Toby Price (KTM) weiß: Für Dakar-Sieg muss er pushen
Von Kay Hettich
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Toby Price scheint guter Dinge, dass er die Dakar 2023 gewinnen kann
Als Gesamtleader ging Toby Price als Dritter auf die 13. und vorletzte Etappe der Rallye Dakar 2023, aber die 45. Ausgabe der härtesten Rallye endet erst am Sonntag. Und die Top-3 liegen so eng beieinander, dass ein kleiner Fehler oder Unachtsamkeit über Sieg oder Niederlage entscheiden kann – wobei auch ein zweiter oder dritter Platz bei einer Dakar ein herausragendes Ergebnis darstellt!
Price startete am Samstag als Dritter auf die mit 154 km vergleichsweise kurzen Wertungsprüfung und bekam nichts davon mit, dass sein Red Bull KTM-Teamkollege Matthias Walkner nach wenigen Kilometern schwer stürzte und sein anderer Teamkollege Kevin Benavides deswegen für über 20 min stoppte.
Ein Fehler passierte auch dem Australier, aber einer mit nur geringer Auswirkung.
«Ich habe bei Kilometer 130 einen kleinen Fehler gemacht. Wir fuhren zu weit rechts und ich stürzte, als ich auf die Spitze einer Düne schaute. In dieser Phase der Rallye muss man pushen, um die Führung zu behalten», erzählte der Dakar-Sieger von 2016 und 2019. «In den vergangenen Tagen waren die Dünen sehr weich, man konnte leicht stecken bleiben. Es war wirklich schwierig, auf der Kappe zu bleiben. Ich habe die Jungs um Kilometer 90 eingeholt und dachte mir nur: Wenn ich dieses Rennen gewinnen will, muss ich vorn sein und versuchen, möglichst viel Bonus zu holen. Ich bin glücklich, ich habe den ganzen Tag 100 Prozent gegeben.»
Benavides bekam für seine Hilfestellung eine ordentliche Zeitgutschrift, die ihn zum Etappensieger machte und in der Gesamtwertung nur 12 sec hinter Price spülte.
Die Ergebnisse sind vorläufig, da noch weitere Strafen und/oder Gutschriften ausgesprochen werden können.
| Rallye Dakar 2023 – vorläufiges Ergebnis Etappe 13 | |||
| Pos | Fahrer (Nation) | Team | Zeit/Diff |
| 1 | Kevin Benavides (ARG) | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 02:21:47 |
| 2 | Michael Docherty (ZAF) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 00:00:27 |
| 3 | Luciano Benavides (ARG) | Husqvarna Factory Racing | + 00:00:57 |
| 4 | Adrien Van Beveren (FRA) | Monster Energy Honda Team | + 00:02:05 |
| 5 | Toby Price (AUS) | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | + 00:02:28 |
| 6 | Romain Dumontier (FRA) | Team Dumontier Racing | + 00:02:32 |
| 7 | Skyler Howes (USA) | Husqvarna Factory Racing | + 00:03:31 |
| 8 | Pablo Quintanilla (CHL) | Monster Energy Honda Team | + 00:03:33 |
| 9 | Tosha Schareina (ESP) | Bas World KTM Racing Team | + 00:04:06 |
| 10 | Ross Branch (BWA) | Hero Motosports Team Rally | + 00:04:51 |
| 11 | Daniel Sanders (AUS) | Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing | + 00:04:59 |
