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23 January 2017, 15:40

2017 Dakar Rally

2017 Dakar Rally

This year, the Belarusian MAZ-SPORTavto team have posted their best performance in the history of participation in the Dakar Rally's truck category.

Results of the Belarusian team in the overall standings:

Alexander Vasilevsky – 6th

Sergei Vyazovich – 13th

Alexei Vishnevsky – 21st

The MAZ-SPORTavto team took part in the Dakar Rally for the sixth time. The best results of the Belarusian racers in previous years:

2012 – 31st

2013 – 21st

2014 – 11th

2015 – 10th

2016 – 25th

2017 Dakar

Distance: around 9,000km

Route: Argentina – Bolivia – Paraguay

Number of participants: 50 trucks

Made it to the finish: 42 trucks

* 2017 Dakar was the 39th edition of the rally raid launched in 1978.

Source: MAZ

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