Monday, January 5, 2015

Barreda & Goncalves 1-2 in Stage 2 of 2015 Dakar Rally for Team Honda, Lead Bike Standings































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Barreda and Gonçalves seal first Team HRC double in the Dakar 2015
Stage ReportMonday, Jan 5th 2015

Dakar Rally

 

2015 Dakar Rally Stage 2

 

Barreda and Gonçalves seal first Team HRC double in the Dakar 2015

 
Monumental second stage result at the Rally Dakar 2015 for Joan Barreda and Paulo Gonçalves, fastest against the clock as they wage an arduous battle against the high temperatures in an interminable special.
 
Joan Barreda, Paulo Gonçalves, and the Honda CRF450 RALLYs turned out to be the day’s protagonists, in the lengthiest and toughest stage of this year’s Dakar 2015, making it a one-two finish.
 
Barreda managed to prise open a lead of 6 minutes over his Honda team-mate and storms his way to the top of the overall leader-board.
 
It was exhibition stuff from Team HRC, in spite of a track booby-trapped with every kind of hazard in a race that snaked its way across 518 kilometres, against the clock. The varied terrain subjected the rider’s navigational skills to the limits, as the course took in rocky mountainous track, then hit sand, fesh-fesh, dried river-beds, and finally as the race wound towards San Juan, an area of dunes. Scorching 45º conditions made it all the more difficult.
 
Hélder Rodrigues catapulted himself up five places on the overall leader-board from just one stage ago. Not bad considering he had barely shaken off a heavy dose of flu. Jeremías Israel finished a few positions behind his previous day’s effort, due mainly to a fall in the early part of the special. Rounding off Team HRC was Laia Sanz who finished one place ahead of yesterday’s final position.
 
Top finisher for Honda South America Rally Team was Chilean Daniel Gouet, in 24th place. Jean Azevedo finished in the first thirty.

TOMORROW’S STAGE

STAGE 3 – Tuesday, 6th January
San Juan (ARG) – Chilecito (ARG)

Liaison:
 437 km
Special stage: 220 km

A vision of red

The pressure which competitors faced the day before (and late into the night for some of them), will partly ease off on the road to Chilecito. The shorter and less intense stage will allow them to enjoy their majestic surroundings. The red earth tracks, overlooking steep peaks and plunging down into canyons, will take the Dakar through one of the most beautiful regions of Argentina. But no-one should be tempted to sit back and enjoy the view, particularly on the motorcycle and quad bike routes which include some gruelling sections. With thousands of stones to be avoided, it will only take one to ruin this magnificent day!

Joan Barreda

1st 5:46'06

In the end we set off with a game-plan to not make any mistakes and arrive safely at the finish-line. The result has been amazing. In the first part, Sunderland and Coma pushed really hard and I overtook Paulo to try and stop them running away with the stage. In the end, it was more about survival than anything else. We had to measure the pace and keep focused on the navigation as there were some extremely tricky spots, plus another stretch towards the end, that really put a strain on the body.
Joan Barreda

Paulo Goncalves

2nd + 6'13"

I think that this was the most difficult Dakar stage that I have ever done. The first 200 km were on mountain track full of rocks, and then suddenly, it all changed to sand, fesh-fesh, and heavily-rutted track, and all of that at really high temperatures. We all really suffered in that very pot-holed area. We are in a great position now in the rally. But there’s a long way to go and we’ve got to stay focused.
Paulo Goncalves

Helder Rodrigues

7th + 11'35

I think that in the end it worked out very well for the whole team. We are ahead in the race and that’s the most important thing. I did better than yesterday too. I’m just about over my flu now, and so the time has come to start pushing harder physically. I’m very pleased to have made it to the finish in perfect shape, and without having made any mistakes in what was a very complicated stage.
Helder Rodrigues

Jeremias Israel

9th + 15'49

It was a really hard day. There was a lot of everything; mountains, fast track, sand… and high temperatures. I think that it was one of the hardest stages that we will have in this Dakar. I’m fine in spite of having made a couple of mistakes. I fell at the beginning, but I’m happy to have had a calm, problem-free stage. The bike went like a dream throughout the stage; it was important to get through it. I think we did the business today, and I’m glad that the team is heading the race.
Jeremias Israel

