It was a difficult stage as rally contestants had 187km of ground to cover. Joan Barreda continues to lead the bikes category ahead of Andrew Short and Luciano Benavides. Fernando Alonso made up time, climbing into the top 10 after his struggles in stage 1. Nasser Al Attiyah leads the cars categary from South African Giniel de Villers and Stéphane Peterhansel.