Dakar 2014

First stage between Rosario and San Luis, on rally roads.
In bikes, Joan Barreda fall down ... but win ! Fantastic perf and a surprise with this victory for Honda. We can notice good perf from young guns Sam Sunderland and Michael Metga, and other surprise with Top 10 of small brands : Sherco and Speedbrain.
1 Joan Barreda (Honda)
2 Marc Coma (KTM) 37"
3 Cyril Despres (Yamaha) 1'40
4 Alain Duclos (Sherco) 1'56
5 Paulo Goncalves (Honda) 2'25
6 Francisco Lopez (KTM) 3'24
7 Juan Pedrero (KTM) 3'47
8 Sam Sunderland (Honda) 4'33
= Michael Metge (Yamaha)
10 Alessandro Botturi (Speedbrain) 4'48
11 Ben Graham (KTM) 4'50
12 Ruben Faria (KTM) 5'11
13 David Casteu (KTM) 5'32
14 Jordi Viladoms (KTM) 5'51
15 Gerard Farres (Gas Gas) 6'37
16 Olivier Pain (Yamaha) 6'47
17 Stefan Svitko (KTM) 6'57
18 Frans Verhoeve (Yamaha) 6'58
19 Javier Pizzolito (Honda) 8'59
20 Kuba Przygonski (KTM) 8'23
...
22 Helder Rodrigues (Honda) 8'58


Surprise is the word is all categories. Ignacio Casale take the first lead in Quad :
1 Ignacio Casale (Yamaha)
2 Marcos Patronelli (Yamaha) 21"
3 Lucas Bonetto (Honda) 1'17
4 Rafal Sonik (Yamaha) 1'30
5 Sebastian Husseini (Honda) 2'49
...

And Carlos Sousa wins the stage with the Haval ! In a classification where more or less all buggys are out of the game ... except Sainz. Baldwin lose 50', Chicherit 1h20, Gordon 2h10 and Chabot 2h45 !
Other bad thing happened to De Villiers, who lose 16' due to mechanical troubles ... and both Ford Ranger have a really bad start.
At the end of the stage that was hot with Roma and Sainz. The first was blocked during 60km by the second ...
1 Carlos Sousa (Haval)
2 Orlando Terranova (Mini) 11"
3 Nasser Al Attiyah (Mini) 47"
4 Nani Roma (Mini) 1'15
5 Carlos Sainz (SMG) 4'03
6 Krzystzof Holowczyc (Mini) 4'21
= Stéphane Peterhansel (Mini)
8 Christian Lavieille (Haval) 5'42
9 Leeroy Poulter (Toyota) 5'57
10 Erik Van Loon (HRX) 6'02
11 Federico Villagra (Mini) 6'09
12 Erik Wevers (HRX) 7'49
13 Vladimir Vasyliev (Mini) 8'00
14 Guilherme Spinelli (Mitsubishi) 9'48
15 Pascal Thomasse (Optimus) 10'02
16 Marek Dabrowski (Toyota) 10'41
17 Emiliano Spataro (Renault) 10'42
18 Arturo Yacopini (BMW) 11'03
19 Aydin Rakhimbayev (Toyota) 11'24
20 Patrick Sireyjol (SMG) 11'32
...
27 Giniel de Villiers (Toyota) 15'57
30 Bernhard ten Brinke (HRX) 17'38
92 BJ Baldwin (Colorado) 52'30
114 Chicherit (Jefferies) 1h18'28
130 Alvarez (Ford) 2h05'08
133 Gordon (Hummer) 2h08'06
134 Chabot (SMG) 2h44'37
141 Visser (Ford) 4h34'38

In trucks, other small surprise with the victory of Mardeev.
1 Mardeev (Kamaz)
2 Loprais (Tatra) 10"
3 van Vliet (Man) 21"
4 de Rooy (Iveco) 1'33
5 Nikolaev (Kamaz) 4'00
6 Vila (Iveco) 4'56
7 Shibalov (Kamaz) 7'05
8 Stacey (Iveco) 8'09
9 Valtr (Liaz) 9'18
10 van Ginkel (Ginaf) 10'31


Today they go in Nihui Desert. :)

There was a really bad luck for Kolomý with the official Tatra. At the stage he was chasing De Rooy who started two minutes before him but than a broken spring caused rear tyre to burn. He lost 36 minutes due to that.

