The 2025 Rallye Breslau reached its final destination on Friday, concluding after a five-day battle from the military base in Żagań to another in Drawsko Pomorskie.

Amid the six punishing stages, while many of his fellow overall winners had to fight (some going down to the final leg), Adam Krysiak seemed to have it fairly easy by comparison. Racing on his home soil, the Pole won every stage including the Prologue and Night Stage to score the ATV overall victory. He also won the class at RBI Sport’s first race of 2025, the Baja Europe in the spring.

Fellow Polish rider Karol Slugocki was his closest adversary, but never stood much of a chance. Slugocki routinely finished second but often by double-digit margins, with the closest being was 7:52 in the Night Stage. Krysiak won by over an hour and a half.

While ATV was a one-man show, their two-wheeled counterparts’ battle came right down to the wire in a duel of Lithuanians. Edvard Sokolovskij won three stages and led Dovydas Karka going into the last day, but he finished behind his rival in Stage 5 to lose the overall by just 46 seconds. Berent de Ruiter rounded out the overall podium ahead of Matthew Gird and Justin Gerlach.

Gerlach, a last minute addition to the race, was set back by what he called a “pretty shit day for me” in Stage 4 when he ran over a water patch that caused an electrical malfunction and threw him off his rhythm. His best daily finish was second in the Prologue behind Jeremy Knuiman. He and Knuiman are both part of the RBI Next Gen Racers program introduced before the rally to train young competitors.

A motocross and sand racer, Knuiman concluded his maiden rally with an eighth in Enduro. Despite the Prologue win, he crashed 100 kilometers into Stage 1 and broke his navigation tower then running out of fuel two days later. Nevertheless, he was “super happy” to reach the finish and score a top ten.

The SSV win was also determined on the last day. Paul Spierings, a burgeoning SSV contender at the Dakar Rally, was challenged by Marcin Graczyk and Arūnas Simanavičius. Although Spierings won three straight stages midway, a slow opening stage meant he had to climb out of an early hole to catch up. Simanavičius held a 4:30 lead over Spierings that was erased when he retired on the final leg with a mechanical issue.

Unlike their bike cousins, Lithuania’s SSV drivers were hit by bad luck after bad luck. Like Simanavičius, Emilija Gelažninkienė lost her shot at the podium to a vehicle problem on the last day. Tomas Mickus went from winning Stage 3 to losing it to Spierings because he didn’t properly stop for a railway crossing, and he ultimately settled for a top ten.

William Van Groningen led a Dutch sweep of the Cross-Country Truck Big class.

Hardo Mere repeated in Extreme Car Open with his HM7, taking the lead early on and never looking back. While Mere was too far ahead to catch for the overall, Thomas Jolliffe finished second after overcoming early engine issues and fuel problems. Stage 5 in particular was a misadventure as Jolliffe took a wrong line and ended up waist deep in the water, got out, got stuck in a bog, had his winch line run over by a passing car and wrap around their axle, then lost the alternator and had water burst through his windshield.

“We came here to win this year,” started Jim Marsden, an Ultra4 Europe star who placed fifth in class. “We came here to beat the legend that is Hardo Mere. It didn’t happen. We had tears before bedtime on a few days. This car, normally so reliable, gave us problems. We broke off shock absorbers, you name it.”

Finnish team Temmitiimi Motorsport showed up to Breslau with a special car featuring a 400-horsepower Honda K24 engine and portal axles from a Volvo. Despite various issues with the turbo coming loose, including on the final day, they finished seventh in Extreme Car Open.

