Finish
Dakar 2014, results
Final standings for our favourites
CARS
Nani Roma got the overall victory.
Team XtremePlus’ both Polaris, were 1st and 2nd in the SSV class!
Our Rescue Angel Truck finished on pos 39.
(Scroll down to list at bottom.)
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| Polaris #350 & #364 | Truck #552 |
Photos: Team ExtremePlus
| Pos | No. | Name | Vehicle | Time tot | Var |
| 1 | #304 | Roma (Esp), Périn (Fra) |
Mini | 050:28:45 | – |
| 2 | #300 | Peterhansel (Fra), Cottret (Fra) |
Mini | 050:31:13 | +00:02:28 |
| 3 | #301 | Al-Attiyah (Qat), Cruz (Esp) |
Mini | 051:22:45 | +00:54:00 |
| 41 | #350 | Alcaraz (Fra), solo | Polaris | 083:30:56 | +34:45:11 |
| 42 | #364 | Duclos (Fra), Delaunay (Fra) |
Polaris | 083:35:57 | +34:50:12 |
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| Nani Roma | Laia Sanz |
Photos DPPI/F.Flamand (Dakar.com)
BIKES
Overall winner Marc Coma, as I hoped (left and below).
Ladies category winner is Laia Sanz (above).
The Estonians have done quite well, participating in Dakar for the first time.
Photo DPPI/G.Soldano
| 1 | #002 | Coma (Esp) | KTM | 052:40:16 | – |
| 2 | #004 | Viladoms (Esp) | KTM | 054:40:05 | +01:59:49 |
| 3 | #006 | Pain (Fra) | Yamah | 054:50:32 | +02:10:16 |
| 16 | #050 | Sanz (Esp) | Honda | 061:16:50 | +08:03:56 |
| 40 | #117 | Meeru (Est) | Honda | 068:38:28 | +15:58:12 |
| 52 | #133 | Triisa (Est) | Honda | 073:57:43 | +21:17:27 |
Photo DPPI/F.Flamand (Dakar.com)
TRUCKS
| 1 | #506 | Karginov (Rus), Mokeev (Rus), Devyatkin (Rus) | Kamaz | 052:36:12 | – |
| 2 | #501 | De Rooy (Nld), Colsoul (Bel), Rodewald (Nld) | Iveco | 052:43:37 | +00:07:25 |
| 3 | #500 | Nikolaev (Rus), Yakovlev (Rus), Rybakov (Rus) | Kamaz | 054:14:50 | +01:38:38 |
| 39 | #552 | Piana (Fra), Cangani (Ita), Trote (Fra) | Mercedes | 113:54:10 | +61:17:58 |
STATS & MATHS
| Amount of vehicles | Total | Cars | Bikes | Quads | Trucks |
| At Start | 431 | 147 | 174 | 40 | 70 |
| At Finish | 204 | 61 | 78 | 15 | 50 |
| Completed | 47,3% | 41,5 % | 44,8 % | 37,5 % | 71,5 % |
The withdrawal rate was very high this year. Everybody had lots of technical mishaps, many so bad that the vehicle broke down beyond repair, or even burnt to ashes. Bodily injuries were not too severe, except one rider and 2 journalists who died – that is always a tragedy.
This rally was worse than “normal”, usually about 50% finish the rally.
Congratulations to all who made it all the way!
Leaving the Dakar rally 2014. Goodbye!
These photos tell the end of story, after the damaged oil line.
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| The helping truck arrives… | … with the handymen. |
Towed to bivouac in the night. (Photo: David Trenholm)
Repairing, adjusting cleaning, mending, fixing for hours
#366 crossed out
The Turtle (Flying sofa?) gets a ride on a trailer …
… and leaves an empty bivouac behind.
