Russia (bbabo.net), - The Dakar rally marathon ended on Friday. The pilots had to overcome the distance of the special stage lasting 164 km. The finish line was held in Jeddah, and Dmitry Sotnikov from the KAMAZ-master team finished first in the truck classification, becoming the winner in the overall classification.
His result is 41 hours 37 minutes 34 seconds. The second place was taken by Eduard Nikolaev, who lost almost 10 minutes to the winner. Third place went to Anton Shibalov (+1 hour 11 minutes and 11 seconds).
For Sotnikov, this is the first victory at the Dakar. Previously, he twice became the second.
In the car category, Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah won his fourth career victory ahead of France's Sebastien Loeb.
In the overall standings of riders who competed on ATVs, there was no equal to the Frenchman Alexander Giroud, and among motorcyclists the British racer Sam Sunderland excelled.
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