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Dakar 2016: Loprais comments on stage 2

January 4th, 2017
no comment Posted by smitkees

Second stage – Heat and dust …

I am glad that the today’s stage is already behind us. It was agony. Crazy heat, almost 50°C outdoors and almost 80°C in the cabin. I am still fighting with an illness, so I turn up the heating a little bit. Pretty harsh! However, the heat is with all of us. [...]

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Tatra Trucks wants to raise its production from 1,326 to 1,700 units

January 4th, 2017
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Tatra Trucks wants to raise its production from 1,326 to 1,700 units

CIA NEWS |
4 JANUARY 2017
Czech manufacturer TATRA TRUCKS produced 1,326 trucks in 2016. Its production thus increased by over 50% y/y. Tatra’s EBITDA will likely be close to CZK 500m for the year 2016. The production and sales target for the year 2017 is [...]

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DAKAR 2016 Stage 2

January 4th, 2017
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Stage 2:

Pos.

Name
Mark
Time
variation
Penalty

506

VAN DEN BRINK (NLD)
KOZLOVSKY (CZE)
BLANKESTIJN (NLD)

RENAULT TRUCKS

02:37:08
-
-

513

SOTNIKOV (RUS)
AKHMADEEV (RUS)
LEONOV (RUS)

KAMAZ

02:39:11
00:02:03
-

509

VERSLUIS (NLD)
KLEIN (DEU)
PRONK (NLD)

MAN

02:40:00
00:02:52
-

511

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

MAZ

02:40:03
00:02:55
-

500

DE ROOY (NLD)
TORRALLARDONA (ESP)
RODEWALD (POL)

IVECO

02:40:11
00:03:03
-

502

VILLAGRA (ARG)
YACOPINI (ARG)
TORLASCHI (ARG)

IVECO

02:40:13
00:03:05
-

504

STACEY (NLD)
VAN DER VAET (BEL)
KUPPER (NLD)

MAN

02:40:15
00:03:07
-

508

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

TATRA

02:40:44
00:03:36
-

512

ARDAVICHUS (KAZ)
BRUYNKENS (BEL)
HUISMAN (NLD)

MAN

02:40:58
00:03:50
-

505

NIKOLAEV (RUS)
YAKOVLEV (RUS)
RYBAKOV (RUS)

KAMAZ

02:41:15
00:04:07
-

503

LOPRAIS (CZE)
STROSS (CZE)
TOMANEK (CZE)

TATRA

02:42:11
00:05:03
-

OVERALL STANDINGS :

Pos.

Name
Mark
Time
variation
Penalty

506

VAN DEN BRINK (NLD)
KOZLOVSKY (CZE)
BLANKESTIJN (NLD)

RENAULT TRUCKS

03:07:33
-
-

513

SOTNIKOV (RUS)
AKHMADEEV (RUS)
LEONOV (RUS)

KAMAZ

03:10:42
00:03:09
-

508

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

TATRA

03:10:44
00:03:11
-

500

DE [...]

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Kolomy (Tatra) wins 1st stage of 2017 Dakar; Loprais 4th

January 2nd, 2017
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Pos.

Name
Mark
Time
variation
Penalty

508

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

TATRA

00:30:00
-
-

507

VAN GENUGTEN (NLD)
VAN LIMPT (NLD)
DER KINDEREN (NLD)

IVECO

00:30:13
00:00:13
-

506

VAN DEN BRINK (NLD)
KOZLOVSKY (CZE)
BLANKESTIJN (NLD)

RENAULT TRUCKS

00:30:25
00:00:25
-

503

LOPRAIS (CZE)
STROSS (CZE)
TOMANEK (CZE)

TATRA

00:30:31
00:00:31
-

500

DE ROOY (NLD)
TORRALLARDONA (ESP)
RODEWALD (POL)

IVECO

00:30:42
00:00:42
-

505

NIKOLAEV (RUS)
YAKOVLEV (RUS)
RYBAKOV (RUS)

KAMAZ

00:30:50
00:00:50
-

509

VERSLUIS (NLD)
KLEIN (DEU)
PRONK (NLD)

MAN

00:31:02
00:01:02
-

512

ARDAVICHUS (KAZ)
BRUYNKENS (BEL)
HUISMAN (NLD)

MAN

00:31:21
00:01:21
-

502

VILLAGRA (ARG)
YACOPINI (ARG)
TORLASCHI (ARG)

IVECO

00:31:26
00:01:26
-

513

SOTNIKOV (RUS)
AKHMADEEV (RUS)
LEONOV (RUS)

KAMAZ

00:31:31
00:01:31

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Happy New Year

January 2nd, 2017
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