Dakar 2015: those people you need to follow in week 2
Posted on 11-01-2015 at 13:05 by JordyS – 23 Comments”
One more week, then we will know which riders Dakar 2015 have won. The differences are bridgeable, but there are also English who still have a chance at a nice cologne?
Cars
Nasser Al-Attiyah is this year’s unstoppable in his MINI and seems to be well on the way to his second Dakar title. However, we also see two Dutch people who are continuously in the best ten riders have established: Bernhard ten Brinke (5th) and Erik van Loon (6th). The gentlemen have a backlog of, respectively, 57 minutes and 1 hour and 15 minutes and should be hard to drive, they want higher finish in the final standings, so a bit of bad luck at the competition would be in the second week is not wrong.
Thus, we want nothing to do with the current ranking of the two, as everyone in the rally at the ten best ends, delivers an absolute top performance. The same goes for Maik Willems (46th) and Tom Coronel (71st), who do not participate to the top positions, but the desert until now, the boss in the house.
Trucks
Those darn Russians… In 2012, she succeeded Gerard de Rooy finally agree to them from the throne, but during this season there is no size on Airat Mardeev in KAMAZ. De Rooy (21st) and reed during the fourth stage are differential piece and ran it for hours catching up. He focuses (today for example) on dagzeges and the support of Hans Stacey (7th). Stacey is currently the best Dutchman and would be a strong marathon leg, just a bunch of (White)Russians out of the way can holds. The same applies for Marcel van Vliet, currently number 8 in the overall standings.
Engines
Motorcyclists have the first rest day behind us and may today be full again at the exit. We are curious who is there as the best out of the starting blocks, because that’s Joan Barreda Bort has only seventeen minutes ahead of defending champion Marc Coma. Hans Vogels is on the 20th place for the best Dutchman, not only for his second Dakar participation. Frans Verhoeven (25th) has some more rallies behind his name, and ordered the rest lost confidence in the second week, so keep him well in the holes.
Intermediate cars
1.Nasser Al-AttiyahMINI23u11m50s
5.Bernhard at BrinkeToyota+57m3s
6.Erik of LoonMINI+1u15m11s
46.Maik WillemsToyota+17u46m55s
71.Tom CoronelGoKoBra+82u52m11s
Intermediate trucks
1.Airat MardeevKAMAZ22u35m32s
7.Hans StaceyIVECO+1u47m43s
8.Marcel van VlietMAN+2u29m6s
10.Wuf of GinkelGINAF+3u12m35s
14.Peter van den BoschDAF+4u26m38s
15.Jos SminkGINAF+4u31m48s
16.Martin van den BrinkRenault+4u58m45s
17.Tons of GenugtenDAF+5u7m40s
20.Frits van EerdDAF+7u17m27s
21.Gerard the RooyIVECO+7u19m15s
23.Aart SchoonesDAF+8u45m20s
24.Eimbert TimmermansDAF+9u56m16s
25.Edwin of GinkelGINAF+11u07m19s
27.Pascal the BaarRenault+12u14m36s
28.Adwin HoondertDAF+15u49m56s
33.Fried of the LaarDAF+22u1m40s
35.Vick VersteijnenDAF+38u27m20s
Intermediate engines
1.Joan Barreda BortHonda21u38m35s
20.Hans VogelsKTM+2u8m10s
25.French VerhoevenYamaha+2u50m35s
42.Jurgen van den GoorberghKTM+4u58m32s
48.Jan of GervenKTM+5u36m1s
55.Sjaak MartensKTM+7u20m38s
77.Melchior of HeertumKTM+10u35m37s
82.Henno of BergeijkHusaberg+11u59m47s
87.Jasper RiezebosKTM+13u06m33s
88.Caspar of HeertumKTM+13u10m21s
89.Caspar SchellekensKTM+13u14m45s
91.Jan Bastiaan Nijen TwilhaarKTM+14u06m05s
96.Jeroen van DaeleHonda+15u18m0s
107.Erik KlompHonda+23u15m31s