| 12 | Sebastian Bühler (DEU) | Hero Motosports Team Rally | + 00:05:07 |
| 13 | Franco Caimi (ARG) | Hero Motosports Team Rally | + 00:07:39 |
| 14 | Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo (CHL) | Monster Energy Honda Team | + 00:07:42 |
| 15 | Jacob Argubright (USA) | Duust Rally Team | + 00:08:19 |
| 16 | Paolo Lucci (ITA) | Bas World KTM Racing Team | + 00:08:59 |
| 17 | Mathieu Doveze (FRA) | Nomade Racing | + 00:09:28 |
| 18 | Lorenzo Santolino (ESP) | Sherco Factory | + 00:10:34 |
| 19 | Martin Michek (CZE) | Orion - Moto Racing Group | + 00:11:43 |
| 20 | Jeanloup Lepan (FRA) | Nomade Racing | + 00:12:09 |
| 21 | Stefan Svitko (SVK) | Slovnaft Rally Team | + 00:12:15 |
| 22 | Neels Theric (FRA) | Rs Comcept | + 00:13:03 |
| 23 | Julien Jagu (FRA) | Drag'On Rally Team | + 00:14:38 |
| 24 | Toni Mulec (SVN) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 00:18:48 |
| 25 | Stefano Caimi (ARG) | Bas World KTM Racing Team | + 00:18:51 |
| 26 | Joan Pedrero Garcia (ESP) | Team Ls2 Shad | + 00:18:53 |
| 27 | Charlie Herbst (FRA) | Team All Tracks | + 00:19:22 |
| 28 | Diego Gamaliel Llanos (ARG) | Rieju-Xraidsexperience | + 00:20:22 |
| 29 | Jerome Martiny (BEL) | Team Dumontier Racing | + 00:22:13 |
| 30 | Charan Moore (ZAF) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 00:22:41 |
| 31 | Mohammed Balooshi (ARE) | Mx Ride Dubai | + 00:23:05 |
| 32 | Benjamin Melot (FRA) | Team Esprit KTM | + 00:23:53 |
| 33 | Mario Patrao (PRT) | Credit Agricola - Mario Patrao Motosport | + 00:27:28 |
| 34 | Emanuel Gyenes (ROU) | Autonet Motorcycle Team | + 00:29:18 |
| 35 | Marcelo Medeiros (BRA) | Taguatur Racing Team | + 00:34:01 |
| 36 | Mirjam Pol (NLD) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 00:35:30 |
| 37 | Giovanni Enrico (CHL) | Enrico Racing Team | + 00:35:36 |
| 38 | Sunier Sunier (CHN) | Kove Rally Team | + 00:36:14 |
| 39 | Jan Brabec (CZE) | Strojrent Racing | + 00:36:45 |
| 40 | Thomas Kongshoj (DNK) | Joyride Race Service | + 00:36:47 |
| 41 | Lorenzo Maria Fanottoli (ITA) | Tecnosport | + 00:37:06 |
| 42 | Francisco Moreno Flores (ARG) | Dragon | + 00:37:12 |
| 43 | David Gaits (FRA) | Happyness Racing Igoa Moto | + 00:37:14 |
| 44 | David Pabiska (CZE) | Sp Moto Bohemia Racing Team | + 00:37:35 |
| 45 | Cédric Jacques (FRA) | Rs Comcept | + 00:37:55 |
| 46 | Mathieu Troquier (FRA) | Nomade Racing | + 00:38:24 |
| 47 | Bertrand Gavard (FRA) | Team Rs Concept | + 00:39:16 |
| 48 | Wesley Aaldering (NLD) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 00:39:25 |
| 49 | Tomas De Gavardo (CHL) | Bas World KTM Racing Team | + 00:39:38 |
| 50 | Patricio Cabrera (CHL) | Rieju Team | + 00:40:00 |
| 51 | Pablo Copetti (USA) | Del Amo Motorsports By Motul | + 00:40:08 |