By the way a son of Aleš Loprais was born few days a go :)

Start Podium pictures

Stage 1 pictures

some Day 2 images

Etape 2 :
Bikes : Bareda consolids his leadership, whereas his young teammate wins the stage !
1 Sunderland (Honda)
2 Lopez Contardo (KTM) 39"
3 Barreda (Honda) 2'00
4 Faria (KTM) 4'07
5 Duclos (Sherco) 5'51
6 Graham (KTM) 7'15
7 Casteu (KTM) 7'27
8 Gonçalves (Honda) 7'45
9 Coma (KTM) 8'23
10 Despres (Yamaha) 8'43
11 Viladoms (KTM) 9'21
12 Pain (Yamaha) 11'12
13 Przygonski (KTM) 11'19
14 Pedrero (Sherco) 14'04
15 Rodrigues (Honda) 14'07

Retirements for Botturi and Ullevalseter.
Overral Barreda leads by 2 minutes on Lopez and Sunderland, Coma is at 7 min and Despres 8min33.

Quads :
1 Patronelli (Yamaha)
2 Bonetto (Honda) 2'54
3 Sonik (Yamaha) 4'57
4 Husseini (Honda) 6'06
5 Lafuente (Yamaha) 6'11

Patronelli takes the lead

Autos : Again lot of problems for Jefferies buggys. Peterhansel and Sainz creates a small gaps on other guys, but Al-Attiyah had 3 flat tyres and Roma 2. Sousa broke his turbo, we still don't know if he can finish the stage - or no.
1 Peterhansel (Mini)
2 Sainz (SmG) 46"
3 de Villiers (Toyota) 5'34
4 Roma (Mini) 7'25
5 Al-Attiyah (Mini) 7'44
6 Terranova (Mini) 12'41
7 Chabot (SMG) 14'03
8 Lavieille (Haval) 19'38
9 Alvarez (Ford) 26'00
10 Varela (Mitsubishi) 28'06
11 Dabrowski (Toyota) 31'48
12 Wevers (HRX) 34'51
13 Holowczyc (Mini) 37'08
14 Villagra (Mini) 37'32
15 Thomasse (MD) 42'57
16 Poulter (Toyota) 44'34
...
20 Spinelli (Mitsubishi) 54'47
23 Chicherit (Jefferies) 1h03'15
28 Gordon (Hummer) 1h13'31
82 Baldwin (Jefferies) 6h38'02
98 ten Brinke (HRX) 8h32'57

Retirement for Visser.

Camions :
1 de Rooy (Iveco)
2 Shibalov (Kamaz) 13'20
3 van Vliet (Man) 15'09
4 Stacey (Iveco) 22'43
5 Kolomy (Tatra) 23'14
6 Karginov (Kamaz) 26'09
7 Sotnikov (Kamaz) 26'50
8 Nikolaev (Kamaz) 29'00
9 Adua (Iveco) 35'25
10 Kuipers (Man) 37'47
...
14 Loprais (Tatra) 45'09
...

Well that's the classification on Dakar website, but news said :
1 Shibalov
2 van Vliet 1'49
3 de Rooy 9'12

and de Rooy lost time to help Mardeev in difficulty. So we have to wait in order to know what's true, what isn't ...

Today :
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Important stage for bikes, because tonight there will be no teams. Marathon stage.
For cars, it looks like a transition stage crossing canyons.

I just read press release from Loprais. He said Mardeev had a big crash and the crew was stuck in the cabin. De Rooy's crew was helping them to get out.

For Loprais himself he had only 2WD truck without front windscreen hence the time lost.

