To clear munition depots, the Czech Police was delivered a T 815-7 special.
(sent by Karl Prochazka, Vienna)
http://zlin.idnes.cz/novy-obrneny-nakladni-vuz-tatra-pro-pyrotechniky-ve-vlachovicich-vrbeticich-18m-/zlin-zpravy.aspx?c=A160114_161445_zlin-zpravy_ras

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With Jaroslav Valtr finishing 8th overall and Matin Kolomy 16th overall, the Buggyra team came home as the most successful Tatra team.  The Bonver Tatra Team performed well, Arthur Ardavichus just missing the top ten, Tomas Vratny finishing 17th and the handicapped driver Llovera finishing 34th.

501

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

IVECO

44:42:03
-
00:02:00

500

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

KAMAZ

45:52:30
01:10:27
-

514

VILLAGRA (ARG)
PEREZ COMPANC (ARG)
MEMI [...]

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Hans Stacey (Man) claimed the last stage of the Dakar in the truck category. The Dutchman defeated Russian Ayrat Mardeev (Kamaz), last year’s winner, and Argentinian Federico Villagra (Iveco) at the end of the 180 km special. Gerard de Rooy (Iveco) finished fourth, just over five minutes behind the stage winner, and wrapped up his [...]

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In today’s stage, stage 12, oil leaked on the brakes of Gert Huzink’s Tatra and the brakes caught fire, leading to a complete burn down of the Dutch Tatra truck. The crew escaped unhurt.

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Photo: Tomas Vratny

Pos.
N°
Name
Mark
Time
variation
Penalty

510

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

MAN

03:14:06
-
-

514

VILLAGRA (ARG)
PEREZ COMPANC (ARG)
MEMI (ARG)

IVECO

03:17:20
00:03:14
-

506

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

MAN

03:17:24
00:03:18
-

533

VALTR (CZE)
KALINA (CZE)
STROSS (CZE)

TATRA

03:19:07
00:05:01
-

501

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

IVECO

03:19:30
00:05:24
-

529

DE BAAR (NLD)
ROESINK (NLD)
DE GRAAFF (NLD)

RENAULT TRUCKS

03:20:26
00:06:20
-

515

ARDAVICHUS (KAZ)
FALKOV (KAZ)
SKROBANEK (CZE)

TATRA

03:20:26
00:06:20
-

502

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

KAMAZ

03:21:10
00:07:04
-

505

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

TATRA

03:22:55
00:08:49
-

500

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

KAMAZ

03:23:19
00:09:13
-

518

VILA ROCA (ESP)
COLOME ROQUETA (ESP)
TORRES SALA (ESP)

IVECO

03:24:52
00:10:46
-

516

VAN GENUGTEN (NLD)
VAN LIMPT (NLD)
VAN EERD (NLD)

IVECO

03:27:58
00:13:52
-

537

VAN DEN HEUVEL (NLD)
VAN [...]

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Hans Compter importing Tatras to Holland a long while ago; now on show in New Zealand.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northland-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503402&objectid=11573606

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At CP4 (after 396 km) and less than 40 kilometres from the finishing line, Russian Eduard Nikolaev is still the quickest driver in the category. However, the gap between him and his countryman Andrey Karginov has dropped down to only 9 seconds. Pieter Versluis in third lies more than 5 minutes behind the stage leader.

Pos.
N°
Name
Mark
Time
variation
Penalty

502

NIKOLAEV [...]

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Arthur Ardavichus (Kazachstan)

Pos.
N°
Name
Hours
Time
variation

529

DE BAAR PASCAL (NLD)

16:29:41
05:06:41
-

501

DE ROOY GERARD (NLD)

13:54:17
05:09:17
00:02:36

500

MARDEEV AIRAT (RUS)

16:40:47
05:32:47
00:26:06

505

KOLOMY MARTIN (CZE)

17:17:06
05:33:06
00:26:25

506

STACEY HANS (NLD)

16:54:06
05:34:06
00:27:25

515

ARDAVICHUS ARTUR (KAZ)

16:38:10
05:38:10
00:31:29

508

SOTNIKOV DMITRY (RUS)

17:13:43
05:52:43
00:46:02

512

VASILEVSKI ALEKSANDR (BLR)

17:49:42
05:58:42
00:52:01

514

VILLAGRA FEDERICO (ARG)

15:09:40
06:00:40
00:53:59

537

VAN DEN HEUVEL MAURIK (NLD)

17:41:11
06:08:11
01:01:30

518

VILA ROCA PEP (ESP)

17:39:45
06:17:45
01:11:04

519

SUGAWARA TERUHITO (JPN)

17:26:28
06:20:28
01:13:47

533

VALTR JAROSLAV (CZE)

17:26:57
06:22:57
01:16:16

516

VAN GENUGTEN TON (NLD)

15:38:10
06:41:10
01:34:29

502

NIKOLAEV EDUARD (RUS)

17:49:25
08:37:25
03:30:44

504

KARGINOV ANDREY (RUS)

17:49:17
08:43:17
03:36:36

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