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Provisional standings after Stage 5 SUNDERLAND, Sam (GBR) QUINTANILLA, Pablo (CHL) +12:00 VAN BEVEREN, Adrien (FRA) +16:07 FARRES, Guell Gerard (ESP) +20:57 WALKNER, Matthias (AUT) +29:01 DE SOULTRAT, Xavier (FRA) +36:06 SVITKO, Stefan (SVK) +48:43 RENET, Pierre Alexandre (FRA) +54:45 BRABEC, Ricky (USA) +31:50DUPLESSIS, Diego Martin (ARG) +01hour:04m:55 GONÇALVES, Paulo (PRT) +01hour:08m:21 17. SMITH, Todd […]

Toby Price has been helicoptered to hospital with a broken femur and will take no further part in the 2017 Dakar. Update: Honda’s Joan Bort Barreda has copped a one-penalty for refuelling in a prohibited zone. He drops to ninth over all. Quintanilla now holds the outright lead. Update: Rod Faggotter okay! From Rod’s wife

Quote from Price on second stage: “It was a really, really fast stage but with no navigation. It was a really long day: we had a 274-km special and we’re at 38 or 40°C right now, so it’s definitely been a hot one on the bike and part of the equipment, but we’re here at

There’s some confusion about who’s placed where as penalties are applied. You’ll see we have a couple of conflicting positions for riders, and it depends on where the information comes from. You’d think the official Dakar site would be the most reliable, but they’re sometimes slow to update and other sites claim to have later