Good news - De Rooy gets 22 minutes down

and does anyone know what happened to Nikolaev ?

http://cs320926.vk.me/v320926398/6592/ALYWOGPeIGI.jpg

p.s. the forum cuts it from the right, this is the full image http://cs320926.vk.me/v320926398/6592/ALYWOGPeIGI.jpg

Bikes : Du coup au final les 3 grands du Dakar creusent un bel écart sur les suivants.
Lot of things today. The big three create an important gap on the other guys. We have to notice the injuries of Frans Verhoeven (Yamaha) and Ruben Faria (KTM). And a lof of drivers lose their way : Pain, Viladoms, Pedrero, Pizzolito, Sunderland, Graham or Gonçalves !
1 Barreda (Honda)
2 Despres (Yamaha) 4'41
3 Coma (KTM) 6'56
4 Duclos (Sherco) 10'51
5 Casteu (KTM) 11'17
6 Lopez (KTM) 16'36
7 Farres (Gas Gas) 16'50
8 Svitko (KTM) 19'06
9 Przygonski (KTM) 20'12
10 Pain (Yamaha) 20'34
11 Viladoms (KTM) 21'21
12 Israel (Speedbrain) 26'34
13 van Niekerk (KTM) 28'15
14 de Souza (Yamaha) 35'34
15 Rodrigues (Honda) 37'36
...
43 Pedrero (Sherco) 1h37'56
66 Gonçalves (Honda) 2h13'56
74 Sunderland (Honda) 2h28'06
...

Remember that tonight their is no assistance. It will be important to manage tyres and make caution.

Quads :
RETIREMENT FOR PATRONELLI ! He seems seek. So the race appears really open between for guys, who will fight for victory.
1 Sonik (Yamaha)
2 Casale (Yamaha) 3'50
3 Lafuente (Yamaha) 4'02
4 Husseini (Honda) 4'51
5 Pacheco (Yamaha) 29'02
...
Sonik leads by 7' on the 3 other contenders.

Autos :
Lot of things here too ! First, Sousa retired yesterday, he couldn't restart.
Then today, lot of punctures, for Peterhansel (who finished with flat tyres) and Al-Attiyah. Probably for Sainz too. Good navigation by Roma, who takes the lead. Rallymen are in good condition : Holowczyc 2nd, Poulter 3rd, Wevers 8th, Villagra9th, and Van Loon 10th !
And buggys are back, good times for Chicherit and Gordon.
1 Roma
2 Holowczyc (Mini) 1'07
3 Poulter (Toyota) 3'19
4 Terranova (Mini) 4'54
5 Chicherit (Jefferies) 6'52
6 Gordon (Hummer) 7'02
7 Al-Attiyah (Mini) 10'09
8 Wevers (HRX) 10'39
9 Villagra (Mini) 10'50
10 van Loon (Mini) 11'01
11 Sireyjol (SMG) 11'13
12 Kaczmarski (Mini) 13'17
13 de Villiers (Toyota) 13'32
14 Zhou (Mini) 14'18
15 Lavieille (Haval) 14'43
16 Spinelli (Mitsubishi) 15'27
17 Garafulic (Mini) 15'50
18 Sainz (SMG) 15'53
19 Thomasse (MD) 16'55
20 Rakhimbayev (Toyota) 17'03
...
26 Chabot (SMG) 21'12
27 ten Brinke (HRX) 22'01
29 Peterhansel (Mini) 28'27
42 Baldwin (Chevrolet) 47'57

Roma has a 9' gap on Terranova and Al-Attiyah.

Time of trucks in a few minutes.

Tomorrow :
More than 657 km for the cars ! Longest stage since 2005. A lot of things can happened, moreover if tyres on Mini are still bad.
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Shorter stages for bikes, but with tonight no assistance, it'll be difficult.
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Tomorrow I'll post overall classification, after first big test in whole categories !

Nikolaev continued today. Don't know what happened to him yesterday or maybe just mistake in timing? It doesn't work well this year. With Mardeev it was not a heavy crash. The truck rolled on the roof after a roadside collapsed bellow it's wheels. They recovered it and finished the leg but too late to continue.

