[LT] Winter rally

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January 31st in Lithuania will be held first rally championship round "Winter rally". This rally will be Latvian championship rally also.
Official website http://www.winterrally.lt/en/
Start order http://www.winterrally.lt/en/?page_id=112
Live results http://www.rally-live.lt
With bigger start pay crews can register until jan 30. But this start order won't change very strongly.
So,who will be the favorites. In this rally will start last year Lithuania champion Vytautas Švedas,multiple champion Rokas Lipeikis,Deivydas Jocius (planning some rallies with Xsara WRC in WRC),Latvia N4 champion Aivis Egle, Andis Neikšans(PWRC this year),Janis Vorobjovs,multiple Lithuania champion Saulius Girdauskas,Estonian Margus Murakas. These guys will fight for the top places.

Last year rally wasn't held because of bad weather conditions.So few photos from 2007 http://www.fotoreporteris.com/rallywintersampo/index.html

Some video from 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCHGJUiz2iE

I will post all newest information here. If you have more questions just ask.

[morganmilan]

Great information... So which lithuanian or latvian crews will make international runnings this year? Someone in IRC or ERC?

[garais22]

Great information... So which lithuanian or latvian crews will make international runnings this year? Someone in IRC or ERC?

Andis Neiksans/Peteris Dzirkals (LV) Mitsubishi Evo IX will drive in PWRC this year :)

[tolis]

Andis Neiksans/Peteris Dzirkals (LV) Mitsubishi Evo IX will drive in PWRC this year :)

With the Greek team Vergina Inforally.
:) :) :)

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Maps are online. But only in Lithuanian and Russian http://www.winterrally.lt/en/?page_id=35 There are some photos from the stages. So who is going to be there,they will understand.

[ProRally]

I heard that snow is 'gone' .... lets hope they don't cancel like last year

[dumb]

I heard that snow is 'gone' .... lets hope they don't cancel like last year

Well. We have +2 or +3 now. Snow is melting. But air prognosis are good for rally. about -3. Most important thing is not snow. Most important thing is cold gravel. But like organisator said... rally will be held don't matters about conditions.

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Roads condition today
http://forum.xtra.lt/download/file.php?id=11910

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Rally will start tomorrow. First stage 08.30 (GMT +2) Follow http://www.rally-live.lt

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First two stages made few surprises.Lipeikis was quite slow as well as Vorobjovs. But Dermantas showed 6th time on stage one. Unfortunately he rolled out right after 1SS finish.
1.Girdauskas
2.Švedas+13,3
3,Jocius+14,6
4,Egle+18,1
5,Lipeikis+22,7

3RD SS is underway.

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SS3 and 4 were slower that first two. Both winner is Girdauskas. But fight for second place is very hard. In 3rd stage Egle took 1,8 sec from Jocius and 2,4 from Švedas. 5th was Neikšans. In 4th stage Švedas was faster. Second was Neikšans +0,4 fourth was Jocius +1 and fifth Egle +2,9.
After 4SS
1,Girdauskas
2,Švedas+26,2
3,Jocius+27,9
4,Egle+31,5
5Neikšans+37,4

SS5 in underway

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Six stages and after them is servise zone.
Vytautas Švedas managed to win 5th stage. He put on Girdauskas 0,2s. Fight for second place is still very strong. 3rd was Egle +4 fourth Neikšans +4,8 fifth Jocius +5,8.

Sixth stage and Girdauskas was first here. Egle was second he took from Švedas 0,3s 4th Neikšans 1,7(from Egle) 5th Jocius 3,1 from Egle.

Before servise park.
1,Girdauskas
2,Švedas+28
3,Egle+37
4,Neikšans+38,3
5,Jocius+45,4
6,Lipeikis+1,01,3
7,Feldmanis+1,10,1
8,Čapkauskas+1,13,1
9,Vanagas+1,15,7
10,Samuitis+1,31,1

Girdauskas average speed is 115,62km/h

After servise park crews will run six more stages.7th stage starts at 12,30(GMT+2).

[Wim_Impreza]

Thank you, Vainius. Do you know if there is snow on some stages?

Very nice fight for 2rd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place. :)

[dumb]

Thank you, Vainius. Do you know if there is snow on some stages?

