Dakar 2017 Stage 7

Following the cancellation of stage 6 on the eve of the rest day, persistent bad weather conditions forced the race directors to change the course of stage 7 from La Paz to Uyuni. A new course was designed and a new road book was drafted during the rest day.

The new course is an unprecedented combination of the original routes of stages 6 and 7. Today’s 161 km special will mainly take place on sandy terrain, sandwiched between a 400 km link section and another one 240 km long. The special starts at 10 am, with the first motorcycles expected to reach the Uyuni bivouac at 3.30 pm.

Following the cancellation of stage 6 on the eve of the rest day, persistent bad weather conditions forced the race directors to change the course of stage 7 from La Paz to Uyuni.  A new course was designed and a new road book was drafted during the rest day.

Today’s new course is an unprecedented combination of the original routes of stages 6 and 7.  Today’s 161 km special will mainly take place on sandy terrain, sandwiched between a 400 km link section and another one 240 km long.  The special started at 10 am, with the first motorcycles expected to reach the Uyuni bivouac at 3.30 pm.

The Tatras did not well today, Kolomy finishing 11th and Loprais 16th.

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	variation	Penalty
	513	SOTNIKOV (RUS) AKHMADEEV (RUS) LEONOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	01:41:35	-	-
	507	VAN GENUGTEN (NLD) VAN LIMPT (NLD) DER KINDEREN (NLD)	IVECO	01:44:26	00:02:51	-
	502	VILLAGRA (ARG) YACOPINI (ARG) TORLASCHI (ARG)	IVECO	01:45:12	00:03:37	-
	500	DE ROOY (NLD) TORRALLARDONA (ESP) RODEWALD (POL)	IVECO	01:46:00	00:04:25	-
	511	VIAZOVICH (BLR) HARANIN (BLR) ZHYHULIN (BLR)	MAZ	01:46:57	00:05:22	-
	504	STACEY (NLD) VAN DER VAET (BEL) KUPPER (NLD)	MAN	01:48:45	00:07:10	-
	505	NIKOLAEV (RUS) YAKOVLEV (RUS) RYBAKOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	01:49:34	00:07:59	-
	501	MARDEEV (RUS) BELYAEV (RUS) SVISTUNOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	01:49:40	00:08:05	-
	515	SHIBALOV (RUS) AMATYCH (RUS) ROMANOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	01:49:58	00:08:23	-
	510	DE BAAR (NLD) ROESINK (NLD) DE GRAAFF (NLD)	RENAULT TRUCKS	01:50:53	00:09:18	-
	508	KOLOMY (CZE) KILIAN (CZE) KILIAN (CZE)	TATRA	01:51:18	00:09:43	-
	518	MACIK (CZE) TOMASEK (CZE) MRKVA (CZE)	LIAZ	01:52:56	00:11:21	-
	516	SUGAWARA (JPN) SUGIURA (JPN)	HINO	01:56:39	00:15:04	-
	509	VERSLUIS (NLD) KLEIN (DEU) PRONK (NLD)	MAN	01:57:24	00:15:49	-
	533	VISHNEUSKI (BLR) NOVIKAU (BLR) NEVIAROVICH (BLR)	MAZ	01:57:33	00:15:58	-
	503	LOPRAIS (CZE) STROSS (CZE) TOMANEK (CZE)	TATRA	02:02:56	00:21:21	-
	522	VASILEVSKI (BLR) VIKHRENKA (BLR) ZAPAROSHCHANKA (BLR)	MAZ	02:10:39	00:29:04	-