The race moved to new areas and terrains
The third leg of Breslau Rally 2024 marked the halfway of the race with the big transfer to the second camp in Drawsko. Well, more interesting was the famous Hannibal stage which started with a 135 km selective section. After the transfer to the new area, there was a second timed section, 55 kilometers long, and after all the participants were very tired at the finish, which some of them made in the evening.
Two Dutch riders dominated the Hannibal stage in the Enduro (bike) class. Fastest for the day was Berend De Rutier (KTM), who stole tiny 43 seconds from Luc Dumore (Husqvarna). Third for the day, with only 52 seconds passive to the winner was Krzysztof Jarmus (KTM) from Poland. The 7th place for the day was enough for Ties Hellegers (Husqvarna) to keep the leadership in the provisional rankings.
In the ATV class the non-surprising winner was Marcin Wilkolek (Polaris Polska). Second for the day was Adam Krysiak (Polaris), 43 minutes behind the leader. In the overall, Wilkolek is leader and Krysiak is second, with 7 minutes difference. Third for the day, as well as the overall is Gaetan Martinez (CF MOTO) from France.
Mindaugas Povilaitis (Toyota) claim the daily win in the car CC class. The pilot from Lithuania made it to the finish with 2:38 minutes advance to Daniel Jurk (Fichtenelch) from Germany and with some 5 more to Roger Schoonbrood (Toyota) from Netherlands. Povilaitis is leading the general rankings, with almost 22 minutes advance to Jaroslaw Andrzejewski (Toyota, 6th for the day). In the Limited CC car class Grzegorz Brochocki (Toyota) took another stage win, staying undisputed leader in the rankings.
Lithuanian was also the pilot who claimed the fastest time in the SSV class. This was Arunas Simanavicius (Can Am), who made it some 2 minutes faster than Polish Jacek Zak (Polaris). Daily top 2 was completed by another driver from the Baltic country - Arunas Lekavicius (Can Am), 2 and a half minutes behind the leader. Jacek Zak is on command here after 3 days, with 9:24 min. advance to Jan Van Gerven (Can Am) who was 29th on the stage, but only three minutes behind Simanavicius.
Same trio battled in truck CC class and William Van Groningen (Iveco) was once again the fastest. The Dutch driver finished with almost 5 minutes advance to his German rivals Benjamin Kittler (Ginaf) and Tom Heuer (Tatra). These three truckers are also in the same positions in the general standings.
In the Extreme car class, Hardo Mere won another duel with Jim Marsden with less than 2 minutes advance. The Estonian driver is leading the overall.
Another day, another win for Oliver Leyh (MAN KAT) among the big EX trucks. And once again after a duel with his compatriot from Germany Kay Messner (MAN KAT). In the small truck class, this time Urmas Uffert (C22) from Estonia managed to beat Felix Muellenheim (Unimog) for the stage victory.
Day 4 of Breslau Rally 2024 will be also a long one. Cross Country and Extreme categories will start on different terrains around Drawsko Pomorskie, with 180 kilometers in the menu. But more important is that after the first finish and some rest, the participants will face the famous Night stage, which is 65 km long.
Source: Breslau Rally
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