Nikolaev win Dakar stage 8, De Rooy keep overall lead 13.01.2014: Dakar 2014 Stage 8 Salta Uyuni -Calama January 13th, 2014 17:41 Trucks: Top 6 in the general standings after stage 8

 Dakar 2014  Stage 8
Salta Uyuni -Calama
January 13th, 2014




17:41 Trucks: Top 6 in the general standings after stage 8

Gerard De Rooy is controlling the race: for the last four stages his lead has remained stable, slightly more than half an hour. It does not necessarily guarantee him outright victory, but always well placed, this evening the Dutchman boasts a lead of 32’35' over Andrey Karginov.


Eduard Nikolaev in third place trails De Rooy by 1:12’01'. He will have to keep an eye on the possible comeback of fourth placed Dmitry Sotnikov (1:23’26' behind the general standings leader), the firebrand of team Kamaz’s young generation.


Trailing De Rooy by 1:48’27', Ales Loprais is the best placed Tatra driver, and is 7 minutes ahead of the Iveco driven by Hans Stacey.



17:32 Trucks: Podium finishes confirmed


Karginov (Kamaz), De Rooy (Iveco) and Sotnikov (Kamaz) are indeed the day’s podium finishers. Ales Loprais (Tatra) has climbed into fourth place, 8’00” behind Karginov, and 33 seconds ahead of Pieter Versluis (Man).


Marcel van Vliet (Man) is sixth, 9’02' behind the stage winner, in front of Anton Shibalov (Kamaz) and Eduard Nikolaev (Kamaz), respectively 11’32' and 14’08' behind their victorious team-mate.



17:22 Trucks: Karginov seems to have won

With a lead of 5’15' over Gerard De Rooy, Andrey Karginov has won the day’s special and is heading to the bivouac in Calama. Dmitry Sotnikov finished 6’55' behind his team-mate, but Pieter Versluis has not yet finished, so the podium is purely provisional for the moment.


16:53 Trucks: Karginov still leads after 211 km

Russian Andrey Karginov (Kamaz) is still in command of the special stage with a lead of 3’33' over the Iveco driven by Gerard De Rooy. His countryman and team-mate Dmitri Sotnikov occupies third place, 4’28' behind, followed by close to a full minute by the Man truck of Dutchman Pieter Versleuis.


The third Kamaz in the top 5, driven by Eduard Nikolaev, lies in fifth place ahead of Marcel Van Vliet and Ales Loprais, respectively 5’50' and 6’16' behind the stage leader.



15:35 Trucks: Still Karginov after 138 km

 Russian Kamaz driver Andrey Karginov leads the special by 1’31' over the Iveco driven by Gerard De Rooy, and 1’59' over Pieter Versluis (Man). Dmitri Sotnikov (Kamaz) is fourth, 2’08' behind his team-mate, in front of Ales Loprais (Tatra). The Czech driver is 3’05' behind the stage leader.




14:59 Trucks: Top 6 within 32 seconds after 44 km

Andrey Karginov is the quickest so far, with a time of 23’41' over 44 Km, 10 seconds ahead of the Iveco driven by Gerard De Rooy, which in turn is neck and neck with Marcel Van Vliet’s Man truck!


Ales Loprais is in fourth, 12” behind Karginov’s Kamaz. In fifth, Pieter Versluis (Man) is 21” behind the leader and Sotnikov is sixth, 32' behind Karginov.


14:03 Trucks: The trucks start the special

Eduard Nikolaev is opening the way for the trucks today. He started at 1.58 PM local time for 302 km against the clock.



Dakar stage 8 result top5


1    500    NIKOLAEV (RUS), YAKOVLEV (RUS), RYBAKOV (RUS)    KAMAZ    13:58:00
       
2    549    SOTNIKOV (RUS), MIZYUKAEV (RUS), AFERIN (RUS)    KAMAZ    14:00:00
       
3    501    DE ROOY (NLD), COLSOUL (BEL), RODEWALD (NLD)    IVECO    14:02:00
       
4    505    VERSLUIS (NLD), DAMEN (BEL), SCHUURMANS (NLD)    MAN    14:04:00
       
5    504    LOPRAIS (CZE), BRUYNKENS (BEL), PUSTEJOVSKY (CZE)    TATRA    14:06:00   



Overall standings after stage 8


1    501    DE ROOY (NLD), COLSOUL (BEL), RODEWALD (NLD)    IVECO    028:21:42        00:00:00


2    506    KARGINOV (RUS), MOKEEV (RUS), DEVYATKIN (RUS)    KAMAZ    028:59:32    00:37:50    00:00:00


3    500    NIKOLAEV (RUS), YAKOVLEV (RUS), RYBAKOV (RUS)    KAMAZ    029:24:50    01:03:08    00:00:00


4    549    SOTNIKOV (RUS), MIZYUKAEV (RUS), AFERIN (RUS)    KAMAZ    029:43:28    01:21:46    00:00:00


5    507    STACEY (NLD), RUF (DEU), DER KINDEREN (NLD)    IVECO    030:07:02    01:45:20    00:00:00


 
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