OREANDA-NEWS. January 11, 2009. Semyon Yakubov, the head of the KAMAZ-master team, commented upon the situation in the truck class after the sixth stage of the Dakar-2009 rally:

– The sports commission board decided to recognize the performance of the fifth and sixth stages in the truck class. It means that the results of 19 crews which finished on 8 January are considered valid.

Also the organizers decided to introduce changes in the stage of 9 January, because many crews of the T4 class hadn’t managed to pass saline lands of the stage on 8 January. The special section for trucks is cancelled. The sport trucks went to Valparaiso (Chile) where the day of rest is planned for today.

The crews which lagged behind must get to Valparaiso without assistance, they will be penalized and get an opportunity to continue the race on 11 January.