Laia Sanz

16th + 23'34

I suffered a lot in the first part of the race. It looked like it was going to be easy and fast, because the start of the special was like that, but the final 150 km were really exhausting. I had to slow the pace down because physically I was tired, but by the look of things, I wasn’t the only one. I’m happy to have made it to the end of such a long and difficult day, and I’m pleased that the bike and the tyres are in good condition too.
Laia Sanz

Daniel Gouet

24th + 35'56

It was a really hard day. In the beginning there was a lot of dust. In the sand I tried to take things with a bit of calm, not make any mistakes or ruin the day. The race has only just began but I’m confident in our chances.

Results Stage 2

 

Pos.RiderNumNationTeamTime/Gap
1BARREDA JoanSPATeam HRC5:46'06
2GONCALVES PauloPORTeam HRC+ 6'13
3FARIA RubenPORKTM Red Bull Rally Factory+ 9'16
4VILADOMS JordiSPAKTM Red Bull Rally Factory+ 9'20
5PRICE TobyAUSKTM AUS Rally Factory+ 9'42
6WALKNER MathiasAUTKTM Red Bull Rally Factory+ 11'25
7RODRIGUES HelderPORTeam HRC+ 11'35
8COMA MarcSPAKTM Red Bull Rally Factory+ 12'32
9ISRAEL JeremiasCHITeam HRC+ 15'49
10PEDRERO JoanSPAPont Grup Yamaha JVO+ 16'45
11QUINTANILLA PabloCHIKTM+ 18:00
12SVITKO StefanSLOSlovnaft Team+ 21:44
13DUCLOS AlainFRASherco Rally Factory+ 21:55
14QUINTANILLA PabloCHIKTM+ 22:50
15CASTEU DavidFRATeam Casteu+ 23:20
16SANZ LaiaSPATeam HRC+ 23'34
17METGE MickaelFRAYamaha Racing+ 25'25
18BOTTURI AlessandroITATeam Speedbrain+ 26'11
19PAIN OlivierFRAYamaha Racing+ 26'19
20JAKES IvanSLOMicrostep Industry Team+ 31'05
21DE SOULTRAIT XavierFRAXavier de Soultrait+ 32'39
22PRZYGONSKI KubaPOLKTM Red Bull Rally Factory+ 32'43
23VOGELS HansNDLTeam Hans Vogels+ 35'14
24GOUET DanielCHIHonda South America Rally Team+ 35'56

Rider Standings

Provisional Standings after Stage 2

Pos.RiderNumNationTeamConstructor
1BARREDA JoanSPATeam HRCHonda
2GONCALVES PauloPORTeam HRCHonda
3FARIA RubenPORKTM Red Bull Rally FactoryKTM
4VILADOMS JordiSPAKTM Red Bull Rally FactoryKTM
5PRICE TobyAUSKTM AUS Rally FactoryKTM
6COMA MarcSPAKTM Red Bull Rally FactoryKTM
7WALKNER MathiasAUTKTM Red Bull Rally FactoryKTM
8RODRIGUES HelderPORTeam HRCHonda
9ISRAEL JeremiasCHITeam HRCHonda
10PEDRERO JoanSPAPont Grup Yamaha JVOYamaha
11SVITKO StefanSLOSlovnaft TeamKTM
12DUCLOS AlainFRASherco Rally FactorySherco
13QUINTANILLA PabloCHIKTMKTM
14CASTEU DavidFRATeam CasteuKTM
15VAN NIEKERK RiaanRSABrother Link KTM RallyKTM
16SANZ LaiaSPATeam HRCHonda
17PAIN OlivierFRAYamaha RacingYamaha
18METGE MickaelFRAYamaha RacingYamaha
19BOTTURI AlessandroITATeam SpeedbrainSpeedbrain
20VAN NIEKERK RiaanRSABrother Link KTM RallyKTM
21PRZYGONSKI KubaPOLKTM Red Bull Rally FactoryKTM
22DE SOULTRAIT XavierFRAXavier de SoultraitYamaha
23VOGELS HansNDLTeam Hans VogelsKTM
24GOUET DanielCHIHonda South America Rally TeamHonda

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