Joan Barreda took the honors in the fifth stage of the OiLibya Morocco Rally, the third so far in this race and the fifth consecutive victory for the Honda CRF450 RALLY which is proving to be of the highest level winning everything since the competition began. The Spanish rider showed himself to be on top form and in doing so returns to the top of the overall leaderboard. His TEAM HRC team-mate, Paulo Gonçalves finished a tricky stage but manages to keep his title hopes alive as we go into tomorrow˘s special, the last of the rally. Marc Coma is third, very close though, on a Ktm. 

 


Overall standings after Stage 5 
1 - Joan Barreda - 14:32˘45 - ESP - HONDA - TEAM HRC 
2 - Paulo Goncalves - +04˘36 - PRT - HONDA - TEAM HRC 
3 - Marc Coma - +04˘56 - ESP - KTM - KTM Red Bull Rally Factory 
4 - Chaleco López - +15˘57 - CHI - KTM - KTM Red Bull Rally Factory 
5 - Sam Sunderland - +16˘40 - ENG - HONDA - TEAM HRC 
6 - Olivier Pain - +57˘09 - FRA - YAMAHA - Yamaha Racing 
7 - Alessandro Botturi - +01:00˘53 - ITA - SPEEDBRAIN - Team Speedbrain 
8 - Ben Graham - +01:04˘43 - AUS - KTM - KTM AUS Rally Factory 
9 - Kurt Caselli - +01:11˘26 - USA - KTM - KTM Red Bull Rally Factory 
10 - Frans Verhoeven - +01:25˘07 - HOL - YAMAHA - Yamaha Netherlands Verhoeven