Orlando Terranova (born 10 November 1979 in Mendoza) is an Argentine rally driver, best known for his participation in the

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Biography

Terranova began his professional career in 1997 as an

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rider, taking four national titles and placing third in the Latin America enduro championship in 2001. Two years later, he won the

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an Rally del Desierto and the production car category of the Argentina-based Por las Pampas Rally, as well as taking silver in the

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for a second time after his success in 2001. Terranova retired from his first two attempts at the Dakar Rally in

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and

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, both times aboard a

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, and when the event resumed in

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in South America following the cancellation of the 2008 event, he opted to switch to four wheels. Piloting an X-raid prepared

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alongside co-driver Alain Guehennec, Terranova once again failed to finish, although he did win that year's Tunisian Rally. He completed the Dakar for the first time the following year, this time alongside Pascal Maimon, finishing ninth overall in a

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. Returning to X-Raid in

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, Terranova rolled his X3 out of the rally on the seventh stage, and once again failed to finish in

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while competing in a

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when his co-driver Andy Grider quit the rally on the fourth day following an argument with Terranova. The same year, he took victory in the

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-sanctioned Desafio Litoral event, as well as the Desafio Ruta 40, with his new co-driver Paulo Fiuza. Back in an X-Raid BMW in

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, Terranova finished the Dakar for the second time, winning the tenth stage en route to fifth place overall, also winning that year's Moroccan Rally. In

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, he once more finished fifth driving a

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, albeit with no stage wins.

Dakar Rally results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Terranova, Orlando Argentine rally drivers Off-road racing drivers 1979 births Living people Dakar Rally drivers Sportspeople from Mendoza, Argentina