Archive for 2015

The Africa Eco Race; Tomecek 3rd overall

January 11th, 2015
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Etape 11
TOUEILA / ST LOUIS

Classement Général – 10/01/2015
27 concurrent(s) classé(s)

Pos
pgr

Nat.
Pilotes
Marque
Grp/Pos
Cl/Pos
Scratch
Diff 1er
Péna

1
0
201

SABATIER Jean antoine
ROJAT Jean-luc
BUGGA ONE
T1 / 1
1.3 / 1
39:53:16

2
0
401

SHIBALOV Anton
AMATYCH Robert
KHISAMIEV Almaz
KAMAZ
T4 / 1
/ 1
41:02:18
01:09:02

3
0
404

KUPRIANOV Sergey
KUPRIANOV Alexander
TANIN Anatoly
KAMAZ
T4 / 2
/ 2
42:23:49
02:30:33

4
0
215

SHAGIROV Kanat
MOROZ Alexandr
TOYOTA
T1 / 2
1.1 / 1
44:38:56
04:45:40

5
0
216

SAZONOV Yuriy
SAKHIMOV Arslan
H3
T1 / 3
1.1 / 2
45:12:15
05:18:59

6
0
400

TOMECEK Tomas
LALA Ladislav
TATRA
T4 / 3
/ 3
45:23:44
05:30:28

7
0
212

GRIGOROV Anton
SAUKANS Maris
OSC
T1 / 4
1.1 / 3
46:33:04
06:39:48

8
0
207

MARTIN Patrick
METZ [...]

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Dakar truck restday; Loprais comments on his stage victory

January 11th, 2015
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Loprais experienced the worst day of the rally last friday. After he suffered a puncture and bogged down in the dunes, he lost more than an hour. Saturday’s 335 km from the Chilean city of Iquique in the Atacama Desert, however, he was great, won the stage on his 35th birthday and scored the sixth [...]

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Jan 10th: MARATHON STAGE IQUIQUE > UYUNI. Ales Loprais gains victory on his birthday

January 11th, 2015
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The seventh stage from Iquique leading to marathon bivouac without assistance teams and mechanics. First the trucks have to pass 101 km long connection stage followed by special stage measure 335 km.The trucks will once again embark upon a separate marathon stage, with the added bonus of competing on a route which [...]

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How to finish 3rd

January 10th, 2015
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Although Karginov finished 3rd in friday’s stage, he flipped his truck on his side not far from the finish. With saturday’s marathonstage disallowing any mechanical assistance, it will be hard for the KAMAZ mechanics to get the heavily damaged Kamaz in a good condition.
http://alexmiedema.nl/2015/01/10/koprol-karginovs-kamaz-kapot/

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Jan 9th: Antofagasta > Iquique

January 9th, 2015
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The journey up the Pacific coast continues towards Iquique. The bikes and quads will cover an extra amount of kilometres during the special: the detour will take them over some endurance type terrain and on tracks along ridges overlooking the ocean. Afterwards, everybody will be confronted by an expedition through the chains of dunes that [...]

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Dakar overall ranking: Former Tatra driver Loprais splitting the KAMAZ team; Kolomy and Vratny now 10th and 11th overall

January 9th, 2015
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Pos.

Name
Mark
Time
variation
Penalty

502

NIKOLAEV (RUS)
YAKOVLEV (RUS)
AKHMADEEV (RUS)

KAMAZ

15:16:18
-
-

507

MARDEEV (RUS)
BELYAEV (RUS)
SVISTUNOV (RUS)

KAMAZ

15:24:19
00:08:01
-

503

LOPRAIS (CZE)
MARCO ALCAYNA (ESP)
VAN DER VAET (BEL)

MAN

15:43:46
00:27:28
-

500

KARGINOV (RUS)
MOKEEV (RUS)
LEONOV (RUS)

KAMAZ

15:43:54
00:27:36
00:01:00

520

SOTNIKOV (RUS)
DEVYATKIN (RUS)
AFERIN (RUS)

KAMAZ

16:02:15
00:45:57
00:02:00

510

VIAZOVICH (BLR)
HARANIN (BLR)
ZHYHULIN (BLR)

MAZ

16:07:46
00:51:28
-

504

STACEY (NLD)
BRUYNKENS (BEL)
DER KINDEREN (NLD)

IVECO

16:29:26
01:13:08
00:01:00

508

VAN VLIET (NLD)
PRONK (NLD)
KLEIN (DEU)

MAN

16:37:50
01:21:32
-

513

VAN DEN BRINK (NLD)
WILLEMSEN (BEL)
MOUW (NLD)

RENAULT TRUCKS

17:06:37
01:50:19
00:02:30

506

KOLOMY (CZE)
KILIAN (CZE)
KILIAN (CZE)

TATRA

17:14:27
01:58:09
00:00:30

517

VRATNY (CZE)
HOLAN (CZE)
MISKOLCI (SVK)

TATRA

17:27:29
02:11:11
-

511

VAN GINKEL (NLD)
KUPPER (NLD)
VAN DONKELAAR (NLD)

GINAF

17:33:04
02:16:46
-

509

VILA ROCA (ESP)
COLOME ROQUETA (ESP)
HUISMAN (NLD)

IVECO

17:53:21
02:37:03
-

527

VAN DEN BOSCH (NLD)
HUIGEVOORT [...]

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Jan 8th: Stage 6 Copiapo > Antofagasta

January 9th, 2015
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This is the first of the rare special stages in which all categories will compete. At the start of the race, the most confident drivers will be able to take advantage of the fast tracks to try to move up in the overall standings. But the temptation to do so may be risky, particularly in [...]

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Video: Dutch trucks struggling in the dunes at stage 4

January 9th, 2015
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Watch the Dutch trucks in this video from 13.30 and see Huzink’s Phoenix flip over at 15.00.
http://www.rtlxl.nl/#!/rtl-gp-dakar-145458/f86f4df0-f5ac-333d-a8db-4c6c7cb61478

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Artur Ardavichus (Bonver Tatra) reports on his 2nd stage crash

January 8th, 2015
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In the category of trucks (T4), Arthur Ardavichus, the bronze medalist of Dakar 2012, competes in the 2015 Dakar with navigator Alexei Nikizhev and mechanic Daniel Kozlowsky, riding a Tatra under the number 515.Artur Ardavichus spoke of the second stage: “We were going through serpentine rock, with frequent turns, and at some point the steering [...]

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Gert Huzink (Tatra Phoenix) lost 5.5 hrs in wednesday’s stage after he flipped his truck

January 8th, 2015
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