The American Seth quintero (Red Bull) made history this Thursday in the 2022 edition of the Dakar Rally with his eleventh stage triumph on quads, a victory with which he broke the record that the Frenchman had since 1994 Pierre Lartigue, who stayed in ten with Citroën.
Quintero reached the finish line of Bisha on the penultimate stage of the Dakar with more than a quarter of an hour ahead of Sebastian eriksson (EKS-South Racing) and the leader in ATVs, the Chilean Francisco ‘Vest’ López (EKS-South Racing), who faces the last day of competition with 55’36 “income compared to the Swede.
The young Californian prevailed in all the days except the second, in which he ran out of options to win the Dakar as he could not reach the finish line. In the third, he re-enlisted, but with a 16-hour penalty.
“We have contested 12 stages and we have won 11, and each day has been an adventure. Of course I think from time to time about the second stage, when we get stuck 30 kilometers from the finish, but who knows? Without that setback, maybe we couldn’t have won so many stages, “he explained.
“Now, the 11 victories are a good bouquet. I am the only driver who has won so many stages in a Dakar. Last year, I came to be the youngest to win a stage of the Dakar and this year I came to be the youngest winner. of the Dakar, but things have turned out differently, “he added.
This Thursday, Quintero maintained a pulse in the first sections of the special with the Spanish Cristina Gutierrez (Red Bull), which after going through the first intermediate point lost almost twenty in the second due to a mechanical problem, according to the organization.
The Burgos finished the day in fifth place, 24’27 “behind the American, who won the stage and the record for Dakar victories.
Pierre Lartigue, winner of three Dakar in a row, held it since 1994, then on a total of 18 stages, while Quintero He has done so over a total of 12.
Of course, the American has achieved it with a different regulation, since the pilots could not rejoin the competition, as the Californian has been able to do, when leaving a day.
What’s more, Lartigue achieved it by rising with the global triumph, while Quintero He was able to do it without taking risks once he ran out of options to win the Dakar.
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