Very nice fight for 2rd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place. :)

Snow is everywhere!

[morganmilan]

Great information! Thanks, Dumb.

[dumb]

OK. I will continue. Next stage starts right now.

[dumb]

7 an 8 SS
Those four EVO IX was fighting really hard. All four beaten Girdauskas with Fabia WRC in SS7. First was Švedas. He put on Neikšans 1,4s third Jocius +3,4 and fourth Egle +4,3. Girdauskas was fifth +4,4.

SS8 was strange. First on the road Švedas smashed his car into trees. Jocius made crash also. So both top lithuanian N4 drivers is out. :(

Stage win for Neikšans. Girdauskas second +0,9 Lipeikis third +10,9 Butvilas 4th +12 5th Čapkauskas +12,9. I don't know what happened to Egle but he was only 10th on this stage. After 8SS situation is really different.

1,Girdauskas
2,Neikšans +41,5
3,Egle+53,8
4,Lipeikis+1,21,7
5,Feldmanis+1,31,0

SS9 underway

[tolis]

Thanks Dumb!!!!
:) :) :)

[dumb]

Your welcome.
SS 9 and SS10. Very fast stages. Girdauskas average speed there was 128km/h.He won both stages. Egle was trying to catch Andis Neikšans but Neikšans put on about two second in SS10 and Egle is too far to do something. Very big surpise is Darius Biesevičius. He was second in SS9 with his Colt AWD.

Results after stage 10
1,Girdauskas
2,Neikšans+52,6
3,Egle+1,06,6
4,Lipeikis+1,44,6
5,Feldmanis+2,04,2

Two more stages to go to the finish.
http://www.15min.lt/images/photos/609236/big/1233389970img_0631.jpg
Girdauskas
http://www.15min.lt/images/photos/609236/big/1233393543eovc9901.jpg
Neikšans
http://www.15min.lt/images/photos/609236/big/1233393544eovc9982.jpg
Feldmanis

http://www.15min.lt/images/photos/609236/big/1233397061eovc0024.jpg
Švedas in servise park

More photos http://www.15min.lt/gallery/show/Winter_Rally_2009_I
http://www.15min.lt/gallery/show/Winter_Rally_2009_automobiliu_serviso_zona

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SS9-10 stopped. Somebody had a big roll at the end of stage 10. Later we will know who.

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Miks Ernstsons/Karlis Klavinš EVO IX smashed car hardly into the tree. Both took to hospital.

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So rally is finished. SS11 winner is Neikšans, SS12 Egle.

Results
1,Girdauskas
2,Neikšans
3,Egle
4,Lipeikis
5,Feldmanis

Full results will be soon.

One of smashed latvian guys broke collar-bone,but seriously injuries are avoided. That is good.

Congradulates to Girda!

[dumb]

Funny accident. Švedas stopped on stage because of crash (lost two rear wheels). Jocius run behind him,he didn't managed to stop and he went to the ditch. Lost wheel.

[VFTS]

Is there any link to this event? Pictures? Full results?

[dumb]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tEo5Kx8Ewc Video from slow corner. Some photos http://picasaweb.google.com/nebushka/WinterRally2009_1#
http://picasaweb.google.lt/samuolis.marius/WinterRally2009#
http://www.nikodema.lt/
Full results http://www.rally-live.lt/rally_results_all.php?id=40

http://forum.xtra.lt/download/file.php?id=12035&mode=view

[sindroms]

... Pictures? ...

Here it is! http://www.art-mosphere.lv/pub/lv/reportages/40/ (http://www.art-mosphere.lv/pub/lv/reportages/40/)
Outstanding job!

[Mirek]

Incredible series, Fabias WRC won all rallys where they started in last month (4 starts, 4 win), more than 3 years after the end of development, that's crazy :D

[dumb]

More video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edf7vGvZZS8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCcKIRNNaGw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjwcnc-puGg Švedas crash
http://tv.delfi.lt/video/v3oZIuig/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTz3PxSDr-4

I hope it was interesting rally for you.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Nice to hear the Fabia WRC again,by far the best sounding WRC!!!

[rallyemotions]

Some pictures by rallyemotions.net - here (http://www.rallyemotions.net/winter_09/).
Enjoy! :)