Nikolaev (KAMAZ) won stage 5 of the Dakar, though assisted by Martin Kolomy (Buggyra Tatra) after he flipped over. Kolomy eventually managed 6th (other sources say 7th) in the stage. Soltys on the other Buggyra-Tatra finished 15th. Overall, the Tatyras are way down. Soltys trails overall leader Nikolaev by over 5 hrs. He is 11th. Kolomy is even further back and is 14th overall, 8hs 42 min down on the leader.
Video of Kolomy assisting Nokolaev: https://www.rtlgp.nl/item/170070/dakar_2018_etappe_5_in_3_minuten
Results Stage 5:
| .1 | Eduard Nikolaev | RUS | Kamaz |
3u 37m 12s |
| 2. | Siarhei Viazovich | WRU | MAZ |
+06m 23s |
| 3. | Ton van Genugten | NED | Iveco |
+12m 57 |
| 4. | Dmitry Sotnikov | RUS | Kamaz |
+13m 23s |
| 5. | Federico Villagra | ARG | Iveco |
+21m 10s |
| 6. | Martin Kolomy | TSJ0 | Tatra |
+21m 14s |
| 7. | Aleksandr Vasilevski | WRU | MAZ |
+22m 16s |
| 8. | Airat Mardeev | RUS | Kamaz |
+23m 27s |
| 9. | Artur Ardavichus | KAZ | Iveco |
+25m 51s |
| 10. | Aliaksei Vishneuski | WRU | MAZ |
+29m 01s |
January 11th, 2018