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Dakar Raid: De Villiers and Coma win

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Khatir Soltani
The 31st edition of the Dakar, the first one to be held in South America, is now over and has seen the victories of Marc Coma in the bike category, Josef Machacek in the quad category, Giniel De Villiers in the car class and Firdaus Kabirov in the truck category.

In total, 113 bikers, 13 quad riders, 91 car teams and 54 truck teams finished the rally-raid, that was notably marked by the exceptional enthusiasm the Dakar generated amongst the crowds in Argentina and in Chile.

Volkswagen claims victory with South African Giniel De Villiers who finished in front of his teammate, Mark Miller.
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Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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