Dakar stage 8 Despres Winner

Today's stage , Skip / Uyuni - Calama provided for bikes and quads a short transfer of 24 km and then a field trial of 462 km, followed by a transfer of 215 , for a total of 701 km pipeline made ​​of large salt lakes with the image of the volcano Tunupa front of the eyes (3,300 meters high) . The race was never in question : the Yamaha rider Cyril Despres , in fact, was always ahead of closing the route in 5 hours 23 minutes and 20 seconds. Behind him , trailing by just 2:09 minutes Barreda Bort square followed by points leader Marc Coma , who was also just 2:15 from the rival. Completing the top ten Rodrigues, Pain , Metge , Van Niekerk , Gouet , Przygonski and Viladoms . The eighth stage , therefore , does not lead anyone to shake up the overall standings , Marc Coma who sees firmly in command with the beauty of 38 minutes ahead of Barreda Bort, good second . The podium is all Spanish because the third place we find Viladoms , continuous and constant as ever, but still well off of 1:27:22 behind the leader .. In fourth place is no longer a surprise , we find the French Duclos on Sherco while behind him the salt Speedbrain Israel Esquierre . In sixth place while Olivier Pain followed by the seventh Przgonski , Rodrrigues , Despres ( with a one hour penalty ) and the Chilean Gouet away two hours and thirty minutes.

DESPRES CYRIL (FRA) YAMAHA 450 YZF 05h23m20s

COMA MARC (ESP) KTM 450 RALLY 05h25m35s +02m15s

BARREDA BORT JOAN (ESP) HONDA 450 30s 05h25m59s +02m39s

RODRIGUES HELDER (PRT) HONDA CRF450 RALLY 05h29m58s +06m38s

PAIN OLIVIER (FRA) YAMAHA 450 YZF RALLY 05h34m00s +10m40s

METGE MICHAEL (FRA) YAMAHA 450 YZF 05h36m18s +12m58s