The AG Dakar College in Lithuania has produced one other Dakar Rally-bound graduate. On Wednesday, Gediminas Satkus confirmed he has been accepted for the 2025 version, marking his first foray into the legendary race.
Satkus certified with a nineteenth in Rally2 on the Abu Dhabi Desert Problem in March, the place he overcame a battery failure on the halfway level to notch a finest run of sixteenth in Stage #4. It was his second time working the ADDC after an eighteenth in school within the 2023 version.
Between ADDCs, he entered the guy World Rally-Raid Championship spherical Rallye du Maroc however retired after crashing in Stage #3. 2023 additionally noticed him compete within the Rallye Breslau in Poland, the place fell off his bike early on but managed to succeed in the end.
Exterior of rally raid, Satkus competes in enduro together with the Crimson Bull Romaniacs in 2022 He additionally works as a managing director for mineral provider Minterra FZE within the United Arab Emirates.
AG Dakar College is run by Arūnas Gelažninkas, a two-time winner of the Dakar’s Unique by Motul (Malle Moto) subcategory. On the 2024 Dakar in January, he was the co-driver for his spouse Emilija Gelažninkienė within the SSV class. The college additionally ready a motorbike for Modestas Siliunas within the race, however his maiden Dakar ended after eight legs.
“When exhausting work, not giving up even resulting from extreme accidents (you most likely all bear in mind Gediminas being thrown off the route in Morocco), and a transparent aim pays off: from zero to Dakar in only a few years? All the things is feasible as a result of our slogan ‘Experience Exhausting or Go Dwelling’ is a mirrored image of the crew,” reads a press release from the crew. “We are able to do something so long as we expect we will. [Gediminas is] the second member of our crew to face firstly line of the Dakar. We’re completely satisfied, proud, and can go collectively all the best way to the end line of the Dakar Rally.”
As a remaining gown rehearsal, he’ll enter the Rallye du Maroc on 6–11 October. The 2025 Dakar Rally runs on 3–17 January.
The Amaury Sport Organisation started sending out acceptance letters for the 2025 Dakar final Friday.