Cross-Country

ATV

FinishNumberRiderTeamTotal TimeMargin
13Adam KrysiakPolaris Polska Racing Team11:28:08.75Leader
248Karol SlugockiSidweld Rallye Team13:02:25.89+ 1:34:17
358Mark PlatQuadwinkel16:20:18.40+ 4:52:10
459Henk WiltjerQuadwinkel17:55:11.80+ 6:27:03
560Timo OffengaQuadwinkel18:01:54.33+ 6:33:46
649Christian Winter4×4 Rallye-Team18:31:12.58+ 7:03:04
711Andreas GanssAngeldog-Factory20:41:09.45+ 9:13:01
826Pascal TroyonMoriTroy Sàrl21:30:59.51+ 10:02:51
932Andreas GausLimburg22:47:59.72+ 1:19:51
109Alexander FraintLimburg23:43:10.42+ 12:15:02
117Markus SanderBlack Forest Powersports24:33:37.20+ 13:05:29
125Leon TermerLimburg25:14:21.52+ 13:46:13
1323Jordy VerkleijVVK Racing26:01:59.50+ 14:33:51
148Nick ZennerLimburg26:49:07.16+ 15:20:59
1528Jerzy MakedonskiMakedonski47:15:49.77+ 35:47:41

Car Limited

FinishNumberDriverNavigatorTeamTotal TimeMargin
1203Torsten WilkFabian FrankeTH Racing15:52:59.11Leader
2232Ralf BerlitSteffi BerlitOffroad Extrem II20:37:36.47+ 4:44:37
3219Enzo MassaNils CelisKorte Broek Racing26:25:56.35+ 10:32:57
4202Robbert van LutterveldSuzan SaatSaris 4×4 Rally Team28:47:12.90+ 12:54:57
5208Albert van den BergRoy van HeerewaardenAlbert van den Berg40:24:46.12+ 24:31:47
6206Jesper van der VeenLars JanssenThe Next Challege44:06:10.29+ 28:13:11

Car Open

FinishNumberDriverNavigatorTeamTotal TimeMargin
1228Remigiusz WutkowskiMichał GoleniewskiWutkowski Motorsport11:15:14.28Leader
2216Jerry Van LangenBas JongejanJBM Rally Team11:59:08.17+ 43:54
3210Herman JasperMark LaanDutch Off Road Rally Team12:11:26.72+ 56:12
4235Antoine IdelotJulien Baz MonteroRock & Gravillon12:11:55.63+ 56:41
5225Bartosz PuchowskiŁukasz JungiewiczCree Yacht12:31:05.66+ 1:15:51
6211Jenne JasperMarijn VerbeekDutch Off Road Rally Team12:37:43.49+ 1:22:29
7229Richard TimmermanHendrik WillemVermeulen Rally Team12:49:26.28+ 1:34:12
8222Konrad TheobaldRamona TheobaldKraftverkehr Torgau13:39:49.96+ 2:24:35
9212Harry OostingMika KreeftHarry Oosting Racing13:51:09.79+ 2:35:55
10233Piotr UrbaniakMarcin PlatekUrbaniak Rally Team14:36:18.45+ 3:21:04
11237Florent DelahayeMax DefraeyeDelahaye Racing Team14:39:00.91+ 3:23:46
12224Jose Amorim AmorimKenzo DereaveOffRoad Developments14:47:10.61+ 3:31:56
13204Andreas HoehnTorsten VolkahhaRacing15:17:09.56+ 4:01:55
14205Roger SchoonbroodPaul Goss4×4extremeshop16:55:47.11+ 5:40:33
15230Aurélien DucrozAnthony Cossu DefranchiTeam Extreme Sud Ouest16:59:06.25+ 5:43:52
16227Tonnie van der HoevenLars BernaardsJ.J Van der Hoeven Rally Sport18:40:50.50+ 7:25:36
17215Simon Van der VeldeTom ThomsonElephant Off Road Racing19:12:02.67+ 7:56:48
18236Ben KruxTom MarinBK Concept Sàrl20:04:20.29+ 8:49:06
19234Kala SendersYvet SandersDouble Trouble24:10:25.79+ 12:55:11
20220Arno BaauwJeffrey SpoorSuzi’s Place Racing Team25:07:09.65+ 13:51:55
21218Remco de JongWesley de JongTeam de Jong26:04:24.11+ 14:49:10
22209Henry UlkeJulian Nauk4×4 Rallye-Team27:25:57.56+ 16:10:43
23207Wiel LooKenny LooH&R Loo Off Road28:04:00.12+ 16:48:46
24214Jan OostingNiels Den HeijerHarry Oosting Racing28:58:27.52+ 1:43:13
25221Helmut SchwarzKlaus Dieter ZellanBlackbird32:55:40.33+ 21:40:26
26201Daniel JurkTabea WargCM Racing32:57:37.93+ 21:42:23
27223Remy LooPeter HambeukersH&R Loo Off Road35:47:09.52+ 24:31:55