Adios amigos… 😦
Winning feelings
GARRY CONNELL and ANNIE SEEL with the trophy
SSV-Rally Class winners with the Polaris RZR Xtreme+ 900 XP40
Annie:
“The rally is finished and I am so grateful that I got a shot as a co-driver in Garry’s buggy. We did well. Two newbies to the vehicle and to our tasks, as well as being in a team, the Connell/Seel team. Both of us very experienced on the motorcycle back, but it is different to do racing in a buggy and doing it together. A win in our class, and a fourth in the total, a result of our teamwork. Makes me proud.
It has truly been yet another great adventure and competition which has given me more experience of desert rallying, a lot of new first-time situations technically, mechanically and physically. Those flat tires really wears you out, let me tell you. But all in all I feel that I am still learning and developing for the future.
I really don’t think that I’ve realized just how much I’ve been missing it all until I arrived here last weekend. I do believe this is me – the rally, the desert, the race. It will always be a part of me. And I want more of it.”
Garry:
“When we took the start, we started ‘attacking’ the soft sand small dunes… Everything was going well until I took a hole a bit fast and got trapped in the sand… We lost about 25 minutes, but happy to have made it in spite of the problems.
In front of the dunes of Merzouga, we deflated our tires. But… one of us pushed a button with the helmet and launched the fire extinguisher and we took a shower of dust!
The Rally of Merzouga was a great training for the Dakar, last week I was in the Rally of Morocco – makes two continued races. Next goal: The Dakar, next January!”
This has been a great experience for both,
learning a lot, much training – and preparing for The Dakar…
Finish! WE WON!!!
Annie & Garry – the super XTREMEplus team! 🙂
SSV Rally Class: 3 winner teams on the wheel podium
1 Connel – Seel
2 Laverdant – Rafart
3 Henrichy – Bersey
Breaking the finish line
Finish area, skyview
The start, last stage – quite a show off:
VIDEO https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=602819936432712
Cars at 2:20 min (total 3:30 min)
Everybody at once: RRRReadyyyyy….
Steadyyyyy….
GOOOOO!!!
…. uuummmm… mind the dust….
Oz Safari: Stage 7 – FUN FINISH, 14th place overall!
All finished! 2 specials and then 2 short super specials. Total result 14th general, time 34:35:45. So happy!!!
Congratulations to the winner Todd Smith, who now claimed the victory ahead of his brother Jake Smith (who did Dakar 2011). Two years ago it was the other way around.
And also congrats to third Rod Faggoter, who will go Dakar 2012 with Team Husaberg!
Great event, I didn’t think I’d finish this high in the result. It’s been the toughest starting field in years… And this time I am almost unscratched.
And I’m the best international rider 😉 yeeaaah!
This was my 20th rally and the 20th I finished – keeping up my statistics 100%! It is even a greater record than my 14th position.
The tracks were difficult with sand, stones, tall grass, deep ruts and hidden obstacles… yet the speed was very fast. I rode carefully and attentively, still fell a few times, but luckily got no severe injuries. Just a tiny scratch on my elbow.
It has been very tough, many competitors had accidents and about half of them couldn’t make it all the way.
THANKS
Big thanks to team Husaberg Australia, and especially Garry Connell for putting the team together. My thoughts are with poor Garry who had a bad crash yesterday – still in hospital (get well soon).
Also to my friend and now rookie mechanic Rikard “Eppis” Epstein, who never has worked on bikes before and was thrown into this only 2 weeks before start.
More on thanks to the entire Safari Organisation and all officialls at checkpoints and time controls etc, for arranging this great event.
And last, thanks to all my fellow competitors for contributing to a great spirit out here – it’s been so fun racing with you (even if I HATE the dust some of you make… thinking of the two KTM 950, #75 and #89 that I’ve been having a great time with).
All the results are on the Australasian Safari website.
Oh dear … is this a girl who got lost in a rally!!?? Not me!
Video Australasian Safari 2010
Great event. Here is a great video from Transmoto.
Annie Seel - Rally Princess of Dakar 