2015 Dakar Rally Stage 6 Results | Rodrigues Takes Win

2015 Dakar Rally Stage 6 Results

Six stages and five different winners. This is the way the 2015 Dakar Rally in South America is playing out.

Winning Friday’s stage six was Team HRC Honda’s Helder Rodrigues, who has taken five other stage victories in past Dakar Rally events. Stage six took riders 428 miles from Antofagasta to Iquique in Chile, with 198 of those timed.

The Portuguese Rodrigues, who finished on the podium at both the 2011 and 2012 Dakars, climbed from 10th to sixth overall after showing strength on Friday. He finished the day 1:10 minutes ahead of KTM-supported rider Toby Price, the Australian displaying great speeds in his rookie year

Taking the final podium Friday – 1:42 minutes behind Rodrigues – was the other Team HRC Honda CRF450 Rally pilot and Rodrigues’ fellow countryman Paolo Gonclaves. Gonclaves was followed Friday by Pablo Quintanilla (Chile) and Stegan Svitko (Slovak), both on KTM 450 Rally machinery.

Though his Friday performance was impressive, he remains sixth overall in general classification, 36:04 minutes behind the leader, Joan Barreda Bort, who finished Friday in sixth.

“I started very badly with my body at the beginning of this rally. I had three days that were not so good. On day four I had a problem with the bike due to mechanical problems, but today I had a good stage. Of course, I’m happy and I have one week more to attack. I’m happy. If have the best time, that’s good. If I have the second time, it’s also good. I had a good day and rode very fast. I pushed a lot until I saw Marc and Joan and then I just rode to the finish and didn’t push anymore,” Rodrigues says.

As for Bort, the Spaniard has finished on the podium in four out of six stages so far, including two wins. Throughout Friday, the Team HRC Honda rider Barreda battled with four-time Dakar winner Marc Coma, who finished eighth after suffering a minor crash. Barreda’s performance allowed him to extend his lead to 12:27 minutes over the Red Bull KTM pilot Coma, who won stage five.

“At the beginning I had a small crash, nothing important. I’m lucky. But it meant that I did not feel comfortable at the beginning of the stage. Then the navigation was also a little bit tricky. I lost some time looking for a way point, but it was nothing dramatic. In the end, I was opening all the day with Joan together, but this is the game,” Coma says.

“Now we have a rest day in front of us. It will be perfect for the bike and for my body too, to rest a little bit, and then of course to prepare for the marathon stage because we know how tough it will be, with the altitude, with no mechanics and no spare parts, so it’s something that we have to take care about.”

Rounding out the top 10 Friday were Honda’s Israel Esquerre, Coma, KTM’s Ruben Faria and KTM’s Ivan Jakes.

Saturday marks the one and only break in the 2015 Dakar Rally ahead of Sunday’s stage seven, which takes riders 445 miles from Iquique to Uyuni.