Enduro

FinishNumberRiderTeamTotal TimeMargin
151Dovydas KarkaDovydas Karka10:49:19.95Leader
291Edvard SokolovskijAG Dakar School10:50:05.48+ 00:46
322Berend de RuiterRoad to Rally11:19:26.52+ 30:07
42Matthew GirdNortheast Racing11:25:12.82+ 35:53
541Justin GerlachADAC Berlin-Brandenburg11:32:04.76+ 42:45
671Modestas SiliunasAG Dakar School11:36:29.95+ 47:10
788Tomas MarcinkevičiusAG Dakar School11:53:02.60+ 1:03:43
854Jeremy KnuimanTeam Knuiman12:16:53.39+ 1:27:34
955Salvis BeterisAdventure Riders Latvia12:19:20.70+ 1:30:01
1081Saulius KlevinskasAG Dakar School12:31:55.79+ 1:42:36
1164Michal Janaszek121 Garage Racing Team12:40:09.38+ 1:50:50
1220Dyon Van WieringenRoad to Rally12:46:42.94+ 1:57:23
1310Daan VeenendaalRally Team de Baar13:01:38.35+ 2:12:19
1450Robert PrzybylowskiM4Sport13:08:21.33+ 2:19:02
1530Ignas DaunoraviciusOvoko Racing13:21:51.25+ 2:32:32
1619Jurijs SmirnovsJSM Moto14:20:20.51+ 3:31:01
1772Erik MyrbergetTeam Nor14:35:43.70+ 3:46:24
1846Marian AugustynBFK Rally Team15:17:42.77+ 4:28:23
1936Matthias HaidtBerlinduro15:28:40.92+ 4:39:21
2044Rihards FinstersMRB Rally Team15:58:35.82+ 5:09:16
2116Bernd Von OstenGreenduro Lueneburg16:04:48.71+ 5:15:29
2238Karl HydeDodgy Racing16:24:40.39+ 5:35:21
2321Niels van der SpekRoad to Rally16:27:54.98+ 5:38:35
2424Andrius DaunoraviciusArch Moto Team16:37:28.94+ 5:48:09
2535Imar VerdouwVVK Racing16:49:22.28+ 6:00:03
2629Henry FischerNortheast Racing17:26:08.29+ 6:36:49
2714Jan de BaarRally Team de Baar17:30:32.41+ 6:41:13
284Ingus BalinsAppasaule17:39:36.95+ 6:50:17
2918Kamil GradowskiJedziemyNaDakar203017:49:52.42+ 7:00:33
3061Gediminas KiskisAG Dakar School18:14:54.42+ 7:25:35
3156Marcel WaeltiMarcel Wälti18:18:03.96+ 7:28:44
3239Robert ImhofNewstone Racing18:30:41.60+ 7:41:22
3331Stefan EnzlGreenduro Lueneburg18:41:41.78+ 7:52:22
3412Dries de BaarRally Team de Baar18:47:47.33+ 7:58:28
3547Arved KelterbornKelterborn19:12:29.90+ 8:23:10
3625Aleksander NiedbalaKKS Polonia Wrocław20:51:51.83+ 10:02:32
3743Stefan WarterSnailforces Rally Team22:39:00.24+ 11:49:41
3827Maciej CzerwińskiJedziemyNaDakar203025:50:15.59+ 15:00:56
3937Michel LangmuurKorte Broek Racing Team27:45:11.93+ 16:5:52
4015Steve HofmannSH Rallye Team28:26:48.83+ 17:37:29
4142Pascal de BaarRally Team de Baar28:45:53.92+ 17:56:34
4233Stefaan MartensKorte Broek Racing Team28:52:42.99+ 18:03:23
436Jens DethloffRallye Team MV36:46:58.57+ 25:57:39
4445Raimonda BiguzaiteUtena Rally Racing43:41:13.86+ 32:51:54
4553Remo BergerSandmaenner46:24:13.46+ 35:34:54
4652Mateusz SienkiewiczJedziemyNaDakar203047:05:53.90+ 36:16:34
4734Patrik EkströmOakstream Racing51:52:31.21+ 41:03:12
4817Joachim StreeckMax53:39:00.00+ 42:49:41

