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Dakar 2024 – Cristina Gutiérrez wins the Challenger category before joining Loeb and Al-Attiyah
The Spaniard Cristina Gutiérrez wins the 2024 Dakar in Challenger. Photo DPPI / J. Delfosse
There will not be one, but two winning drivers of the Dakar Rally within the Dacia team in rally-raid in 2025. We knew Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel, we will now have to count on Cristina Gutiérrez and Pablo Moreno. The Spanish tandem won the Challenger category (ex-T3) this Friday, January 19 in Yanbu (Saudi Arabia).
It's a historic day at the # Dakar2024 as @crisgutierrez and Pablo Moreno become 𝕎𝕀ℕℕ𝔼ℝ𝕊 of the Challenger category!
Gutiérrez is the first woman to win a Dakar title since Jutta Kleinschmidt in 2001 😱👏🏆 pic.twitter.com/fpk2eUzjj1
- DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 19, 2024
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Starting this morning 25 minutes behind Mitch Guthrie and Kellon Walch this morning, the trained dentist benefited from a transmission failure on the American crew's Taurus during the last special. She finished 35 minutes ahead, and became the first woman since Jutta Kleinschmidt in 2001 to win the Dakar. The difference was that the German had obtained a victory in the general classification over Mitsubishi while Cristina Gutiérrez won the second level of the Dakar.
“It shows that you always have to fight on the Dakar, and never give up, declared the 32-year-old pilot after being carried in triumph by those close to her. Thanks to the organization for this fantastic race. I can not believe it ! I don't know what's happening to me. I will never forget this day. It’s part of my values to never give up. It’s the best way to end my Challenger career. »
Cristina Gutiérrez also had a thought for “Carles Falcon, the biker who died a few days ago. This victory is dedicated to him, just like to the children who are hospitalized in Burgos, they support me. » The town hall of Burgos (Castile and Leon), birthplace of the future teammate of Nasser Al-Attiyah and Sébastien Loeb, has already announced that she will organize a reception in honor of the pilot. The first name of the mayor of the city of 175 inhabitants? Cristina, of course!
Medhi Casaurang
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