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On Saturday the Dakar Rally started in Saudi Arabia, probably the most difficult race in the world.
Today, the participants of the car class are Lithuanians. Benedict’s Hawk, Vaidotas injury, Antanas Juknevičius, Gintas Petrus, Edvinas Juškauskas, motorcyclist Arūnas Gelažninkas and racing with an ATV Laisvydas Kancius exceeded the prologue or known as zero speed range.
After this section of 11 km of speed, in the first section of speed tomorrow, the participants will be classified not according to their starting numbers, but according to how they appeared in the prologue, so the result is very important in it.
The prologue and the results of the Lithuanian participants begin:
ATV classification
Laisvydas Kancius (“Story Racing”, Yamaha Raptor 700)
L. Kancius was only the second Dakar participant to start the prologue, but the first to reach the finish line. The Lithuanian covered 11 km in 9 minutes. 13 sec. and 1 minute from French leader Alexandre Giroud. 38 sec. L. Kancius took the 12th position in the ATV rankings, but received a 5 minute penalty and is 14th after the prologue.
In the general classification, the results were multiplied by 4, so that the time of L. Kancius was 56 minutes. 52 sec. The prologue was won by the French Alexandre Giroud (30:20), beating the Argentine Manuel Andujar (30:24) and the Polish Kamil Wisniewski (30:36).
“Okay, the technology is working! Maybe there was too much stress, complicated navigation, millions of roads, bushes, degrees … It seems there had to be a short stretch of speed, simple, but I’m afraid I made a mistake and I’ve asked for a point. I had to turn around, I still broke the circle. But it’s fiction anyway, you can ride, “said L. Kancius. “Maybe after a kilometer I caught up with a Dane who was wandering through the meadows and he passed with joy. It was an honor to open the route.”
Woohoo! Wonderful and with those words Laisvydas explodes at the end of the prologue!
Posted by iGo2Dakar on Sat Jan 2, 2021
Motorcycle credit
Arūnas Gelažninkas (Zigmas Dakar Team, Rally KTM 450 replica)
A.Gelažninkas covered the distance of 11 km in 7 minutes. 20 sec. and was ranked 42nd among motorcyclists among the 101 finalists. The Lithuanian was 1 minute behind Spanish leader Ricky Brabec (6 min. 1 sec.). 19 sec.
“The start was rocky, so I drove very calmly. In the second part, I drove a little faster and warmed up, and tomorrow will be the main job. Now the important thing was not to stay in great power so as not to have a lot of dust. There were really places on the road when I pressed, and now I will return to the bivouac and after about an hour I will be on the podium, ”said A. Gelažninkas.
Arūnas Gelažninkas at the end of the prologue! The beginning was rocky, in the second part there was nowhere to go. # iGo2Dakar # iGo2DakarMedia …
Posted by iGo2Dakar on Sat Jan 2, 2021
Automobile accounting
In the automobile classification, the prologue was probably overtaken by a Cathar Nasseras Al-Attiyah (5 min 48 sec. And South African runner Brianas Baragwanathas, having shown the same time. Of them 8 sec. lagged behind and third position was won by the Saudi runner Yazeedas Al Rajhi.
French who started from 3rd position Stephane’as Peterhanselis (6 min. 7 sec.) It was the 15th and the first to start Carlosas Sainzas – 28-as (6 min. 24 sec.)
Benediktas Vanagas and Filipe Palmeiro (Inbank Toyota Gazoo Racing Baltics, Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux)
B.Vanagas (6 min. 11 sec.) He reached the end of the prologue. The Lithuanian, who started from the 21st position, occupied the 20-21st position and was 23 seconds behind the leader N.Al-Attiyah.
“I got to know the car completely new. Although we are testing it, we did not have such fast and winding places as much in Lithuania as here during testing. A whole new feeling, the speed was enough, but we weren’t entirely foolish and had no goal of winning the speed section. From what I see, we should start tomorrow quite comfortably, ”Vanagas said.