SSV

FinishNumberDriverNavigatorTeamTotal TimeMargin
1434Paul SpieringsJan-Pieter van der SteltRebellion Spierings9:52:27.17Leader
2452Marcin GraczykArtur KordalaMartin Racing Team10:13:16.61+ 20:49
3420Indrek ReisenbukVaido KalmMFO Forestry Machinery10:52:43.45+ 1:00:16
4418Rémi BerthelierClement BourjacTeam Rallye Sud SSV10:57:23.70+ 1:04:56
5429Emilija GelažninkienėArūnas GelažninkasRentway Dakar Team11:04:12.34+ 1:11:45
6427Grzegorz GąsiorowskiKatarzyna SzalegaGasiorowski Racing11:08:24.13+ 1:15:57
7441Grégoire MoninTeddy Dall’olmoTeam Rallye Sud SSV11:11:55.33+ 1:19:28
8438Dalius OlechnavičiusRomualdas KaružisSpecialist Racing11:15:34.34+ 1:23:07
9447Ramoska DzeraldasAurimas LekaviciusOba[D]ivision11:31:50.52+ 1:39:23
10451Tomas MickusDeividas BliūdžiusBRO Racing Team11:47:35.48+ 1:55:08
11448Julius SkirmantasMarius LangasIntermetal Stainless11:54:38.77+ 2:02:11
12407Michael HabighorstHeinrich SchneiderHabighorst Consulting / Black Forest Powersports12:56:06.56+ 3:03:39
13412Benjamin GerickeAndreas KruegerTeam B.A.13:21:30.23+ 3:29:03
14442Sébastien BorrasYoann ButtafoghiTchoupail Racing13:22:58.17+ 3:30:31
15437Mindaugas SidabrasErnestas ČesokasIzoton Sport13:25:33.54+ 3:33:06
16455Hans van der MeerJoep van der MeerQuadwinkel13:34:17.86+ 3:41:50
17446Rainer HugArmando LabartaBlack Forest Powersports13:57:33.17+ 4:05:06
18440Uwe GoetzelChristof TrautschUG Rallyesport / Time Out Racing14:04:18.83+ 4:11:51
19405Daniel VonderbankNils BoehmeLeitwolf Rally Team14:29:59.32+ 4:37:32
20408Serge MognoMarc LalanneTeam Canari14:46:29.30+ 4:54:02
21414Laurent BlenginoFrederic NaroditzkyTeam France Rallye SSV14:52:12.31+ 4:59:45
22401Arūnas SimanavičiusEdgaras SimanaviciusAsima14:54:42.80+ 5:02:15
23458Arjan DondersEdwin VloemansQuadwinkel14:56:27.12+ 5:04:00
24444Alar VeskiAndre SaereAK Racing15:01:07.97+ 5:08:40
25439Thomas PeetoomHarrie GroeneboomPeetoom15:03:03.69+ 5:10:36
26415Andreas RosenlöcherJana DemannRMX-Racing15:15:19.24+ 5:22:52
27411Martin EulerMatthias WertzBlack Forest Powersports15:20:55.35+ 5:28:28
