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 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]
Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
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2006* | Trucks |
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DNF | 0 |
2007 | 3rd | 1 | ||
2008 | ||||
3rd | 1 | |||
2009 | DNF | 0 | ||
2010 | DNF | 0 | ||
2011 | DNF | 2 | ||
2012 | DNF | 1 | ||
2013 | 6th | 1 | ||
2014 | 6th | 2 | ||
2015 |
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4th | 1 | |
2016 |
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DNF | 0 | |
2017 |
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7th | 0 | |
2018 | DNF | 1 | ||
2019 | 5th | 0 | ||
2020 |
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7th | 0 | |
2021 | 5th | 0 | ||
2022 | 21st | 0 | ||
2023 | DNF | 2 | ||
2024 | 2nd | 2 |
Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
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2009 | Trucks |
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3rd | 1 |
2010 | 4th | 0 | ||
2011 | 1st | 1 | ||
2012 | 4th | 0 | ||
2013 | 21st | 0 | ||
2014-2015 | Not held | |||
2016 | Did not enter | |||
2017 | Trucks |
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DNF | 0 |