Sam Sunderland Rebounds for 2018 Rally du Maroc Stage Three Win

Although riding well on Stage Three, a number of small navigation errors cost Price valuable minutes on the challenging stage. The Australian rider ultimately reached the finish in sixth place, seven minutes and 44 seconds down on Sunderland. With two stages left to race and Toby Price still in the hunt for the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship title,

Despite not having the most confident start and making some minor mistakes, Ricky Brabec managed to get a grip and get back on the right track. The American kept up a storming pace that saw him erase some of the time dropped in the earlier parts of the stage. The rider astride the Honda CRF450 RALLY clocked the day‰Ûªs third fastest time.

"The first stage of the marathon started out rough for me," Brabec explained. "I had a really bad feeling right away and I thought my day and results were finished. For me the first few notes were not clear I was trying to go faster to make up some time but doing this only makes the situation for navigating worse. I then relaxed and slowed down a bit to get the correct navigation and eventually, later in the stage, I caught up with the front runners due to a mistake they had made. I‰Ûªm very happy with the results and the goal is to finish the rally strongly and right now I feel like we are heading in the right direction."