28460Noah JacquetFlavien BeaudetTeam Pacman15:32:21.23+ 5:39:54
29459Johan ReedijkMarco GeusQuadwinkel15:34:08+ 5:41:41
30453Marius DamavičiusAlbert VeliamovicNo Money No Problem15:44:45.98+ 5:52:18
31404Taavi RaadikAlar KulpT.A.R.K. Racing15:54:08.29+ 6:01:41
32417Bruno KairetCécile Freydier-KairetTeam Rallye Sud SSV15:55:06.99+ 6:02:39
33423Hans Jürgen ErdbrüggerFinn Luca WerpupER Motorsport16:01:53.74+ 6:09:26
34443Urvo MännamaKris MännamaRally Raid Estonia16:04:15.10+ 6:11:48
35422Jeroen Van KasterenRik VaessenBoss Racing16:04:30.68+ 6:12:03
36450Nerijus MurauskasJustas ŠventoraitisBRO Racing Team17:04:36.16+ 7:12:09
37454Ardi van der HoekBrigith van der HoekQuadwinkel17:11:11.86+ 7:18:44
38428Tadas GilysGiedrius RajunčiusDusetos Racing Team18:14:56.70+ 8:22:29
39424Christoph ErdbrüggerChristoph RitterER Motorsport18:47:10.22+ 8:54:43
40449Algirdas TalutisMykolas PaulavičiusBRO Racing Team18:49:31.40+ 8:57:04
41436Tomasz AugustyniakMax StaniszewskiGO4RACE19:19:31.93+ 9:27:04
42457Marcel Van LeeuwenAlain SpaanQuadwinkel19:34:37.26+ 9:42:10
43432Djohnny BouwmeesterHarm-Jan HennekesVRB Racing19:51:15.52+ 9:58:48
44406Detlef MenzAnna-Lisa MenzBlack Forest Powersports20:17:43.13+ 10:25:16
45431Lalè van RoozendaalLars JansVRB Racing20:31:22.82+ 10:38:55
46403Anton KolosovIwan WachtelLimburg20:31:49.50+ 10:39:22
47425Joël Gex-ColletCharles GerbaudTeam Dahu20:54:56.64+ 11:02:29
48435Guillaume Villeton-PachotGuy Villeton-PachotSuma 122:45:48.83+ 12:53:21
49402Arūnas LekavičiusAndrius LiškusPilėnai Motorsport26:18:45.26+ 16:26:18
50410Jens SchraderAnsgar MenkeRallye Team Winkel26:41:09.25+ 16:48:42
51461Daniel VennesMyriam ZunkerRMX-Racing27:42:36.90+ 17:50:09
52409Lutz KöhlerFalk SchmalX3XX28:31:15.91+ 18:38:48
53421Kay HospoduraThilo BormannBlack Forest Powersports30:38:53.40+ 20:46:26
54419Herre van GoorJeroen MennemaOffroadteam Dirty Eagles40:39:39.96+ 30:47:12
55430Michiel LagerweijHans VeenendaalRally Team de Baar46:14:18.55+ 36:21:51
56416Bruno BerthelierEloïse BarberetTeam Rallye Sud SSV50:13:27.68+ 40:21:00

