Moi Torrallardona Explained

Moisès "Moi" Torrallardona (born on 13 September 1966 at Castellfollit del Boix, Manresa) is a Spanish off-road rally truck co-driver and navigator. It took part in the Camel Trophy 1990, celebrated in Siberia, USSR, where he finished on 4th position with the Spanish team.[1]

Career

Torrallardona has participated on several editions of the Dakar Rally, most of them accompanying the truck driver Pep Vila, achieving his best result in the 2009 Dakar Rally, when they finished on the 7th position in the trucks general classification.[2]

In 2010, since Vila decided not to participate in the Dakar, Torrallardona took the start in the rally on a new team, driving an Iveco truck of Gérard de Rooy, who did not compete because of an injury, together with the French pilot Joseph Adua and the Polish mechanic Darek Rodewald. They suffered three gearbox breakdowns, although they managed to continue on the roads and finish 3rd on four stages. They had to withdraw on 12th stage, while they were on 11th position in classification.[3]

Together with Pep Vila (driver) and Marc Torres (mechanic) on a Mercedes-Benz truck, he finished 2nd on the 2008 Trans-oriental Rally, behind the team formed by Hans Stacey (driver), Charly Gotlib and Bernard der Kinderen, driving a MAN truck.[4]

Dakar Rally results

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
13th 12th DNF 15th DNS 7th DNF 6th

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quinto Dakar para el equipo PROmotor-Les Comes . Spanish . 2010-01-17 .
  2. Web site: Etapa 15. Ceremonia final Rally Dakar: PROmotor-Les Comes en el Dakar 2009, el triunfo de la constancia . Spanish . 2009-01-18 . 2010-01-17 . https://archive.today/20120709150838/http://comunidad.terra.es/blogs/noticias_dakar2009/archive/2009/01/18/etapa15ceremoniafinalrallydakarpromotorlescomeseneldakar2009eltriunfodelaconstancia.aspx . 2012-07-09 . dead .
  3. Web site: N° 507 – TEAM TEAM DE ROOY 2010 . 2010-01-17 .
  4. Web site: Pep Vila segundo de camiones en el Transorientale 2008 . Spanish . 2010-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723015138/http://www.arc-racing.net/pdf/NoticiaPDF.asp?id_contenido=2831 . 2011-07-23 . dead .