As Albert Llovera-Àlex Haro were getting in their MD Team Rallye buggy to start the third stage, 909 km long from San Juan to Chilecito, a lot of teams had yet to finish the route of the previous stage. Once recovered from the effort of reaching San Juan, Llovera-Haro finished the timed section of 315 km with a result of 3h50’35, in a praiseworthy 47th position of the provisional ranking of the third partial point of the Dakar 2015.
The toughness of the first phase of the event organised by A.S.O., especially the second stage, was obvious at the starting line of San Juan. They were expecting 134 teams and there were only 97, some very far behind. The rest however are now out of the race.
The fastest team from San Juan and Chilecito was the Argentinians Terranova-Graue (Mini) with a time of 2h57’28”.
Obviously in a race like the Dakar there are no easy days, but this third stage seem to be more manageable for the buggy 367 of Llovera-Haro: After yesterday’s long and complicated stage, it was to be expected that the organisers wouldn’t maintain the same difficulty. In today’s stage it was important to keep a good pace and mainly not to push the car in the very variable tracks, where a mistake can occur at any time. The rally is far from over, but so far we are very pleased with how everything is going. To finish the third stage without any issues has a very positive aspect as Albert explained: It is a great advantage to have a long time in the rest area. The mechanics of the MD Rallye Team will have more time to get the buggy to the best level possible for tomorrow’s difficult stage. We will be facing the dunes of Atacama.
The teams, which were successful in the three Argentinian stages, will be heading tomorrow towards Chile, they will go through a road section of 594 km. Once on Chilean soil, they will start the special stage of 315 km, which will have its most difficult part on the last 100 km. At km 214 of the special stage, the teams will reach the start of the dunes of Atacama, a traditional obstacle of the Dakar in South America.
 Press service.
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