kscarbel2 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 NBC Sports / January 11, 2015Following his setback on Saturday, Eduard Nikolaev got to work on reducing his deficit in the overall truck standings.Nikolaev secured his fifth stage win of the 2015 Dakar in the trucks’ Stage 8. The KAMAZ pilot won over Iveco’s Gerard de Rooy by more than 11 minutes and defending Dakar champ Andrey Karginov by almost 15 minutes.But even more important for Nikolaev, fifth-place stage finisher and overall leader Ayrat Mardeev was beaten soundly by more than half a hour.Taking that into account, Nikolaev’s moved up to third position behind him and Karginov, and his deficit has shrunk considerably to just 12 minutes, 41 seconds.With Karginov holding second position over him by a gap of seven and a half minutes, Nikolaev must keep marching forward.Video: http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/11/dakar-sanabria-surprises-in-quads-nikolaev-gets-fifth-stage-win-of-event/ 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38396-kamazs-nikolaev-gets-fifth-stage-win/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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