2015 Dakar Rally Stage 6 Results:

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	variation	Penalty
1	5	RODRIGUES (PRT)	HONDA	03:40:10	–	–
2	26	PRICE (AUS)	KTM	03:41:20	00:01:10	–
3	7	GONCALVES (PRT)	HONDA	03:41:52	00:01:42	–
4	31	QUINTANILLA (CHL)	KTM	03:46:21	00:06:11	–
5	18	SVITKO (SVK)	KTM	03:46:52	00:06:42	–
6	2	BARREDA BORT (ESP)	HONDA	03:47:30	00:07:20	–
7	12	ISRAEL ESQUERRE (CHL)	HONDA	03:49:08	00:08:58	–
8	1	COMA (ESP)	KTM	03:49:24	00:09:14	–
9	11	FARIA (PRT)	KTM	03:49:44	00:09:34	–
10	21	JAKES (SVK)	KTM	03:54:09	00:13:59	–
11	60	CABRERA (CHL)	KAWASAKI	03:54:14	00:14:04	–
12	19	BOTTURI (ITA)	YAMAHA	03:55:13	00:15:03	–
13	14	DUCLOS (FRA)	SHERCO TVS	03:56:14	00:16:04	–
14	20	VAN NIEKERK (ZAF)	KTM	03:56:39	00:16:29	–
15	17	METGE (FRA)	YAMAHA	03:57:19	00:17:09	–
16	9	CASTEU (FRA)	KTM	03:57:55	00:17:45	–
17	29	SANZ PLA-GIRIBERT (ESP)	HONDA	03:58:07	00:17:57	–
18	16	GOUET (CHL)	HONDA	03:58:52	00:18:42	–
19	22	PIZZOLITO (ARG)	HONDA	03:59:54	00:19:44	–
20	37	VOGELS (NLD)	KTM	04:06:10	00:26:00	–
21	44	DE SOULTRAIT (FRA)	YAMAHA	04:06:47	00:26:37	–
22	49	GYENES (ROU)	KTM	04:06:51	00:26:41	–
23	62	SOUVIGNET (FRA)	KTM	04:08:32	00:28:22	–
24	15	VERHOEVEN (NLD)	YAMAHA	04:09:25	00:29:15	–
25	32	CECI (ITA)	KTM	04:09:40	00:29:30	–
26	161	LOPEZ JOVE (ARG)	KAWASAKI	04:10:32	00:30:22	–
27	45	DA COSTA (FRA)	YAMAHA	04:11:09	00:30:59	–
28	25	PLANET (FRA)	SHERCO TVS	04:14:29	00:34:19	–
29	4	VILADOMS (ESP)	KTM	04:15:35	00:35:25	–
30	38	BERGLUND (SWE)	KTM	04:17:34	00:37:24	–
31	160	KLYMCIW (CZE)	KTM	04:19:56	00:39:46	–
32	151	ENGEL (CZE)	KTM	04:20:44	00:40:34	–
33	24	DE AZEVEDO (BRA)	HONDA	04:21:29	00:41:19	–
34	3	PAIN (FRA)	YAMAHA	04:22:18	00:42:08	–
35	48	RIOS (PER)	KTM	04:22:38	00:42:28	–
36	35	STANOVNIK (SVN)	KTM	04:22:53	00:42:43	–
37	53	PISANO (FRA)	KTM	04:23:43	00:43:33	–
38	8	PRZYGONSKI (POL)	KTM	04:24:17	00:44:07	–
39	79	ARANA COBEAGA (ESP)	YAMAHA	04:25:38	00:45:28	–
40	71	VAYSSADE (FRA)	SHERCO	04:26:40	00:46:30	–
41	34	PABISKA (CZE)	KTM	04:28:04	00:47:54	–
42	36	PIATEK (POL)	KTM	04:28:42	00:48:32	–
43	23	FARRES GUELL (ESP)	GASGAS	04:29:52	00:49:42	–
44	103	REEVE (ZMB)	KTM	04:33:48	00:53:38	–
45	129	VAN GERVEN (NLD)	KTM	04:40:48	01:00:38	–
46	98	GULDMAN GONZALEZ (CHL)	KAWASAKI	04:43:17	01:03:07	–
47	65	VAN DEN GOORBERGH (NLD)	KTM	04:44:06	01:03:56	–
48	63	CARILLON (FRA)	KTM	04:49:21	01:09:11	–
49	69	PAYEN (FRA)	YAMAHA	04:49:54	01:09:44	–
50	61	ONTIVEROS (ARG)	BETA	04:50:18	01:10:08	–
51	46	GOMEZ (ARG)	YAMAHA	04:53:02	01:12:52	–
52	10	PEDRERO GARCIA (ESP)	YAMAHA	04:55:20	01:15:10	–
53	67	DESI (HUN)	KTM	04:57:34	01:17:24	–
54	51	MEERU (EST)	HONDA	05:00:25	01:20:15	–
55	87	REINIKE (CHL)	KTM	05:07:59	01:27:49	–
56	57	LAZARD (URY)	KTM	05:08:07	01:27:57	–
57	100	CROQUELOIS (FRA)	KTM	05:11:28	01:31:18	–
58	78	PASCUAL (ARG)	KTM	05:11:40	01:31:30	–
59	54	ARREDONDO (GTM)	KTM	05:11:43	01:31:33	–
60	73	ERRAZURIZ (CHL)	HUQSVARNA	05:12:33	01:32:23	–
61	83	DAMDINKHORLOO (MNG)	KTM	05:15:07	01:34:57	–
62	125	HINTENAUS (ZAF)	KTM	05:15:55	01:35:45	–
63	77	GUIRAL (ARG)	HONDA	05:19:03	01:38:53	–
64	59	CHUNCHUNGUPPE SHIVASHANKAR (IND)	KTM	05:21:29	01:41:19	–
65	68	VESELY (CZE)	KTM	05:22:45	01:42:35	–
66	152	GAJDOSECH (ARG)	YAMAHA	05:25:08	01:44:58	–
67	84	MARTENS (NLD)	KTM	05:25:23	01:45:13	–
68	109	LACUNZA (ARG)	KTM	05:25:43	01:45:33	–
69	112	ECHEVESTE (ARG)	HONDA	05:28:45	01:48:35	–
70	126	VAN HEERTUM (NLD)	KTM	05:30:46	01:50:36	–
71	50	BUTUZA (ROU)	KTM	05:31:31	01:51:21	–
72	113	BRIOSCHI (ITA)	KTM	05:34:08	01:53:58	–
73	95	VELLUTINO (PER)	KTM	05:39:09	01:58:59	–
74	107	TOIA (ITA)	KTM	05:50:38	02:10:28	–
75	56	MENARD (FRA)	KTM	05:52:00	02:11:50	–
76	167	RIEZEBOS (NLD)	KTM	05:52:03	02:11:53	–
77	154	PEDROLA (ESP)	YAMAHA	05:56:12	02:16:02	–
78	139	VAN BERGEIJK (NLD)	HUSABERG	05:57:42	02:17:32	–
79	114	BRIOSCHI (ITA)	KTM	06:02:57	02:22:47	–
80	80	SARMIENTO CERON (COL)	YAMAHA	06:04:01	02:23:51	–
81	81	FUENTES (BOL)	KTM	06:04:49	02:24:39	–
82	40	PATRAO (PRT)	SUZUKI	06:17:10	02:37:00	–
83	156	SENKALAYCI (TUR)	KTM	06:19:27	02:39:17	–
84	102	URQUIA (ARG)	YAMAHA	06:20:27	02:40:17	–
85	165	OZDEMIR (TUR)	KTM	06:21:07	02:40:57	–
86	27	WALKNER (AUT)	KTM	06:43:31	03:03:21	–
87	76	PAVEY (AUS)	KTM	06:48:54	03:08:44	–
88	75	SULLIVAN-PAVEY (AUS)	KTM	06:54:14	03:14:04	–

