Gérard De Rooy (Iveco) has won once again this evening. The Dutch general standings leader beat his countryman Ton Van Genugten (Iveco) by 3′59” and Russian Andrey Karginov (Kamaz) by 16′04”.
RESULTS STAGE 9

Pos.
N°
Name
Mark
Time
variation
Penalty

501

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

IVECO

02:41:20
-
-

516

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

IVECO

02:45:19
00:03:59
-

504

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

KAMAZ

02:57:24
00:16:04
-

514

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

IVECO

02:58:05
00:16:45
-

502

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

KAMAZ

03:00:34
00:19:14
-

515

ARDAVICHUS (KAZ)
FALKOV (KAZ)
SKROBANEK [...]

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Pos N° Grp/ Pilotes/Riders
Pos
Cla/
Pos
Pénalités
Penalties
Temps
Time
Ecart
P 4 10 6 Camion / Truck Diff. Leader
1 501 T4/1 2/1 DE ROOY GERARD (NLD)/RODEWALD DAREK (POL)/TORRALLARDOIVNEAC MOO PISOEWSE (RESSTPA)R 04h41m59s
2 502 T4/2 2/2 NIKOLAEV EDUARD (RUS)/RYBAKOV VLADIMIR (RUS)/YAKOVLEV EKVAGMEANZY 4(R32U6S) 04h44m34s +02m35s
3 504 T4/3 2/3 KARGINOV ANDREY (RUS)/MOKEEV ANDREY (RUS)/LEONOV IGOR K(RAUMSA)Z 4326 04h47m22s +05m23s
4 533 T4/4 2/4 VALTR JAROSLAV [...]

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In the same village where the Tatra Club de Freunde was founded, Mattsee, a Tatra meeting will be organized to honour the founder of the Club der Tatra Freunde (Later TFI), a club that organized meetings for its members between 1976 and 2014,
Want to come? click here for the invitation, program and application form.
The forms can also [...]

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In today’s stage, Martin Kolomy, Tatra’s hope for overall victory, has crahed while trying to stay ahead of the Kamaz trucks.  Apparently he has made repairs and continues, but he passed CP1 down the field, losing 1 hr 30 min. It was a bad day for Tatra, Jaroslav Valtr (Bonver-Tatra) now the best Tatra overall, two hrs [...]

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Although Gerard De Rooy (Iveco) was in the lead at the last intermediate point, in the end, his countryman Hans Stacey (Man) has won the special by 7 seconds!

Pos.
N°
Name
Hours
Time
variation

506

STACEY HANS (NLD)

16:01:35
02:55:35
-

501

DE ROOY GERARD (NLD)

16:03:42
02:55:42
00:00:07

510

VERSLUIS PIETER (NLD)

16:00:50
02:56:50
00:01:15

502

NIKOLAEV EDUARD (RUS)

15:47:46
02:57:46
00:02:11

508

SOTNIKOV DMITRY (RUS)

16:10:56
02:57:56
00:02:21

504

KARGINOV ANDREY (RUS)

16:22:36
02:58:36
00:03:01

505

KOLOMY MARTIN (CZE)

15:51:44
02:58:44
00:03:09

500

MARDEEV AIRAT (RUS)

16:01:13
02:59:13
00:03:38

514

VILLAGRA FEDERICO (ARG)

15:56:01
03:00:01
00:04:26

533

VALTR JAROSLAV (CZE)

16:16:15
03:04:15
00:08:40

537

VAN DEN HEUVEL MAURIK (NLD)

16:14:54
03:04:54
00:09:19

512

VASILEVSKI ALEKSANDR [...]

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A recently acquired Tatra 57 from 1932, which over sixty years was in a garage and was almost forgotten, could be acquired with luck and skilled negotiations.  In the car which was once used by a doctor, a doctor’s bag with all its instruments, such as tweezers, hypodermic needles and a stethoscope.  The sign “doctor” behind the [...]

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Surprise Tatra participant is Albert Llovera.

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By the end of 2015 it became clear that Bonver’s third driver, Polish racer Robert Szustkowski, has to cancel his participation for the 2016 Dakar due to health problems. For Tomas Vratny, team chief of the Bonver-Tatra Team a challenge to find a new driver as soon as possible. “It’s [...]

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Thursday, January 7, 2016
The second part of the marathon stage (no assistance allowed during last night)
Stage 5 -SAN SALVADOR DE JUJUY – UYUNI
Special stage: 327 km
Total: 642 km
Today, the frontier with Bolivia was crossed. The stage is high in the mountains with thin air. Lowest point is 3750 m, highest point nearly 4750 m. One [...]

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Ales on yesterday’s technical problems due to which he had to withdraw from the race …
Ales Loprais and his expression of the Dakar 2016 …
“I apologize to everyone for communications lockout caused by spending the night in the bonding stage at an altitude of 4000 meters above sea level, without the possibility of regular communication [...]

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