Rana and Tanveer win shortened Raid de Himalaya
Suresh Rana and Abdul Wahid Tanveer claimed victory in 2016 Raid de Himalaya, which was cut short after the tragic incident where Subhamoy Paul lost his life.
Photo by: Maruti Suzuki
The Indian cross-country rally was called off after Paul crashed in the mountains on Day 3, reportedly dying on spot.
The organisers decided to finalise the results based on times of the first three days. This meant Team Maruti driver Rana (co-driver Ashwin Naik) took his 10th Raid de Himalaya title.
Rana beat defending champion Lhakpa Tsering (co-driver Venu Ramesh Kumar) by 13m43s. It was his third consecutive cross-country title, following his victory in Desert Storm and Dakshin Dare, earlier in the year.
Behind the top two, Sandeep Kumar (co-driver Karan Arya) was third in a Maruti Gypsy, while Harpreet Singh Bawa (co-driver Parminder Thakur) and Jas Mohan Singh (co-driver Vikram Thakur) completed the top five.
In the Moto category, TVS once again dominated the proceedings, with Abdul Wahid Tanveer leading home R Nataraj. The two riders were separated by just 3m06s.
Umang Saxena was classified third in a customer KTM Duke 390, 48m off the pace of the leading duo.
SD Vishwas finished merely 14 seconds behind in fourth in a Yamaha WR450F, while Sajanpreet Singh made it two KTMs in the top five.
Xtreme Cars results:
|
Pos |
Driver |
Car |
Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Suresh Rana Ashwin Naik |
Maruti Grand Vitara |
- |
|
2 |
Lhakpa Tsering Venu Ramesh Kumar |
Polaris RZR 1000 |
13m43s |
|
3 |
Sandeep Sharma Karan Arya |
Maruti Gypsy |
20m11s |
|
4 |
Harpreet Singh Bawa Parminder Thakur |
Maruti Grand Vitara |
28m29s |
|
5 |
Jas Mohan Bajaj Vikram Thakur |
Maruti Gypsy |
34m49s |
|
6 |
Shakti Bajaj H S Rathore |
Maruti Gypsy |
36m49s |
|
7 |
Prem Kumar Shemi Musthafa |
Maruti Gypsy |
42m29s |
|
8 |
Sanhay Razdan Karan Aukta |
Maruti Gypsy |
43m08s |
|
9 |
Harvinder Bhola Virender Kashyap |
Maruti Gypsy |
49m09s |
|
10 |
Amanpreet Ahulwalia Sudp Halder |
Maruti Grand Vitara |
51m22s |
|
11 |
Sanjay Agarwal Amber Udasi |
Maruti Grand Vitara |
56m16s |
|
12 |
Vir Djeemant Singh Vikram Vishwa Khajuria |
Renault Duster |
1hr04m17s |
|
13 |
Chiborlang Wahlang Samborlang Wahlang |
Polaris RZR 1000 Turbo |
1hr06m42s |
|
14 |
Sudhanshu Mishra Rekha Mishra |
Maruti Gypsy |
1hr09m40s |
|
15 |
Arindam Saikia J Jeevarathinam |
Polaris XP 1000 |
1hr12m58s |
|
16 |
V K Bhatti Prashant Pandit |
Maruti Gypsy |
1hr18m13s |
|
17 |
Anu Rana Poonam Ranan |
Maruti Gypsy |
1hr19m29s |
|
18 |
Niju Nandlal Padia Nirav Mehta |
Mitsubishi Pajero Sport |
1hr20m56s |
|
19 |
Devarpalli Ramajan Taposh Bose |
Maruti Gypsy |
2hr05m30s |
|
20 |
Smitha N Ashika Menezes |
Polaris RZR 900 |
6hr03m47s |
Xtreme Moto Results
|
Pos |
Rider |
Bike |
Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Abdul Wahid Tanveer |
TVS RTR 450 |
- |
|
2 |
R Nataraj |
TVS RTR 450 |
3m06s |
|
3 |
Umang Saxena |
KTM Duke 390 |
51m49s |
|
4 |
Sd Vishwas |
Yamaha WR450F |
52m02s |
|
5 |
Sajanpreet Singh |
KTM EXC 250 |
57m24s |
|
6 |
Rajendra RE |
TVS RTR 200 |
1hr02m44s |
|
7 |
Rupinder Singh |
KTM Duke |
1hr20m19s |
|
8 |
Rohit Gowda |
KTM Duke 390 |
1hr22m24s |
|
9 |
Mohd Rhujaat Khan |
Hero Impulse |
1hr39m30s |
|
10 |
Vivek Sharma |
Yamaha WR450F |
1hr39m58s |
|
11 |
Amardev Singh |
KTM Duke 200 |
1hr55m54s |
|
12 |
Raj A Sathya |
Hero Impulse |
2hr03m46s |
|
13 |
Mohit Surjan |
Hero Impulse |
2hr11m29s |
|
14 |
Pratap Gaurav Singh |
KTM 2015 |
2hr18m50s |
|
15 |
Fabin Jose |
TVS RTR 200 |
2hr24m23s |
|
16 |
Aakash Ahuja |
Royal Enfield Himalayan |
2hr26m43s |
|
17 |
Kanwar Bhanu Pratak Singh |
Royal Enfield Himalayan |
2hr34m50s |
|
18 |
Dhabush K Dev |
KTM Duke 200 |
2hr41m48s |
|
19 |
Sunil Krishna Kumar |
Triumph 800 XRX |
2hr44m16s |
|
20 |
Vishal Das |
Hero Impulse |
2hr51m30s |
|
21 |
Ashok Kumar |
KTM Duke 200 |
2hr52m11s |
|
22 |
Gulpreet Singh |
Royal Enfield Himalayan |
2hr52,56s |
|
23 |
Javeen Mathew |
Royal Enfield Himalayan |
3hr04m56s |
|
24 |
Monish Saini |
Triumph Tiger XR |
3hr06m36s |
|
25 |
Yash Raj Rathode |
Husqvarna TXC310R |
3hr08m04s |
|
26 |
Suki Tatineni |
Royal Enfield Classic 500 |
3hr12m41s |
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