Dakar 2017: Toyotas hit trouble on Day 3; Barreda takes bike lead

In Wednesday’s third stage of the 2017 Dakar Rally, San Miguel de Tucumán to San Salvado de Jujuy, one manufacturer was hit harder than most.

You can see Wednesday’s stage from the Dakar at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, on NBCSN.

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Four different Toyota Hilux competitors encountered issues on the stage. Stage one winner Nasser Al-Attiyah (No. 301 Toyota Gazoo Racing SA) and teammate Giniel de Villiers (No. 302), along with Nani Roma (No. 305 Overdrive Toyota) and Erik Van Loon (No. 310 Van Loon Racing) all hit trouble. Al-Attiyah stopped with a technical problem, Roma got restarted after stopping while de Villiers and Van Loon did not. De Villiers lost 45 minutes and fell to 11th.

This just in: Stage leader @AlAttiyahN has stopped due to a technical problem. / Al-Attiyah paró debido a un problema mecánico. #Dakar2017 pic.twitter.com/HYZTYn8jAU

— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 4, 2017

Meanwhile, @TheRealGiniel, @NaniRoma (he's back on track since) and @vanloonracing have also stopped. Tough day for #Toyota. #Dakar2017

— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 4, 2017

Dakar legend and defending winner Stephane Peterhansel benefited in his No. 300 Peugeot for his first stage rally win this year. He finished ahead of Peugeot teammates Carlos Sainz and Sebastien Loeb.

Loeb, the stage two winner, now leads overall by 42 seconds over Sainz, and four minutes and 18 seconds over Peterhansel after three days.

🏁 STAGE 3 - CARS 🏁
1- @s_peterhansel
2- @CSainz_oficial (+1'54")
3- @SebastienLoeb (+3'08")

Peterhansel climbs to 3rd overall. #Dakar2017 pic.twitter.com/DZCr4WDr1b

— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 4, 2017

🏆 CARS 🚙 - GENERAL CLASSIFICATION (STAGE 3) 🏆
1- @SebastienLoeb 🇫🇷
2- 📸 @CSainz_oficial 🇪🇸 (+0'42")
3- @s_peterhansel 🇫🇷 (+4'18")#Dakar2017 pic.twitter.com/U1VnEvBqeb

— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 4, 2017

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On bikes, Joan Barreda took his No. 11 CRF 450 Rally for the Monster Energy Honda Team to a crushing stage three win, his first of this year’s Dakar.

Barreda won by 13 minutes and 29 seconds over Sam Sunderland (No. 14 KTM) and 16 minutes and 30 seconds over Pierre Renet (No. 31 Husqvarna).

The same two lead overall after three stages, with Honda’s Paulo Goncalves (No. 17) in third.

🏁 STAGE 3 - BIKES 🏁
1- @joanbangbang88 🇪🇸
2- @Sundersam 🇬🇧 (13'29")
3- @pelarenet 🇫🇷 (16'30")

A real tour de force by Barreda. #Dakar2017 pic.twitter.com/7ZW5YOCvmS

— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 4, 2017

🏆 BIKES - GENERAL CLASSIFICATION (STAGE 3) 🏆
1- @joanbangbang88 🇪🇸
2- 📸 @Sundersam 🇬🇧 (+11'20")
3- @GoncalvesSpeedy 🇵🇹 (+14'42")#Dakar2017 pic.twitter.com/edbF5EGcKV

— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 4, 2017

BIKES 🏍 - @joanbangbang88 knew what he was doing all along. / Barreda sabía lo que estaba haciendo todo el tiempo. #Dakar2017 pic.twitter.com/reqjrF2DPb

— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 4, 2017

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Gaston Gonzalez (No. 281 Yamaha) took the quads win, while Ignacio Casale (No. 251 Yamaha) leads the class overall over Gonzalez.

🏁 STAGE 3 - QUADS 🏁
1- @gastondakar 🇦🇷
2- @IgnacioCasale 🇨🇱 (+4'41")
3- J. Machacek 🇨🇿 (+9'56")

Casale still 1st, Gonzalez 2nd. #Dakar2017 pic.twitter.com/3ZxjMdWKCR

— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 4, 2017

Trucks will be added later.

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The stage three map is below.

🏁 Stage 3 🏁
📍 San Miguel de Tucumán 🇦🇷 - San Salvador de Jujuy 🇦🇷
🚙🏍🚛 780 km (SS: 364 km)
📝 https://t.co/l7AxsYoCFd
😎 @VisitArg #Dakar2017 pic.twitter.com/PrOWg9YSC6

— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 4, 2017

Past day recaps are here:

Stage two
Stage one and (VIDEOS)

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