Raid de Himalaya: Rana and Tanveer crowned champions
Maruti Suzuki’s Suresh Rana claimed a dominant victory in the Xtreme Cars category of the Raid de Himalaya, while TVS Racing’s Abdul Wahid Tanveer notched up his second successive Xtreme Bikes title.
Suresh Rana, PVS Murthy Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara
Rachit Thukral
The 19th edition of the Raid de Himalaya traversed from Manali to Leh, with competitors covering a distance of around 2000 km over six days.
Only 10 drivers in the Xtreme Cars category made it to the finish, with Rana (co-driver PVS Murthy) taking the top spot with a total time of 9hr22m.17s.
The Manali-based driver, who drove a factory-prepared Grand Vitara, beat Sanjay Razdan (Karan Aukta) by nearly an hour to score a record 11th win in the Raid de Himalaya.
Sanjay Agarwal (N Smitha) completed the podium spots with third, another 22-minutes adrift of Razdan and his Gypsy.
Dharam Pal Jhangra (Sultan) was fourth in a Brezza, while Niju Padia (Sabatullah Khan) was fifth overall and highest among the T2 class runners.
In a field dominated by Gypsy and Grand Vitara cars, Padia’s Mitsubishi Pajero Sport was a breath of fresh air.
Xtreme Bikes: Tanveer edges out Nataraj
The fight for the Xtreme Bikes crown was a two-horse affair between TVS stablemates Tanveer and R Nataraj, with the former edging out his arch rival by exactly three minutes to win the prestigious cross-country rally.
Nataraj led the Xtreme Bikes class on the opening two days, before Tanveer turned up a gear and established a small gap for himself at the front of the pack.
Rajendra RE was classified third on a smaller capacity RTR 200, making it an all-TVS podium.
Imran Pasha continued TVS’ hegemony in fourth, while Vishwas SD completed the top-five.
Only 13 riders successfully completed the Xtreme Bikes category of the Raid de Himalaya, with majority of the retirements coming in the opening two legs.
Xtreme Cars results:
Pos |
Driver |
Time |
Gap |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Suresh Rana PVS Murthy |
9hr22m17s |
50m57s |
2 |
Sanjay Razdan Karan Aukta |
10hr13m14s |
1hr13m17s |
3 |
Sanjay Agarwal N Smitha |
10hr35m34s |
1hr23m24s |
4 |
Dharam Pal Jhangra Sultan |
10hr45m41s |
1hr26m06s |
5 |
Niju Padia Sabatullah Khan |
10hr48m23s |
1hr36m13s |
6 |
Sandeep Sharma Karan Arya |
10hr58m30s |
1hr57m15s |
7 |
Shuchi Thakur Shahid Salman |
11hr19m32s |
3hr21m20s |
8 |
Hukam Singh Rathore Dixyant Mann |
12hr43m37s |
3hr30m51s |
9 |
Hav Mangal Singh Yadav Singh |
12hr53m08s |
3hr30m51s |
10 |
Amrinder Maj Singh Brar Maj Pareek |
14hr49m34s |
5hr27m17s |
Xtreme Bikes Results:
Pos |
Rider |
Time |
Gap |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Abdul Wahid Tanveer |
7hr44m03s |
- |
2 |
R Nataraj |
7hr47m03s |
3m00s |
3 |
Rajendra R E |
8hr57m29s |
1hr13m26s |
4 |
Imran Pasha |
9hr42m36s |
1hr58m33s |
5 |
Vishwas SD |
9hr46m20s |
2hr2m17s |
6 |
Mohit Thakur |
10hr01m39s |
2hr17m36s |
7 |
Rupinder Singh |
10hr22m10s |
2hr38m07s |
8 |
Shujaat Mohd Khan |
11hr21m06s |
3hr37m03s |
9 |
Rehan Khan |
11hr27m56s |
3hr43s53s |
10 |
Pratik Prabhu Desai |
11hr31m43s |
3hr47m40s |
11 |
Kanwar Bhanu Pratap Singh |
11hr40m58s |
3hr56m55s |
12 |
Aishwarya Pissay |
11hr43m13s |
3hr59m10s |
13 |
Gurjinder Singh Malwa |
11hr44m43s |
4hr00m40s |
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