The best of 2017 Dakar Edition
Best Of Dakar 2017 by Dakar
For its 39th edition, the Dakar gave us an unbelievable show and some wonderful landscapes. From Asunción (Paraguay) to Buenos Aires (Argentina) through Bolivia, the competitors had to face many obstacles and 8000 kilometres to win the supreme title.
This year the weather forecast conditions did not facilitate easy organisation of the races. Indeed, routes often had to be modified or cancelled.
Final Ranking 2017:
On the sports side, we can celebrate the first success of Sam Sunderland on motorcycle.
Motorcycles:
- United Kingdom : Sam Sunderland – KTM – 32 h 06 min 22 s
- Austria: Matthias Walkner – KTM – 32 h 38 min 22 s
- Spain: Gerard Farrés – KTM – 32 h 42 min 02 s
And the 13th award for Stéphane Peterhansel on the rally-raid
Autos:
- France: Stéphane Peterhansel / Jean-Paul Cottret – Peugeot – 28 h 49 min 30 s
- Monaco: Daniel Elena /France: Sébastien Loeb – Peugeot – 28 h 54 min 43 s
- France: Cyril Despres / David Castera – Peugeot – 29 h 22 min 58 s
All other Dakar category winners are:
Quads:
- Russia: Sergey Karyakin – Yamaha – 39 h 18 min 52 s
- Chile: Ignacio Casale – Yamaha – 40 h 33 min 43 s
- Argentina: Pablo Copetti – Yamaha – 43 h 39 min 11 s
Trucks:
- Russia: Eduard Nikolaev / Evgeny Yakovlev / Vladimir Rybakov – KamAZ – 27 h 58 min 24 s
- Russia: Dmitry Sotnikov / Ruslan Akhmadeev / Igor Leonov – KamAZ – 28 h 17 min 22 s
- Netherlands: Gerard de Rooy / Spain: Moises Torrallardona / Poland: Darek Rodewald – Iveco – 28 h 39 min 43 s
What for 2018? Etienne Lavigne, head of the Dakar, mentioned a possible return of the course on the African continent. Would you be happy to watch the next edition takes place in Africa?
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