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 | SA-Dakar Rally: Husqvarna teams successful across the giant dunes in SS12.
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The Husqvarna Speedbrain team brought two riders into the top five at SS12 of the Rally Dakar. Joan Barreda was battling with his fellow countryman Marc Coma for the victory.
Coma finally arrived at the finish in Nasca first, 2:43 minutes ahead of Barreda. Paulo Goncalves, still frustrated with yesterday´s jury decision (6 hours penalty), powered his bike from starting position 17 all the way to fifth on the day.
Joan Barreda ultimately came out with one more top result in second place. Paulo Goncalves meanwhile gained his rhythm back. The Portuguese enjoyed a trouble-free day, no problems whatsoever for him. He was rewarded with fifth spot in today´s classification.
Zé Hélio took it relatively easy. The Brazilian understandably had some regard for the monster-sized dunes on the way from Arequipa to Nasca. Teammate Jose Manuel Pellicer had a cruel opening to the stage. The Spaniard landed awkwardly following a jump, crashed and broke his handlebar. Thanks to a makeshift repair he was able to continue. Hats off to him for making it to the finish without even losing too much time.
"Altogether the team can be very satisfied with how the second part of the two-day marathon stage went" Speedbrain reported.
2012/01/14 | 14:01 CET | ARTICLE: MR/SY/FISCHER
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