India\u2019s CS Santosh overcame a marathon stretch and moved into a strong position to continue his steady run in the Dakar Rally.<\/p>\n
Having spent a night at Uyuni without assistance, the competitors started the second leg of the marathon stage from Uyuni to Tupiza for the longest stage of the<\/p>\n
rally.<\/p>\n
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The riders covered a distance of 498 km followed by an 87 km liaison section. The stage offered the challenge of tough high altitude riding in the mountain sand<\/p>\n
dunes at 3500 metres above sea level.<\/p>\n
For Hero MotoSports Team Rally, both the riders delivered solid performances to close the marathon stage in a strong position for the team.<\/p>\n
Santosh has been gaining good ground lately and continued his steady run in stage 8 as well. He finished the stage at 38th position, which took him to 42nd in<\/p>\n
the overall rankings at the end of stage 8.<\/p>\n
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Stage 9 of the rally has been cancelled due to excessive rains the region has witnessed over the last few days.<\/p>\n
Overflowing rivers are expected to pose grave dangers to the competitors and hence the organisers decided to call off the stage.<\/p>\n
However, the riders and the rally will still need to cross the borders to move into Argentina on to their next bivouac at Salta, while covering the longest liaison<\/p>\n
section of the Dakar.<\/p>\n
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Santosh said, \u201cI think this Marathon stage was the hardest I have ever done. It was incredibly difficult as we did 80 km off-piste and the camel grass. I was<\/p>\n
physically drained with the high altitude riding and also crashed a couple of times.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the time I reached the marathon bivouac I had nothing left in me. We had the longest stage of the Dakar which was tough again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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