3 Stages into the 2020 Dakar Rally

The 2020 Dakar Rally is well underway after racers took the green flag Sunday.  The first stage took the racers from Jeddah to Al Wajh with a 269 mile liaison and 198 mile stage.  Stage 2 was a super marathon with a 16 mile liaison and 228 mile stage.  And stage 3 was a loop starting and ending in Neom with a 48 mile liaison and 265 mile stage.

Below are the top 5 rankings after stage 3.  Click here to check out RDC’s daily threads for each stage with discussions, photos, videos and updates from RDC forum users that are in Saudi Arabia during the rally.

Car rankings after stage 3:

POS.	N°	EXP.	DRIVE-TEAM	MARK-MODEL	TIME	VARIATION	PENALITY
1	305		CARLOS SAINZ LUCAS CRUZ	BAHRAIN JCW X-RAID TEAM	11H 00′ 20”
2	300		NASSER AL-ATTIYAH MATTHIEU BAUMEL	TOYOTA GAZOO RACING	11H 05′ 15”	+ 00H 04′ 55”
3	311		ORLANDO TERRANOVA BERNARDO GRAUE	X-RAID MINI JCW TEAM	11H 08′ 29”	+ 00H 08′ 09”
4	309		YAZEED AL RAJHI KONSTANTIN ZHILTSOV	OVERDRIVE TOYOTA	11H 19′ 18”	+ 00H 18′ 58”	00H 02′ 00”
5	302		STÉPHANE PETERHANSEL PAULO FIUZA	BAHRAIN JCW X-RAID TEAM	11H 19′ 20”	+ 00H 19′ 00”

Bike rankings after stage 3:

POS.	N°	EXP.	DRIVE-TEAM	MARK-MODEL	TIME	VARIATION	PENALITY
1	9		RICKY BRABEC	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2020	10H 39′ 04”
2	7		KEVIN BENAVIDES	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2020	10H 43′ 47”	+ 00H 04′ 43”
3	2		MATTHIAS WALKNER	RED BULL KTM FACTORY TEAM	10H 45′ 06”	+ 00H 06′ 02”
4	12		JOAN BARREDA BORT	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2020	10H 50′ 06”	+ 00H 11′ 02”
5	17		JOSE IGNACIO CORNEJO FLORIMO	MONSTER ENERGY HONDA TEAM 2020	10H 50′ 23”	+ 00H 11′ 19”	00H 01′ 00”

SSV rankings after stage 3:

POS.	N°	EXP.	DRIVE-TEAM	MARK-MODEL	TIME	VARIATION	PENALITY
1	405		CASEY CURRIE SEAN BERRIMAN	MONSTER ENERGY CAN-AM	13H 15′ 16”
2	400		FRANCISCO LOPEZ CONTARDO JUAN PABLO LATRACH VINAGRE	SOUTH RACING CAN-AM	13H 15′ 31”	+ 00H 00′ 15”
3	410		JOSE ANTONIO HINOJO LOPEZ DIEGO ORTEGA GIL	HIBOR RAID	13H 16′ 56”	+ 00H 01′ 40”
4	411		SERGEI KARIAKIN ANTON VLASIUK	SNAG RACING TEAM	13H 22′ 57”	+ 00H 07′ 41”
5	427		AUSTIN JONES KELLON WALCH	SOUTH RACING CAN-AM	13H 27′ 55”	+ 00H 12′ 39”

Truck rankings after stage 3:

POS.	N°	EXP.	DRIVE-TEAM	MARK-MODEL	TIME	VARIATION	PENALITY
1	503		SIARHEI VIAZOVICH PAVEL HARANIN ANTON ZAPAROSHCHANKA	MAZ-SPORTAUTO	11H 34′ 01”
2	511		ANDREY KARGINOV ANDREY MOKEEV IGOR LEONOV	KAMAZ – MASTER	11H 36′ 19”	+ 00H 02′ 18”
3	516		ANTON SHIBALOV DMITRII NIKITIN IVAN TATARINOV	KAMAZ – MASTER	11H 54′ 02”	+ 00H 20′ 01”
4	504		MARTIN MACIK FRANTISEK TOMASEK DAVID SVANDA	BIG SHOCK RACING	12H 13′ 00”	+ 00H 38′ 59”
5	500		EDUARD NIKOLAEV EVGENII IAKOVLEV VLADIMIR RYBAKOV	KAMAZ – MASTER	12H 24′ 13”	+ 00H 50′ 12”

Quad rankings after stage 3:

POS.	N°	EXP.	DRIVE-TEAM	MARK-MODEL	TIME	VARIATION	PENALITY
1	250		IGNACIO CASALE	CASALE RACING	13H 38′ 05”
2	251		RAFAL SONIK	SONIK TEAM	13H 52′ 34”	+ 00H 14′ 29”
3	267		GIOVANNI ENRICO	ENRICO RACING TEAM	13H 57′ 44”	+ 00H 19′ 39”
4	265		SIMON VITSE	# JE PEUX 2020-BBR MERCIER RACING	14H 05′ 33”	+ 00H 27′ 28”	00H 04′ 00”
5	255		MANUEL ANDUJAR	7240 TEAM	15H 01′ 40”	+ 01H 23′ 35”	00H 07′ 00”