DAKAR STAGE 1: Loprais finished 2nd after being first at CP1.

Czech Aleš Loprais and his “snouted” Tatra took the lead at CP1 (km 28.7) ahead of Dutchman Pieter Versluis and his Man. There was a gap of 1′08″ between the two men, who are followed by Gerard de Rooy’s Iveco (+1′09″) and Ayrat Mardeev’s Kamaz (+1′16″). Martin Kolomý and his Tatra lie in fifth place (+1′19″), with Eduard Nikolaev in sixth (+1′22″). Tomas Vratny was 12th, Artur Ardavichus 3oth. At the wheel of the second Iveco, Hans Stacey is seventh in the provisional classification (+1′24″). Not long later, Kolomy stopped for over 10 minutes, but continued however.

At the finish, it was however Ayrat Mardeev (Kamaz) who finished 1st with Aleš Loprais (Tatra) 2nd, 10 seconds adrift. Van Vliet (MAN) came home 3rd, 21″ slower than today’s winner. Arthur Ardavichus finished 16th.

Pos. Nom Heures Temps écart
503 18:37:52 02:46:52 -
504 18:40:02 02:47:02 00:00:10
508 18:48:13 02:47:13 00:00:21
501 18:35:25 02:48:25 00:01:33
500 18:35:52 02:50:52 00:04:00
516 19:03:48 02:53:48 00:06:56
545 19:09:27 02:53:57 00:07:05
507 18:54:01 02:55:01 00:08:09
513 19:03:10 02:56:10 00:09:18
511 19:02:23 02:57:23 00:10:31
529 19:15:31 02:57:31 00:10:39
520 19:11:48 02:58:18 00:11:26
509 19:02:13 02:59:13 00:12:21
514 19:07:45 02:59:45 00:12:53
510 19:05:41 03:01:41 00:14:49
542 19:27:14 03:03:14 00:16:22
506 19:01:08 03:04:08 00:17:16
549 19:32:54 03:05:54 00:19:02
522 19:21:40 03:07:10 00:20:18
525 19:24:30 03:08:30 00:21:38
517 19:19:46 03:08:46 00:21:54
548 19:35:34 03:09:04 00:22:12
518 19:21:14 03:09:14 00:22:22
534 19:31:09 03:10:39 00:23:47
535 19:33:20 03:12:20 00:25:28
538 19:35:19 03:13:19 00:26:27
512 19:19:58 03:13:58 00:27:06
523 19:31:20 03:16:20 00:29:28
515 19:28:21 03:19:21 00:32:29
540 19:42:27 03:19:27 00:32:35
521 19:37:00 03:23:00 00:36:08
502 19:12:01 03:23:01 00:36:09
539 19:48:17 03:25:47 00:38:55
527 19:42:58 03:25:58 00:39:06
550 19:54:58 03:27:28 00:40:36
531 19:46:47 03:27:47 00:40:55
505 19:23:36 03:28:36 00:41:44
533 19:55:13 03:30:58 00:44:06
526 19:47:34 03:31:04 00:44:12
541 19:57:48 03:34:18 00:47:26
519 19:51:41 03:38:41 00:51:49