NOUVEAU CHALLENGE POUR XTREMEPLUS POLARIS FACTORY TEAM : REMPORTER LA NOUVELLE CATÉGORIE SSV !

DAKAR 2017

Dimanche, 1er janvier 2017.

Vérifications administratives : CONMEBOL (Asuncion. Paraguay)
Vérifications techniques : BASE AEREA NU GUAZU (Asuncion. Paraguay)
Briefing : TEATRO MUNICIPAL (Asuncion. Paraguay)
Podium départ : COSTANERA, LITORAL DEL PALACIO DE GOBIERNO (Asuncion. Paraguay)

« Ce sera un Dakar très dur, le plus dur depuis que nous sommes en Amérique du Sud » a déclaré Marc Coma, vainqueur à moto par cinq fois et maintenant, directeur sportif du Dakar. Il faut croire que les cieux l’ont entendu car d’entrée de jeu, les éléments se sont déchaînés avec un mois d’avance sur leur timing pour compliquer la vie des concurrents fraîchement débarqués d’Europe : chaleur intense (36°C mais 10°C de plus au ressenti) et humidité totale, alimentée par des orages diluviens vendredi…
Après avoir passé les vérifications administratives, techniques et fêté le Nouvel An, les cinq équipages Polaris Xtremeplus se sont retrouvés,  dimanche à 15 h, tout d’abord au briefing et ensuite sur le podium de départ, lancement officiel de la course devant un public venu très nombreux. Les Paraguayens, tout comme les Argentins, sont férus de sports mécaniques.

Cette année, ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) a lancé un nouveau défi et ouvert une cinquième catégorie propre aux SSV de toutes marques (10 au départ) que le Team Xtremeplus Polaris, vainqueur depuis cinq ans, a bien l’intention de remporter. « C’est une très bonne nouvelle qu’ASO ait pris en considération notre classe SSV, explique Marco Piana, car elle a, pour moi, un grand avenir. C’est en effet, une catégorie qui permet, pour un coût très raisonnable, à des débutants en rallye de se lancer dans cette belle aventure et également pour les motards qui ont envie de passer en 4 roues. Nous avons prouvé, avec le Polaris RZR1000XT+30, que nous pouvions terminer cette course qui est la plus dure au monde et être même bien placé (Willy Alcaraz s’est classé 40e). C’est un véhicule qui n’est pas rapide, donc les débutants ne se font pas peur, mais qui est très amusant, permet de passer partout et est fiable. »

Sur ce 39e Dakar, le Xtremeplus Polaris Factory Team aligne pas moins de 5 véhicules, la moitié du plateau des SSV et trois nationalités : 3 Chinois, 1 Brésilien et 1 Russe !

Au programme de ce Dakar 2017 : 12 étapes dont la moitié à plus de 3000 mètres d’altitude, 9000 km au total, 7 spéciales de plus de 400 km et des paysages qui passeront du Tropical à l’Altiplano Bolivien pour redescendre sur l’Argentine du nord-ouest, sèche et désertique.

Demain, l’étape pour rallier Resistencia (Argentine) sera de 454 km dont 39 km de spéciale au Paraguay

SUIVEZ LES ÉQUIPAGES XT+ POLARIS
•Mao Rujin/Sébastien Delaunay n°342
•Leandro Torres/Lourival Roldan n°351
•Li Dongsheng/Quanqian Guan n°374
•Maganov Ravil/Kirill Shubin n°378
•Wang Fujiang/Li Wei n°386

XTREMEPLUS POLARIS FACTORY TEAM CHASES THE VICTORY IN THE DAKAR’S NEW SSV CATEGORY!

DAKAR 2017

Sunday, January 1, 2017
Administrative check: Conmebol (Asuncion, Paraguay)
Technical check: Base Arena Nu Iguazu (Asuncion, Paraguay)
Briefing: Teatro Municipal (Asuncion, Paraguay)
Starting podium: Costanera, Litoral del Palacio de Gobierno (Asuncion, Paraguay)

“This will be a very difficult Dakar, the hardest since we have been in South America,” says Mac Coma, five times bike winner and now Sports Director of the Dakar rally. You may think the skies heard him as heavy storms and high temperatures (36 Celcius degrees, but it feels like 46) hit competitors arriving from winter in Europe. After completing the administrative and technical checks, and celebrated the New Year, the five crews of Polaris Xtremeplus met on Sunday at 3 pm, for the competitor’s briefing and then at the starting podium in Asuncion for the official start of the Dakar 2017.

