DAKAR 2025

Macík wins 8th stage of the Dakar easily and gets closer to the title in the trucks

Martin Macík(in the images) won another special stage of the Dakar 2025, the fourth in eight opportunities, and got even closer to the title in the trucks. Ales Loprais and Vaidotas Zala closed the podium in the race to Riyadh,

Martin Macík took another important step towards the title of the Dakar 2025 in the trucks. This Monday (13), the driver from Czech Republic won his fourth victory in eight stages and opened up an even greater advantage over his main rivals in the world's biggest rally, after completing the 487 km of the race in 5h26min52s.

From the beginning of the day, in the race to Riyadh, Macík showed himself to be in control of the race and soon opened up an advantage, but saw Mitchel van den Brink make things difficult at times. In the final stretch, however, shortly after km 200, the Dutchman lost pace and dropped down the leaderboard, leaving victory in the hands of his opponent. Ales Loprais finished the day in second place, 5min22s behind the winner, with Vaidotas Zala completing the podium in third place, six minutes behind Macík. Kees Koolen was fourth in the eighth special, followed by Martin Soltys, Mitchel van den Brink, Martin van den Brink, Maurik van den Heuvel, Richard De Groot and Karel Posledni in the top 10. 

In the overall truck classification at Dakar 2025, Macík remains comfortably in the lead, with an aggregate time of 46h45min57s. Mitchel van den Brink remains in second place, 2h29min behind, and is now closely followed by Loprais. Soltys and Koolen complete the list of the top five. The Dakar leaves Riyadh on Tuesday (14), heading towards Haradh. Competitors will face a timed stretch of 357 km, in addition to another 232 km of travel.

Dakar 2025, Trucks, General Classification after 8th stage:

1	M MACÍK F TOMASEK D SVANDA	MM Technology Team	46:45:57
2	MITCHEL VAN DEN BRINK M TORRALLARDONA J VAN DE POL	Eurol Rallysport	49:15:41
3	A LOPRAIS D KRIPAL D RODEWALD	Instatrade Loprais	49:22:06
4	M SOLTYS V MIKSCH T SIKOLA	Tatra Buggyra ZM	51:48:41
5	K KOOLEN W DE GRAAF D KOZLOVSKY	MM Technology Team	52:02:09
6	MARTIN VAN DEN BRINK B VAN HEUN R MOUW	Eurol Rallysport	52:38:25
7	V ZALA P FIUZA M VAN GROL	Skuba Team De Rooy	53:41:52
8	R DE GROOT J DER VAET J HULSEBOSCH	Firemen Dakar	54:53:10
9	A VAN LOON B VAN DE LAAR J VAN DE LAAR	Van de Laar Racing	56:46:04
10	T SUGAWARA H SOMEMIYA Y MOCHIZUKI	Hino Team Sugawara	58:15:01

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