DIRT NEWS
onto the podium . I got ahead of my team-mate Pablo who also had a good push today . Overall it was a good rally . The team and the riders did a good job . The rally was tight all week with times going back and forth . Unfortunately , Sam was the one who stopped longer in the prologue and had the advantage from day one and today on day five . The rally is coming to those who stop the longest in the prologue . We knew it would be hard to beat Sam – he used to live out here . We did our best for the team and we ’ re looking forward to the next one .” The next race in the FIM Cross-Countries Rally World Championship sees racers head to the steppes of Kazakhstan . The third event in the world championship , Rally Kazakhstan will mark the halfway point of the season when it kicks off on April 26 .
2022 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge Provisional Overall Classification [ After Stage 5 ] 1 . Sam Sunderland ( GASGAS ) 16:54:24 2 . Ricky Brabec ( Honda ) 16:57:32 3 . Pablo Quintanilla ( Honda ) 16:58:20
2022 FIM Rally-Raid World Championship Standings [ After Round 2 ] 1 . Sam Sunderland ( GASGAS ) 63 points 2 . Pablo Quintanilla ( Honda ) 46 pts 3 . Matthias Walkner ( KTM ) 35 pts
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