The classic category of Dakar The Spanish ruled it doubly. In the end goal of Shubaytahthe great dominance of Carlos Santaolalla and Jan Rosa i Viñas in general Dakar Classicwhile the ‘Pink Elephant’, the truck Rafael Lesmes, Tabatha Romon and Albert Casabonawas 9th fastest among all classic cars and finished as the winner of the classic truck class.
Santaolalla and Jan Rosa won their second consecutive title in cars, as did the Spanish crew of TH-Trucks trucks, who already won their category last year.
The Catalan formation, consisting of the driver from Barcelona and the young co-driver from Girona, reunited after a mechanical problem in the first week, they came back to return to the first position quickly and kept the first place with an iron hand during the final part of the rally.
In this way, they finished the regularity rally with 586 points, surpassing Lorenzo Traglio, their great rival this year after the abandonment of Juan Morera, by 31 points, as the Italian finished with 617. The superiority in other rivals just finished in third place with 394 points.
Meanwhile, the Canarian Lesmes, with his Madrid co-driver and his Barcelona mechanic, finished the Dakar with 1,896 points.
The ‘Pink Elephant’ finished the test very far from the second in its class, the truck also of the Spaniards, Jaime Martínez, Nekane Abin and Raquel Peláez, classified second in the classic trucks, located in the 38th scratch position in Dakar Classic.
Source: La Verdad
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