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Sertões 2024: Adrien Metge wins Stage 6 of Sertões 2024 with Yamaha WR450F
- Adrien Metge was the fastest in Stage 6 and maintains his lead in the Rally
- Gabriel Bruning finishes 4th and Ricardo Martins in 5th position
The 6th Stage of this 32nd edition of the Sertões was held on Thursday (29/8), with a long route and long journeys for the riders, who had to leave the rally camp in Luiz Eduardo Magalhães/BA at dawn. In total, there were 634 kilometers to Formosa/GO, 218 of which were Special Timed. Once again, Adrien Metge was the fastest and maintained his lead in the overall standings and in the Moto1 category.
Adrien Metge decided to attack from the start and was already leading the Special in the first part. He kept up the pace throughout and won another Stage, consolidating his position as leader of the competition on his Yamaha WR450F, with just two days to go until the end of this edition.
Recovering from a penalty in Stage 4, Ricardo Martins also managed to set a strong pace to finish the day in the Top 5 in the General classification and in 3rd position in the Moto1 Category.
Gabriel Bruning also performed well on his WR450F and ended the day in 4th place overall and 2nd in the Moto2 category. Recovered from the flu, the Yamaha IMS Rally Team rider is preparing for the final two stages of this edition.
On Friday (30), the riders face a very long Special Timed Stage, covering 349 kilometers. The total distance of the day will be 497 km, with a start of 85 km and a finish of 63 km. The stage will be in a loop format, with the start and finish in Formosa/GO.
In total, the drivers will cover 3,704 km, of which 2,386 km will be timed special stages. The route of this 32nd edition of the Sertões started in the Federal District, passed through Goiás, Minas Gerais and Bahia and will end next Saturday (31), also in Brasília/DF.
Check out the schedule below, the Sertões route for the final stages and the Yamaha IMS Rally Team riders' assessment of the day, as they compete on Yamaha WR450F motorcycles.
The Yamaha IMS Rally Team is sponsored by IMS Racewear, Wamc Log, Polisport, Tendas El Shaddai, Banco Yamaha, Yamalube, Power MX, DID, BMP Special Parts and Durag.
Automatic translation of the Brazilian Portuguese version
Source Yamaha Racing Brasil
Photo: Doni Castilho
Resultados – Sertões 2024 – 6ª Etapa
Luiz Eduardo Magalhães/BA – Formosa/GO
Classificação Geral
1º) Adrien Metge – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 3h09min25seg
2º) Mason Klein / 3h10min38seg (+1min13seg)
3º) Gabriel Soares / 3h13min32seg (+4min07seg)
4º) Gabriel Bruning – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 3h16min11seg (+6m46seg)
5º) Ricardo Martins – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 3h19min43seg (+10min18seg)
Categoria Moto1
1º) Adrien Metge – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 3h09min25seg
2º) Mason Klein / 3h10min38seg (+1min13seg)
3º) Ricardo Martins – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 3h19min43seg (+10min18seg)
4º) Rodrigo Sallum / 3h35min10seg (+25min45seg)
5º) Janaína Souza – Yamaha bLU cRU / 3h42min49seg
Categoria Moto2
1º) Gabriel Soares / 3h13min32seg
2º) Gabriel Bruning – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 3h16min11seg
3º) Rolando Alfredo / 3h27min57seg
4º) Christian Scherer – Yamaha bLU cRU / 3h28min40seg
5º) João Paulo Fornazari / 3h29min28seg
Classificação após 6 Etapas – Sertões 2024
Classificação Geral
1º) Adrien Metge – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 21h55min53seg
2º) Mason Klein / 22h16min14seg (+20min21seg)
3º) Gabriel Soares / 22h27min11seg (+31min17seg)
4º) Gabriel Bruning – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 22h46min22seg (+50m28seg)
5º) Martin Duplessis / 22h58min42seg (+1h02min48seg)
19º) Ricardo Martins – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 27h43min23seg (+5h47min30seg)
Categoria Moto1
1º) Adrien Metge – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 21h55min53seg
2º) Mason Klein / 22h16min14seg (+20min21seg)
5º) Martin Duplessis / 22h58min42seg (+1h02min48seg)
4º) Rodrigo Sallum / 25h59min28seg (+4h03min35seg)
5º) Ricardo Martins – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 27h43min23seg (+5h47min30seg)
Categoria Moto2
1º) Gabriel Soares / 22h27min11seg
2º) Gabriel Bruning – Yamaha IMS Rally Team / 22h46min22seg
3º) Guilherme Bissoto – Yamaha bLU cRU / 23h15min16seg
4º) Rolando Alfredo / 24h14min47seg
5º) João Paulo Fornazari / 24h59min52seg
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