Vladimir Chagin
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Vladimir Gennadiyevich Chagin (Russian: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "IPA".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian rally raid driver. He has won the Dakar Rally driving Kamaz trucks in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2011,[1] becoming the most successful single category pilot in the history of the tournament earning him the nickname "The Tsar of Dakar".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
As of January 2016[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". he holds the following records:[2]
- The most Dakar rally wins in the truck category with 7 (1 more than Karel Loprais)
- The second most Dakar rally stage wins in all categories with 63, 5 behind Stéphane Peterhansel
- The record for most stage wins in a single Dakar rally season in the truck category with 9 out of 14 in 2010.
Winner
- Dakar Rally: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2011
- Desert Challenge: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Baja Italia: 2000
- Optic 2000 Tunisia: 2000, 2001
- Master-Rally: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002
- Rally Orientale - Kappadokia: 2003, 2004
- Baja Pearl: 2000
- Kalmykia: 2000
- The Quiet Don: 2003
- Khazar Steppes: 2004, 2006
In top 3
- Dakar Rally: 2009
- Desert Challenge: 2000
- Baikonur - Moscow: 1997
Honours and awards
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th class
- Order of Courage
- Order of Honour
- Order of Friendship
- Order of the Badge of Honour (USSR)
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"
- Medal "For Valiant Labour" (Republic of Tatarstan)
Dakar Rally results
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Trucks | Template:Flagicon Kamaz | 30th | ? |
| 1998 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 1st | 4 | ||
| 2001 | DNF | 5 | ||
| 2002 | 1st | 7 | ||
| 2003 | 1st | 2 | ||
| 2004 | 1st | 4 | ||
| 2005 | 18th | 6 | ||
| 2006* | 1st | 7 | ||
| 2007 | DNF | 2 | ||
| 2008 | Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally | |||
| 2009 | Trucks | Template:Flagicon Kamaz | 2nd | 4 |
| 2010 | 1st | 9 | ||
| 2011 | 1st | 7 | ||
References
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External links
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- Template:In lang Vladimir Chagin's biography at the official site of the Kamaz-Master Team
- Template:In lang Vladimir Chagin's blog
- Template:In lang Kamaz Dakar site
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Perm, Russia
- Russian rally drivers
- Off-road racing drivers
- Dakar Rally drivers
- Dakar Rally–winning drivers
- Rally raid truck drivers
- Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia)