Heading out of Bisha to tackle a 947 km loop to the north-east of the city over two days, the competitors only had a vague inkling of where they would be spending the night today, beyond the fact that it would be one of the six breakzones between km 491 and km 671 of the special.
This stage —the longest in this edition— is a wild one in the sporting and the literal sense: the camps are sprinkled around the Majami’ al-Hadb Reserve, home to Arabian hares.
The three strongest riders since the beginning of the race extended their dominance today. Daniel Sanders, the winner of the prologue and stage 1, finished comfortably ahead of Ricky Brabec and Ross Branch.
The Australian will spend the night on camp E, where he holds a virtual overall lead of 4′02″ over the American and 5′59″ over the Motswana.
Tosha Schareina, 8′17″ back, is the fourth man to watch tomorrow.
Tomorrow, starting at 7 am, the field will get going at one-minute intervals to complete the second half of stage 2.
Source : https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/dakar-stage-2-first-half-sanders-extends-his-dominance
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