OFF ROAD: DAKAR 2010 / 2011 Final Results...

What a great finish for Volkswagen as well as my South African countryman, Giniel de Villiers, Alfie Cox and Mark Miller. WELL DONE guys...Here is the final standings: (read more about the DAKAR Rally at http://www.supersport.com/motorsport/off-road)

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2011 DAKAR RALLY STAGE 13 RESULTS - CARS

POS No. Name Make/Model Time Variation Penalty
1 302 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah VOLKSWAGEN/Race Touareg 3 45:16:16
2 308 Giniel De Villiers VOLKSWAGEN/Race Touareg 3 46:05:57 00:49:413 300 Carlos Sainz VOLKSWAGEN/Race Touareg 3 46:36:54 01:20:38
4 301 Stéphane Peterhansel BMW/X3 CC 47:00:04 01:43:48
5 307 Krzysztof Holowczyc BMW/X3 CC 49:27:37 04:11:21
6 304 Mark Miller VOLKSWAGEN/Race Touareg 3 50:10:58 04:54:427 313 Ricardo Leal Dos Santos BMW/X3 CC 52:06:23 06:50:07
8 312 Christian Lavieille NISSAN/Proto No 5 53:13:34 07:57:18 00:36:00
9 310 Guilherme Spinelli MITSUBISHI/Lancer Racing 53:39:53 08:23:37
10 314 Matthias Kahle SMG/Buggy BMW 60:28:12 15:11:56
11 320 Erik Van Loon MITSUBISHI/Racing Lancer 60:37:37 15:21:21
12 336 Jun Mitsuhashi TOYOTA/Land Cruiser VDJ 200 64:57:07 19:40:51
13 328 Ronan Chabot SMG/BUGGY V8 66:48:13 21:31:57 00:56:00
14 338 Marlon Koerich MITSUBISHI/Pajero 67:05:40 21:49:24
15 438 Lucio Ezequiel Alvarez SUBARU/Forester 70:27:28 25:11:12
16 333 Isabelle Patissier BUGGY/Sadev Nissan 70:52:22 25:36:06
17 319 Pascal Thomasse BUGGY MD/Optimus 71:30:43 26:14:27
18 317 Alfie Cox NISSAN/Overdrive Navara 72:00:10 26:43:54 09:00:00

19 337 Xavier Foj TOYOTA/Land Cruiser 155 72:06:09 26:49:53
20 321 Stephan Schott BMW/X3 CC 76:28:04 31:11:48
21 379 Jean-philippe Theuriot ROVER/RM 200 78:51:46 33:35:30
22 372 Yong Zhou NISSAN/Great Wall Pick Up 79:21:17 34:05:01 05:00:00
23 339 Frederic Chavigny NISSAN/Patrfinder 80:01:35 34:45:19 03:00:00
24 415 Gerald Mognier TOYOTA/Land Cruiser KDJ 120 80:59:03 35:42:47
25 354 Latrach Ammar Jorge Federico TOYOTA/Land Cruiser Prado Proto 81:24:35 36:08:19
26 346 Abdulla Alheraiz TOYOTA/Land Cruiser 120 83:25:37 38:09:21
27 384 Philippe Porcheron NISSAN/Springbok MD 84:24:52 39:08:36
28 413 Geoffrey Olholm RALLYE RAID UK/Desert Warrior 84:50:31 39:34:15 02:00:00
29 349 Koen Wauters TOYOTA/Land Cruiser VDJ 200 87:23:58 42:07:42
30 351 Fernando Leon TOYOTA/FJ Cruiser 90:44:54 45:28:38 02:00:00

