Break! Gerard de Rooy wins the Dakar 2016

Posted on 16-01-2016 to 15:03 by MauritsH – 14 Comments”

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This year was The Rooy again, for the twelfth time at the start of the rally and of the rally-ready. In 2012 he managed to win, two years back it was Gerard’s second and in 2004 and 2009 was the third part. Just sent the “son of” Iveco on the finish with the gc to get to go. He drove the rally in 44 hours, 42 minutes and 3 seconds and took 2 minutes]. Still more than enough for a lead of over an hour on Kamaz driver Mardeev, who was second in the general classification.

Gerard has just finished in fourth just 6 minutes of the stage winner and cousin Hans Stacey. Mardeev was second, Villagra second, and tom van Genugten is just inside the fifth. Thus, Team de Rooy three cars in the top 5, all loses, in Van Genugten today, however, his fourth place overall on Hans Stacey.

The cars, the Frenchman Peterhansel, who in his Peugeot to the South American deserts the fastest, able to traverse. It is his sixth victory in a car, after six previous times on the engine the fastest. Small problem can be a thing that X-Raid MINI has brought against the driver by the FIA. The organization gave Jake no punishment, then MINI decided to the highest autosportorgaan. The ruling may still have some weeks to wait for…

Further, it is Nasr Al-Attiya second overall in his MINI, De Villiers is third in his Toyota Hilux. The best Dutchman Erik van Loon is on the 13th place. When the engines went to Toby Price onbedreigd with the victory to get.