in the truck category, Russia’s Andrey Karginov seized his second stage win. The 12th rider to start this morning (after yesterday’s mishaps) beat Brazil’s André de Azevedo by 20:14 minutes and the Netherlands’ Hans Stacey by 22:09. The Dutchman was shadowed by his teammates Miki Biasion and Gerard de Rooy.
No changes in the overall classification, where Gerard de Rooy still leads with a 53:16 margin over Stacey. Kazakhstan’s Artur Ardavichus, 01:48:25 hours back in third, drove defensively to ensure Kamaz will place at least one of their trucks on the final podium of the 2012 edition.
Russia’s Andrey Karginov seized his second stage win. The 12th rider to start this morning (after yesterday’s mishaps) beat Brazil’s André de Azevedo (Tatra) by 20:14 minutes and the Netherlands’ Hans Stacey by 22:09. The Dutchman was shadowed by his teammates Miki Biasion and Gerard de Rooy.
No changes in the overall classification, where Gerard de Rooy still leads with a 53:16 margin over Stacey. Kazakhstan’s Artur Ardavichus, 01:48:25 hours back in third, drove defensively to ensure Kamaz will place at least one of their trucks on the final podium of the 2012 edition. Tatras are now seventh and eighth overall.
OVERALL:
| Pos. |
N° |
Nom |
Marque |
Temps |
écart |
Pénalité |
|
502 |
|
IVECO
|
20:49:45 |
- |
- |
|
505 |
|
IVECO
|
21:43:01 |
00:53:16 |
- |
|
533 |
|
KAMAZ
|
22:38:10 |
01:48:25 |
- |
|
509 |
|
KAMAZ
|
01:52:05 |
05:02:20 |
- |
|
523 |
|
KAMAZ
|
01:53:49 |
05:04:04 |
- |
|
511 |
|
IVECO
|
03:24:36 |
06:34:51 |
- |
|
547 |
|
TATRA
|
03:43:00 |
06:53:15 |
- |
|
513 |
|
TATRA
|
04:33:32 |
07:43:47 |
- |
|
508 |
|
HINO
|
07:25:54 |
10:36:09 |
- |
|
534 |
|
MAN
|
08:00:35 |
11:10:50 |
- |
“The guys are in hospital for observation. Petr Almáši suffered a concussion and an injury on the side of his head, and Aleš [Loprais] has a broken vertebra. But the doctors here – as well as Czech doctors who saw the x-rays – say the injuries are not that serious, and I hope that both will be out of the hospital in the coming days or maybe a week or so.”
Full story: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/czech-truck-crew-drops-out-of-dakar-rally-after-accident
The TATRA 815 2T0R45 „Livescore“ special racing truck prepared in a close cooperation with TATRA developers beat all competitors including MAN and Scania trucks. Tomáš Tomeček proved again there is no question about TATRA trucks being unbeatable in demanding off-road conditions. Hard roads in the desert, metalled roads, wadis, broken stony areas, “camel grass”, soft sand, endless or steep sand dunes, in all these conditions the TATRA was the quickest truck to drive and it arrived safe at the Pink Lake in Dakar. The Letka Racing Team represented the TATRA brand in the best possible way and pointed out again an efficient design and careful work of all the TATRA staff. Along with Tomeček’s special truck, the Tatra 815 Dakar “Asistence 4×4” truck and two Balai trucks were able to cope with the extremely difficult African terrain and reached the finish; these trucks provided their services and background to many competitors during the whole race.The TATRA’s victory feels even greater as the Letka Racing Team, in the total ranking with no difference in categories, reached Dakar as the second vehicle of all. The TATRA beat a plenty of world-famous racers knowing the Dakar Rally very well, which shows how difficult the off-road conditions were. Our congratulations go to the Letka Racing Team and especially to Tomáš Tomeček!
