Santorino improves times, activates ‘trial’ mode for Dakar

Lorenzo Santorino (Sherco) performed well in the third online stage. morocco rallya day focused on complex navigation and not entirely confident, the Salamanca man finished 11th, getting ever closer to the pace of the main riders.

This Monday is the second stage, third day online436 kilometers between Tan Tan and Laayoun, 316 of the timed special. The terrain consisted of a ‘plateau’ with many rocky tracks as well as long straights and the first sector of dunes. After a good performance on Sunday, Santorino left the nightmare of having to start from an intermediate position and behind many motorcycle and quad riders.

Lorenzo started well and is already in the lead. 9th beat at 1st waypointat 46 kilometers and later stabilize in the top 12Ultimately, he finished 11th on the stage in 11:38, making him the best Spaniard of the day.the winner of the day adrian van baeren (Honda) There is a new leader of the generals, Skyler Howes (Husqvarna) Santorin He remains in 14th place due to an issue in the prologue.

“The terrain is very rough and we cannot go with too much confidence. We are also testing suspension settings and Dakar tuning, taking advantage of the fact that the end result is not the goal.Not comfortable in today’s terrain, but positive to keep looking for improvements. “ has commented.

“Navigation has very complicated points and people get lost because of the separated traces. It is important to check with the road book and I spent 2-3 minutes looking for waypoints1 Except for one place,” he admitted, “I had to fight myself because I went alone, but it wasn’t too bad, but we’re not where we wanted to be.”

The third stage will be a loop. Laayoune Bivouacwhere the race was set up today. It will consist of 300 kilos of specials plus 23 liaisons.