[Sport] Torrallardona takes the truck podium in the Dakar

[Blexfraptor]

The Czech Macik has won his first Touareg with a total time of 54h34:48, ahead of Loprais by 1h54 and Van den Brink and Torrallardona by 4h29
The navigator from Castellfollit del Boix celebrates the third podium of his career in the Dakar, after overcoming many mechanical problems in a very tough rally

Moi Torrallardona has managed to complete the route of the Dakar 2024 and secure his third podium in the rally, which, like in the 2017 edition, was third place. Without the Russian Kamaz, former dominators, the category of the 'giants' of the Dakar has been more open than ever and finally the victory was secured by the Czech Martín Macik, while Ales Loprais, winner of the last stage, finished second in general.
The navigator from Castellfollit del Boix, together with the pilot, Mitchel van den Brink and the mechanic, Jarno van de Pol, has suffered until the end to repeat the podium in the Dakar. Throughout more than 5,000 kilometers of special stages and twelve very tough stages, Torrallardona and his team have had to overcome a multitude of mechanical problems.
On Thursday, in the penultimate stage they had to stop the truck up to four times to secure the cabin and avoid punctures, but they finally achieved their goal and the advantage they maintained over the winner of the Dakar 2023, Janus van Kasteren, allowed them to defend the podium .

In the general classification, the Czech Macik won his first Touareg with a total time of 54h34:48, 1h54 ahead of Loprais, while Van den Brink and Torrallardona ended up giving up 4h29 to be third.

Torrallardona sube al podio de camiones en el Dakar (sport.es)