Rain and snow led Dakar Rally officials to cancel the event’s 400-plus-mile sixth stage, scheduled originally to run on Friday, Jan. 6.
The weather affected the course between Fiambala and Copiapo. The cancelation comes on the heels of bad weather on Wednesday that forced officials to shorten stage five.
“Due to the bad weather continuing over the [...]
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Dakar: Stage 6 cancelled
January 7th, 2012
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Tatraplan among many passed away marques
January 7th, 2012
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Tatra doing well in Africa Eco Race
January 6th, 2012
Though the Ultimate Race is the Dakar, this year’s Africa Eco Race again saw an old fathfull Tatra competitor: Tomas Tomecek. Overall he is 2nd in the combined truck/car category, where he is the best truck. :
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Dakar Stage 5 Report
January 6th, 2012
The 5th stage characterized by white dunes, started in Fiambale. The short 177 km long special was reduced due to bad weather by another 24 kilometers. Ales Loprais started as seventh, because Eduard Nikolaev (Kamaz) had protestested successfully after his time loss in the fourth stage. The first three control points Ales went to 5th [...]
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DAKAR Stage 5 Results
January 5th, 2012
1
502
DE ROOY Gerard (NLD)
16:01:30
02:34:30
-
2
501
LOPRAIS Ales (CZE)
16:13:44
02:34:44
00:00:14
3
511
BIASION Miki (ITA)
16:06:49
02:35:49
00:01:19
4
505
STACEY Hans (NLD)
16:05:09
02:36:09
00:01:39
5
500
NIKOLAEV Eduard (RUS)
16:11:34
02:36:34
00:02:04
6
533
ARDAVICHUS Artur (KAZ)
16:34:05
02:49:05
00:14:35
7
509
KARGINOV Andrey (RUS)
16:35:50
02:49:50
00:15:20
8
506
VAN GINKEL Wuf (NLD)
16:41:22
02:52:52
00:18:22
9
515
VILA Pep (ESP)
16:40:18
02:54:48
00:20:18
10
503
ECHTER Franz (DEU)
16:33:07
02:56:07
00:21:37
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DAKAR Stage 4 Report
January 5th, 2012
A race without windscreen
The struggle between the trucks is tight. The 4th stage brought a lot of passages in canyons, racers climbimg into the mountains to a height of 3500 meters as well as , lots of dried river beds.
It was not the most technical stage of this year, Gerard de Rooy winning with an [...]
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Dakar Stage 4 Results
January 5th, 2012
Pos.
N°
Nom
Heures
Temps
écart
502
DE ROOY GERARD (NLD)
19:18:12
04:22:12
-
505
STACEY HANS (NLD)
19:15:25
04:23:25
00:01:13
511
BIASION MIKI (ITA)
19:07:55
04:23:55
00:01:43
507
VAN VLIET MARCEL (NLD)
19:30:34
04:28:34
00:06:22
503
ECHTER FRANZ (DEU)
19:31:50
04:31:50
00:09:38
501
LOPRAIS ALES (CZE)
19:22:54
04:32:54
00:10:42
504
MARDEEV AYRAT (RUS)
19:37:24
04:34:24
00:12:12
534
VERSLUIS PIETER (NLD)
19:38:29
04:34:59
00:12:47
533
ARDAVICHUS ARTUR (KAZ)
19:21:43
04:35:43
00:13:31
515
VILA PEP (ESP)
19:41:41
04:37:41
00:15:29
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Tatra Factory on all the Tatra Dakar drivers
January 5th, 2012
http://www.tatratrucks.com/about-the-company/press-and-media/news/tatra-trucks-in-the-dakar-rally/
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VIDEO: TATRA-DAF testdrive, NL
January 4th, 2012
TATRA-DAF testdrive Echt-Susteren – YouTube
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Dakar 3rd Stage Report
January 3rd, 2012
The third stage was a technical oneabout ten trucks fighting it out for top positions. The winner was a surprise one. Loprais managed well and climbed to 5 th overall.
In San Rafael the heat was unbearable, the temperature in the bivouac exceeded up to 45 degrees Celsius. Under these conditions many engines suffered from [...]
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