2011 DAKAR RALLY STAGE 13 RESULTS - BIKES

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Time Gap to 1st Penalties
1. 16 Frans Verhoeven NL BMW 1:25:07 - -
2. 4 Helder Rodrigues P Yamaha 1:25:12 0:00:05 -
3. 33 Jean Azevedo BR KTM 1:25:26 0:00:19 -
4. 2 Cyril Despres F KTM 1:25:51 0:00:44 -
5. 1 Marc Coma E KTM 1:27:23 0:02:16 -
6. 28 Henk Knuiman NL KTM 1:27:54 0:02:47 -
7. 10 Juan Pedrero Garcia E KTM 1:28:12 0:03:05 -
8. 6 Pal Anders Ullevalseter N KTM 1:28:58 0:03:51 -
9. 21 Jacek Czachor PL KTM 1:29:45 0:04:38 -
10. 24 Miran Stanovnik SVN KTM 1:30:23 0:05:16 -

2011 DAKAR RALLY STAGE 13 RESULTS - TRUCKS

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Time Gap to 1st Penalties
1. 502 Firdaus Kabirov, Aydar Belyaev, Andrey Mokeev RUS Kamaz 1:33:25 - -
2. 500 Vladimir Chagin, Sergey Savostin, Ildar Shaysultanov RUS Kamaz 1:34:40 0:01:15 -
3. 507 Franz Echter, Detlef Ruf, Artur Klein D MAN 1:35:27 0:02:02 -
4. 503 Marcel Van Vliet, Serge Bruynkens, Bernard Der Kinderen NL MAN 1:35:45 0:02:20 -
5. 518 Ilgizar Mardeev, Vladimir Demyanenko, Ayrat Mardeev RUS Kamaz 1:37:10 0:03:45 -
6. 520 Hugo Duisters, Yvo Geusens, Marcel Van Melis B Iveco 1:38:13 0:04:48 -
7. 506 Pep Vila, Moi Torrallardona, Peter Van Eerd E Iveco 1:40:36 0:07:11 -

2011 DAKAR RALLY STAGE 13 RESULTS - QUADS

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Time Gap to 1st Penalties
1. 269 Lukasz Laskawiec PL Yamaha 1:35:00 - -
2. 253 Christophe Declerck F Polaris 1:39:11 0:04:11 -
3. 252 Alejandro Patronelli RA Yamaha 1:42:13 0:07:13 -
4. 255 Sebastian Halpern RA Yamaha 1:43:48 0:08:48 -
5. 288 Rocha Sergio La Fuente URY Yamaha 1:51:14 0:16:14 -
6. 280 Tomas Maffei RA Yamaha 1:53:27 0:18:27 -
7. 263 Pablo Copetti RA Yamaha 1:57:10 0:22:10 -
8. 276 Luciano Alfonso Gagliardi RA Yamaha 1:58:17 0:23:17 -
9. 257 Daniel Mazzucco RA AGO Pro 800 2:04:28 0:29:28 -
10. 273 Jorge Santamarina RA Honda 2:06:53 0:31:53 -
11. 268 Francisco Lopez Balart RCH Can-Am 2:16:15 0:41:15 -
12. 259 Camelia Liparoti I Yamaha 2:17:49 0:42:49 -

FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER STAGE 13 - CARS

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Time Gap to 1st Penalties
1. 302 Nasser Al-Attiyah, Timo Gottschalk QAT Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 21:16:16 - -
2. 308 Giniel De Villiers, Dirk Von Zitzewitz RSA Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 22:05:57 0:49:41 -3. 300 Carlos Sainz, Lucas Cruz E Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 22:36:54 1:20:38 -
4. 301 Stephane Peterhansel, Jean-Paul Cottret F BMW X3CC 23:00:04 1:43:48 -
5. 307 Krzysztof Holowczyc, Jean-Marc Fortin PL BMW X3CC 1:27:37 4:11:21 -
6. 304 Mark Miller, Ralph Pitchford USA Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 2:10:58 4:54:42 -7. 313 Ricardo Leal Dos Santos, Paulo Fiuza P BMW X3CC 4:06:23 6:50:07 -
8. 312 Christian Lavieille, Jean-Paul Forthomme F Nissan 5:13:34 7:57:18 0:36:00
9. 310 Guilherme Spinelli, Youssef Haddad BR Mitsubishi 5:39:53 8:23:37 -
10. 314 Matthias Kahle, Thomas Schunemann D SMG Buggy 12:28:12 15:11:56 -
11. 320 Erik Van Loon, Harmen Scholtalbers NL Mitsubishi 12:37:37 15:21:21 -
12. 336 Jun Mitsuhashi, Alain Guehennec J Toyota Land Cruiser 16:57:07 19:40:51 -
13. 328 Ronan Chabot, Gilles Pillot F SMG Buggy 18:48:13 21:31:57 0:56:00
14. 338 Marlon Koerich, Emerson Cavassin BR Mitsubishi 19:05:40 21:49:24 -
15. 438 Lucio Ezequiel Alvarez, Antonio Walter Belarde RA Subaru 22:27:28 1:11:12 -
16. 333 Isabelle Patissier, Thierry Delli Zotti F Buggy 22:52:22 1:36:06 -
17. 319 Pascal Thomasse, Pascal Larroque F Buggy MD Optimus 23:30:43 2:14:27 -
18. 317 Alfie Cox, Jurgen Schroder RSA Nissan Overdrive 0:00:10 2:43:54 9:00:0019. 337 Xavier Foj, Pablo Jaton E Toyota Land Cruiser 0:06:09 2:49:53 -
20. 321 Stephan Schott, Holm Schmidt D BMW X3CC 4:28:04 7:11:48 -
21. 379 Jean-Philippe Theuriot, Patrick Prot F Bowler 6:51:46 9:35:30 -
22. 372 Yong Zhou, Sylvain Poncet CN Great Wall 7:21:17 10:05:01 5:00:00
23. 339 Frederic Chavigny, Willy Alcaraz F Nissan 8:01:35 10:45:19 3:00:00
24. 415 Gerald Mognier, Thierry Genovini F Toyota 8:59:03 11:42:47 -
25. 354 Latrach Ammar Jorge Federico, Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagr RCH Toyota 9:24:35 12:08:19 -
26. 346 Abdulla Alheraiz, Khalid Ahmad Bilal Abdulla Alkendi UAE Toyota 11:25:37 14:09:21 -
27. 384 Philippe Porcheron, Cedric Rivet F Springbok 12:24:52 15:08:36 -
28. 413 Geoffrey Olholm, Steve Riley AUS Desert Warrior 12:50:31 15:34:15 2:00:00
29. 349 Koen Wauters, Tom De Leeuw B Toyota Land Cruiser 15:23:58 18:07:42 -
30. 351 Fernando Leon, Alvaro Leon RCH Toyota 18:44:54 21:28:38 2:00:00
31. 389 Yuande Zhou, Taiguang Du CN Mitsubishi 19:08:39 21:52:23 5:02:00
32. 355 Philippe Gosselin F Buggy MD Optimus 19:28:20 22:12:04 10:50:00
33. 340 Masahiro Terada, Kousuke Tanaka J Toyota Land Cruiser 21:18:58 0:02:42 7:00:00
34. 341 Yves Fromont, Paul Vidal F Bowler Wildcat 200 23:22:37 2:06:21 11:00:00
35. 380 Vadym Nesterchuk, Konstantin Meshcheryakov UKR Mitsubishi 1:15:48 3:59:32 15:00:00

FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER STAGE 13 - BIKES

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Time Gap to 1st Penalties
1. 1 Marc Coma E KTM 3:25:00 - -
2. 2 Cyril Despres F KTM 3:40:04 0:15:04 0:10:00
3. 4 Helder Rodrigues P Yamaha 5:05:20 1:40:20 -
4. 3 Francisco Lopez Contardo RCH Aprilia 5:34:45 2:09:45 -
5. 10 Juan Pedrero Garcia E KTM 6:32:03 3:07:03 0:04:00
6. 6 Pal Anders Ullevalseter N KTM 6:57:56 3:32:56 -
7. 33 Jean Azevedo BR KTM 7:24:38 3:59:38 0:21:00
8. 11 Ruben Faria P KTM 7:38:01 4:13:01 2:01:00
9. 15 Quinn Alexis Cody USA Honda 8:17:10 4:52:10 0:13:00
10. 21 Jacek Czachor PL KTM 9:38:41 6:13:41 -
11. 24 Miran Stanovnik SVN KTM 9:56:49 6:31:49 -
12. 7 Jonah Street USA Yamaha 10:06:15 6:41:15 0:10:00
13. 148 Daniel Gouet RCH Honda 10:36:24 7:11:24 0:02:00
14. 8 Jordi Viladoms E Yamaha 10:37:07 7:12:07 2:05:00
15. 16 Frans Verhoeven NL BMW 10:47:52 7:22:52 0:10:00
16. 47 Marek Dabrowski PL KTM 10:51:40 7:26:40 0:03:00
17. 45 Emanuel Gyenes RO KTM 11:11:14 7:46:14 0:10:00
18. 57 Javier Pizzolito RA Honda 11:23:21 7:58:21 0:22:00
19. 29 Jose Manuel Pellicer E Yamaha 11:31:43 8:06:43 0:06:00
20. 50 Mathieu Serradori F Beta 12:10:36 8:45:36 -
21. 40 Felipe Prohens RCH Honda 12:17:44 8:52:44 0:50:00
22. 28 Henk Knuiman NL KTM 12:20:46 8:55:46 2:41:00
23. 111 Pedro Oliveira P Yamaha 12:44:38 9:19:38 0:02:00
24. 26 Thierry Bethys F Honda 13:19:17 9:54:17 0:01:00
25. 20 Michael Pisano F Honda 14:12:54 10:47:54 -
26. 41 Jaime Prohens RCH Honda 14:38:42 11:13:42 0:14:00
27. 36 Frank Verhoestraete COG Aprilia 15:20:24 11:55:24 0:06:30
28. 18 Gerard Farres Guell E Aprilia 15:39:08 12:14:08 0:20:00
29. 76 Bruno Da Costa F Yamaha 15:52:53 12:27:53 0:01:00
30. 32 Pedro Bianchi Prata P BMW 16:23:47 12:58:47 0:02:00
31. 59 David Pabiska CZ Yamaha 16:24:59 12:59:59 0:01:00
32. 113 Jacob Smith AUS Honda 16:39:57 13:14:57 3:00:00
33. 27 Alessandro Zanotti MAF Aprilia 16:40:16 13:15:16 -
34. 123 Radek Matoska SVK KTM 16:42:51 13:17:51 0:03:00
35. 48 Hans-Jos Liefhebber NL KTM 16:50:11 13:25:11 0:05:00
36. 176 Juan Carlos Salvatierra BOL Honda 16:58:11 13:33:11 3:39:00
37. 74 Francisco Arredondo GTM KTM 17:01:30 13:36:30 0:16:00
38. 91 Ingo Waldschmidt NAM KTM 17:50:01 14:25:01 -
39. 44 Eulalia Sanz Pla-Gilibert E Honda 18:19:18 14:54:18 -
40. 167 Ignacio Nicolas Casale Catracchia RCH Yamaha 18:20:02 14:55:02 0:05:00
41. 42 Jordi Arcarons Armenteras E Honda 18:25:15 15:00:15 -
42. 82 Vincent Guindani F Yamaha 18:52:07 15:27:07 0:02:00
43. 53 Claudio Rodriguez RCH Honda 19:09:04 15:44:04 0:11:00
44. 133 Rodrigo Andres Caballero Alcayaga RCH KTM 19:40:00 16:15:00 0:05:00
45. 119 Eduardo Pulenta RA Yamaha 19:43:07 16:18:07 0:05:00
46. 146 Antonio Gimeno Garcia E Aprilia 20:03:15 16:38:15 1:11:00
47. 69 Hugo Payen F KTM 21:44:45 18:19:45 -
48. 63 Pablo Busin RA Yamaha 22:07:57 18:42:57 0:09:00
49. 77 Sebastien Cote F Yamaha 22:13:20 18:48:20 -
50. 143 Daniel Schroder D KTM 22:26:47 19:01:47 0:22:00

FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER STAGE 13 - TRUCKS

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Time Gap to 1st Penalties
1. 500 Vladimir Chagin, Sergey Savostin, Ildar Shaysultanov RUS Kamaz 0:28:54 - -
2. 502 Firdaus Kabirov, Aydar Belyaev, Andrey Mokeev RUS Kamaz 0:58:58 0:30:04 -
3. 518 Ilgizar Mardeev, Vladimir Demyanenko, Ayrat Mardeev RUS Kamaz 6:13:50 5:44:56 -
4. 507 Franz Echter, Detlef Ruf, Artur Klein D MAN 6:14:31 5:45:37 -
5. 506 Pep Vila, Moi Torrallardona, Peter Van Eerd E Iveco 7:44:55 7:16:01 -
6. 503 Marcel Van Vliet, Serge Bruynkens, Bernard Der Kinderen NL MAN 11:10:57 10:42:03 -
7. 520 Hugo Duisters, Yvo Geusens, Marcel Van Melis B Iveco 12:04:00 11:35:06 13:00:00

FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER STAGE 13 - QUADS

Pos Num Drivers Nat Make/Model Time Gap to 1st Penalties
1. 252 Alejandro Patronelli RA Yamaha 15:49:47 - 0:16:00
2. 255 Sebastian Halpern RA Yamaha 16:49:40 0:59:53 -
3. 269 Lukasz Laskawiec PL Yamaha 22:07:25 6:17:38 0:01:00
4. 253 Christophe Declerck F Polaris 22:08:17 6:18:30 -
5. 263 Pablo Copetti RA Yamaha 23:04:46 7:14:59 0:15:00
6. 273 Jorge Santamarina RA Honda 2:49:54 11:00:07 6:05:00
7. 280 Tomas Maffei RA Yamaha 9:50:58 18:01:11 7:10:00
8. 257 Daniel Mazzucco RA AGO Pro 800 17:01:41 1:11:54 3:10:00
9. 259 Camelia Liparoti I Yamaha 17:05:03 1:15:16 0:12:00
10. 268 Francisco Lopez Balart RCH Can-Am 3:44:48 11:55:01 11:00:00
11. 276 Luciano Alfonso Gagliardi RA Yamaha 11:37:39 19:47:52 15:00:00
12. 288 Rocha Sergio La Fuente URY Yamaha 18:00:25 2:10:38 3:28:00

QUOTES

Bikes

Marc Coma: "Staying focused was essential so I did focus on my riding. It was the only way to win. What was really tough was that I could not let my guard down, not even for a second. When a tough was ending, the next one was even tougher. We all know that a Dakar is a difficult race but this year it was particularly difficult. This victory is the reward of all the hard work, the reward of many years and a lot of tensions over the last few days. It is the bonus you get for steering right and for so many sacrifices over the years. I have to pay tribute to all the people in my team, who supported me. We had ambitious goals and to reach them we had to have the best, people made for the Dakar and willing to all work towards the same goal. As anyone in the Dakar, we had tough times. So I am going to get some rest and think about the future. Because, truth is that with the race and the permanent tension I did not have time to think about anything else in a long time."

Cyril Després: "This special is different if you are in first place as it was the case last year... then you want the race to be shorter. When you are second, you would want the race to be longer. But anyway, the feeling of finishing a Dakar is always nice especially here with all the people welcoming you. I am sad I could not do better than this though I raced 11 Dakar, won 3 and ended 8 times on the podium. One more would have been great. But I just could not make any better. I made some mistakes; they were two small mistakes but they held some heavy consequences."

