Joan Barreda was the winner of the fourth stage of the Dakar Rally on motorcycles after a chaotic situation. The organization took the stage from him and returned it to him again later. The man from Castellón thus achieved his 30th partial victory and continues his streak of winning in each edition of the rally that he has run. Joan moves up one place in the general classification and is placed fourth, 4:30 behind Sanders, the leader.
Motorcycle stage classification
General motorcycle classification
Sebastien Loeb won in cars the fourth stage with Carlos Sainz third. The man from Madrid finished the day ahead of Al Attiyah, but was only able to cut him by 16 seconds.