In the third stage the American triumphed, while Al-Attiyah collapsed. In the motorbikes Sanders (KTM) maintains the lead, but Ricky Brabec closes the gap
The third stage of the 2026 Dakar has also been archived, reshuffling the cards of an edition destined to offer many surprises. The American won the circular stage, which began and ended in Al Ula Mitchell Guthriewho arrived at the end of the stage in 4h4’32”, in a session that guaranteed him and his Ford first place also in the general classification. An absolute success for the American team who can smile looking at the results of the general classification at the end of this Tuesday: sIn fact, the first five positions in the ranking are all Ford-brandedwith Martin Prokop in second position 26 seconds from the top, Mattias Ekstroem in third, Carlos Sainz in fourth grade Nani Rome in fifth.
car, other locations
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Closing the podium of this stage, behind Guthrie, was himself Martin Prokop driving the Ford Raptor T1+ of the private team Orlen Jipocar, followed in third place by the South African’s Toyota Guy Botterill. Well Lucas Moraes and Cristina Gutierrez on Daciain fourth and fifth position of the day, while the two twin cars of the highly anticipated ones were very far away Sebastien Loeb25th at 25 minutes and 25 seconds from the top, and Nasser Al-Attiyah19th place, 22 minutes and 11 seconds behind. The reigning winner’s day was also difficult Yazeed AL Rajhi who, after the excellent performance of the second stage, today had to settle for sixteenth position.
the motorbikes
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Busy day also for two wheels: KTM’s three days of successes with lHonda’s first stage victory, scored by Spaniard Tosha Schareinawho moved into the lead of the stage at the 167 kilometer mark of the day. Second position was also occupied by a Honda, that of the American Ricky Brabec while the third went to the Australian Daniel Sanders who maintained the lead of the general classification with an advantage of one minute and seven seconds over Brabec and one minute and thirteen over Schareina. However, the stage of the other KTM exponent, the talented twenty-year-old, was very complicated Edgar Canetwho slipped to fourth place overall 8’46” behind after seventh place in the stage due to navigation problems.
tomorrow’s program
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Tomorrow we return to the track for the fourth stage of this edition which will once again have the setting of Al Ula as its protagonist: this is the first stage of the marathon, on a route with wide open spaces and zigzags between the hills which will require frequent changes of pace. Upon arrival, two close but separate bivouacs will host the drivers on one side and the FIA crews on the other. Mutual assistance between competitors will be allowed without time limits, giving rise to one of the toughest, and most vital, moments of the Dakar.
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