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Dakar 2017: CS Santosh, Aravind KP And Stage 1 Updates
The first stage of the 2017 Dakar Rally has concluded and CS Santosh and Aravind KP finished 47th and 61st respectively.
The 2017 edition of the Dakar Rally is up and running with the 39km Stage 1 - Asuncion to Resistencia with an overall distance of 454km including the transportation concluded yesterday. The first stage was flagged off from the capital of Paraguay, Asuncion.
CS Santosh finished the first stage in 47th position riding a 450 Speedbrain rally motorcycle. His teammate Joaquim Rodrigues crossed the finish line in 16th position.
TVS Sherco rider, Aravind KP on his Dakar debut finished the first stage in 61st position riding an RTR 450 Sherco TVS, whereas his teammate Juan Pedrero Garcia was the fastest rider in the first stage of the Dakar 2017.
In the quad category Brazilian rider, Marcelo Medeiros won the very first stage of 2017. It was Yamaha lockout for the top six finishers in the quad class.
In the cars category, Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah won the first stage in his Toyota Hilux, although he suffered a scare at the end of the day. Xavier Pons and Nani Roma finished second and third respectively.
In the trucks category, the stage one victory went to Martin Kolomy, Rene Kilian and David Kilian in their Tatra truck.
2017 Dakar Stage 1 Results
Motorcycles
1.
Juan
Pedrero
Garcia
(ESP)
Sherco
TVS
2.
Ricky
Brabec
(USA)
Honda
3.
Paulo
Goncalves
(POR)
Honda
Quads
1.
Marcelo
Medeiros
(BRA)
Yamaha
2.
Gaston
Gonzalez
(ARG)
Yamaha
3.
Nelson
Augusto
Sanabria
Galeano
(PRY)
Yamaha
Cars
1.
Nasser
Al-Attiyah
(QAT)
Toyota
2.
Xavier
Pons
(ESP)
Ford
3.
Nani
Roma
(Toyota)
Trucks
1.
Martin
Kolomy
(CZE)
Tatra
2.
Ton
Van
Genugten
(NLD)
Iveco
3.
Martin
Van
Den
Brink
(NLD)
Renault