The second edition of the Dakar in Latin America finished with a podium and award ceremony where the drivers and teams of 88 bikes, 14 quads, 57 cars and 28 trucks were celebrated. Blue was the color of the day with Cyril Despres winning his third Dakar whilst Argentine rider Marcos Patronelli won in the quad category. In the car category, Carlos Sainz won the rally raid after a tough and close battle with Nasser Al Attiyah. On the truck side, the road was much clearer for Vladimir Chagin, who lined up the records in this year’s edition: he equated the record number of Dakar victories of Karel Loprais with a sixth victory in the truck category.
It was actually an interesting Dakar, AlAtiyyah gave us a sport lesson, Humble guy, quick and determined to win the race. Sadly, it is not the case of his colleague and winner of the race Carlos Sainz, he showed frustration and bad spirit during the last days, blocking the road to AlAtiyyah during SS13.
Alattiyah really deserves to win the race but finished 2nd, few minutes behind Sainz.
As for the truck category Chagin was lighting fast, the Kamaz was absolutely untouchable.
I enjoyed the great sceneries during the awesome Dakar. Thanks Elie for this article.
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Alattiyah really deserves to win the race but finished 2nd, few minutes behind Sainz.
As for the truck category Chagin was lighting fast, the Kamaz was absolutely untouchable.
I enjoyed the great sceneries during the awesome Dakar.
Thanks Elie for this article.