These year, Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) launched a new challenge and opens a fifth category for the SSV of all factories (10 taking the race start this year) that the Xtremeplus Polaris Team has won for the past five years, and now targets another victory.  “It is great news that ASO took our category into consideration because, to me, it has a great future. In fact, this is a category that allows beginners to get into the race for a reasonable price, and it offers the same benefit to bike riders that would like to make their transition to 4 wheels. We have proved that we can finish the race with Polaris, and even be placed well in the standings with our small buggy, Willy Alcaraz was 40th overall last year! It is not a fast vehicle, so it doesn’t scare beginners, but it’s fun, it allows to go through every terrain and it is reliable,” says Marco Piana.

This is the 39th version of the Dakar and the Xtremeplus Polaris Factory Team brings no less than 5 vehicles, which is half of the plateau on the SSV category, and three nationalities: 3 Chinese, 1 Brazilian and 1 Russian!

The race program for the Dakar 2017 includes 12 stages, half of these over 3,000 meters above sea level, and 9,000 kilometers’ total. Seven of the stages will be longer than 400 km and the landscapes that competitors will cross include from the tropical forest to the Bolivian Altiplano before heading to the dry desert of Northwest Argentina.

Tomorrow, competitors will cover the first 454 km to reach Resistencia in Argentina. The first special stage of the race will take place in Paraguay, with a timed section of 39 kilometers.

Follow the XT+ Polaris crews!
Mao Rujin / Sebastian Delaunay #342
Leandro Torres / Lourival Roldan #351
Li Dongsheng / Quanqian Guan # 374
Maganov Ravil / Kirill Shubin #378
Wang Fujiang / Li Wei #386

XTREMEPLUS POLARIS FACTORY TEAM CHASES THE VICTORY IN THE DAKAR’S NEW SSV CATEGORY!

DAKAR 2017

Sunday, January 1, 2017
Administrative check: Conmebol (Asuncion, Paraguay)
Technical check: Base Arena Nu Iguazu (Asuncion, Paraguay)
Briefing: Teatro Municipal (Asuncion, Paraguay)
Starting podium: Costanera, Litoral del Palacio de Gobierno (Asuncion, Paraguay)

“This will be a very difficult Dakar, the hardest since we have been in South America,” says Mac Coma, five times bike winner and now Sports Director of the Dakar rally. You may think the skies heard him as heavy storms and high temperatures (36 Celcius degrees, but it feels like 46) hit competitors arriving from winter in Europe. After completing the administrative and technical checks, and celebrated the New Year, the five crews of Polaris Xtremeplus met on Sunday at 3 pm, for the competitor’s briefing and then at the starting podium in Asuncion for the official start of the Dakar 2017.

These year, Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) launched a new challenge and opens a fifth category for the SSV of all factories (10 taking the race start this year) that the Xtremeplus Polaris Team has won for the past five years, and now targets another victory.  “It is great news that ASO took our category into consideration because, to me, it has a great future. In fact, this is a category that allows beginners to get into the race for a reasonable price, and it offers the same benefit to bike riders that would like to make their transition to 4 wheels. We have proved that we can finish the race with Polaris, and even be placed well in the standings with our small buggy, Willy Alcaraz was 40th overall last year! It is not a fast vehicle, so it doesn’t scare beginners, but it’s fun, it allows to go through every terrain and it is reliable,” says Marco Piana.

This is the 39th version of the Dakar and the Xtremeplus Polaris Factory Team brings no less than 5 vehicles, which is half of the plateau on the SSV category, and three nationalities: 3 Chinese, 1 Brazilian and 1 Russian!

The race program for the Dakar 2017 includes 12 stages, half of these over 3,000 meters above sea level, and 9,000 kilometers’ total. Seven of the stages will be longer than 400 km and the landscapes that competitors will cross include from the tropical forest to the Bolivian Altiplano before heading to the dry desert of Northwest Argentina.

Tomorrow, competitors will cover the first 454 km to reach Resistencia in Argentina. The first special stage of the race will take place in Paraguay, with a timed section of 39 kilometers.

Follow the XT+ Polaris crews!
Mao Rujin / Sebastian Delaunay #342
Leandro Torres / Lourival Roldan #351
Li Dongsheng / Quanqian Guan # 374
Maganov Ravil / Kirill Shubin #378
Wang Fujiang / Li Wei #386