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The Dakar Rally, probably the most difficult race in the world, will start in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
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 it will exceed a prologue or also 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, was second among the newcomers and surpassed 4 competitors.
In the general classification, the results were multiplied by 4, so L. Kancius’s time was 36 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!
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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 …
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Automobile accounting
In the car rankings, the prologue has probably been overtaken by a Cathar so far Nasseras Al-Attiyah (5 min. 48 sec.). The second is the Saudi corridor Yazeedas Al Rajhi (+00: 00: 08) and the third is Polish Jakubas Przygonski (+00: 00: 12).
French who started from 3rd position Stephane’as Peterhanselis (6 min. 7 sec.) It is the twelfth so far and the first to start Carlosas Sainzas – 17-as (6 min. 24 sec.)
Benediktas Vanagas and Filipe Palmeiro (Inbank Toyota Gazoo Racing Baltics, Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux)
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B.Vanagas (6 min. 11 sec.) He reached the end of the prologue. So far, the Lithuanian, who started from 21st position, occupies 16th position and is 23 seconds behind leader N.Al-Attiyah.
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 so far it ranks 15th.
1:57 pm Antanas Juknevičius Darius Vaičiulis (KREDA, Toyota Hilux Overdrive OTB)
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14.21 val. Gintas Petrus Jose Marquesas (“Petrus Kombucha Team”, Optimus EVO 3)
14.34 Edvinas Juškauskas and Aisvydas Paliukėnas (Heston Airlines Team Pitlane, Toyota Hilux Gazoo Racing)
As the co-driver of A. Juknevičius said Darius Vaičiulis, most of the track surface will be made of gravel, sand can be sprinkled in some places. Participants should take between 9 and 10 minutes on the track.
A podium ceremony will take 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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