2015 Dakar Rally Overall General Standings (after six of 13 stages):

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	variation	Penalty
1	2	BARREDA BORT (ESP)	HONDA	21:38:35	–	–
2	1	COMA (ESP)	KTM	21:51:02	00:12:27	–
3	7	GONCALVES (PRT)	HONDA	21:55:47	00:17:12	–
4	31	QUINTANILLA (CHL)	KTM	22:08:32	00:29:57	–
5	26	PRICE (AUS)	KTM	22:12:19	00:33:44	–
6	5	RODRIGUES (PRT)	HONDA	22:14:39	00:36:04	–
7	11	FARIA (PRT)	KTM	22:19:02	00:40:27	–
8	18	SVITKO (SVK)	KTM	22:20:02	00:41:27	–
9	14	DUCLOS (FRA)	SHERCO TVS	22:31:31	00:52:56	–
10	12	ISRAEL ESQUERRE (CHL)	HONDA	22:39:23	01:00:48	–
11	4	VILADOMS (ESP)	KTM	22:43:03	01:04:28	–
12	9	CASTEU (FRA)	KTM	22:53:27	01:14:52	–
13	19	BOTTURI (ITA)	YAMAHA	22:57:53	01:19:18	–
14	21	JAKES (SVK)	KTM	22:58:32	01:19:57	–
15	20	VAN NIEKERK (ZAF)	KTM	22:58:48	01:20:13	–
16	29	SANZ PLA-GIRIBERT (ESP)	HONDA	23:01:44	01:23:09	–
17	17	METGE (FRA)	YAMAHA	23:05:06	01:26:31	00:04:00
18	16	GOUET (CHL)	HONDA	23:32:23	01:53:48	–
19	37	VOGELS (NLD)	KTM	23:46:45	02:08:10	–
20	3	PAIN (FRA)	YAMAHA	23:49:15	02:10:40	–
21	10	PEDRERO GARCIA (ESP)	YAMAHA	23:50:39	02:12:04	–
22	25	PLANET (FRA)	SHERCO TVS	24:04:03	02:25:28	–
23	44	DE SOULTRAIT (FRA)	YAMAHA	24:11:05	02:32:30	–
24	8	PRZYGONSKI (POL)	KTM	24:14:43	02:36:08	–
25	15	VERHOEVEN (NLD)	YAMAHA	24:29:10	02:50:35	00:05:00
26	62	SOUVIGNET (FRA)	KTM	24:46:28	03:07:53	00:01:00
27	32	CECI (ITA)	KTM	24:46:45	03:08:10	–
28	24	DE AZEVEDO (BRA)	HONDA	24:50:11	03:11:36	–
29	60	CABRERA (CHL)	KAWASAKI	24:52:22	03:13:47	01:00:00
30	79	ARANA COBEAGA (ESP)	YAMAHA	24:55:26	03:16:51	–
31	34	PABISKA (CZE)	KTM	25:05:15	03:26:40	–
32	49	GYENES (ROU)	KTM	25:10:25	03:31:50	–
33	27	WALKNER (AUT)	KTM	25:13:12	03:34:37	–
34	38	BERGLUND (SWE)	KTM	25:13:47	03:35:12	–
35	161	LOPEZ JOVE (ARG)	KAWASAKI	25:17:12	03:38:37	–
36	160	KLYMCIW (CZE)	KTM	25:18:03	03:39:28	–
37	45	DA COSTA (FRA)	YAMAHA	25:20:00	03:41:25	–
38	35	STANOVNIK (SVN)	KTM	25:44:39	04:06:04	–
39	36	PIATEK (POL)	KTM	26:15:31	04:36:56	–
40	151	ENGEL (CZE)	KTM	26:20:33	04:41:58	–
41	48	RIOS (PER)	KTM	26:25:44	04:47:09	–
42	65	VAN DEN GOORBERGH (NLD)	KTM	26:37:07	04:58:32	–
43	103	REEVE (ZMB)	KTM	26:37:44	04:59:09	–
44	22	PIZZOLITO (ARG)	HONDA	26:42:26	05:03:51	00:05:00
