The stage was shortened to 255 km today due to still wet and impassable routes.
First stage victory for Audi with Carlos Sainz. In addition, Peterhansel has completed the 3rd stage and proves that the electric Audi has a great future.
Sebastien Loeb failed to repeat his good result from yesterday, remaining without a rear-wheel drive, but luckily he remains second in the overall standings. Everyone today was trying to play tactically and did not want the first place, ie to open the track tomorrow, which is the longest in the race.
(QAT) NASSER AL-ATTIYAH / (AND) MATTHIEU BAUMEL are in the lead, and (FRA) SEBASTIEN LOEB / (BEL) FABIAN LURQUIN remain second now at 37 '40' '.
(ZAF) GINIEL DE VILLIERS / (ZAF) DENNIS MURPHY moved up to 4th place, the 18th race for Giniel, who has so far finished all on the podium.
Competitors had a lot of difficulties today in the almost impassable kilometer 175.
In motorcycles, a stage victory for (PRT) JOAQUIM RODRIGUES, as tactically (AUS) TOBY PRICE remained second so as not to open the track tomorrow. Driver (GBR) SAM SUNDERLAND is only 4 seconds ahead of (FRA) ADRIEN VAN BEVEREN.
The truck drivers (RAF) DMITRY SOTNIKOV / (RAF) RUSLAN AKHMADEEV / (RAF) ILGIZ AKHMETZIANOV are leading with no 11 minutes lead. Czech ALES LOPRAIS is 5th on 47 '08' 'after the leaders.
On Wednesday, the stage is from Al Qaisumah - Riyadh with a length of 707 km.