P20. According to plan .. Conservative / fast. I didn’t know the car … In a good way. We had no such conditions when we tested, here …
Posted by Benediktas Vanagas on Saturday, January 2, 2021
Prologue – done. Look at their results, it looks like a classic rally race would take place. The TOP 20 distinguishes only a few …
Posted by Benediktas Vanagas on Saturday, January 2, 2021
Vaidotas Damage and Paulo Fuiza (Agrorodeo, Mini John Cooper Works Rally)
The second of the Lithuanians came to V.Žala, whose time was better than B.Vanags – 6 min. 8 sec. V.Žala was 20 seconds behind leader N.Al-Attiyah. and is still 18-19, with Giniel De Villiers just seconds behind. V. Žala was only 1 second behind S. Peterhansel.
“It just came to our knowledge then. It’s good to have trained in Zarasai on two wheels. It was a soft place, with a lot of trees outside, so we rode on two wheels and dismantled the rear wheel. There was room to the trees and drove anyway. The warm-up quite intense, I hope we drive tomorrow, it will be a faster speed section, because now there were many emotions, both you want to fly and you do not want to start. We are not mistaken, the co-pilot did not deceive me anywhere, everything is fine “. .
Everything is fine. We have experience riding two wheels😁 Agrorodeo Šiaulių bankas Motul Lithuania Bunasta Alterna auto UAB Švenčių studija Klaipėdos LEZ Nosted & UAB
Posted by Vaidotas Žala – Agrorodeo Racing on Saturday, January 2, 2021
It is good that we had a two-wheel driving training at Zarasai😁 Prologue – 19. We are waiting for the first …
Posted by Vaidotas Žala – Agrorodeo Racing on Saturday, January 2, 2021
Antanas Juknevičius Darius Vaičiulis (KREDA, Toyota Hilux Overdrive OTB)
A.Juknevičius also reached the goal of the prologue, which was 1 minute behind leader N.Al-Attiyah. 24 sec. and covered the distance of 11 km in 7 min. 12 sec. ranks 48th.
“We were waiting, we were waiting and this is where it started,” said D.Vaičiulis, co-driver of A. Juknevičius. “We had an easy adventure right before the start – we turned on the microphones and we couldn’t hear each other. I had to quickly get out, find a knife, and unplug the spare cables.”
“We started with slight stress, but 10 kilometers fun. It’s fun and easy, “said A. Juknevičius.” This track was fun, it’s a shame it didn’t make it to testing. There were many turns, in fast places, in places you have to rest well, there were pebbles. Only 10 kilometers, tomorrow it will be the same and 400. It is barely warming up here. Here is a drop in the ocean, it will have to spend 7 thousand. kilometers, so 10 kilometers is just a small drop. You just don’t have to make money. “
Pitak and a tank full of happiness! 💪 # Dakar2021 has started! With some of those adventures already at the beginning, more videos …
Posted by Antanas Juknevičius on Saturday, January 2, 2021
Gintas Petrus Jose Marquesas (“Petrus Kombucha Team”, Optimus EVO 3)
G.Petrus also reached the finish line in the prologue (7 min. 58 sec.), Which was 2 min behind the leader. 10 sec. and ranks 57th.
After the finale, iGo2Dakar announced that G. Petra’s buggy has problems: a fan is not working and the engine is heating up.
Edvinas Juškauskas and Aisvydas Paliukėnas (Heston Airlines Team Pitlane, Toyota Hilux Gazoo Racing)
E.Juškauskas, who started from 54th position, covered 11 km in 6 minutes. 44 sec. and finished in 41st position and even surpassed A. Juknevičius.
Prologue passed. 41 position. Quiet, safe and secure. #HestonAirlines #teamPitlane LENDERS #Picklinika
Posted by Edvinas Juškauskas on Saturday, January 2, 2021
A podium ceremony also takes place after this speed section.
2021 286 riders participate in Dakar: 103 motorcyclists, 16 quadricycles, 66 cars and 57 buggies and 44 trucks. In total, they will have to overcome 12 speed sections, and the first will take place on January 3 and will be 277 km long. The participants of the entire Dakar will have to travel 7646 kilometers in the sand dunes of Saudi Arabia, of which 4767 kilometers will be
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