After the cancellation of stage 7, the 2023 Dakar rally resumed. It was a blended day for the Individuals. Mason Klein bounced again to guide many of the day after beginning behind the entrance runners. He ended up second behind Ross Department of the Hero Motorsports Staff. Skyler Howes began up entrance and had minor navigation troubles and a rushing penalty that put him again in twentieth. He now leads the standings by a scant 13 seconds over Kevin Benavides and Klein, who are actually tied.
Mason Klein: “I used to be doing my greatest at present, and I actually needed to win this stage. Sadly, Ross simply beat me. Fairly unhappy. I believe I’m main the general, which makes me fairly completely satisfied going into the remainder day. It was a very good day. I didn’t anticipate [to be at this level], however I actually needed it. I had a giant crash within the dunes, not a giant one, but it surely might have been actually dangerous. I used to be doing a handstand for a very very long time and I landed with each legs on the left aspect of the bike, I used the entrance brake and I needed to drop the bike and crash on function to not go off the sting of the dune, it was fairly scary. I needed to go pee twice at present, I blame that for why I misplaced!”
Skyler Howes: “A troublesome day to open at present. We ended up driving in a bunch of three on the entrance, and though I believe we did a very good job with the navigation, we took a short time to do it. The grime is actually moist, in order that leaves a superbly clear line for anybody following, and naturally it makes it far simpler to make up time on these forward. I’d moderately lose a couple of minutes than be going residence although, so general, I’m pleased with how the day turned out and I’m nonetheless forward within the general. It’s relaxation day now, and that’s at all times an essential milestone to hit. We knew the primary half of this 12 months’s occasion can be robust, and it was! Time to chill out somewhat now earlier than specializing in the ultimate push to the end subsequent week.”
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2023 Dakar Rally – Stage 8 Provisional Classification
1. Ross Department (Hero) 3:46:18
2. Daniel Sanders (GASGAS) 3:49:33
3. Mason Klein (KTM) 3:49:51
4. Pablo Quintanilla (Honda) 3:52:47
5. Adrien Van Beveren (Honda) 3:52:53
6. Michael Docherty (Husqvarna) 3:54:18
20. Skyler Howes (Husqvarna) 4:02:24
24. JACOB ARGUBRIGHT (Hus) 4H 04′ 55”
58. PAUL NEFF (ARO) 5H 07′ 10
71. PABLO COPETTI 5H 16′ 39
72. PETR VLCEK 5H 18′ 43′
97. MORRISON HART (ARO) 7H 03′ 29”
100. JAMES PEARSON (ARO) 8H 32′ 49”
104. DAVID PEARSON (ARO) 58H 03′ 00”
105. LAWRENCE ACE NILSON (Hus) 58H 03′ 00”
2023 Dakar – Provisional General Classification [After Stage 8]
1. Skyler Howes (Husqvarna) 30:34:16
2. Kevin Benavides (KTM) 30:34:29
3. Mason Klein (KTM) 30:34:29
4. Toby Worth (KTM) 30:36:14
5. Pablo Quintanilla (Honda) 30:37:01
6. Adrien Van Beveren (Honda) 30:37:05
25. Jacob Argubright (Hus) 33:57:26
61. PETR VLCEK 41H 42′ 55”
93. PAUL NEFF (ARO) 57H 10′ 27”
95 . MORRISON HART (ARO) 57H 34′ 14”
96. JAMES PEARSON (ARO) 58H 06′ 21”
103. DAVID PEARSON (ARO) 145H 36′ 08”
104. LAWRENCE ACE NILSON (Hus) 150H 06′ 53”