VIDEO: Dakar Stage 7 Report

The first desert stage and the order gets mixed up.  Ales Loprais second overall

Second place in the stage full of twists Ales gets the day off in Copiapo in silver position behind the leader Gerard de Rooy.

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Ales Loprais has been steady until now without many fluctuations.  He hopes to have found the right pace and his constancy and lack of time losses has now earned him second place. Lopais has been after Team de Rooy now, the green Ivecos dominating so far. More or less they have copied the Kamaz tactics and success.  They are convinced that only a driver of a strong team can win, all the team members assisting mutually and if necessary assisting the leading truck by holding up other top competitors. This stage, the team was split up by puctures. After the second checkpoint both de Rooy and Biasiona punctured almost at the same time. Stacey now lead followed by Ales and Ardavičus (Kamaz).

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Only after neutralization zone began, Karginov (Kamaz) at one point led followed in close succession by Loprais, Biasion and de Rooy.

11423 11429 The section was marked by consistent performance, and Ales’s tried to attack de Rooy, who finally got to the first stage and won a close margin from Ales. The dunes took a sensationally toll as Mikho Biasiona stood with clutch failure.  Only Karginov was able to counter Alex’s pace, but eventually lost almost 20 minutes. A similar loss was there for  the experienced Stacey, struggling with optimum tire pressure.

Second place in the stage full of twists Ales gets the day off in Copiapo in silver position behind the leader Gerard de Rooy.

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Ales Loprais has been steady until now without many fluctuations.  He hopes to have found the right pace and his constancy and lack of time losses has now earned him second place. Lopais has been after Team de Rooy now, the green Ivecos dominating so far. More or less they have copied the Kamaz tactics and success.  They are convinced that only a driver of a strong team can win, all the team members assisting mutually and if necessary assisting the leading truck by holding up other top competitors. This stage, the team was split up by puctures. After the second checkpoint both de Rooy and Biasiona punctured almost at the same time. Stacey now lead followed by Ales and Ardavičus (Kamaz).

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Only after neutralization zone began, Karginov (Kamaz) at one point led followed in close succession by Loprais, Biasion and de Rooy.

11423 11429 The section was marked by consistent performance, and Ales’s tried to attack de Rooy, who finally got to the first stage and won a close margin from Ales. The dunes took a sensationally toll as Mikho Biasiona stood with clutch failure.  Only Karginov was able to counter Alex’s pace, but eventually lost almost 20 minutes. A similar loss was there for  the experienced Stacey, struggling with optimum tire pressure.

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