Nacho Gets Podium In Zagora
Second stage and also the second podium position for the Monster Energy Honda Team at the Rallye du Maroc – the last stage from the World Rally-Raid Championship.
After Pablo Quintanilla, who was second yesterday, José Ignacio Cornejo – known by all as Nacho – finished the circuit Zagora-Zagora in third place. He spent two minutes and 20 seconds more that the leader Toscha Schareina, who is also riding an Honda CRF 450 Rally.
Quintanilla was 6th today and Van Beveren finished in 11th. In the overall standings, now Pablo Quintanilla is ranked third, José Ignacio Cornejo 7th and Adrien Van Beveren 9th.
Today the bivouac will remain in the same place, which means that the stage 3 will consist in the same model with another circuit with start and arrival in Zagora. The terrain will change and will be composed mainly by dirt tracks, with a 108 km liaison and 336 km of Special Stage to race.
Provisional Standings after Stage 2
Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | Team | Constructor | Time/Gap |
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1 | EVAN BRANCH Ross | 16 | BWA | Hero Motorsports Team Rally | Hero | 07:18:15 |
2 | PRICE Toby | 18 | AUS | Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team | KTM | 07:19:19 |
3 | QUINTANILLA Pablo | 7 | CHI | Monster Energy Honda Team | Honda | 07:20:36 |
4 | WALKNER Matthias | 52 | AUT | Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team | KTM | 07:21:31 |
5 | BENAVIDES Luciano | 77 | ARG | Husqvarna Factory Racing | Husqvarna | 07:22:04 |
6 | SANTOLINO Lorenzo | 15 | SPA | Sherco TVS Rally Factory | Sherco | 07:27:39 |
7 | CORNEJO José Ignacio | 11 | CHI | Monster Energy Honda Team | Honda | 07:29:30 |
8 | SCHAREINA Tosha | 68 | SPA | Honda Team | Honda | 07:30:19 |
9 | VAN BEVEREN Adrien | 42 | FRA | Monster Energy Honda Team | Honda | 07:36:43 |
10 | COX Bradley | 49 | RSA | BAS DAKAR KTM RACING TEAM | KTM | 07:45:38 |