Aleš Loprais

Aleš Loprais (born 10 January 1980 in Olomouc)[1] is a Czech rally raid truck driver. Loprais has a long association with Tatra and has been a frequent participant of the Dakar Rally,[2] having also won the 2011 Silk Way Rally in the truck category.[3]

Loprais' 2009 Dakar Tatra on display in Brno.

Career

Loprais is nephew of the highly successful Czech rally raid truck driver Karel Loprais.[4] The younger Loprais first competed on the Dakar Rally in 2006 as navigator to his uncle Karel, and from 2007 he has competed as a driver for Tatra. Loprais has scored several stage victories in the Dakar Rally, his best overall result being third place in 2007.[2] Apart from the Dakar Rally, Loprais competed in a number of other rally raid races, including the Silk Way Rally and the 2008 Central Europe Rally.

In 2023, he was placed under police investigation after accidentally killing a spectator while competing in the Dakar Rally.[5]

Dakar Rally results
Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2006* Trucks Czech Republic Tatra DNF 0
2007 3rd 1
2008 Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally
Trucks Czech Republic Tatra 3rd 1
2009 DNF 0
2010 DNF 0
2011 DNF 2
2012 DNF 1
2013 6th 1
2014 6th 2
2015 Germany MAN 4th 1
2016 Italy Iveco DNF 0
2017 Czech Republic Tatra 7th 0
2018 DNF 1
2019 5th 0
2020 Czech Republic Praga 7th 0
2021 5th 0
2022 21st 0
2023 Withdrew

Silk Way Rally results
Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2009 Trucks Czech Republic Tatra 3rd 1
2010 4th 0
2011 1st 1
2012 4th 0
2013 21st 0
2014-2015 Not held
2016 Did not enter
2017 Trucks Czech Republic Tatra DNF 0

References
  1. "Loprais and InstaForex: traditions, development, leadership". Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  2. Dakar.com: The Stars Will Decide
  3. Yakubova, Olga; Khayrullin, Erik (2011). "Finish". Silk Way Rally 2011. p. 281. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  4. Radio Prague: Czech truck crew drops out of Dakar Rally after accident
  5. ""Életem végéig kísérteni fog" – A kamionosoknál élen álló Loprais feladta a Dakart miután elgázolt egy nézőt" (in Hungarian). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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