Sotnikov's crew became the winner of the Dakar rally in the truck category

At the final, 12th special stage, the winner was Big Shock Racing pilot Martin Matsik.

Russian Dmitry Sotnikov won the general classification.

For him, this is the first success in the rally marathon.

At the same time, the KamAZ-master team celebrated their fifth victory at the Dakar in a row.

The second and third places in the overall standings were taken by two Russian crews of Anton Shibalov and Airat Mardeev.

Earlier it was reported that the French motorcycle racer who was injured at the Dakar rally died.