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One of the toughest races in the world, the Dakar Rally kicked off in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. This year, up to 7 teams from Lithuania are participating.
The athletes, “warmed up” in the 11 km long prologue, gathered on the starting podium, where they were greeted with a pleasant procedure: introduction to fans from all over the world and congratulations on the start of the Dakar.
Start podcast:
Vaidotas injury (Mini) repeated his mark jump to the podium. Real copilot Paulio Fiuza, Different to Saulius Jurgelėnas, did not make the same leap, and V.Žala knew the style of Usain Bolt.
“We are ready, we always feel good at the beginning of the rally. At least at the beginning of the rally, there really is no lack of energy,” said V. Žala.
V.Žala and P.Fiuza on the podium at the start of the Dakar:
Benedict Vanagas (Toyota) raised a flag with Vytis on the Dakar podium. Your co-pilot Filipe Palmeiro He found time to display the flags of both Portugal and the city of Portalegre.
B.Vanag and F. Palmeiro on the podium at the start of the Dakar:
Dakar legend Antanas Juknevičius with By Darius Vaičiulis (Toyota) together unfurled the Lithuanian flag on the podium and found time for an ordinary person. Before leaving the podium, D.Vaičiulis was still holding the flag with Vytis.
A.Juknevičius and D.Vaičiulis on the podium at the start of the Dakar:
Gintas Petrus (Optimus MD) appeared on the podium with the new Portuguese partner Jose Marquesu. It is true that the transmission directors did not update their information and assured that the navigator of G. Petraus is Povilas Valaitis. Unfortunately, the latter had to cancel his trip to Dakar after a positive coronavirus test.
G.Petrus and J.Marques on the podium at the start of the Dakar:
Arūnas Gelažninkas this year he rides a KTM motorcycle in the “lonely” class of the Dakar. The Lithuanian not only displayed the country’s flag on the podium, but also spoke in his mother tongue.
“Congratulations to Lithuania and to all Lithuanians!” Said A. Gelažninkas, taking the microphone in his hands.
A.Gelažninkas on the starting podium:
The first of the Lithuanians appeared on the podium Laisvydas Kancius (Yamaha). He became the first Lithuanian in history to start in the Dakar ATV class.
L. Kancius on the Dakar podium begins:
I had to wait longer for my performance. Edvin Juškauskas and Aisvydas Paliukėnas (Toyota). It’s only in the evening, around 7:40 pm local time, after other class leaders had a chance to take the podium. The Lithuanians raised the flag with Vytis.
E.Juškauskas and A.Paliukėnas on the Dakar podium start:
Sportas.lt visitor forecast:
This year in Dakar, athletes will have to complete 12 more stages without a prologue. A distance of 7776 km awaits them, of which 4778 km will be speed sections.
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