Nasser Al-Attiyah He gave a good blow to his rivals and won the sixth stage. dakar 2026. A total of 326 kilometers of special courses with favorable terrain, all sand dunes, his favorite terrain, made the Qatari feel like he was in his own backyard. he “Prince of the Desert” He took advantage of a late start from 15th place and attacked following his rival’s line with a knife in between, taking the lead in the race.

The rhythm of winning and losing every two days – defending from a favorable starting position one day and attacking from behind to make up time the next – looks perfect for the five-time championship tournament champion. dakarthis 2026 edition will aim for success together with Dacia.

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Nasser started in second place overall, just over three minutes behind Genk. late gunhad so far shown to be very strong toyota. but Nasser made it clear to the South Africans that if they want to win this Dakar, they cannot allow themselves to have weak days.. Al-Attiyah are finding the stability they need and this Friday they attacked with all their might, taking advantage of Lategan’s bad day as he started immediately after Nasser, but were unable to keep up with his devilish pace.

Nasser won the stage and now has 49 special victories in the Dakar, so with seven special victories remaining this time.he not only has a shot to match; historical record Percentage of stage wins they share Vatanen and Peterhansel. We were able to exceed that.

Of course, that will depend on how far his rivals push him to the limit and whether he needs to attack like he did today or if he wants to avoid opening the track.

Nasser won the sixth stage with a 2 minute 58 second lead over Sébastien Loeb, who is yet to shine this year, and also ahead of Seth Quintero (3rd place in 3 minutes 19 seconds) and Toby Price (4th place in 4 minutes 9 seconds with Montleón of Catalonia). Portuguese João Ferreira finished fifth in 4 minutes 56 seconds, opening up a gap to first place. Nani Roma ended the first week of the rally in very good shape, taking the fourth stage position with a time of 5 minutes 31 seconds and surviving the battle.

Nani Roma has already reached the podium by taking risks

This Friday, Nani Roma faced a difficult challenge. He had to start second on the track, but it didn’t take him long to overtake him. GuthrieIt started just before. He spent most of the sixth stage on an open track, with no track but his bike, and he was following a completely different line than the bike. That means there’s a greater risk of being surprised by carved dunes for those cutting trails. But that didn’t matter to Folgerol’s man and his co-pilot. “Òdena Compass”, Alex Haro.

Nani and Alex recognized that this step was the key to their aspirations and pushed themselves to their limits. If you waste too much time, you may drift far away. but They embroidered it.

In this way, Nani finished ahead of Ekström in the overall standings, finishing on the podium in third place, 9 minutes and 13 seconds behind the leader and just under three minutes behind second-placed Henk Lategan.. Nasser currently leads Toyota’s South African by 6 minutes and 10 seconds. And the world still has at least seven stages and thousands of hazards to overcome on the way to Yanbu, where the world’s toughest rally ends on January 17th.

“We pushed really hard. We tried to save the day as much as we could, but it was difficult. We were really starry-eyed today.” As Roma reached the finish line, he described the impact he received on the dunes. “I’ve been trying to push as much as I can, to the limit, to minimize the time loss due to opening the track. I’m happy. You can always improve, but the car is great. We had a great set-up to push today.” It was a very positive week. It can be improved in small details. Today I took the lead and said, “Push as hard as you can.”. “I gave it my all when the court was open, so I’m satisfied.” Argument.

“I’ve pushed harder than ever before. I’ve taken a lot of risks. I’m tired today. It’s been very hard, but I’m happy to be here.”And so Folgerol concluded his article.

Sainz gave up something, but he’s still there

Sainzdespite starting from a better position than Nani Roma (from sixth place in the starting order), he was unable to cut the time he had hoped due to “some navigational issues”. The Spaniard was able to minimize damage to the leaders and finished in seventh place, 6 minutes and 33 seconds behind the day’s winner Al-Attiyah. With this, “Matador” overtook teammate Ekström (5th place in 12 minutes 11 seconds) to take 4th place overall, still in contention, 11 minutes 49 seconds behind the new leader.

“I ran at a good pace and didn’t lose much time. What are my plans for the future? Rest, eat some good food, and chat with all the drivers…”he said before the final finish of the special, a 300km link that must be completed before reaching Riyadh.

In that respect, robe He finished second on the stage and moved up to sixth in class with a time of 17 minutes 36 seconds, but was well behind by the time he arrived on his well-deserved rest day.

The 9th stage is botterillCatalan co-pilot oriol menaand Cristina Gutierrez and Pablo Moreno They finished the day in 15th place with a time of 12 minutes and 33 seconds. The woman from Burgos thus occupies 13th place overall, 33 minutes and 15 seconds behind the leader, 7 minutes from the top 10 and 21 minutes from the difficult top five.

Lia Sanz had another fun day with her Ebro is 22nda learning process with a new top-class 4×4 (T1+) and in the dunes, where I had to drive completely differently when I previously had a two-wheel drive vehicle. Catalans approach the day of rest in a good mood. 18th overall in 1 hour 4 minutes 31 seconds.