Fiambalá, Argentina - January 5, 2012 - Five MINI ALL4 Racings in the top six places after a challenging fifth stage of the Dakar: it doesn't get much better. Krzysztof Holowczyc (Poland) takes the stage victory, while Stéphane Peterhansel (France) remains the overall leader.
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Poland’s Krzysztof Holowczyc and his Belgian navigator Jean-Marc Fortin in the ORLEN MINI ALL4 Racing takes the stage victory.
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Fiambalá, Argentina - January 5, 2012
Five MINI ALL4 Racings in the top six places after a challenging fifth stage of the Dakar: it doesn't get much better.
Krzysztof Holowczyc (Poland) takes the stage victory, while Stéphane Peterhansel (France) remains the overall leader.
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Stage 5: Chilecito – Fiambala, Argentina.
Beginning in Argentina and ending 9000 kilometers away in Peru, the 2012 Dakar Rally will be the ultimate endurance test of man and machine.
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The news received shortly before the start of the first real test on this year's Dakar was ominous.
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X-raid Team. MINI ALL4 Racing drivers
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Heavy rainfall had forced the organisers to shorten the fifth stage by 24 kilometres.
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Poland’s Krzysztof Holowczyc and his Belgian navigator Jean-Marc Fortin in the ORLEN MINI ALL4 Racing takes the stage victory.
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That may sound trivial at first, but it meant that day five of the Dakar began practically directly on loose, sandy ground and with a climb from 1600 metres to 2600 metres in altitude, followed by the dreaded dunes on the way to Fiambalá.
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Krzysztof Holowczyc (Poland) takes the stage victory.
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However, even the extremely demanding route could not stop the X-raid team and its five MINI ALL4 Racings today.
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Poland’s Krzysztof Holowczyc and his Belgian navigator Jean-Marc Fortin in the ORLEN MINI ALL4 Racing takes the stage victory.
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The stage result says it all: Krzysztof Holowczyc celebrated the stage victory, Stéphane Peterhansel came home in third place, then Nani Roma in fourth, followed by the two remaining MINI drivers in the form of Leonid Novitskiy and Ricardo Leal dos Santos.
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Poland’s Krzysztof Holowczyc and his Belgian navigator Jean-Marc Fortin in the ORLEN MINI ALL4 Racing takes the stage victory.
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The new overall rankings are equally impressive: Stéphane was able to defend his position at the top, while Krzysztof and Nani have now got his back in second and third place respectively.
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Poland’s Krzysztof Holowczyc and his Belgian navigator Jean-Marc Fortin in the ORLEN MINI ALL4 Racing takes the stage victory.
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A hat-trick for the MINI brand, while Leonid is just a few places back in sixth and Ricardo has climbed from 30th to 20th place following his mistake on day three of the Dakar.
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Poland’s Krzysztof Holowczyc and his Belgian navigator Jean-Marc Fortin in the ORLEN MINI ALL4 Racing takes the stage victory.
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"Fiambalá is always a very difficult stage but we took our time to navigate well. We never lost the track," said
Stéphane at the end of the day while his teammate
Krzysztof was beaming about winning the stage.
"It was so easy because of the rain the sand was not too soft and it was easy to drive. For sure there were tricky places but in general it was easy to drive. For sure it was a good stage and we are back in the game."
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French pairing Stéphane Peterhansel / Jean-Paul Cottret in the MINI ALL4 Racing coming third.
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MINI dominates first real Dakar test.
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French pairing Stéphane Peterhansel / Jean-Paul Cottret in the MINI ALL4 Racing coming third.
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Of Friday's 641-kilometre journey to Copiapó, 247 kilometres are scheduled to be timed.
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French pairing Stéphane Peterhansel / Jean-Paul Cottret in the MINI ALL4 Racing coming third.
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One highlight is undoubtedly the crossing of the border to Chile, which takes place at an impressive altitude of 4700 metres.
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French pairing Stéphane Peterhansel / Jean-Paul Cottret in the MINI ALL4 Racing coming third.
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From there, the drivers head into the rugged Atacama Desert before having to overcome another dune section.
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Spain’s Nani Roma and his French co-driver Michel Périn
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Sunday's rest day may not seem so far off now, but no team can afford to take its foot off the gas yet.
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The Portuguese pairing Ricardo Leal dos Santos / Paulo Fiuza
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Throughout the Rally Dakar, you can keep up to speed with the latest news from the X-raid Team and the five MINI ALL4 Racings on the MINI Motorsport Twitter channel.
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German-Russian pairing Leonid Novitskiy / Andi Schulz in the orange Monster Energy X-raid MINI All4 Racing
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Source: MINI Motorsport
http://www.minimotorsport.com/en/news/
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The USA pairing Robby Gordon / J. Campbell in the Hummer Team
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Video
EN - The stage summary - Stage 5 (Chilecito - Fiambala) - 2012/01/05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-TGcS_7wPM
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The USA pairing Robby Gordon / J. Campbell in the Hummer Team
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Video
Monster Energy X-raid Team - DAKAR 2012 PREVIEW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpGLMldAOyQ&feature=fvwrel
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Krzysztof Holowczyc (Poland), the ORLEN X-Raid MINI ALL4 Racing, takes the stage victory.
Five MINI ALL4 Racings in the top six places after a challenging fifth stage of the Dakar.
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Video
Ready for Dakar 2012 -- Monster Energy X-raid Team
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpGLMldAOyQ&feature=fvwrel
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Krzysztof Holowczyc (Poland) takes the stage victory, while Stéphane Peterhansel (France) remains the overall leader.
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Monster Energy X-Raid team attacks the start of the 2012 Dakar Rally!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7z2WIfxPCI
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Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Qatar) and L. Cruz (Spain) in the Hummer Team.
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Ready for Dakar 2012 -- Monster Energy X-raid Team
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Gop9M1WLY#!
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Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Qatar) and L. Cruz (Spain) in the Hummer Team.
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ES - Magacín - Etapa 5 (Chilecito - Fiambala) - 05/01/2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI05tEQk9YA&feature=relmfu
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Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Qatar) and L. Cruz (Spain) in the Hummer Team.
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Video
Dakar 2012 Start...Orlen Team
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG_EhM7Dbxc&feature=related
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Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Qatar) and L. Cruz (Spain) in the Hummer Team.
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Video
Etap I - ORLEN Team w rajdzie Dakar 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_D3v_0fo5w&feature=relmfu
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Etap II - ORLEN Team w rajdzie Dakar 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cl4Xh-jV1o&feature=relmfu
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Etap III ORLEN Team w rajdzie Dakar 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H4U1xW8wfk&feature=relmfu
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Etap IV ORLEN Team w rajdzie Dakar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT8y0kHsHXw&feature=related
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The ORLEN X-Raid Team
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ASTROMAN Magazine - 2012.01.03
2012 Rally Dakar: Krzysztof Holowczyc (Poland), the ORLEN X-Raid Team moves into pole position
http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1142
ASTROMAN Magazine - 2012.01.02
A hat-trick to start the Rally Dakar for the X-raid Team with three MINI ALL4 Racing drivers
http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1141
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