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Honda’s Benavides in podium position as Atacama Rally hits midway point

Aug 17, 2018


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Atacama Rally 2018-

Cross-Country Rallies 2018   Round FIM-3 , Stage 3

After the dispute of the third stage of the Atacama Rally, featuring a 259.27-kilometre timed special, Monster Energy Honda Team rider Kevin Benavides, remains firmly in the podium zone with good prospects of an overall win.

The Atacama Rally has reached its halfway point with the dispute of the third stage. Today, despite an hour and a half delay due to the morning fog, participants finally got away and had to tackle a total of 335.17 kilometres on the looping Copiapó route, which took riders to Ojos del Salado during the 259.27-kilometre special. The terrain covered several kilometres of dunes plus faster track and dry river beds.

The riders of the Monster Energy Honda Team earned satisfactory results, with Kevin Benavides taking third place in the special leaving the Argentinean in second overall spot on the race leader board, 4’56” behind the leader, with two days still to run. Kevin again opened the track from the start to the finish of the special.

Paulo Gonçalves has improved from the previous days and finished one minute behind his team-mate, in fourth position. The sixth best time of the day was for José Ignacio Cornejo and Ricky Brabec posted ninth on the day.

Tomorrow sees the fourth stage of this Atacama Rally. After starting out in Copiapó, pilots will make a loop through Chañaral and Caldera before heading back to Copiapó. The total course will be 371.39 kilometres including 253.54 kilometres against the clock.

Kevin Benavides  2

STAGE: 3rd  OVERALL: 2nd

I felt very good today. I opened the track from the beginning to the end, which is now over 550 kilometres opening the Atacama Rally. It has been a great experience and the sensations have been very positive. I pushed hard and tried to avoid getting time deducted in the general. Now I’ll have to try to make up some time in the general and stay focused over these next two stages.

Kevin Benavides

Paulo Goncalves  4

STAGE: 4th  OVERALL: 7th

It was a stage with lots of sand and dunes. I did a lot better despite getting lost at kilometre 75 which meant that I dropped quite a bit of time. I keep on improving and managed to keep up a similar pace to the front-runners. The bike is going well and I hope to continue attacking over the next two days.

Paulo Goncalves

Ricky Brabec  15

STAGE: 9th  OVERALL: 8th

We’ve finished stage three. Today was another fast day, not so much for the navigation but the only part that was tricky was going over tracks that we’d been over in the last few days. Unfortunately ten kilometres from the finish I got turned around and had trouble finding a waypoint which I thought was over to one side. Kind of a bad for me but I feel good riding and hopefully over the next two days we can get some time back and stay healthy for the Ruta 40.

Ricky Brabec

José Ignacio Cornejo  10

STAGE: 6th  OVERALL: 11th

The third stage is out of the way and with better sensations on the bike. I finished sixth and I’m still eleventh overall, close to the riders in front of me. Tomorrow I will go out there looking for the same sensations that I have had today, with a positive attitude.

José Ignacio Cornejo

Results Stage 3

Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Time/Gap
1 Quintanilla Pablo 1 CHI Husqvarna Factory Rally Team 2:57’40
2 Sunderland Sam 5 GBR Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team +3’46
3 Benavides Kevin 2 ARG Monster Energy Honda Team +6’49
4 Goncalves Paulo 4 POR Monster Energy Honda Team +7’47
5 Price Toby 11 AUS Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team +7’55
6 Cornejo José Ignacio 10 CHI Monster Energy Honda Team +9’37
7 Caimi Franco 8 ARG Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team +11’15
8 Van Beveren Adrien 6 FRA Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team +12’33
9 Brabec Ricky 15 USA Monster Energy Honda Team +13’08
10 Walkner Matthias 3 AUT Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team +16’08
11 de Soultrait Xavier 9 FRA Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team +16’35
12 Short Andrew 12 USA Husqvarna Factory Rally Team +18’35
13 Mena Oriol 14 SPA Hero Motorsports Team Rally +18’51
14 De Gavardo Tomás 20 CHI De Gavardo Team +30’12
15 Giemza Maciej 19 POL KTM Orlen Rally Team +31’53

Rider Standings

Provisional standings after Stage 3

Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Time/Gap
1 Quintanilla Pablo 1 CHI Husqvarna Factory Rally Team 9:32’12
2 Benavides Kevin 2 ARG Monster Energy Honda Team +4’56
3 Price Toby 11 AUS Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team +12’06
4 Sunderland Sam 5 GBR Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team +21’45
5 Walkner Matthias 3 AUT Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team +21’57
6 Caimi Franco 8 ARG Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team +22’02
7 Goncalves Paulo 4 POR Monster Energy Honda Team +25’00
8 Brabec Ricky 15 USA Monster Energy Honda Team +28’35
9 Van Beveren Adrien 6 FRA Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team +34’26
10 de Soultrait Xavier 9 FRA Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team +40’52
11 Cornejo José Ignacio 10 CHI Monster Energy Honda Team +43’48

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