Loprais gets 2nd stage victory, Karginov the overall Dakar winner.

Finally, the clash of titans between Iveco and Kamaz will have been a close one until the very end. Although the Russian team seized the overall lead from the get-go with Ayrat Mardeev and was still in the pole position with Andrey Karginov twelve stages later as the race came Valparaíso, the outcome of the 36th Dakar was full of suspense, reminiscent of some of the memorable battles seen in the motorcycle and quad categories over the last few years. Kamaz’s Andrey Karginov seemed set to take a win earned on the Chilean sands, but one obstacle blocked his way in the last special. Car no. 319 swerved and ended up stuck on the track of the last timed sector, just in front of the Russian, who lost 10 minutes. Meanwhile, his closest pursuer and winner of the previous stage Gerard de Rooy used his starting order to slip ahead. All in all, Karginov lost 9′34″ to the Dutchman. However, race officials deducted 5′20″ from the time of the no. 306 Kamaz, handing Russia’s Andrey Karginov his first Dakar win by 3′11″ over Gerard de Rooy. Behind them, the other Kamazes hogged places 3 to 5, with defending champion Eduard Nikolaev, Dmitry Sotnikov and Anton Shibalov. It is a pity that this awesome edition had to go without the fireworks of Pieter Versluis, Martin Kolomý and Ayrat Mardeev, who had to drop out in stages 10, 9 and 3, respectively, while Aleš Loprais’ Dakar was a mixed bag, with the Czech driver finishing in sixth place, over five hours off the pace.

We should almost forget that Loprais was the stage winner. Starting way down the field due to his technical problems in stage 12, he did his utmost to forget his bad luck and managed to finish his Dakar with a good feeling. He took victory in the last stage!

In the end however, Loprais, having started way back down the field, appeared to be the fasted truck driver of the day and became stage winner!