| 52 | Alexandre Giroud (FRA) | Yamaha Racing - Smx - Drag'On | + 00:40:52 |
| 53 | Javi Vega (ESP) | Pont Grup Yamaha | + 00:42:33 |
| 54 | Laisvydas Kancius (LTU) | Story Racing S.R.O. | + 00:42:43 |
| 55 | Juraj Varga (SVK) | Varga Motorsport Team | + 00:43:44 |
| 56 | Ruben Saldaña Goñi (ESP) | Pedrega Team | + 00:44:00 |
| 57 | Zhang Min (CHN) | Wu Pu Da Hai Dao Rally Team | + 00:44:58 |
| 58 | Clément Razy (FRA) | Razy Clement | + 00:45:23 |
| 59 | Simon Marcic (SVN) | Marcic | + 00:45:32 |
| 60 | Abdullah Al Shatti (KWT) | Mx Ride Dubai | + 00:45:46 |
| 61 | Nicolas Alberto Cardona Vagnoni (VEN) | Pedrega Team | + 00:45:53 |
| 62 | Zakeer Yakefu (CHN) | Wu Pu Da Hai Dao Rally Team | + 00:49:27 |
| 63 | James Martyn Hillier (GBR) | Rich Energy Omg Racing Ltd | + 00:51:10 |
| 64 | Michael Jacobi (FRA) | Comas Moto Vta | + 00:55:03 |
| 65 | Cesare Zacchetti (ITA) | Team Lucky Explorer | + 00:56:39 |
| 66 | Toni Vingut (ESP) | Visit Sant Antoni - Ibiza | + 00:56:54 |
| 67 | Pierre Peyrard (FRA) | Nomade Racing Team | + 00:57:19 |
| 68 | Francisco Arredondo (GTM) | Bas World KTM Racing Team | + 00:57:48 |
| 69 | Makis Dewi Rees-Stavros (GBR) | Stavros | + 00:58:03 |
| 70 | Gareth Jones (CAN) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 00:59:36 |
| 71 | Benjamin Lepelley (FRA) | Team Dumontier Racing | + 01:00:16 |
| 72 | Petr Vlcek (USA) | Detyens Racing | + 01:03:04 |
| 73 | Javier San Jose Yetor (ESP) | Pedrega Team | + 01:03:53 |
| 74 | Eufrasio Anghileri (ITA) | Rs Moto Racing | + 01:05:00 |
| 75 | Sergio Vaquero (ESP) | KTM Namura Bikes | + 01:10:30 |
| 76 | Zhao Hongyi (CHN) | Wu Pu Da Hai Dao Rally Team | + 01:15:34 |
| 77 | Ottavio Missoni (ITA) | Rs Moto Racing | + 01:15:45 |
| 78 | Stuart Gregory (ZAF) | Stuart Gregory | + 01:16:15 |
| 79 | Stevan Wilken (ZAF) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 01:22:46 |
| 80 | Kirsten Landman (ZAF) | Asp Rope Access International | + 01:30:00 |
| 81 | Carlos Alejandro Verza (ARG) | Verza Rally Team | + 01:38:20 |
| 82 | Rachid Al-Lal Lahadil (ESP) | Melilla Sport Capital | + 01:46:56 |
| 83 | Kévin Durand (FRA) | Rs Moto Racing Team | + 01:49:50 |
| 84 | Franco Picco (ITA) | Fantic Rally Team | + 01:52:00 |
| 85 | Iader Giraldi (ITA) | Solarys Racing | + 01:52:37 |
| 86 | Alejandro Fantoni (ARG) | Drag'On | + 09:16:33 |
| Rallye Dakar 2023 – vorläufige Gesamtwertung nach Etappe 13 | |||
| Pos | Fahrer (Nation) | Team | Zeit/Diff |
| 1 | Toby Price (AUS) | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 43:11:51 |
| 2 | Kevin Benavides (ARG) | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | + 00:00:12 |
| 3 | Skyler Howes (USA) | Husqvarna Factory Racing | + 00:01:31 |
| 4 | Adrien Van Beveren (FRA) | Monster Energy Honda Team | + 00:15:51 |
| 5 | Pablo Quintanilla (CHL) | Monster Energy Honda Team | + 00:15:59 |
