Aleš Loprais comes second in truck category in first stage of Dakar Rally

The Czech driver Aleš Loprais finished second in the truck category in the first stage of the Dakar Rally on Saturday. Loprais’s Tatra finished only 27 seconds behind a Kamaz driven by Russia’s Vladimir Chagin in the Colon to Cordoba stage. Another Czech driver, Tomáš Tomeček, failed to complete the first leg after his Tatra crashed, forcing him to pull out of the famous race completely.

Author: Ian Willoughby