Dakar Rally 2016: final preparations for launch. Sonik in an oxygen tent, Malysz supports athletes – Polish Radio

 

Service Special

Dakar 2016

 

Rafal Sonik, winner of last year’s Dakar Rally to Argentina flew the 26th of December. His goal for Rally 2016 is simple. – Improve the result. I say this quite seriously. This year my goal is to lose less than an hour because of their own mistakes. Before the year was 1.5 hours. Now I want to go a little higher – explained Sonik, which in recent years has slowly climbed the steps of the podium next to the 17 January 2015 to reach the historic triumph.

 

This approach does not of course mean that quadowiec intends to give up the fight for the victory. Even before leaving the country has made detailed preparations to compete in a super marathon.

 

The 38th edition of the Dakar Rally contestants will have their first race on a special stage in the area extending well above 4000 m above sea level To get used to someone has to live on these heights Sonik slept in an oxygen tent.

 

In Argentina, there are already all representatives of Polish – the route of the Dakar Rally 2016 will see 11 “white-red”. Once again, the rally will start as Adam. Former ski jumper is focused on his current job, but still is connected with the previous discipline of sport and very experiencing performances of Polish representatives in the Four Hills Tournament. Malysz from Argentina supported and comforted athletes after their poor performance in the first competition in Oberstdorf. “Sorry you look at how guys get tired – you can see it with the naked eye and can be heard on their statements that they do not fully know what happens … I would not now be in the skin of trainers A cadre, because what would happen always blame attributed to them. And how do you think the trainers do not want to see improvement, and if they do not do everything that players were like best and jumping around like best …? And it’s hard to fix something that is the great unknown for them ( …). Sometimes, however, you can do everything in the right direction to achieve good shape, but the success consists of very many elements, and if one of them will not play, it’s can be a problem. I wish us all that these moments of crisis lasting as short as possible and everything is back to normal. Because the guys is great potential! Yours! ” – Adam Malysz wrote on his Facebook page.

 
 
 
 

Before the players final preparations, which are focused primarily on getting used to the temperature and time changes.

 

List of Poles declared for the Dakar Rally 2016:

Cars
Marek Dabrowski and Jacek Czachor (Toyota Hilux)
Adam Malysz, Xavier Panseri (France, the Mini All4 Racing)
Przygoński Cuba, Andrei Rudnicki (Belarus, Mini All4Racing)
Benediktas Vanagas (Lithuania), Sebastian Rozwadowski (Toyota Hilux)
Miroslav Zapletal ( Czech Republic), Maciej Marton (H3 Evo)
motorcycles
James Friday (KTM 450)
Paul Stasiaczek (KTM 450)
Maciej Berdysz (KTM 450 )
ATVs
Rafal Sonik (Yamaha Raptor 700)
truck
Gerard de Rooy (Holland), Moises Torrallardona ( Spain), Dariusz Rodewald (Iveco Powerstar)

 

route
2.01. Buenos Aires – Rosario – prologue – 346 km (OS 11 km)
3.01. Rosario – Villa Carlos Paz, 662 (SS 258 km)
4.01. Villa Carlos Paz – Termas de Rio Hondo 858 km (SS 521 km)
5.01. Termas de Rio Hondo – Jujuy 663 km (SS 314 km)
6.01. Jujuy – Jujuy 629 (SS 429 km)
7.01. Jujuy – Uyuni 642 (SS 327 km)
8.01. Uyuni – Uyuni 723 (SS 542 km)
9.01. Uyuni – Salta 793 (SS 353 km)
10.01. day break in Salta
11.01. Salta – Belen 766 (SS 393 km)
12.01. Belen – Belen 396 (SS 285 km)
13.01. Belen – La Rioja 763 (SS 278 km)
14.01. La Rioja – San Juan 712 (SS 431 km)
15.01. San Juan – Villa Carlos Paz, 931 (SS 481 km)
16.01. Villa Carlos Paz – Rosario 699 (SS 180 km)

 

Aneta Hołówek, PolskieRadio.pl, rafalsonik.pl