KOVE DAKAR 2025: STAGE 2
Stage 2, the 48-hour chrono stage, was definitely a huge test for the riders and the bikes. All four team riders, Neels, Klein, Sunnier, and Liansong, made it back to the bivouac in Bisha with Neels leading the charge.
An incorrectly-installed clutch in Mason Klein’s bike snowballed into a broken engine at the end of the stage, but the Dakar spirit prevailed, and he was towed in by some fellow competitors. Both he and the bike will be ready for the start of Stage 3.
Canadian rider Jordan Reed also returned to say it was the most, dusty grueling ride he had ever done.
Uk rider James Hiller had to sit out due to a crash in Stage 1, but has since received medial clearance to continue tomorrow.
Riders will start Stage 3 around 6am, and the bivouac will make its journey north to colder temperatures and hopefully less dust in Al Henakiyah.
Here are the Results for the Day:
98 MASON KLEIN
Stage: 90
General: 65
116 JORDAN STRACHAN
Stage: 96
General: 93
50 JAMES HILLIER
Stage: 127
General: 127
66 NEELS THERIC
Stage: 20
General: 18
81 CESARE ZACCHETTI
Stage: 77
General: 78
80 ABDULHALIM ALMOGHEERA
Stage: 91
General: 88
45 SUNIER SUNIER
Stage: 54
General: 54
99 JAVI VEGA
Stage: 40
General: 40
124 BADR ALHAMDAN
Stage: 116
General: 117
75 DENG LIANSONG
Stage: 48
General: 53
117 OTTAVIO MISSONI
Stage: 81
General: 77
129 JATIN JAIN
Stage: 123
General: 126
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