Today so far in finish

1. Karginov
2. De Rooy +2:42
3. Loprais +4:54
4. Kolomý +5:53
5. Vila Roca +7:22
6. Van Vliet +7:34
7. Viazovich +10:44
8. Van de Brink +13:01
9. Adua +16:55
10. Van Ginkel +17:50
11. Stacey +18:59
12. Nikolaev +19:14
13. Shibalov +30:43
14. Sotnikov +31:08
15. Kuipers +31:49
16. Van Eerd +39:22
17. Tománek +41:15 (fomer co-driver of Kresta or Prokop)
18. Valtr +49:00
19. Lammers +50:00

Well if Karginov wins, it seems it's not Kamaz year ... all trucks are really far from de Rooy and van Vliet. Their only hope is that de Rooy could have a problem ... Karginov is third overall at 39' :(

The media feed (outside the official eurosport showing mainly frenchmen) is terruble this year. In the service parks (which are deep in the nowhere) the organizers provide internet connection at 2000 euro per gigabyte :angryfire


p.s. So far Sainz is very strong. If the buggy remains reliable, he would destroy others when they enter the chilean dunes.

http://cs613418.vk.me/v613418315/2ff1/NcB-lheST50.jpg

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Originally Posted by SlowSon

So far Sainz is very strong. If the buggy remains reliable, he would destroy others when they enter the chilean dunes.

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Shame that all the other buggies have fallen apart already - with the exception of a single SMG, it's a Mini feast.

Sainz took his 26th stage win today and he's leading the rally - 2' ahead of Roma, and 7' ahead of Al-Attiyah. Go Carlos!

And Chicherit's buggy completely burnt. Fortunately crew is ok.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hUOmqe3nOI&sns=tw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWUIusf4bBE

Loprais had again only 2WD truck yesterday (last 150 km). He has always too many technical problems...

http://cs421921.vk.me/v421921039/aede/1snFXO3GRns.jpg

Tatra should join their force to do a really good truck :(

So yesterday, what a great race !
In bikes, second part of marathon stage. The big news is the mechanical problem for Despres : he lost 45' !
Other things : the victory of Pedrero with french bike Sherco ! Second stage win in Dakar (after 2010) for this brand.
Some time lose by Barreda : he lost his way and fall.
Retirements for Sunderland (engine) , or for australian Ben Graham, who did a good beginning of race.
1 Pedrero (Sherco)
2 Lopez (KTM) 29"
3 Coma (KTM) 3'10
4 Israel (Speedbrain) 6'30
5 Pain (Yamaha) 7'01
6 Barreda (Honda) 13'56
7 Gonçalves (Honda) 18'38
8 Jakes (KTM) 19'30
9 Duclos (Sherco) 23'13
10 Gouet (Honda) 24'38
11 Villadoms (KTM) 28'37
12 Svitko (KTM) 30'32
13 Przygonski (KTM) 30'54
14 Casteu (KTM) 33'57
15 Farres (Gas Gas) 38'51
16 Despres (Yamaha) 42'09
...
19 Rodrigues (Honda) 50'50
...

Overall : So after Barreda problems, the classification is really tricky. After the big three, there's a big gap.
1 Barreda (Honda)
2 Coma (KTM) 3'10
3 Lopez (KTM) 5'12
4 Duclos (Sherco) 25'25
5 Pain (Yamaha) 29'38
6 Despres (Yamaha) 41'17
7 Casteu (KTM) 42'17
8 Israel (Speedbrain) 46'33
9 Viladoms (KTM) 49'14
10 Przygonski (KTM) 54'52
11 Svitko (KTM) 56'45
12 Farres (Gas Gas) 1h20'07
13 Gouet (Honda) 1h32'11
14 Jakes (KTM) 1'32"43
15 Rodrigues (Honda) 1h35'35
16 Pedrero (Sherco) 1h39'51
17 de Souza (Honda) 2h02'59
18 Sanz (Honda) 2h16'36
19 Gonçalves (Honda) 2h26'48
20 Metge (Yamaha) 2h26'56
...



