2018 Dakar Rally Statistics, Stage 13 (January 19, 2018)

The penultimate stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally took place Friday, January 19, in Argentina, with the running of the 13th stage (12th stage running), a long journey from San Juan to Cordoba. Cars, SxS vehicles and trucks completed a distance of 929 kilometers. Bikes and quads completed a marginally shorter distance of 907 kilometers, a day after the stage for those categories was canceled. The event will end Saturday with a much shorter, 284-campaign in the Cordoba area.

All five of the leaders heading into the stage left with solid showings and heading into the final stage with strong leads. Eduard Nikolaev (Russia) took a decisive victory in the truck category, winning his category-high fourth stage. Federico Villagra, who was behind by only a second heading into Friday’s event, abandoned the event altogether with mechanical problems. Now running second is Siarhei Viazovich (Belarus).

Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar; cars) took his fourth win and Patrice Garrouste (France; SxS) his fifth, both category-bests, respectively. Al-Attiyah also moved to second overall behind Carlos Sainz (Spain), while Garrouste remained second to Reinaldo Varela (Brazil).

Toby Price (Australia; bikes) and Jeremias Gonzalez Ferioli (Argentina; quads) each took their second stage victories of the event Friday. Matthias Walkner (Austria) and Ignacio Casale (Chile) lead the bike and quad categories overall, respectively. Walkner recently took command of the bikes while Ignacio Casale has led the entire event for the quads.

Here are the winners/leaders and some of the statistics following the 13th stage of the 40th Dakar Rally.

Statistics – After Stage 13

Bike:

- Left: 86 vehicles

- Finished: 85 vehicles

- Winner: Toby Price (Australia), KTM 450 Rally Replica

- Runner-Up: Kevin Benavides (Argentina), Honda CRF 450 Rally

- Winner’s Time: 4 hours, 48 minutes, 33 seconds

- Margin of Victory: 2 minutes, 3 seconds

- Stage Wins (Drivers): Joan Barreda Bort (3), Sam Sunderland (2), Antoine Meo (2), Toby Price (2), Adrien Van Beveren (1), Matthias Walkner (1)

- Stage Wins (Countries): Spain (3), France (3), United Kingdom (2), Australia (2), Austria (1)

- Stage Wins (Manufacturer): KTM (7), Honda (3), Yamaha (1)

- Overall Leader: Matthias Walkner (by 22 minutes, 31 seconds over Kevin Benavides)

- Competitors to Lead Overall: 5 – Sam Sunderland, Joan Barreda Bort, Adrien van Beveren, Kevin Benavides, Matthias Walkner

Quad:

- Left: 32 vehicles

- Finished: 31 vehicles

- Winner: Jeremias Gonzalez Ferioli (Argentina), Yamaha Raptor 700

- Runner-Up: Nelson Augusto Sanabria Galeano (Paraguay), Yamaha Raptor

- Winner’s Time: 5 hours, 55 minutes, 16 seconds

- Margin of Victory: 3 minutes, 18 seconds

- Stage Wins (Drivers): Ignacio Casale (4), Nicolas Cavigliasso (2), Jeremias Gonzalez Ferioli (2), Sergei Kariakin (1), Axel Dutrie (1), Simon Vitse (1)

- Stage Wins (Countries): Chile (4), Argentina (4), France (2), Russia (1)

- Stage Wins (Manufacturer): Yamaha (11)

- Overall Leader: Ignacio Casale (by 1 hour, 37 minutes, 16 seconds over Nicolas Cavigliasso)

- Competitors to Lead Overall: 1 – Ignacio Casale

Car:

- Left: 45 vehicles

- Finished: 43 vehicles

- Winner: Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar), Toyota Hilux

- Runner-Up: Lucio Alvarez (Argentina), Toyota Hilux

- Winner’s Time: 5 hours, 2 minutes, 22 seconds

- Margin of Victory: 11 minutes, 16 seconds

- Stage Wins (Drivers): Nasser Al-Attiyah (4), Stephane Peterhansel (3), Carlos Sainz (2), Cyril Despres (1), Sebastien Loeb (1), Bernhard Ten Brinke (1)

- Stage Wins (Countries): France (5), Qatar (4), Spain (2), Netherlands (1)

- Stage Wins (Manufacturer): Peugeot (7), Toyota (5)

- Overall Leader: Carlos Sainz (by 46 minutes, 18 seconds over Nasser Al-Attiyah)

- Competitors to Lead Overall: 4 – Nasser Al-Attiyah, Cyril Despres, Stephane Peterhansel, Carlos Sainz

SxS:

- Left: 7 vehicles

- Finished: 6 vehicles

- Winner: Patrice Garrouste (France), Polaris RZR 1000 Turbo

- Runner-Up: Reinaldo Varela (Brazil), Can-Am

- Winner’s Time: 6 hours, 29 minutes, 40 seconds

- Margin of Victory: 9 minutes, 59 seconds

- Stage Wins (Drivers): Reinaldo Varela (5), Patrice Garrouste (5), Anibal Aliaga (1), Juan Carlos Uribe Ramos (1)

- Stage Wins (Countries): Brazil (5), France (5), Peru (2)

- Stage Wins (Manufacturers): Can-Am (6), Polaris (6)

- Overall Leader: Reinaldo Varela (by 53 minutes, 28 seconds over Patrice Garrouste)

- Competitors to Lead Overall: 4 – Anibal Aliaga, Juan Carlos Uribe Ramos, Patrice Garrouste, Reinaldo Varela

Truck:

- Left: 20 vehicles

- Finished: 19 vehicles

- Winner: Eduard Nikolaev (Russia), Kamaz 4326

- Runner-Up: Airat Mardeev (Russia), Kamaz 4326

- Winner’s Time: 5 hours, 59 minutes, 2 seconds

- Margin of Victory: 50 seconds

- Stage Wins (Drivers): Eduard Nikolaev (4), Ton Van Genugten (3), Federico Villagra (2), Ales Loprais (1), Dmitry Sotnikov (1), Siarhei Viazovich (1)

- Stage Wins (Countries): Russia (6), Netherlands (3), Argentina (2), Belarus (1)

- Stage Wins (Manufacturers): Iveco (5), Kamaz (5), Tatra (1), Maz (1)

- Overall Leader: Eduard Nikolaev (by 3 hours, 53 minutes, 59 seconds over Siarhei Viazovich)

- Competitors to Lead Overall: 3 – Ales Loprais, Eduard Nikolaev, Federico Villagra

Sources:

-       Dakar Rally official website – www.dakar.com

-       Twitter: @dakarrally