Dakar update: Dutch truckers supreme

Posted on 08-01-2016 at 21:55 by Dizono – 31 Comments”

Today was the fight for the victory in the sixth stage between two Dutchmen, who in the end, only seven seconds of each other managed to finish the race. Also the top 10 in the tussenklassemend is striking ‘orange’, with a fellow countryman at the top spot.

It was an exciting day for the fans of the Dutch heavyweights in the Dakar 2016. After the first checkpoint of Stage 6 went to Gerard de Rooy in his Iveco exceeds the management, while Hans Stacey the seventh meantime, let denote. The Day went almost the entire day in the lead, but in the course of the day was Stacey getting closer and closer. Eventually he explained the course seven seconds faster than Gerard de Rooy.

Hans Stacey and team-mate Peter Versluis, who finished third today, thus have plenty of time up at the Argentine Villagra (Iveco, a team-mate of De Rooy) and are now on the respectively first and second place in the overall standings. Among themselves, the difference is less than a minute, while Villagra and De Rooy (position 4) on, respectively, four and vijfenhalve minute. Behind the Kamaz of Mardeev (5), the Tatra of Kolomy (6) and the Kamaz of Nikolaev (7). The top 10 is complemented by the Dutch Tom van Genugten (8, Iveco), Pascal de Baar (9, Renault) and Maruik van den Heuvel (10, Scania).

Loeb loses the lead

The cars is Erik van Loon meanwhile, the top 10 has failed and has Sebastian Loeb, despite his three stage victories, the lead no longer in the hands. That is for fellow Peugeot driver Peterhansel, with a lead of 27 seconds. On three also a Peugeot: Sainz on a little 6 minutes. The first MINI and Toyota, we take on place four and five, respectively, a quarter and half an hour from the leading Peugeot.

Unfortunately the yesterday best spot (eighth place overall) Dutch team, Bernhard ten Brinke and navigator Tom Colsoul, failed because their car is fifteen kilometres from the finish fully afbrande. Five kilometres before they were lek and the reverse wheel in the cargo area of the Toyota Pickup in the fire that followed The flames spread so quickly that put out nothing out could get.