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Dakar 2024: Loeb stopped for more than an hour, his chances of victory disappear

The hard blow.

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Dakar 2024: Loeb stopped for more than an hour, his chances of victory disappear

The hard blow. Frenchman Sébastien Loeb, stopped for more than an hour in the special of the 11th stage on Thursday due to a mechanical problem, lost any chance of victory in the Dakar-2024, but returned to the track after having repaired.

His Prodrive Hunter remained immobilized at km 132 after “twisting its right front triangle”, according to the organization. The nine-time WRC world rally champion will therefore still have to wait before winning his first Dakar.

On Wednesday, he first asked the assistance truck from his team Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX) to come and rescue him. But finally, the car from the Chinese team YunXiang, partner of Prodrive, stopped to help him. Loeb and his teammate Fabian Lurquin were able to carry out the repairs and leave, we learned from BRX.

At the intermediate crossing point at km 139, they were 1h 16 min and 26 sec behind Carlos Sainz (Audi). At the last check-in, at km 258, the Spaniard was provisionally leading the special, which was 420 km long in total. At the start on Wednesday morning, Loeb could still hope to threaten Sainz in the general classification, with only 13 min 22 behind.

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