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Some of the Dutch participants in next year’s Dakar-Argentina got their final chance to shakedown for the Rally Raid at a prestart event in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands.
The DAF trucks were there along with the Mitsubishi Pajero of Vandeyne. Gerard De Rooy was there in his DAF machine while the Coronel twin brothers (Tim and Tom) were present [...]

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STEPHANE PETERHANSEL TAKES VICTORY IN PORTUGAL FOR TEAM REPSOL MITSUBISHI RALLIART TEAM

Leg 5 (Sunday, September 14, 2008), Portimao (Portugal) – Portimao (Portugal):
Road section: 15km
SS6: 68km (shortened to 37km because of a forest fire)
Road section: 1km
Total distance: 84km
Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team’s Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret (France) profited from the shortened final stage of the inaugural PAX [...]