Rally Dakar 2022. Who won?

January 14 the last, final stage of the 2022 race. The 44th legendary marathon rally was very busy and forced many fans from all over the world to worry about their favorites and gave many emotions in the first weeks of the year. The races took place in several classes, and we will start with the biggest.

the first place on the podium among trucks was given to Russian Dmitry Sonimikov (41: 37.34), who advocated the team KAMAZ . This is the second championship title in this class in the rider. In addition, he brought "Blue Armadi" for the fifth full set of medals in the history of this rally. Edward Nikolaev (+9.58) and Anton Shibalov (+1: 11.11) took the second and third place on the pedestal.

in the class of SUV the champion was Naser Al-Attia (38: 33.03), which won a specially prepared tuned SUV toyota . The 51-year-old Qatarian overtook Sebastien Leba (+27.46) for 27 minutes, which took second place. The 3rd position on the podium was obtained by Saudi, Al-Radzhi (+1: 01.13), who also advocated the Toyota team.

Among the ssv (SSV) won American Austin Jones (47: 22.50). The second place was received by Spaniard Gerard Farres Gel (+2.37), while the top three leaders of this class were locked by Lithuanian Rocka Batsuska (+15.18), laging from the leader a little more than a quarter of an hour.

The triumph of the in the classroom class became Frenchman Alexander Fat (50: 00.51), prearing the nearest opponent - Argentinean Francisco Moreno for more than 2 hours (+2: 21.11).Kamil Vasnevsky (+2: 27.25) received the third place on the podium. For several minutes, the Pole was separated from the Pole's silver.

first place in the motorcycles class deserved Briton Sam Sanderland (38: 47.30). The 32-year-old racer received the second "Golden Bedouin" in his career, ahead of the closest opponents for less than 10 minutes. The silver place was obtained by a native of Chile, a Pablo of Kinganilla (+3.27) from Honda, and the three locked Austrian Matthias Walkner (+6.47), who advocates the KTM team.

In addition, is worth highlighting one rider, who won 12 out of 13 specialty - Stan Kintero , who set a new record in Rali Dakar's history. Due to a 2 special duty and a 10-hour penalty, the American lost his chances of becoming a champion almost at the beginning, but Red Bull's racer showed what he is capable of all over the world and will undoubtedly demonstrate excellent results next year.

Summing up , I would like to say that Dakar-2022 has opened a new season of car competitions perfectly without disappointing fans and showing a great sight. Records, victories and failures, intrigues and intense struggle were observed at all stages of the race. We hope that this year will give many events in the world of vehicles that will be remembered by each of us.

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