10.1.2014
NEWSLETTER INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM
The sixth hasty stage
Hasty… This is perhaps the most fitting title for the sixth part of the Dakar adventure in which went trucks from Tucumán to Salta “only” 156 measured kilometres. Against the previous ultramarathon stages in which were the differences between the racers in tens of [...]
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Loprais comments on yesterday’s truck sprint
January 11th, 2014
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OVERALL RANKINGS AFTER STAGE 6
January 10th, 2014
Pos.
N°
Nom
Marque
Temps
écart
Pénalité
501
DE ROOY (NLD)
COLSOUL (BEL)
RODEWALD (NLD)
IVECO
23:14:27
-
-
506
KARGINOV (RUS)
MOKEEV (RUS)
DEVYATKIN (RUS)
KAMAZ
23:43:32
00:29:05
00:00:30
500
NIKOLAEV (RUS)
YAKOVLEV (RUS)
RYBAKOV (RUS)
KAMAZ
24:22:09
01:07:42
00:05:00
507
STACEY (NLD)
RUF (DEU)
DER KINDEREN (NLD)
IVECO
24:34:11
01:19:44
-
549
SOTNIKOV (RUS)
MIZYUKAEV (RUS)
AFERIN (RUS)
KAMAZ
24:37:02
01:22:35
-
504
LOPRAIS (CZE)
BRUYNKENS (BEL)
PUSTEJOVSKY (CZE)
TATRA
24:54:20
01:39:53
-
516
VILA ROCA (ESP)
VAN EERD (NLD)
COLOME ROQUETA (ESP)
IVECO
25:06:01
01:51:34
-
508
VAN VLIET (NLD)
PRONK (NLD)
KLEIN (DEU)
MAN
25:12:25
01:57:58
-
510
KUIPERS (NLD)
TORRALLARDONA (ESP)
VAN DER VAET (BEL)
MAN
25:30:32
02:16:05
-
545
SHIBALOV (RUS)
AMATYCH (RUS)
KHISAMIEV (RUS)
KAMAZ
25:51:02
02:36:35
01:00:00
509
VAN DEN BRINK (NLD)
WILLEMSEN (BEL)
VEENVLIET (NLD)
GINAF
26:46:10
03:31:43
-
520
ADUA (FRA)
MARCO ALCAYNA (ESP)
TORRES (ESP)
IVECO
27:44:27
04:30:00
01:00:00
518
SUGAWARA (JPN)
SUGIURA (JPN)
HINO
28:04:41
04:50:14
-
548
BROUWERS (NLD)
VAN DE BOR (NLD)
VAN VEENENDAAL [...]
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DAKAR STAGE 6:SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN – SALTA
January 10th, 2014
Once the trucks have left Tucuman, they cars will head north and drive along part of the renowned Ruta 40, and continue on in the heart of one of Argentina’s most beautiful landscapes. The possibilities to widen the gap will be limited but the most skilled drivers may be able to seize the opportunity of [...]
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Loprais comments on stage 5
January 10th, 2014
10.1.2014
NEWSLETTER INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM
The fifth stage sorted the field and our battle for survival on the 2014 Dakar continues
Organizers promised that they will prepare really hard Dakar. Stages confirmed they words. Challenging stages are destroying technique, participants are exhausted. The fifth stage from Chilecito to Tucumán wasn’t different. In addition [...]
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Dakar Stage 5: Ardavichus surprise everybody.
January 10th, 2014
After two race days with completely separate routes, everyone will gather together to tackle the longest stage of the rally. They will need to be extremely resistant to overcome these two sections of the special stage which will primarily feature sand. All day long the competitors will make headway on off-piste sections: those who have [...]
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Gerard de Rooij comments on stage 5
January 9th, 2014
I’m happy with losing just twelve minutesIn the first dunes we got stuck and we broke one of the drive shafts, so we had all the race with three wheels, running on 4 by 3. We got out of the dunes in one piece. It was really bad. We did it with practically no air [...]
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A video message from Dakar Team Holland
January 9th, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcRX3UOWkFc
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Dakar: Tatras Overall rankings sofar.
January 9th, 2014
After Stage 4, we find the best Tatra., Loprais, in seventh spot overall, 1 hr 09 min behind overall leader De Rooij. Kolomy closeLY FOLLOWS LOPRAIS, just 2 minutes behind. On 22nd Place, at 5 hrs 38 min. tomas vratny of the dakar bonver project is having a realatively well dakar. just two places lower, [...]
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The Bonver Dakar Project experienced technical problems during stage 4
January 9th, 2014
Bonver Dakar Rally Team Project attacking in the fourth stage at the moment the best location for thisyear’s Dakar Rally. Their efforts, however, stopped the technical problems that had one of the crew.
In the fourth stage, in which the participants expected a total of 657 competitive kilometers, divided into two parts, started two crew team [...]
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Yesterday’s best Tatra driver Kolomy collapsed after Stage 4.
January 9th, 2014
Best Čech Wednesday’s marathon stage of the Rally Dakar Martin Kolomý collapsed from exhaustion at the finish. The brief loss of consciousness caused by dehydration and the pilot Tatras but soon recovered and nothing prevents its further attempt to fight the famous contest this year’s first medal position. In the middle was the second consecutive [...]
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