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Dakar Rally 2021 Stage 10 Results & Highlights: Another Top 20 Finish For Harith Noah
The tenth stage of the 2021 Dakar Rally has come to an end. With only two more stages to go, the leader board has completely changed. The desert continues its reign over the participants with a couple of retirements by the end of the stage.
Stage 10 of the 2021 Dakar Rally was held between Neom and AlUla. Today's stage covered a total distance of 583 kilometres with 342 kilometres of the Special stage. Participants had to tackle a mix of sandy and muddy terrain at the start of the special stage.
Several sandy tracks allowed riders and drivers to quicken the pace, but they had to be careful not to get lost because of a navigation error. It continues to be the biggest challenge for competitors opening the stage in this year's edition of the Dakar Rally.
Much like the yesterday, all three podium places of the tenth stage of the 2021 Dakar Rally was won by Monster Energy Honda Team 2021 riders. Taking the top step is Ricky Brabec, followed by Joan Barreda Bort, who took second and Kevin Benavides who took third overall.
However, the race leader Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo suffers an unfortunate crash after 250 kilometres into the special stage. Despite the injuries, the Chilean rider completed the stage over 11 minutes behind the leader. Upon a medical examination by the ASO doctors, he had to throw in the towel for the remainder of the race.
Speaking about Indians in the 2021 Dakar Rally, Harith Noah has outperformed himself to secure another top 20 finish in the race. The Sherco Factory Rally Team rider has completed the Stage 10 in 16th position overall. He improves his General Standings by place to rank in 24th position.
Lorenzo Santolino who is currently leading the charge for the Sherco Factory Rally Team has completed in 9th position. While his teammate Rui Goncalves finishes Stage 10 in 19th position, overall. After Stage 10 Lorenzo Santolino is placed 7th in the General Standings for the TVS sponsored Sherco Factory Rally Team.
Hero MotoSports Rally Team riders continue their steady charge to the finish line of the 2021 Dakar Rally race. Their top man Joaquim Rodrigues posts another tenth place finish for the team. While his teammate Sebastian Buhler finishes the tenth stage in 21st position overall. After today's stage, Joaquim Rodrigues and Sebastian Buhler are placed 11th and 16th in the General Standings, respectively.
Ashish Raorane currently competing in the Dakar Rally Experience programme has crossed the finish line with another 60th place finish. Although he won't be classified into the General Standings, completing stages will certainly help the rider to prepare for the next edition of the rally race.
Laia Sanz who is riding for the Gas Gas Factory Team continues her consistent perfromance to complete in 30th position overall. She is now placed in 20th position in General Standings with over 30 minutes in lead to the next participant.
Ricky Brabec, the winner of Stage 10 of 2021 Dakar Rally, said, "I'm sure Nacho has a lot of pressure. Leading the Dakar is not easy. I don't think there's a lot of pressure from the team, but for a personal goal, I think he has a lot of pressure. He's a young kid, he's been riding well all week, he's been surprising everybody. He's the best navigator at this rally. We all know we all wanna win. Winning is the best thing there is in life. There's no real team orders."
After the latest stage, the General Standings of 2021 Dakar Rally is completely changed. Kevin Benavides riding for the Monster Energy Honda Team 2021 has taken the lead from his teammate Ricky Brabec by 51 seconds. While Sam Sunderland (Red Bull KTM Factory Team) continues to hold his 3rd position in the General Standings of the rally.
Stage
10
Provisional
Results:
Hero
MotoSport
Rally
Team
Standings
10th
Position
-
Joaquim
Rodrigues
[03:28:57]
21st
Position
-
Sebastian
Buhler
[03:56:04]
Sherco
Rally
Team
Standings
9th
Position
-
Lorenzo
Santolino
[03:27:41]
16th
Position
-
Harith
Noah
[03:38:16]
19th
Position
-
Rui
Goncalves
[03:44:47]
Privateer
(Dakar
Experience)
60th
Position
-
Ashish
Raorane
[05:31:20]
Stage
10
Standings
(Bike)
1st
Position
-
Ricky
Brabec
[03:12:33]
(Monster
Energy
Honda
Team
2021)
2nd
Position
-
Joan
Barreda
Bort
[03:15:48]
(Monster
Energy
Honda
Team
2021)
3rd
Position
-
Kevin
Benavides
[03:17:44]
(Monster
Energy
Honda
Team
2021)
Stage
10
Winners
In
Other
Categories
(Provisional)
Quad:
Pablo
Copetti
(MX
Devesa
By
Berta)
Car:
Yazeed
Al
Rajhi
&
Dirk
Von
Zitzewitz
(Overdrive
Toyota)
Lightweight
Vehicle/SSV:
Austin
Jones
&
Gustavo
Gugelmin
(Monster
Energy
CAN-AM)
Truck:
Martin
Macik,
Frantisek
Tomasek
&
David
Svanda
(Big
Shock
Racing)
General
Standings
After
Stage
10
(Provisional)
Hero
MotoSport
Rally
Team
Standings
11th
Position
-
Joaquim
Rodrigues
16th
Position
-
Sebastian
Buhler
Sherco
Rally
Team
Standings
7th
Position
-
Lorenzo
Santolino
21st
Position
-
Rui
Goncalves
24th
Position
-
Harith
Noah
Overall
Standings
(Bike)
1st
Position
-
Kevin
Benavides
(Monster
Energy
Honda
Team
2021)
2nd
Position
-Ricky
Brabec
(Monster
Energy
Honda
Team
2021)
3rd
Position
-
Sam
Sunderland
(Red
Bull
KTM
Factory
Team)
General
Standings
Leaders
In
Other
Categories
(Provisional)
Quad:
Manuel
Andujar
(7240
Team)
Car:
Stephane
Peterhansel
&
Edouard
Boulanger
(X-RAID
MINI
JCW
TEAM)
Lightweight
Vehicle/SSV:
Francisco
Lopez
Contardo
&
Juan
Pablo
Latrach
Vinagre
(South
Racing
CAN-AM)
Truck:
Dmitry
Sotnikov,
Ruslan
Akhmadeev
&
Ilgiz
Akhmetzianov
(Kamaz
-
Master)
Thoughts About The 2021 Dakar Rally Stage 10 Result & Highlights
The Shero Factory Rally Team rider, Harith Noah continues his charge towards the finish line of the 2021 Dakar Rally. He has posted another top 20 Stage finish and inches closer to place himself to under 20 in General Standings.
On the other hand, Hero MotoSports Rally Team continue to improve their position in General Standings of the race. Only two more days of racing left and the leaderboard is split by 51 seconds in the Moto category.