| 6 | Luciano Benavides (ARG) | Husqvarna Factory Racing | + 00:18:29 |
| 7 | Daniel Sanders (AUS) | Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing | + 00:22:34 |
| 8 | Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo (CHL) | Monster Energy Honda Team | + 00:28:28 |
| 9 | Lorenzo Santolino (ESP) | Sherco Factory | + 01:10:28 |
| 10 | Franco Caimi (ARG) | Hero Motosports Team Rally | + 01:30:12 |
| 11 | Martin Michek (CZE) | Orion - Moto Racing Group | + 01:35:09 |
| 12 | Stefan Svitko (SVK) | Slovnaft Rally Team | + 01:44:21 |
| 13 | Tosha Schareina (ESP) | Bas World KTM Racing Team | + 01:49:11 |
| 14 | Romain Dumontier (FRA) | Team Dumontier Racing | + 01:56:32 |
| 15 | Paolo Lucci (ITA) | Bas World KTM Racing Team | + 02:26:38 |
| 16 | Michael Docherty (ZAF) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 03:09:32 |
| 17 | Jeanloup Lepan (FRA) | Nomade Racing | + 03:29:14 |
| 18 | Neels Theric (FRA) | Rs Comcept | + 03:59:05 |
| 19 | Mathieu Doveze (FRA) | Nomade Racing | + 04:01:03 |
| 20 | Julien Jagu (FRA) | Drag'On Rally Team | + 04:02:57 |
| 21 | Jacob Argubright (USA) | Duust Rally Team | + 04:06:56 |
| 22 | Sebastian Bühler (DEU) | Hero Motosports Team Rally | + 04:11:11 |
| 23 | Joan Pedrero Garcia (ESP) | Team Ls2 Shad | + 04:13:16 |
| 24 | Toni Mulec (SVN) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 05:07:45 |
| 25 | Stefano Caimi (ARG) | Bas World KTM Racing Team | + 05:57:00 |
| 26 | Ross Branch (BWA) | Hero Motosports Team Rally | + 06:51:06 |
| 27 | Benjamin Melot (FRA) | Team Esprit KTM | + 07:38:16 |
| 28 | Emanuel Gyenes (ROU) | Autonet Motorcycle Team | + 07:41:58 |
| 29 | Charan Moore (ZAF) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 07:44:48 |
| 30 | Javi Vega (ESP) | Pont Grup Yamaha | + 08:02:04 |
| 31 | Jan Brabec (CZE) | Strojrent Racing | + 08:12:21 |
| 32 | Jerome Martiny (BEL) | Team Dumontier Racing | + 08:36:16 |
| 33 | Mario Patrao (PRT) | Credit Agricola - Mario Patrao Motosport | + 08:52:25 |
| 34 | Charlie Herbst (FRA) | Team All Tracks | + 08:57:38 |
| 35 | Mohammed Balooshi (ARE) | Mx Ride Dubai | + 09:24:37 |
| 36 | David Pabiska (CZE) | Sp Moto Bohemia Racing Team | + 10:46:50 |
| 37 | Patricio Cabrera (CHL) | Rieju Team | + 10:52:13 |
| 38 | Nicolas Alberto Cardona Vagnoni (VEN) | Pedrega Team | + 11:07:45 |
| 39 | Alexandre Giroud (FRA) | Yamaha Racing - Smx - Drag'On | + 11:41:27 |
| 40 | Wesley Aaldering (NLD) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 11:47:51 |
| 41 | Thomas Kongshoj (DNK) | Joyride Race Service | + 12:02:08 |
| 42 | Francisco Moreno Flores (ARG) | Dragon | + 12:21:47 |
| 43 | David Gaits (FRA) | Happyness Racing Igoa Moto | + 12:25:31 |
| 44 | Mathieu Troquier (FRA) | Nomade Racing | + 12:27:08 |