Truck Big

FinishNumberDriverNavigatorMechanicTeamTotal TimeMargin
1601William Van GroningenJacco Van GroningenWesley Van GroningenDust Warriors11:35:41.57Leader
2607Hans van der SandenRuud JansenLuc JansenFVDS Offroad13:37:25.49+ 2:01:44
3602William van de KrolEvert Van VeldhuizenRens KoudijsTruck Team van de Krol16:06:13.76+ 4:30:32
4604Paolo CalabriaGiuseppe FortunaLoris CalubiniEagle Racing Team17:53:58.60+ 6:18:17
5608Jasper FiersGiel De BackerSjors Van NunenFVDS Offroad23:31:14.65+ 11:55:33
6610Geralt Van’t BlikRalph MüllerJessie Van GroningenTruck Team Müller31:59:06.77+ 20:23:25
7606Stella KoerberSebastian RoedelMaximilian JackermeierNessi Racing44:55:28.97+ 33:19:47

Truck Small

FinishNumberDriverNavigatorTeamTotal TimeMargin
1605Jürgen HellgethAndreas HellgethHellgeth Engineering17:51:12.74Leader
2603Rob SmitFredo SmitSmit Offroad35:26:18.51+ 17:35:06

Extreme

Car Limited

FinishNumberDriverNavigatorTeamTotal TimeMargin
1308Serge LestradeBrendan GodeyLestrade33:29:31.28Leader
2302Michael BetzBastian BetzMichael Betz34:22:57.34+ 53:26
3321Felix SalfitzkyAlexander KurkaTeam Willibald36:35:16.70+ 3:05:45
4320Raphael WetzlerGil GomesDOODTeam38:18:03.99+ 4:48:32
5305Ralf RichterMarc RichterHertwig41:20:52+ 7:51:21

Car Open

FinishNumberDriverNavigatorTeamTotal TimeMargin
1301Hardo MerePiotr KujawskiHM Racing Team11:45:56.44Leader
2316Thomas JolliffeMark FosterJB Equipmemt Racing14:36:17.90+ 2:50:21
3310Matthias HertwigMartin HertwigHertwig14:52:41.13+ 3:06:45
4303Franck DaurelleFrançoise HollenderTrux4me15:00:23.41+ 3:14:27
5317Jim MarsdenHelder da RochaGigglepin Racing15:24:03.79+ 3:38:07
6304Gilles GirousseBenjamin DusanterAventure Girousse15:53:39.21+ 4:07:43
7319Marko NiinimaaJami HämäläinenTemmitiimi Motorsport19:20:26.46+ 7:34:30
8322Edward RuszczycKrzysztof KubiśRedFox OffRoad Team19:52:30.46+ 8:06:34
9311Huub OckersJens OckersFrieslandrover27:30:33.24+ 15:44:37
10306Antoine DeleporteArnaud LamonnierGroland29:32:01.19+ 17:46:05
11307Charles WirberghHampus RodasTeam Dust Devil29:44:48.39+ 17:58:52
12312Johannes ElzingaHaaye BurumaThe Dutch Submarine32:24:54.45+ 20:38:58
13315Julien MenigaudCourtine AmelieThe French Noobs43:05:39.92+ 31:19:43
14309Stephane JollyMickael VaudryAdrenaline55:50:00.00+ 44:04:04

Truck Big

FinishNumberDriverNavigatorMechanicTeamTotal TimeMargin
1659Guido NeubertJohann RudolfTim KidszunFreunde17:30:01.94Leader
2651Oliver LeyhMarcus KemmerzehlDennis PatzerTeam Dolmar18:20:59.12+ 50:58
3662Marcus HoenigStephan BuergerCarsten ArmbrechtHoenig Racing19:21:58.15+ 1:51:57
4664Heiko SeidelFrank UtingJörg EngelmannSOK-Hornet24:47:08.55+ 7:17:07
5667Thomas PohleFriedrich BerndtRobert GoeschelMilchmann25:22:13.75+ 7:52:12+ 35:05
6654Alexander PaassTorsten BuettnerRudi KruemmelGet It Dirty33:54:29.56+ 16:24:28

Truck Small

FinishNumberDriverNavigatorMechanicTeamTotal TimeMargin
1658Felix MuellenheimMichael MuellenheimBoris GlaweBronco Racing14:04:32.93Leader
2660Patrick ToepferKevin ToepferDanny HeydeMZB16:19:00.67+ 2:14:28
3653Floor DekkersHendrik AlfersSimon MeintemaGolstaender Offroad Team17:26:11.30+ 3:21:39
4666Alfred WemhoffRemco KleinRallyeteam Wemhoff24:20:01.60+ 10:15:29
5663Markus GosebrinkDavid GosebrinkRally Team Gosebrink28:27:43.71+ 14:23:11
6652Steffen BraunChristian KoepkeRainer UlrichUnimog-Racing.de28:54:16.80+ 14:49:44
7656Christoph LauenrothEnrico PaulKlaus HeringTeam Lauenroth29:01:49.80+ 14:57:17
8661Timo MohrJonas MohrBlack Orange29:23:38.86+ 15:19:06
9657Udo HeidenreichLeon HeidenreichJan BorzymTeam Heidenreich Trucksport29:24:36.67+ 15:20:04
10655Oliver SchaellerMarcel FleischhauerThomas OehlweinTrucksport Team Ettersberg31:05:53.48+ 17:01:21
11665Bernd HommelsSascha OberstMogmania36:37:56.78+ 22:33:24

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