Dakar Day 2

Motorcycles

Walkner adds another victory for the official KTM tea© Marcelo Maragni/Red Bull Content Pool

Joan ‘Bang-Bang’ Barreda was the clear winner in the motorbike race, finishing almost three minutes clear of sand specialist Adrian Van Beveren. KTM’s Matthias Walkner took third place while local favourite Pablo Quintanilla finished in sixth to the delight of the Chilean fans. Defending champion Sam Sunderland, stayed in touch in seventh place.

Selected standings

• 1. Joan Barreda (Honda) 02:56:44
• 2. Adrien Ven Beveren (Yamaha) a 00:02:54
• 3. Matthias Walkner (KTM) a 00:04.24
• 7. Sam Sunderland (KTM) a 00:06:01
• 10. Toby Price (KTM) a 00:06:40
• 13. Antonie Méo (KTM) a 00:08:43
• 24. Laia Sanz (KTM) a 00:21:13

Barreda overcomes the second stage with authority

"A hard, tough stage with quite a confusing part at the beginning where we had to keep our concentration. I jumped a dune hard and I really felt that in my hand over the next few kilometres", said Joan Barreda. "The final part was very fast and I was able to pick up quite a bit of space and in the end it turned out well. Tomorrow we have to open the track and everything changes again, but we always knew that it would be that way and we just have to keep on as best we can".