Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo,
aka "Nacho Cornejo," sits ninth
on the second Hero Motorsports
entry, but he is nearly 49 minutes
off Sanders' lead time. Rounding
out the top 10 after Stage Two
is South Africa's Bradley Cox on
the Bas World KTM Racing Team
entry, at 53 minutes and 36 sec
-
onds off Sanders in his first race
huge
disadvantage for the second
part of the Chrono, since the first
half of it doesn't really matter.
"With this, it was tough to
keep the fast pace in the val-
leys with the other guys, but we
managed to
make it to the finish.
We're not where we wanted to
be, but it's okay for now. We will
keep fighting."
Former W2RC Champion Lu
-
ciano Benavides (Red Bull KTM
Factory
Racing) took sixth in the
48 Hour Chrono and moves into
sixth overall as a result, the Ar-
gentine heading Honda's Adrien
Van
Beveren and Pablo Quinta-
nilla, that trio all looking for a
first
Dakar triumph despite each
of them having come so close at
one time or another.
ROUND 1 / JANUARY 3-17, 2025
BISHA TO SHUBAYTAH, SAUDI ARABIA
OFF-ROAD I FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP / DAKAR RALLY
P46
Ricky Brabec's bent
exhaust hampered the
Californian's progress
in the Chrono and
dropped him to fifth
overall after Stage Two.
American Skyler Howes is
keeping his powder dry and
sits second in the standings.
