MAN wins Transorientale Rally

Dakar winner Hans Stacey crosses the finishing line first in his MAN truck after 10,000 kilometers through Russia, Kazakhstan and China.

Hans Stacey was taking part in the Transorientale Rally, which was being held for the first time this year and started on 12th June. Approximately 10,000 kilometres long, the route took the rally drivers through Russia, Kazakhstan and China. The destination of this new marathon was Peking, where the contestants were expected to arrive on 28th June.

With a more than three-hour lead on Spain's Vila in Mercedes and almost five hours ahead of Bekx, also of the Netherlands, in a DAF, Stacey drove across the finishing line close to the Great Wall of China.