Faced with a short but highly challenging stage, Adrien Van Beveren applied a cautious approach and paid close attention to his roadbook on stage six to safely complete the shortened, 100-kilometre special as the eighth fastest rider. With the event’s rest day scheduled for tomorrow, Adrien will enjoy some much-needed recovery time before lining up at the stage seven start line on Sunday with a highly favourable starting position.
Ending week one of the Dakar Rally with another consistent result, Andrew Short placed 16th on stage six to maintain 11th place in the provisional classification. Now, just over one minute adrift of the overall top-10, Andrew, much like his teammate Adrien, will enter stage seven with an advantageous starting position and continue to make up for the time he frustratingly lost on stage one.
After narrowly missing out on the stage win yesterday, Ross Branch’s time at the Dakar came to an abrupt end early on in stage six after he was caught out by a rock ledge that pitched the Botswana native from his Yamaha WR450F Rally. Fortunate to escape serious injury during the incident, Ross’ machine was too badly damaged to continue, in addition to suffering from a heavy impact on his upper leg.
Maintaining her top-10 ranking in the Light Prototype class, Camelia Liparoti has enjoyed a largely positive week of racing in her Yamaha YXZ1000R Prototype. The Italian now lies ninth in the provisional classification, just over two minutes behind eighth with six stages to remaining.
