Former Dakar Rally trucks champion Hans Stacey has blasted the 2017 running of the event, as he labelled it the worst he's ever taken part in organisationally. Stacey, who drives for the Eurol/Veka MAN team, had dropped from seventh to 13th overall in the truck category after losing two hours to a gearbox issue during Tuesday's Uyuni–Salta stage, and was to start Thursday's Chilecito–San Juan stage down the order as a result. The top runners in Dakar's car and truck categories are allowed to request re-positioning up to three times in the rally, so as to be moved ahead of normally slower cars – and 58-year-old Stacey was angered as an apparent mix-up left him unable to start in...
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