00:00Stage 3 of the Dakar starts and finishes in Alula, a 421km venture with few landmarks for reference.
00:17Navigation is going to be difficult.
00:23Having initially led the stage, Nacho Cornejo suffered a crash, narrowly missing a tree.
00:30The Chilean got back on his feet, mounted his bike and in the end finishing 14th over 26 minutes down.
00:43Opening the stage on a day like this was never going to be easy.
00:46But KTM's Daniel Sanders had one of his best days navigation wise, when you consider how difficult it was.
00:53Third place for Sanders, crucially, he managed to hold on to his overall lead.
01:00A day where Ricky Braybeck was hoping to make an impact, and most importantly, not lose time.
01:17The two-time Dakar champion managed to keep the bike upright, and he finished second on the stage, only one minute and seven seconds down on the winner.
01:26The day belonged to Tosha Sharena, despite a crash in the same spot as Cornejo.
01:36The Spaniard set the fastest time and clinched his third Dakar stage win, delivering Honda's first win of Dakar 2019.
01:43It's a Honda 1-2 in Alula and the closing in on KTM's Daniel Sanders overall lead.
01:50Mitch Guthrie took stage honours in ultimates ahead of Martin Prokop.
02:15Mitch Guthrie took stage honours in ultimates ahead of Martin Prokop.
02:19The Ford driver dominated the end of the special into a Lula.
02:23It's double delight because the man from the USA now leads the overall standings, 27 seconds ahead of Prokop.
02:45The Ford driver is a new driver.
