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september 03, 2019 - Honda Racing

Monster Energy Honda face the opening kilometres of the Atacama Desert

A prologue of just four kilometres got the Atacama #rally off and running today with the Monster Energy Honda riders performing a notable special. The #rally will have its first full stage tomorrow.

Ricky Brabec and #joanbarreda were the best of the Monster Energy Honda bunch in today’s short curtain-raiser in Tierra Amarilla. The four-kilometre special stage gave the squad a first taste of the Chilean desert. The American and Spanish rider both finished seven seconds off the eventual winner. #kevinbenavides was tenth with Nacho Cornejo coming home twelfth.

The results allow the first fifteen finishers to choose their place in the starting order for the first stage tomorrow. The riders will thus set out on the 270-kilometre stage from Copiapó back to Copiapó in the following order: fourth place #joseignaciocornejo, sixth for #kevinbenavides, eleventh #joanbarreda and twelfth for #rickybrabec.

 

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