Pos.	N°	Name	Make	Time	Variation	Penalty
1	504	LOPRAIS (CZE), BRUYNKENS (BEL), PUSTEJOVSKY (CZE)	TATRA	002:17:37		00:00:00
2	501	DE ROOY (NLD), COLSOUL (BEL), RODEWALD (NLD)	IVECO	002:20:02	00:02:25	00:00:00
3	500	NIKOLAEV (RUS), YAKOVLEV (RUS), RYBAKOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	002:20:30	00:02:53	00:00:00
4	507	STACEY (NLD), RUF (DEU), DER KINDEREN (NLD)	IVECO	002:21:59	00:04:22	00:00:00
5	520	ADUA (FRA), MARCO ALCAYNA (ESP), TORRES (ESP)	IVECO	002:22:02	00:04:25	00:00:00
6	529	VIAZOVICH (BLR), NEVIAROVICH (BLR), HARANIN (BLR)	MAZ	002:23:30	00:05:53	00:00:00
7	506	KARGINOV (RUS), MOKEEV (RUS), DEVYATKIN (RUS)	KAMAZ	002:24:16	00:06:39	00:00:00
8	549	SOTNIKOV (RUS), MIZYUKAEV (RUS), AFERIN (RUS)	KAMAZ	002:25:08	00:07:31	00:00:00
9	521	VASILEVSKI (BLR), KAZLOUSKI (BLR), ZAPAROSHCHANKA (BLR)	MAZ	002:25:18	00:07:41	00:00:00
10	545	SHIBALOV (RUS), AMATYCH (RUS), KHISAMIEV (RUS)	KAMAZ	002:25:50	00:08:13	00:00:00
11	508	VAN VLIET (NLD), PRONK (NLD), KLEIN (DEU)	MAN	002:26:23	00:08:46	00:00:00
12	516	VILA ROCA (ESP), COLOMÉ ROQUETA (ESP), VAN EERD (NLD)	IVECO	002:26:41	00:09:04	00:00:00
13	542	ARDAVICHUS (KAZ), NIKIZHEV (KAZ), KAPLANEK (CZE)	TATRA	002:26:41	00:09:04	00:00:00
14	509	VAN DEN BRINK (NLD), WILLEMSEN (BEL), VEENVLIET (NLD)	GINAF	002:28:26	00:10:49	00:00:00
15	512	VAN EERD (NLD), GOTLIB (BEL), VERVOORT (NLD)	DAF	002:29:14	00:11:37	00:00:00
16	510	KUIPERS (NLD), TORRALLARDONA (ESP), VAN DER VAET (BEL)	MAN	002:30:34	00:12:57	00:00:00
17	518	SUGAWARA (JPN), SUGIURA (JPN), UNKNOWN	HINO	002:32:20	00:14:43	00:00:00
18	535	SCHOONES (NLD), SCHOONES (NLD), VAN DER DONK (NLD)	DAF	002:35:11	00:17:34	00:00:00
19	534	ROTSAERT (BEL), DENDOOVEN (BEL), BELL (NLD)	MAN	002:35:19	00:17:42	00:00:00
20	563	VAN GENUGTEN (NLD), WINGENS (NLD), REIJS (NLD)	DAF	002:35:35	00:17:58	00:00:00
21	522	TIMMERMANS (NLD), VERHAGEN (NLD), VERHOEVEN (NLD)	DAF	002:35:48	00:18:11	00:00:00
22	511	VAN GINKEL (NLD), KUPPER (NLD), VAN DONKELAAR (NLD)	GINAF	002:36:11	00:18:34	00:00:00
23	538	GERMANO (ARG), CAMARA (ESP), GERMANO (ARG)	MERCEDES	002:37:13	00:19:36	00:00:00
24	540	VAN DEN HEUVEL (NLD), DERKS (NLD), VAN DEN WIJNGAARD (NLD)	DAF	002:37:42	00:20:05	00:00:00
25	541	KOOLEN (NLD), VAN UDEN (NLD), VAN DEN GOORBERGH (NLD)	GINAF	002:39:15	00:21:38	00:00:00
26	550	HOONDERT (NLD), OP T HOF (NLD), VAN STEE (NLD)	DAF	002:40:39	00:23:02	00:00:00
27	546	OFFRINGA (NLD), VAN EIKEREN (NLD), ZOETAERT (BEL)	GINAF	002:41:22	00:23:45	00:00:00
28	515	VRATNY (CZE), HOLAN (CZE), MISKOLCI (SVK)	TATRA	002:41:24	00:23:47	00:00:00
29	547	VAN DE LAAR (NLD), VAN DE LAAR (NLD), MARCEL (NLD)	DAF	002:41:25	00:23:48	00:00:00
30	548	BROUWERS (NLD), VAN DE BOR (NLD), VAN VEENENDAAL (NLD)	GINAF	002:43:00	00:25:23	00:00:00
31	525	VILDMAN (CZE), MACIK (CZE), MRKVA (CZE)	LIAZ	002:45:56	00:28:19	00:00:00
32	557	VAN WERVEN (NLD), WIGMAN (NLD), ZUURMOND (NLD)	GINAF	002:46:01	00:28:24	00:00:00
33	539	BLOM (NLD), SCHOO (NLD), VAN HERPEN (NLD)	TATRA	002:46:38	00:29:01	00:00:00
34	527	JUVANTENY (ESP), GONZALEZ CARPI (ESP), CRIADO (ESP)	MAN	002:48:24	00:30:47	00:00:00
35	543	INGELS (BEL), RAES (BEL), DEWULF (BEL)	MAN	002:49:05	00:31:28	00:00:00
36	519	TOMANEK (CZE), KASPAREK (CZE), KASPAREK (CZE)	TATRA	002:51:40	00:34:03	00:00:00
37	566	MISSAGGIA (FRA), GEEL (ZAF), HURTAULT (FRA)	MERCEDES	002:52:23	00:34:46	00:00:00
38	531	BAUMANN (DEU), CARITA DE JESUS (PRT), BEIER (DEU)	MAN	002:53:50	00:36:13	00:00:00
39	533	DEL ZOTTO (ARG), MEMI (ARG), AGUIRRE (ARG)	MAN	002:55:57	00:38:20	00:00:00
40	553	KÜHN (DEU), RETTIG (DEU), VELOSA (PRT)	MAN	002:56:31	00:38:54	00:00:00
41	551	CALUBINI (ITA), CALABRIA (ITA), UNKNOWN	MERCEDES	002:59:18	00:41:41	00:00:00
42	568	BENBEKHTI (FRA), BENBEKHTI (FRA), MARTINEZ (FRA)	MAN	003:02:19	00:44:42	00:00:00
43	532	SUGAWARA (JPN), HAMURA (JPN), UNKNOWN	HINO	003:03:54	00:46:17	00:00:00
44	552	PIANA (FRA), CANGANI (ITA), TROTE (FRA)	MERCEDES	003:04:23	00:46:46	00:00:00
45	574	CULLUM (GBR), RATTER (GBR), WHITTINGHAM (GBR)	RENAULT	003:04:57	00:47:20	00:00:00
46	570	LACOURT (FRA), HERLAUT (FRA), PACQUELET (FRA)	MAN	003:22:16	01:04:39	00:00:00

OVERALL: