Al-Attiyah triumphs for the third time in the Dakar, the first victory ever for the Belgian team

Dakar Qatarees Nasser Al-Attiyah (48) has the overall victory in the 41st Dakar when the cars on bag. Al-Attiyah triumphed in a Toyota Overdrive Racing team of Jean-Marc Fortin, and gave Toyota the first victory. It is also the first time that a Belgian team, the Dakar wins.

In the final stage, about 112 km from Pisco to the Peruvian capital, Lima,, did Al-Attiyah take it easy and finished outside the top ten, 9'01" of the Spanish stage winner Carlos Sainz (Mini), the winner of last year. In the final standings, Al-Attiyah 46'42" ahead of Spaniard Nani Roma (Mini) and 1u54'18" on the Frenchman Sébastien Loeb (Peugeot). For Al-Attiyah, as kleiduifschutter also at the Olympic Games successfully (bronze in 2012), it is the third victory. In 2010, he won in a Volkswagen, in 2015, in a Mini. Jakub Przygonski and Tom Colsoul (Mini John Cooper Works) finished in fourth place, 2u28'31", their best result in three". In 2017 was the Polish-Belgian duo's seventh, last year fifth.

The Australian Toby Price won the Dakar rally in the motorcycles. The 31-year-old rider from the factory team KTM was the fastest in the last stage. Despite a painful wrist which Price the whole rally reed, withstood he to the attacks of his remaining rivals. For the Price, it was his second victory in the infamous woestijnrally. He won for the first time in 2016. The Australian came to this Dakar gradually set up and captured only after the eighth stage of the lead in the general classification. The victory in the final stage was his only dagsucces.