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Bike & Quads Cars & Trucks Day 3 was real tricky one, nearly 34 cars were not able to start this morning as the ...

Bike & Quads


Cars & Trucks

Day 3 was real tricky one, nearly 34 cars were not able to start this morning as the previous stage took its toll. Even bikes, quads and a few trucks retired too. It was relatively easier one for the competition who took to the stages, but had to tackle the altitude sickness as the stage climbed nearly two kilometers upward till mid way, then to descend another couple of km.

It was a different story for Moto/Quads, than with the Cars/Trucks who had altogether a completely different stage to tackle with 220 km on the odo, after a 282 km of transport stage, and ending with another 155 km of transit to the day's halt. The day progressed rather quickly today to culminate at the bivouac based in #Chilecito for a well deserved rest to start the next leg tomorrow.

Bikes, tackled the day's stage rather cautiously to avoid the rock lined stage, over the uphill rough terrain and back below to the base of the canyons of Chilecito, #Argentina. Matthais Walkner took the stage 3 victory being a debutant is commendable.

Marc Coma eased off with a second fastest time, and Joan Barreda Bort completed 3rd at the end of the day's stage.

Top 5 Bikes, Stage 3

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	27	WALKNER (AUT)	KTM	02:34:28	-	-
2	1	COMA (ESP)	KTM	02:35:08	00:00:40	-
3	2	BARREDA BORT (ESP)	HONDA	02:36:21	00:01:53	-
4	26	PRICE (AUS)	KTM	02:37:13	00:02:45	-
5	7	GONCALVES (PRT)	HONDA	02:37:17	00:02:49	-
67	59	SANTOSH CS (IND)	KTM	03:23:27	00:48:59	-

Overall spot is still held by Joan Barreda Bort, second by Paulo Goncalves & the third now by Matthias Walkner.

Overall Top 5, Bikes after Stage 3

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	2	BARREDA BORT (ESP)	HONDA	09:43:05	-	-
2	7	GONCALVES (PRT)	HONDA	09:48:38	00:05:33	-
3	27	WALKNER (AUT)	KTM	09:53:38	00:10:33	-
4	1	COMA (ESP)	KTM	09:53:55	00:10:50	-
5	11	FARIA (PRT)	KTM	09:55:15	00:12:10	-
53	59	SANTOSH CS (IND)	KTM	12:21:30	02:38:25	-

Top 5 Quads, Stage 3

It was a day of Argentinians, with Lucas Bonetto on his Honda & Sebastian Halpern on his Yamaha quads to take the top two stage times. Rafal Sonik was third fastest to finish today.

Overall leaders are Lafuente, Casale & Halpern.

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	258	BONETTO (ARG)	HONDA	03:08:27	-	-
2	255	HALPERN (ARG)	YAMAHA	03:09:25	00:00:58	-
3	251	SONIK (POL)	YAMAHA	03:10:41	00:02:14	-
4	269	GONZALEZ (ARG)	YAMAHA	03:10:41	00:02:14	-
5	253	ABU-ISSA (QAT)	HONDA	03:10:56	00:02:29	-

Overall Top 5, Quads after Stage 3

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	252	LAFUENTE (URY)	YAMAHA	11:43:15	-	-
2	250	CASALE (CHL)	YAMAHA	11:43:56	00:00:41	-
3	255	HALPERN (ARG)	YAMAHA	11:50:43	00:07:28	-
4	251	SONIK (POL)	YAMAHA	11:53:20	00:10:05	00:15:00
5	253	ABU-ISSA (QAT)	HONDA	11:59:53	00:16:38	-

Top 5 Cars, Stage 3

Orlando Terranova in a Mini was the ensured to secure the fastest time, Toyota driver Giniel De Villiers was second by nearly 2 minutes. Another Toyota driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi finished third quickest, down by another minute to his team-mate.

Overall spot is still held by the day's fifth fastest Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah in a Mini, while De Villiers holds on to the second, and Terranova in third spot.

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	305	TERRANOVA (ARG) GRAUE (ARG)	MINI	02:57:28	-	-
2	303	DE VILLIERS (ZAF) VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)	TOYOTA	02:59:22	00:01:54	-
3	325	ALRAJHI (SAU) GOTTSCHALK (DEU)	TOYOTA	03:00:20	00:02:52	-
4	304	SAINZ (ESP) CRUZ (ESP)	PEUGEOT	03:01:34	00:04:06	-
5	301	AL-ATTIYAH (QAT) BAUMEL (FRA)	MINI	03:01:46	00:04:18	-

Overall Top 5, Cars after Stage 3

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	301	AL-ATTIYAH (QAT) BAUMEL (FRA)	MINI	09:21:26	-	00:02:00
2	303	DE VILLIERS (ZAF) VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)	TOYOTA	09:26:44	00:05:18	-
3	305	TERRANOVA (ARG) GRAUE (ARG)	MINI	09:39:31	00:18:05	-
4	304	SAINZ (ESP) CRUZ (ESP)	PEUGEOT	09:40:58	00:19:32	-
5	325	ALRAJHI (SAU) GOTTSCHALK (DEU)	TOYOTA	09:41:34	00:20:08	-

Top 5 Trucks, Stage 3

Airat Mardeev took the stage victory in his Kamaz, while his team-mate Andrey Karginov settling in second place. Gerard De Rooy finished third fastest.

Overall 1st and 3rd is held by Kamaz drivers Airat Mardeev and Andrey Karginov, while the second overall is secured by Ales Loprais driving a MAN truck.

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	507	MARDEEV (RUS) BELYAEV (RUS) SVISTUNOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	03:19:06	-	-
2	500	KARGINOV (RUS) MOKEEV (RUS) LEONOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	03:20:57	00:01:51	-
3	501	DE ROOY (NLD) RODEWALD (POL) DAMEN (BEL)	IVECO	03:23:36	00:04:30	-
4	503	LOPRAIS (CZE) MARCO ALCAYNA (ESP) VAN DER VAET (BEL)	MAN	03:26:06	00:07:00	-
5	520	SOTNIKOV (RUS) DEVYATKIN (RUS) AFERIN (RUS)	KAMAZ	03:26:38	00:07:32	-

Overall Top 5, Trucks after Stage 3

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	Difference	Penalty
1	507	MARDEEV (RUS) BELYAEV (RUS) SVISTUNOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	08:26:22	-	-
2	503	LOPRAIS (CZE) MARCO ALCAYNA (ESP) VAN DER VAET (BEL)	MAN	08:34:17	00:07:55	-
3	500	KARGINOV (RUS) MOKEEV (RUS) LEONOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	08:34:20	00:07:58	-
4	502	NIKOLAEV (RUS) YAKOVLEV (RUS) AKHMADEEV (RUS)	KAMAZ	08:34:29	00:08:07	-
5	506	KOLOMY (CZE) KILIAN (CZE) KILIAN (CZE)	TATRA	08:34:44	00:08:22	00:00:30


Trucks only


Bike, Quad & Cars

Tomorrow, the day progresses and crosses the border to Chile. It is also one of the toughest leg of the rally, which passes over high altitudes of over 4.8km, but fortunately it is in the transport section. Bikes, Quads & Cars share the same stage with distance of 315 km after a massive 594 km of transport, but finishes right into the day's halt at Copiapo, Chile. Trucks have a tad smaller distance of competitive stage of 174 km, to culminate right at the day's halt.