| 45 | Bertrand Gavard (FRA) | Team Rs Concept | + 12:29:18 |
| 46 | Sunier Sunier (CHN) | Kove Rally Team | + 12:43:26 |
| 47 | Lorenzo Maria Fanottoli (ITA) | Tecnosport | + 13:03:39 |
| 48 | Mirjam Pol (NLD) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 13:10:06 |
| 49 | Simon Marcic (SVN) | Marcic | + 13:27:50 |
| 50 | Pablo Copetti (USA) | Del Amo Motorsports By Motul | + 13:43:13 |
| 51 | Makis Dewi Rees-Stavros (GBR) | Stavros | + 14:15:53 |
| 52 | Cédric Jacques (FRA) | Rs Comcept | + 14:16:09 |
| 53 | Tomas De Gavardo (CHL) | Bas World KTM Racing Team | + 14:17:56 |
| 54 | Juraj Varga (SVK) | Varga Motorsport Team | + 14:38:48 |
| 55 | Zakeer Yakefu (CHN) | Wu Pu Da Hai Dao Rally Team | + 14:55:36 |
| 56 | Abdullah Al Shatti (KWT) | Mx Ride Dubai | + 15:00:04 |
| 57 | Francisco Arredondo (GTM) | Bas World KTM Racing Team | + 16:12:51 |
| 58 | Giovanni Enrico (CHL) | Enrico Racing Team | + 16:34:12 |
| 59 | Petr Vlcek (USA) | Detyens Racing | + 16:40:53 |
| 60 | Cesare Zacchetti (ITA) | Team Lucky Explorer | + 17:28:01 |
| 61 | Michael Jacobi (FRA) | Comas Moto Vta | + 17:35:55 |
| 62 | Sergio Vaquero (ESP) | KTM Namura Bikes | + 18:01:49 |
| 63 | Stuart Gregory (ZAF) | Stuart Gregory | + 18:14:32 |
| 64 | Pierre Peyrard (FRA) | Nomade Racing Team | + 18:24:24 |
| 65 | Clément Razy (FRA) | Razy Clement | + 18:24:59 |
| 66 | Ottavio Missoni (ITA) | Rs Moto Racing | + 19:52:31 |
| 67 | Toni Vingut (ESP) | Visit Sant Antoni - Ibiza | + 20:07:09 |
| 68 | Zhao Hongyi (CHN) | Wu Pu Da Hai Dao Rally Team | + 20:43:31 |
| 69 | Franco Picco (ITA) | Fantic Rally Team | + 21:17:31 |
| 70 | Javier San Jose Yetor (ESP) | Pedrega Team | + 21:27:45 |
| 71 | Kirsten Landman (ZAF) | Asp Rope Access International | + 22:08:24 |
| 72 | Gareth Jones (CAN) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 23:32:02 |
| 73 | Stevan Wilken (ZAF) | Ht Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing | + 23:34:39 |
| 74 | Benjamin Lepelley (FRA) | Team Dumontier Racing | + 24:28:11 |
| 75 | James Martyn Hillier (GBR) | Rich Energy Omg Racing Ltd | + 24:37:50 |
| 76 | Iader Giraldi (ITA) | Solarys Racing | + 29:01:44 |
| 77 | Kévin Durand (FRA) | Rs Moto Racing Team | + 29:03:58 |
| 78 | Laisvydas Kancius (LTU) | Story Racing S.R.O. | + 30:57:16 |
| 79 | Rachid Al-Lal Lahadil (ESP) | Melilla Sport Capital | + 32:16:46 |
| 80 | Diego Gamaliel Llanos (ARG) | Rieju-Xraidsexperience | + 33:14:48 |
| 81 | Carlos Alejandro Verza (ARG) | Verza Rally Team | + 36:18:57 |
| 82 | Marcelo Medeiros (BRA) | Taguatur Racing Team | + 41:51:37 |
| 83 | Alejandro Fantoni (ARG) | Drag'On | + 46:19:10 |
| 84 | Zhang Min (CHN) | Wu Pu Da Hai Dao Rally Team | + 61:18:26 |
| 85 | Eufrasio Anghileri (ITA) | Rs Moto Racing | + 76:34:20 |
| 86 | Ruben Saldaña Goñi (ESP) | Pedrega Team | + 155:06:53 |
