Hero MotoSports Team Rally put up another splendid show in an international rally raid event with its star rider Joaquim Rodrigues finishing ninth overall in the Afriquia Merzouga Rally, which concluded near here on Saturday.
Rodrigues lost a few positions in the third stage.
Rodrigues’ teammate C.S. Santosh turned in a steady performance as well, finishing 17th overall.
Meanwhile, riding for Sherco-TVS, Spaniard Joan Pedrero finished in fourth position. The Indian drivers in K.P. Aravind and Abdul Wahid Tanveer — making his debut — finished 21st and 27th respectively.
Provisional results (Stage 6):
1. Xavier De Soultrait (Yamaha); 2. Joaquim Rodrigues (Hero MotoSports); 3. Ivan Cervantes (KTM); 24. C.S. Santosh (Hero MotoSports).
Provisional results (overall): 1. de Soultrait; 2. Gerard Farres Guell (KTM); 3. Franco Caimi (Yamaha); 9. Rodrigues; 17. Santosh.
