Dakar 2016: CS Santosh & Stage 4 Updates

By Rajkamal

Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2016, 11:38 [IST]

The stage 4 of Dakar Rally 2016 has concluded with a bit of bad news as CS Santosh has been forced to sign off Dakar. The Bangalore rider astride a Suzuki 450 RMZ managed to finish stage 4 in the 127th position, dropping his overall standings down to 116.

The reason was because of a broken navigation tower and electrical issues. This made him lose his position from stage 3 and drop down the ranking sheet.The Bangalore rider rode almost 300km without navigation.

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There is more bad news as Husqvarna rider, Pela Renet suffered head injuries after a crash towards the end of the special section.

In the motorcycle category, Stage 4 was won by Paulo Goncalves astride a HRC, followed by Kevin Benavides astride a Honda again. The quad category was won by Alexis Hernandez, followed by Marcos Patronelli.

In the cars category, stage 4 win was taken by Stephane Peterhansel and nine time WRC champion Leab managed to finish third. Gerard De Rooy took victory in the Truck category in the forth stage.

2016 Dakar Stage 4 Results

Motorcycles

1. Goncalves (PRT) Honda
2. Benavides (ARG) Honda
3. Faria (PRT) Husqvarna

Quads

1. Hernandez (PER) Yamaha
2. Patronelli (ARG) Yamaha
3. Umbert Okumara (PER) Yamaha

Cars

1. Peterhansel (FRA) Peugeot
2. Sainz (ESP) Peugeot
3. Loeb (FRA) Peugeot

Trucks

1. Gerard De Rooy (NLD) IVECO
2. Versluis (NLD) MAN
3. Stacey (NLD) MAN

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