Proving, once again, to be one of the best packages you can get for your quad - the Roll Design / Elka rider Alejandro Patronelli has won the toughest off-road race on the planet.
Alejandro Patronelli: "I had not won anything since 2000"
Tough. Real tough. If we analyze what happened, it's incredible. We had lost our momentum, Marcos had fallen. We should not be here actually. Getting back in the race, losing hope again, finding it back, losing it yet again when I broke my hand and I was unable to accelerate. There were still some 400 km left in that stage and still 7 or 8 to go, with a damaged hand. This is when I thought: "if my hand can stand the 400 km, the rest will be able to hold on for the remaining 5,000 km". And here I am, Champion with one-and-a-half hand! What a reward. I had not won anything since 2000 and I am now Dakar's Number One! I just cannot believe it.
Tough. Real tough. If we analyze what happened, it's incredible. We had lost our momentum, Marcos had fallen. We should not be here actually. Getting back in the race, losing hope again, finding it back, losing it yet again when I broke my hand and I was unable to accelerate. There were still some 400 km left in that stage and still 7 or 8 to go, with a damaged hand. This is when I thought: "if my hand can stand the 400 km, the rest will be able to hold on for the remaining 5,000 km". And here I am, Champion with one-and-a-half hand! What a reward. I had not won anything since 2000 and I am now Dakar's Number One! I just cannot believe it.
Congratulations to the Patronelli team on their amazing victory!
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Only 59 minutes behind, The Roll Design / Elka equipped Yamaha Raptor of Sebastian Halpern took 2nd with an amazing 6 hours and 17 minutes over 3rd place!
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pictures poached from www.dakar.com Go to dakar.com for official results and many amazing photos!
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