difference |
|---|
| 1 | 502 | NIKOLAEV EDUARD (RUS) |
| 03:34:01 | - |
| 2 | 510 | VIAZOVICH SIARHEI (BLR) |
| 03:34:47 | 00:00:46 |
| 3 | 507 | MARDEEV AIRAT (RUS) |
| 03:34:50 | 00:00:49 |
| 4 | 504 | STACEY HANS (NLD) |
| 03:35:28 | 00:01:27 |
| 5 | 506 | KOLOMY MARTIN (CZE) |
| 03:35:42 | 00:01:41 |
Trucks Top 5 Overall, after Stage 2
| Pos. | N° | Name | Mark | Time | Difference | Penalty |
|---|
| 1 | 504 |
- STACEY (NLD)
- BRUYNKENS (BEL)
- DER KINDEREN (NLD)
| IVECO | 05:06:11 | - | - |
| 2 | 502 |
- NIKOLAEV (RUS)
- YAKOVLEV (RUS)
- AKHMADEEV (RUS)
| KAMAZ | 05:06:31 | 00:00:20 | - |
| 3 | 506 |
- KOLOMY (CZE)
- KILIAN (CZE)
- KILIAN (CZE)
| TATRA | 05:07:12 | 00:01:01 | - |
| 4 | 507 |
- MARDEEV (RUS)
- BELYAEV (RUS)
- SVISTUNOV (RUS)
| KAMAZ | 05:07:16 | 00:01:05 | - |
| 5 | 510 |
- VIAZOVICH (BLR)
- HARANIN (BLR)
- ZHYHULIN (BLR)
| KAMAZ | 05:07:36 | 00:01:25 | - |
It was a disaster day for
Poland's
Adam Malysz, as his #
SMG buggy after an uncontrollable fire reduced to buggy to its bare metal.
Fortunately, both the occupants were unhurt.
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| Cars + Trucks |
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| Bikes + Quads |
For Day 3, the action moves north-west towards
Chilecito, and is less punishing for the bikes and quads, with longer 282+155 km road section and relatively shorter 220 km stage distance. Cars & Trucks has to tackle a bit longer 284 km special after a short 26 km liaison, and then finish the day with another 232 km road section towards Chilecito, Argentina. To know about it, you will have to wait until tomorrow!
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