Gerard de Rooy

In this Dutch name, the surname is de Rooy, not Rooy.

Gerard de Rooy (born 21 June 1980 in Eindhoven, Netherlands) is a Dutch truck racer, best known for participating in the Dakar Rally. In the 2009 edition he won three stages. He won the truck category race in 2012 and 2016. He is the son of successful rally raid driver Jan de Rooy.

Gerard de Rooy
Gerard de Rooy in 2013
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1980-06-21) 21 June 1980 (age 44) Eindhoven, Netherlands
Related to	Jan de Rooy (father)

Notable results in Dakar Rally

^[1]

• 2002
  • 6th trucks overall
• 2003
  • DNF (Did not finish) stage 12
• 2004
  • 3rd trucks overall
• 2005
  • 5th trucks overall
• 2006
  • DNS (Did not start)
• 2007
  • 1st, Stage 1
  • DNF stage 7
• 2009
  • 3rd trucks overall
  • 1st, Stage 2^[2]
  • 1st, Stage 4
  • 1st, Stage 8
• 2011
  • DNF stage 1
• 2012
  • 1st truck overall
  • 1st, Stage 2^[3]
  • 1st, Stage 4
  • 1st, Stage 5
  • 1st, Stage 7
  • 1st, Stage 12
• 2013
  • 4th truck overall
  • 1st, Stage 1
  • 1st, Stage 2
  • 1st, Stage 3
  • 1st, Stage 6
  • 1st, Stage 7
  • 1st, Stage 11
• 2014
  • 2nd truck overall
• 2015
  • 9th truck overall
• 2016
  • 1st truck overall
  • 1st, Stage 4
  • 1st, Stage 8
  • 1st, Stage 9

Dakar Rally results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2002	Trucks	DAF	6th	0
2003			DNF	5
2004			3rd	1
2005			5th	3
2006			DNS	-
2007		GINAF	DNF	1
2008	Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally
2009	Trucks	GINAF	3rd	3
2010	Did Not Enter
2011	Trucks	Iveco	DNF	0
2012			1st	5
2013			4th	6
2014			2nd	3
2015			9th	0
2016			1st	3
2017			3rd	2
2018	Did Not Enter
2019	Trucks	Iveco	3rd	2

References

1. "The Odyssey Historic Book" (PDF). Dakar. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
2. "De Rooy wint etappe in Dakar". NU.nl. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
3. "Dakar 2012 etappe 2: Zege voor Gerard de Rooy". omroepbrabant.nl. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

External links

• Gérard de Rooy, Dakar Rally 2013
• Playing marked cards – In Dakar Rally 2012 till 12 stage Team de Rooy have used 420mm suspension travel instead of legalized 300mm. On 13 and 14 stages there was Fairplay. (in Russian, translate needed)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Vladimir Chagin	Dakar Rally Truck Winner 2012	Succeeded by Eduard Nikolaev
Preceded by Ayrat Mardeev	Dakar Rally Truck Winner 2016	Succeeded by Eduard Nikolaev