Danilo Petrucci, on Ktm, celebrates his first stage victory in the Dakar, thanks to a speeding by the Australian Tony Price who, for the 'aussie' centaur, cost 6 minutes of penalty and therefore also the partial success in the fifth fraction , of 346 km, shortened by the organizers for "logistical and safety" reasons.
So the first place went to the former MotoGp rider from Terni who two days ago risked retiring due to mechanical problems on his vehicle and who, previously, had presented himself at the start of the raid fresh from Covid.
The British Sam Sunderland (Ktm) remains in the lead in the general classification of the bikes, today 13th, ahead of the Austrian Matthias Walkner, 2'29 "behind, and the French Adrien Van Beveren, third at 5'59".
In the cars stage victory goes to South African Henk Lategan, while in the general classification the representative of Qatar Nasser al-Attiyah (Toyota), Olympic bronze medalist in London 2012 in skeet shooting, is always in command.