The winner of the fourth year of the Euro-African Eco Race 2012 in the truck category is the Letka Racing Team. Tomáš Tomeček and his co-driver Vojtěch Morávek, a navigator, have repeated their last year´s victory.The TATRA 815 2T0R45 „Livescore“ special racing truck prepared in a close cooperation with TATRA developers beat all competitors including MAN and Scania trucks. Tomáš Tomeček proved again there is no question about TATRA trucks being unbeatable in demanding off-road conditions. Hard roads in the desert, metalled roads, wadis, broken stony areas, “camel grass”, soft sand, endless or steep sand dunes, in all these conditions the TATRA was the quickest truck to drive and it arrived safe at the Pink Lake in Dakar. The Letka Racing Team represented the TATRA brand in the best possible way and pointed out again an efficient design and careful work of all the TATRA staff. Along with Tomeček’s special truck, the Tatra 815 Dakar “Asistence 4×4” truck and two Balai trucks were able to cope with the extremely difficult African terrain and reached the finish; these trucks provided their services and background to many competitors during the whole race.
The TATRA’s victory feels even greater as the Letka Racing Team, in the total ranking with no difference in categories, reached Dakar as the second vehicle of all. The TATRA beat a plenty of world-famous racers knowing the Dakar Rally very well, which shows how difficult the off-road conditions were.
The TATRA 815 2T0R45 „Livescore“ special racing truck prepared in a close cooperation with TATRA developers beat all competitors including MAN and Scania trucks. Tomáš Tomeček proved again there is no question about TATRA trucks being unbeatable in demanding off-road conditions. Hard roads in the desert, metalled roads, wadis, broken stony areas, “camel grass”, soft
sand, endless or steep sand dunes, in all these conditions the TATRA was the quickest truck to drive and it arrived safe at the Pink Lake in Dakar.
The Letka Racing Team represented the TATRA brand in the best possible way and pointed out again an efficient design and careful work of all the TATRA staff. Along with Tomeček’s special truck, the Tatra 815 Dakar “Asistence 4×4” truck and two Balai trucks were able to cope with the extremely difficult African terrain and reached the finish; these trucks provided their services and background to many competitors during the whole race.The TATRA’s victory feels even greater as the Letka Racing Team, in the total ranking with no difference in categories, reached Dakar as the second vehicle of all. The TATRA beat a plenty of world-famous racers knowing the Dakar Rally very well, which shows how difficult the off-road conditions were. Our congratulations go to the Letka Racing Team and especially to Tomáš Tomeček!
The winner of the fourth year of the Euro-African Eco Race 2012 in the truck category is the Letka Racing Team. Tomáš Tomeček and his co-driver Vojtěch Morávek, a navigator, have repeated their last year´s victory.The TATRA 815 2T0R45 „Livescore“ special racing truck prepared in a close cooperation with TATRA developers beat all competitors including MAN and Scania trucks. Tomáš Tomeček proved again there is no question about TATRA trucks being unbeatable in demanding off-road conditions. Hard roads in the desert, metalled roads, wadis, broken stony areas, “camel grass”, soft sand, endless or steep sand dunes, in all these conditions the TATRA was the quickest truck to drive and it arrived safe at the Pink Lake in Dakar. The Letka Racing Team represented the TATRA brand in the best possible way and pointed out again an efficient design and careful work of all the TATRA staff. Along with Tomeček’s special truck, the Tatra 815 Dakar “Asistence 4×4” truck and two Balai trucks were able to cope with the extremely difficult African terrain and reached the finish; these trucks provided their services and background to many competitors during the whole race.
The TATRA’s victory feels even greater as the Letka Racing Team, in the total ranking with no difference in categories, reached Dakar as the second vehicle of all. The TATRA beat a plenty of world-famous racers knowing the Dakar Rally very well, which shows how difficult the off-road conditions were.
We are all sad about the Loprais crash, overtiredness the reason of the Loprais crash. Last year, the Milan Holan designed T 815 with front bonnet, officially named the Jamal, but in fact had nothing to do with the T 163 Jamal. It was designed for a better weight distibution and improved comfort and safety for the crew. It was succesfull from its start. It won the Dakar Series, a Dakar event. At the real Dakar, it proved the only match for the dominant Team de Rooy.
Information on the Dakar news has come from several websites like Dakar.com, Loprais.cz, rtlgp.nl, motorsport.com, eurosport.com to name a few.
More crash photos on:
http://loprais.cz/loprais/index.php?obsah=zobraz&id_clanku=802
With Loprais out, the Team de Rooij dominant and leader Gerard de Rooij taking no risks with winning the Dakar in sight, Tatra are still in the top 10 overaal. Martin Kolomy is 7th, Andre de Azavedo 10th.