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Jan 4, 2025 at 9:26 a.m.
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The competitors of this 47e edition of the Dakar have carried out, this Friday January 3the prologue from the 2025 vintage.
On the program, a 79 km appetizer including 29 timed sectors on very fast tracks as Christian Lavieille pointed out on his social networks: “This prologue was very fast, it was flat out everywhere, we thought we were better, we lacked a little traction. We are going to make some adjustments to the car. »
The first MD Rallye Sport driver 31st overall
In the T1.2 category (4X2 prototype off-road cars), it's the Spanish Laia Sanzeleven Dakars on motorcycles, who leads the debates ahead of three MD Rallye Sport drivers. In the second row, we find Simon Vitse right in front Pierre Lachaume (who replaced Jean-Pierre Strugo) and Christian Lavieille.
In this category with seventeen entries, we find the ten official Optimus MD. In the general classification, the first MD driver is 31st, 1'43 behind the leader of the day, the South African Henk Lategan (Toyota).
Stage 1 this Saturday
In the truck race, very good warm-up for Quettrevillais Alexandre Lemeray (Normandy Racing Solutions) who ranks 26e of this prologue almost 8′ from the head. A classification which only aims to give the starting orders of thestep 1 which will begin this Saturday January 4.
Ranking
Prologue: 1. Lategan-Cummings (AFS-Toyota) 15'28''; 2. Ekström-Bergkvist (SWE-Ford) at 1''; 3. Al-Attiyah-Boulanger (QAT-Dacia) at 20''; 31. Vitse-Delfino M (FRA-Optimus) at 1'43''; 33. Lachaume-Crespo (FRA-Optimus) at 1'53''; 37. Lavieille-Sarreaud (FRA-Optimus) at 2'03''; 40. Amos-Ceci (ITA-Optimus) at 2'17''; 42. Ceccaldi-Delfino D (FRA-Optimus) at 2'34''; 44. Bergounhe-Larroque (FRA-Optimus) at 2'41''; 45. Thomasse-Brucy (FRA-Optimus) at 2'45''; 46. Gherardi-Costes (FRA-Optimus) at 2'47''; 48. Jubany-Sola (ESP-Optimus) at 3'10''; 50. Petrus-Leskauskas (LIT-Optimus) at 3'19''; 52. Cambier-Delacour (FRA-Optimus) at 3'20''; 56. Moilet-Imschoot (FRA-Optimus) at 3'39''; 57. Balocchi-Pes (FRA-Optimus) at 4'03''.
A real start which will have the competitors sailing around Bisha, but this time over a distance of 499 km including 413 timed sector. A varied special where the numerous intersections should give sailors a headache.
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