Pål Anders Ullevålseter: Difference between revisions

'''Pål Anders Ullevålseter''' (born 7 December 1968, in [[Oslo]]) is a Norwegian [[rally raid]] motorcycle rider.

He came in second at the 2010 [[Dakar Rally|Dakar Rallye]], captured the 2004 [[FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship]] and has won the [[Africa Eco Race]] twice.

He has competed in the [[Dakar Rally]] 1211 times<ref>{{Cite web |title = Rider sheet PAL ANDERS ULLEVALSETER :Dakar |url = http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2014/us/rider/020.html |websitearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408081152/http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2014/us/rider/020.html |archive-date=8 April 2014 dakar|access-date = 2016-02-07|first = A.S.O. - Amaury Sport|last website= Organisationdakar}}</ref> and was the first Norwegian to complete the race.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Team Ullevålseter -|url = http://teamullevalseter.blogg.no|website = teamullevalseter.blogg.no|access-date = 2016-02-07}}</ref> His best result came in [[2010 Dakar Rally|2010]] when he came in second, finishing just over an hour behind winner [[Cyril Despres]].<ref name="ntb">{{cite news|title= Fakta: Pål Anders Ullevålseter |date=16 January 2010|publisher=[[Norwegian News Agency]]|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

|colspan=4 align=center style="background:lightgrey;"|''Event cancelled – replaced by the [[2008 Central Europe Rally]]''

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| rowspan=4"6" |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[KTM]]

He won the [[Africa Eco Race]] in [[2015 Africa Eco Race|2015]] and [[2016 Africa Eco Race|2016]], dominating completely the races, and winning 16 stages. Prior to the 2016 edition, Ullevålseter had stated, his goal was not to win the race, but to raise as much money as possible for a school in [[Dakar]], founded by [[Fabrizio Meoni]], who died during the Dakar Rallye in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title = SAMLER INN TIL BARNESKOLE I DAKAR|url = http://bikeport.no/samler-inn-til-barneskole-i-dakar/|website = BikePort|access-date = 2016-02-07|language = nb-NO}}</ref> In 2017, Ullevålseter finished second overall behind South African [[Gev Sella]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/15/teenager-sella-wins-africa-eco-race|title=Teenager Sella wins Africa Eco Race|date=2017-01-15|website=euronews|access-date=2017-01-15}}</ref>

Ullevålseter won the [[Rallye des Pharaons]] in 2004<ref>{{Cite web|title = 30 ème anniversaire du Rallye des Pharaons: La pression monte - Rallye des Pharaons|url = http://www.pharaonsrally.com/fr/presse/communiques-de-presse/2012/63/|website = www.pharaonsrally.com|access-date = 2016-02-07}}</ref> and claimed victory at the [[Merzouga Rally]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ullevalseter, Polli and Henrichy- Bersey the winner of the Merzouga 2014 - Merzouga Rally|url = http://live.merzougarally.com/ullevalseter-polli-and-henrichy-bersey-the-winner-of-the-merzouga-2014/|website = Merzouga Rally|access-date = 2016-02-07|language = it-IT|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160207161909/http://live.merzougarally.com/ullevalseter-polli-and-henrichy-bersey-the-winner-of-the-merzouga-2014/|archive-date = 2016-02-07|url-status = dead}}</ref>

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