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Dakar front-runner’s failure to refuel explained – Speedcafe
How a three-time Dakar 2021 stage winner ran out of fuel
Joan Barreda Bort pic: ASO/Antonin Vincent/DPPI
Honda has explained that a navigational error meant that one of Dakars front-running riders missed a refuelling stop and is now out of the rally.
Joan Barreda Bort started the penultimate stage in fourth position overall, and hit the front of the special, by a full seven minutes, at Kilometre 215.
However, it was soon found that the Spaniard had got into that position by not undertaking a compulsory fuel stop, and therefore had a sizeable penalty looming.
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