TEAM PETRONAS DE ROOY IVECO TEAM TAKES FOUR TRUCKS INTO THE TOP 10

Having covered 5,000 km on the extremely challenging sandy soil of the Peruvian deserts, Gerard De Rooy won the third place, followed by Federico Villagra in fourth, with Ton Van Genugten and Maurik van den Heuvel achieving 7th and 10th position in the overall classification.

The Dakar 2019 finished with the stage linking Pisco and Lima with 112 timed kilometres. During this stage, Ton van Genugten won his second special of this year’s edition, making it three special wins for the Team in the 10 days of the race.

The three other IVECO Powerstar trucks crossed the finish line shortly after, with Team Leader Gerard de Rooy finishing in the Top 5 for seventh time in this edition of the Dakar. His fifth place in the last stage clinched his place on the podium as third overall.

Federico Villagra finished the most difficult rally raid in the world achieving a fourth position in the overall classification.

Maurik van den Heuvel placed the fourth IVECO Powerstar truck in the Top 10 in the overall classification. Maurik van den Heuvel has finished fourth, achieving another great result for Team PETRONAS De Rooy IVECO, which not only succeeded in taking its four trucks to the finish line, but placed all four in the Top 10.