Juan Pedrero: "I am really happy. We worked hard and we can be happy. I must thank Marc (Coma) and all of those who helped me, especially the many sponsors without whom I would not be here. I am really, really happy. My track record is a fast one, for sure. In just three year, I am now in an official team and I am finishing fifth!"

Frans Verhoeven: "To be honest, this was not a stage for me. It was too short. I prefer longer stages. At my age, longer stages are better; I am an enduring person. I did some self-motivation and this morning, I was very focuses on the curves. I released the brakes a notch and I increased my push another notch. I tried not to make mistakes despite the dust in front of me. I was pretty successful and I won the scratch. I had a very good Dakar. I finished almost every day in the Top 10. It was my goal. There was just one very bad day where I have to change my engine in the stage and I lost 5h30. If I had not lost that time, I would have fought for fourth place. But that's not how it works. I am finishing 16th and I am pretty happy about it."

Cars

Nasser Al-Attiyah: "We did it. I am so happy! We drove a good, clean stage. I was just thinking about the finish line. It means a lot to win a Dakar, for me, for my people, for my country and for my team. It is a great victory. It's hard to explain everything that goes through your head. But it is a very nice feeling. We demonstrated that we have the strongest team in the world. It is the third time the team has won a Dakar. It is also the biggest moment in my career. I think that now people will finally know where Qatar is located."

Giniel De Villiers: "This last stage was top speed and many 90% curves. It was a showcase for driving skills. It's nice to finally finish, especially after the long stage yesterday. We had very long days this year; but that is how a Dakar is supposed to be. First, second and third place, that's quite an achievement for Volkswagen. It is also the second victory in a row like this. Finishing second is great for me. First, I need to congratulate Nasser. He made a brilliant race. Second, this is a great result for us, especially after our tough year."

Carlos Sainz: "Before racing a Dakar, you know it will be tough. All Dakar raids are tough. It's like that. No, I am not disappointed. This is how the race goes. After two tough weeks, there is nothing left to say. I gave it my very best shot."

Stéphane Peterhansel: "Things haven't turned out as well as they might have. We had what was necessary to be in the fight. On week one, we were there. We were just a few minutes behind the leaders but it all went downhill from there... because of my mistakes. There were navigation mistakes, and of course some technical problems. And in the end, we are not doing better than last year: we are fourth. That's what motorsport is all about. The Dakar is a tricky race, we know that. You have to get over the mistakes and the traps to succeed. We will be here next year. We will have to reconsider our strategy and find ways to improve the car. We already have a few ideas."

Krzysztof Holowczyc : "The stage was a WRC-type of stage: heavy braking, strong accelerations. We quickly took over Peterhansel who seemed to take it easy on this stage. Of course, it was great to finish right behind the best drivers. By the way, in front of me, there are only drivers who won the Dakar before. But I am more ambitious than my final fifth place. I want to be upfront and I will be back, better prepared and with a better car."

Trucks

Firdaus Kabirov: "The last stage was very fast but I spent it in the dust and there was not much to do. Anyway, my chances to win had been wiped out a few days ago when I lost a lot of time. But I am not disappointed; what a joy, because we have three Kamaz trucks in the first three positions n the standings. Moreover, I also know that Vladimir Chagin is faster than me. He completely deserves this new victory."

Quads

Alejandro Patronelli: "Tough. Real tough. If we analyze what happened, it's incredible. We had lost our momentum, Marcos had fallen. We should not be here actually. Getting back in the race, losing hope again, finding it back, losing it yet again when I broke my hand and I was unable to accelerate. There were still some 400 km left in that stage and still 7 or 8 to go, with a damaged hand. This is when I thought: "if my hand can stand the 400 km, the rest will be able to hold on for the remaining 5,000 km". And here I am, Champion with one-and-a-half hand! What a reward. I had not won anything since 2000 and I am now Dakar's Number One! I just cannot believe it."