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Dakar Rally Safety 10 WINNER TAKES IT ALL 12 THE BATTLE TITANS 14 THE GUY WHO’S NOT THERE 58 STAGE 3 76 STAGE 4 90 STAGE 5 124 STAGE 7 128 STAGE 8 144 STAGE 9 18 WELCOME TO PARAGUAY 30 STAGE 1 44 STAGE 2 102 AMAZING ANDES 104 STAGE 6 112 RESTDAY 150 STAGE 10 170 STAGE 11 190 STAGE 12 200 PODIUM The French bosses were looking for Inferno (Hell), the struggle, Purgatorio De Franse bazen zochten een ‘Paradiso’ (Paradijs), de aankomst, de something deeper to define the spirit of (Purgatory) and finding the ‘Paradiso’ diepere betekenis voor “Le Dakar” en hemel. Wij gaan dus voor “Inferno”. “Le Dakar” and came up with ‘l’Odyssée’, (Paradise), the finish, heaven. kozen als slogan ‘l’Odyssée, naar een De onomwonden realiteit van een an adventure that took place 800 avontuur 800 jaar vC, geschreven door wedstrijd. Knalhard, snel, zonder years before Christ, written by the We lean towards “Inferno”. The raw de Griekse dichter Homerus. Ze wilden mededogen, ruig, verwoestend, Greek poët Homerus. They wanted to reality of a race. Hard, fast, without de symboliek en de zoektocht daarmee winnaars en verliezers, niets represent the symbolism and quest of mercy, rough, destructive, winners and omschrijven. halfslachtigs. the Dakar with this name. losers, nothing half-hearted. Wat de Dakar Rally ook moge doen met Maar vooral ook voor heel veel plezier. Whatever the Dakar Rally might do But there is also a lot of fun. For the de rijders, wij kozen ‘Inferno’ als thema Bij de fans langs de piste, bij degenen to our drivers, we chose ‘Inferno’ as fans along the track, for those who voor dít Jaarboek (12e editie). Je zou die vechten in de overwinning op de the theme for the twelfth edition participated, in the victory over the dan aan Dante‘s ‘La Divina Commedia’, onbeheersbare elementen, in het of our yearbook. Dante’s ‘Divine uncontrollable elements, in the unique de goddelijke komedie, kunnen denken, unieke avontuur dat geen enkele Comedy’ might have sprung to adventure that allows no weakness, waarin hij een imaginaire reis door zwakte toestaat, waar alleen jezelf mind, in which he describes where only surpassing yourself and de drie rijken van het hiernamaals overtreffen en moed tonen de juiste an imaginary journey showing courage are the right beschrijft: over Inferno (Hel), het ingrediënten voor succes vormen. through the three ingredients for success. zwoegen, Purgatorio (Louteringsberg realms of the afterlife: of Vagevuur) en het vinden van het 8 My name is Léon Jansen. This year, I once again LÉON JANSEN have the privilege to be chef d’équipe of the Dakar Press Team on this unique journey and lead our team safely to the end goal in the toughest Dakar. For me, it is the fourteenth time to participate in this rally. We were once again closely following the Dakar with a group of reporters and photographers in our specially prepared press cars, and once again we put forth every effort to capture this extreme sport. The story behind the adventures, dramas, perseverance and especially the lessons to be learned from so much human courage! We spent days on the sweltering slopes of South America; driving through sand dunes and mountains without interruption, in the extreme cold of the Andes, 3 o’clock in the night, three days without sleep, driving along ravines and rocks in the dead of night, looking for the right place to capture our champions. Discover why Inferno is the correct title for this 2017 Odyssey in this yearbook. Why we teamed up again to make this book with such passion! Simple, direct, devastatingly beautiful, breathtakingly exciting. A true Inferno for the participants! Mijn naam is Léon Jansen. Ik heb ook dit jaar ANDRÉ THEWESSEN weer het voorrecht om chef d’équipe van het Dakar Press Team op deze unieke reis te zijn en ons team bij de zwaarste Dakar veilig naar het einddoel te leiden. Dit is voor mij de veertiende keer dat ik aan deze rally deelneem. COEN SCHLÜTER Ook dit jaar zijn we weer met een groep van reporters en fotografen die de Dakar van dichtbij volgen, in onze speciaal daarvoor geprepareerde persauto’s. Ook dit jaar zetten we weer alles op alles om deze extreme sport vast te kunnen leggen. Het verhaal achter de avonturen, de drama’s, het doorzettingsvermogen en vooral de lessen van zoveel menselijke moed! We hebben dagen op de bloedhete pistes van Zuid-Amerika doorgebracht; ononderbroken door duinen en bergen gescheurd, in de extreme kou van de Andes, 3 uur s ‘nachts, 3 dagen al zonder slaap, langs ravijnen en rotsen in de diepe nacht, op zoek naar de juiste plek om onze kampioenen vast te leggen. Vind in dit Jaarboek uit waarom Inferno de juiste titel voor deze Odyssee 2017 is. Waarom wij met zoveel passie weer dit boek samenstelden! Simpel, direct, verwoestend mooi, adembenemend spannend. Een waar Inferno voor de deelnemers! 