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march 31, 2019 - Honda Racing
A prudent start as Monster Energy Honda Team get first contact with the dunes of Abu Dhabi
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Good positions for Nacho Cornejo in third, and #kevinbenavides, fifth, at the end of the first day of the #abudhabi Desert Challenge. #joanbarreda will set off from behind tomorrow after suffering a mechanical setback today.
Prudence prevails on returning, two months after finish the Dakar Rally, to a competition as tough as the #abudhabi Desert Challenge with its treacherous cut dunes capable of ruining a rally on day one. Nevertheless, today Chilean rider Nacho Cornejo finished top of the Monster Energy Honda Team riders, posting third position on the day.
It was a scorching day, but also one with plenty of wind, on a route which ended in midst of the Liwa desert. The first day of the #abudhabi Desert Challenge featured 262 kilometres of special stage out of a 329-kilometre total. As usual the first round of the #fimcrosscountryralliesworldchampionship served up a fair dosage of navigation and dunes as competitors left the Yas Marina circuit behind to enter into the ante-chamber of the desert – a sea of dunes which dominates the Liwa region in the south of the country.
José Ignacio Cornejo set off at a cracking pace over the early stretches of the race and made it safely back to the bivouac in Qsar Al Sarab, on an error-free ride, to finish on the day’s podium, 6’46” adrift of the stage winner. Argentine team-mate #kevinbenavides, went in pursuit of the riders who preceded him, but after getting bogged down in a dune, lost the trail that would have allowed him to reach his rivals and would have permitted easier progress without such a physical drain. Benavides ended in fifth place on the day.
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