[{"id":11635,"permalink":"https:\/\/dirtsportsworld.com\/2025\/01\/10\/dakar-rally-stage-5-the-marathon-continues\/","title":"Dakar Rally Stage 5: The Marathon Continues","content":"Stage 5 continued as part of the 48-hour marathon stage. Adrien Van Beveren was leading the bike class but may lose his podium position due to a speeding penalty. At press time the official stage rankings made no mention of the penalty. \u00a0Luciano Benavides finished second. Daniel Sanders continues to hold on to the overall rally lead.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11638\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"640\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-11638\" src=\"https:\/\/dirtsportsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-Dakar-Rally-Stage-5_Quintero-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/> Seth Quintero won stage 5 by a single second after Nasser Al-Attiyah received a penalty. Photo: A.S.O.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nInitially, Nasser Al-Attiyah was ready for a stage win but got slapped with a 10-minute penalty for losing a spare wheel, dropping him to second. Al-Attiyah\u2019s penalty opened the door for Seth Quintero to get the stage win by a single second. Quintero now has two stage wins in the Dakar. Henk Lategan leads the car class overall.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11640\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"640\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-11640\" src=\"https:\/\/dirtsportsworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-Dakar-Rally-Stage-5_Contardo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/> Francisco Lopez Contardo claimed a victory in the SSV Class during Stage 5. Photo: A.S.O.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nFrancisco Lopez Contardo won in the SSV class with Brock Heger coming in second. Heger continues to lead the class. Friday will bring a much-needed rest day for the competitors.","excerpt":"<p>Stage 5 continued as part of the 48-hour marathon stage. Adrien Van Beveren was leading the bike class but may &hellip;<\/p>","date":"January 10, 2025 06:27","categories":[{"id":25047612,"title":"News","slug":"news"},{"id":25047953,"title":"Rally","slug":"rally"}],"tags":[{"id":25047900,"title":"brock heger","slug":"brock-heger"},{"id":25047642,"title":"Dakar Rally","slug":"dakar-rally"},{"id":25049746,"title":"Francisco Lopez Contardo","slug":"francisco-lopez-contardo"},{"id":25047968,"title":"nasser al-attiyah","slug":"nasser-al-attiyah"},{"id":25047646,"title":"saudi arabia","slug":"saudi-arabia"},{"id":25047961,"title":"seth quintero","slug":"seth-quintero"}]}]{
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            "content_html": "<p>Stage 5 continued as part of the 48-hour marathon stage. Adrien Van Beveren was leading the bike class but may &hellip;</p><p>The post <a href=\"https://dirtsportsworld.com/2025/01/10/dakar-rally-stage-5-the-marathon-continues/\">Dakar Rally Stage 5: The Marathon Continues</a> appeared first on <a href=\"https://dirtsportsworld.com\">DirtSportsWorld</a>.</p>\n",
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