9 END OF RUSSIAN-DUTCH TRUCKWAR? The winners in the truck category Tiger Woods, Mike Tyson and the De winnaar in de truckcategorie in die doet denken aan een mengeling van of the last Dakar Rallies have been Russian ‘Spetsnaz’ fighters. Ready Le Dakar wordt doorgaans gevormd Roger Federer, Tiger Woods en Mike a combination of the golden trio to do battle, with an unshakeable door de combinatie van het gouden trio Tyson samengebracht met de Russische Andrey Karguinov, Eduard Nikolaev confidence in their own abilities, an Andrey Karguinov, Eduard Nikolaev ‘Spetsnaz’-vechters. Klaar om te and Ayrat Mardeev, the proud extremely professional and driven en Ayrat Mardeev, de trotse opvolgers knokken, een muurvast vertrouwen in successors of the legendary Vladimir attitude, a certain arrogance, a lot of van de legendarische Vladimir Chagin, het eigen kunnen. Uiterst professioneel Chagin, ‘The Tsar of Dakar’. All have guts and a great deal of insight and ‘The Tsar of Dakar’. Allen opgegroeid in en gedreven, een zekere arrogantie, been raised and trained by KAMAZ, tactical knowledge. Not invincible, de stallen van KAMAZ en met ijzeren veel lef, inzicht en gevoel voor tactiek. prepped with an iron hand for the but almost! They won 12 of 15 times hand klaargestoomd voor het ultieme Niet onoverwinbaar, wel bijna! Deze ultimate battle. this century. This makes KAMAZ gevecht. eeuw won KAMAZ 12 van de 15 keer. one of the most successful truck Daarmee is het één van de meest However, the Dutch have never manufacturers in the Dakar Rally. Toch geven de Nederlanders zich succesvolle truckfabrikanten ooit in de surrendered without a fight; they nooit gewonnen; ook zij claimen de Dakar-rally. also claim to be specialists in the But opponents never despaired. specialisten in het trucksegment truck segment. No less than 34 teams Gerard de Rooy and Hans Stacey te zijn. Niet minder dan 34 teams Aan de andere kant, het heeft de represent the Netherlands in Le have proven that “impossible” is not vertegenwoordigen Nederland in Le tegenstanders nooit in totale wanhoop Dakar 2017 – 19 of which are driving in their dictionary! Peter Versluis Dakar 2017 - 19 daarvan rijden met gebracht. Gerard de Rooy en Hans trucks. There is one new Dutch and Martin van den Brink (who just trucks. Er is één nieuw Nederlands Stacey bewezen dat ‘het onmogelijke’ truck team run by William de Groot, added the Rally of Morocco to his truckteam: dat van William de Groot, niet in hun woordenboek voorkomt! called Team De Groot Fresh Group. race legacy) are just as eager to make Team De Groot Freshgroup. De Ook Peter Versluis en Martin van The Dutch are focused on victory, it to the podium. The Dutch truck Nederlanders zijn zeer gebrand op den Brink (die net de Rally van especially Gerard de Rooy. He also drivers are characterised by their overwinningen, Gerard de Rooy niet in Marokko op zijn erelijst bracht) staan added Aleš Loprais to his team. perseverance. They quickly adapt to het minst, hij bracht ook Aleš Loprais in te popelen om een podiumplek te changing circumstances, are tactically zijn team. behalen. Doorzettingsvermogen is The battle is fierce. Trying to race strong and good at manoeuvring, and een bijzondere eigenschap van de past them on the narrow paths of the drive excellent quality trucks: Iveco, De strijd tussen de kemphanen is Nederlandse truckrijders. Ze passen world’s toughest rally is no enviable Veka MAN or Renault. Bring on the bikkelhard. Je moet ze voorbij zien zich vrij snel aan, aan veranderende task. Towering above the dust clouds, Tatarstan kids, the boys from Brabant stormen op de smalle paden van omstandigheden. Ze weten vaak everything and everyone must give can take them! de zwaarste rally ter wereld. Hoog tactisch goed te manoeuvreren en de way for the trucks. They tolerate no uittorenend boven de stofwolken, moet vrachtwagens die ze rijden zijn van one in front of them and easily push Thirty years after his father Jan de alles voor ze wijken. KAMAZ duldt topkwaliteit. Of het nu Iveco, Veka aside motorcycles and laggards with Rooy – who brought the Dakar- niemand voor zich en drukken motoren MAN of Renault is. Laat de kids van their high speed and power. mania to the Netherlands – won the en achterblijvers met hoge snelheden Tatarstan maar komen, de boys uit rally, son Gerard is aiming for his 3rd en gigapower zo aan de kant. Brabant kunnen er ook wat van! On one side of the rally field are the victory. Dertig jaar nadat vader Jan de Rooy ‘KAMAZes’, trucks delivered directly Aan de ene kant van het rallyveld dus – de grondlegger van de Dakar-gekte from the factory in Tatarstan. They de ‘KAMAZ-en’, vrachtwagens die in Nederland – de rally wist te winnen, exude an atmosphere reminiscent direct vanuit de fabriek in Tatarstan jaagt zoon Gerard dit jaar op zijn 3e of a combination of Roger Federer, geleverd zijn.
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