45	69	PAYEN (FRA)	YAMAHA	26:47:27	05:08:52	–
46	46	GOMEZ (ARG)	YAMAHA	26:56:04	05:17:29	–
47	40	PATRAO (PRT)	SUZUKI	27:06:14	05:27:39	–
48	71	VAYSSADE (FRA)	SHERCO	27:11:34	05:32:59	–
49	129	VAN GERVEN (NLD)	KTM	27:14:36	05:36:01	–
50	63	CARILLON (FRA)	KTM	28:00:59	06:22:24	–
51	67	DESI (HUN)	KTM	28:02:09	06:23:34	–
52	78	PASCUAL (ARG)	KTM	28:06:09	06:27:34	–
53	59	CHUNCHUNGUPPE SHIVASHANKAR (IND)	KTM	28:07:30	06:28:55	–
54	54	ARREDONDO (GTM)	KTM	28:43:38	07:05:03	–
55	57	LAZARD (URY)	KTM	28:49:41	07:11:06	–
56	84	MARTENS (NLD)	KTM	28:59:13	07:20:38	–
57	50	BUTUZA (ROU)	KTM	29:00:14	07:21:39	–
58	51	MEERU (EST)	HONDA	29:13:20	07:34:45	–
59	125	HINTENAUS (ZAF)	KTM	29:22:43	07:44:08	–
60	109	LACUNZA (ARG)	KTM	29:25:02	07:46:27	–
61	53	PISANO (FRA)	KTM	29:38:33	07:59:58	–
62	68	VESELY (CZE)	KTM	29:46:59	08:08:24	00:02:00
63	81	FUENTES (BOL)	KTM	29:48:28	08:09:53	–
64	73	ERRAZURIZ (CHL)	HUQSVARNA	29:55:06	08:16:31	00:15:00
65	61	ONTIVEROS (ARG)	BETA	30:12:43	08:34:08	–
66	87	REINIKE (CHL)	KTM	30:13:30	08:34:55	–
67	113	BRIOSCHI (ITA)	KTM	30:15:49	08:37:14	02:00:00
68	98	GULDMAN GONZALEZ (CHL)	KAWASAKI	30:24:37	08:46:02	–
69	23	FARRES GUELL (ESP)	GASGAS	30:31:44	08:53:09	–
70	100	CROQUELOIS (FRA)	KTM	30:40:31	09:01:56	–
71	80	SARMIENTO CERON (COL)	YAMAHA	30:50:16	09:11:41	00:05:00
72	83	DAMDINKHORLOO (MNG)	KTM	31:01:13	09:22:38	00:06:00
73	75	SULLIVAN-PAVEY (AUS)	KTM	31:31:28	09:52:53	00:06:00
74	76	PAVEY (AUS)	KTM	31:48:42	10:10:07	00:02:00
75	152	GAJDOSECH (ARG)	YAMAHA	32:11:01	10:32:26	–
76	126	VAN HEERTUM (NLD)	KTM	32:14:12	10:35:37	00:01:30
77	114	BRIOSCHI (ITA)	KTM	32:16:27	10:37:52	02:05:00
78	112	ECHEVESTE (ARG)	HONDA	32:16:46	10:38:11	00:01:30
79	56	MENARD (FRA)	KTM	33:07:56	11:29:21	–
80	77	GUIRAL (ARG)	HONDA	33:22:16	11:43:41	02:00:00
81	139	VAN BERGEIJK (NLD)	HUSABERG	33:38:22	11:59:47	00:01:00
82	156	SENKALAYCI (TUR)	KTM	33:40:00	12:01:25	00:07:00
83	165	OZDEMIR (TUR)	KTM	33:46:18	12:07:43	–
84	154	PEDROLA (ESP)	YAMAHA	33:57:05	12:18:30	–
85	95	VELLUTINO (PER)	KTM	34:07:19	12:28:44	–
86	167	RIEZEBOS (NLD)	KTM	34:45:08	13:06:33	–
87	107	TOIA (ITA)	KTM	36:11:05	14:32:30	00:01:00
88	102	URQUIA (ARG)	YAMAHA	37:03:22	15:24:47	–