Quad : great stage from Casale !
1 Casale (Yamaha)
2 Husseini (Honda) 12'05
3 Lafuente (Yamaha) 13'33
4 Sonik (Yamaha) 15'45
5 Gonzalez (Yamaha) 2h54'09

Overall : 4 guys fight, the others just wanna finish.
1 Casale (Yamaha)
2 Sonik (Yamaha) 9'35
3 Husseini (Honda) 13'14
4 Lafuente (Yamaha) 14'49
5 Abu-Issa (Honda) 5h32'45
6 Almeida (Yamaha) 5h41'22
7 Sanabria (Yamaha) 5h44'03
8 Copetti (Yamaha) 5h54'09
9 Mazzuco (Can Am) 6h13'51
10 Gonzalez (Yamaha) 6h20'36
...


Cars : what a stage from Sainz ! He took the victory and the leadership. Great job by SMG.
Another puncture for Peterhansel, who looks a bit lost ... he doesn't know what to do. When he pushed, he had punctures ... when he don't pushed, same thing ...
Small time lost for other Mini due to a difficulty to find a waypoint.
Chicherit retired, fire.
And mechanical problem for Poulter.

1 Sainz (SMG)
2 Peterhansel (Mini) 6'04
3 Al-Attiyah (Mini) 8'58
4 Villagra (Mini) 13'19
5 Roma (Mini) 14'08
6 Terranova (Mini) 16'04
7 de Villiers (Toyota) 24'49
8 Lavieille (Haval) 26'59
9 Thomasse (MD) 33'37
10 Rakhimbayev (Toyota) 34'08
11 Dabrowski (Toyota) 37'14
12 van Loon (HRX) 40'52
13 Chabot (SMG) 41'42
14 Gordon (Hummer) 42'16
15 Malysz (Toyota) 43'47
16 Garafulic (Mini) 44'41
17 Rundle (Toyota) 45'00
18 Holowczyc (Mini) 45'06
19 Spinelli (Mitsubishi) 46'31
20 Kaczmarski (Mini) 52'12
...
31 Alvarez (Ford) 1h29'37
59 Poulter (Toyota) 3h38'35
...

Overall :
1 Sainz (SMG)
2 Roma (Mini) 2'06
3 Al-Attiyah (Mini) 6'56
4 Terranova (Mini) 13'08
5 Peterhansel (Mini) 18'10
6 de Villiers (Toyota) 39'10
7 Lavieille (Haval) 46'20
8 Villagra (Mini) 47'12
9 Holowczyc (Mini) 1h07'00
10 Dabrowski (Toyota) 1h18'44
11 Thomasse (MD) 1h22'49
12 Varela (Mitsubishi) 1h32'00
13 Spinelli (Mitsubishi) 1h45'51
14 Kaczmarski (Mini) 1h48'38
15 Rakhimbayev (TOyota) 2h00'57
16 Garafulic (Mini) 2h02'47
17 Malysz (Toyota) 2h06'44
18 Sireyjol (SMG) 2h07'14
19 Fouquet (Buggy) 2h22'59
20 Rundle (Toyota) 2h57'46
...
22 Schott (Mini) 3h07'44
27 van Loon (HRX) 3h48'54
29 Poulter (Toyota) 4h11'43
30 Vasyliev (Mini) 4h16'05
31 Gordon (Hummer) 4h16'23
35 Chabot (SMG) 4h40'52
46 Baldwin (Jefferies) 7h01'59
53 Zhou (Mini) 8h45'41
55 Wevers (HRX) 8h56'06
62 Alvarez (Ford) 11h12'17
66 Ten Brinke(HRX) 12h36'14

Trucks : de Rooy seems so easy ...
1 de Rooy (Iveco)
2 Karginov (Kamaz) 2'01
3 Nikolaev (Kamaz) 9'04
4 Kolomy (Tatra) 10'18
5 Stacey (Iveco) 14'06
6 van Vliet (Man) 17'23
7 Sotnikov (Kamaz) 19'21
8 Shibalov (Kamaz) 19'22
9 Loprais (Tatra) 23'12
10 Versluis (Man) 27'14
...

Overall :
1 de Rooy (Iveco)
2 van Vliet (Man) 36'12
3 Karginov (Kamaz) 41'11
4 Nikolaev (Kamaz) 57'03
5 Stacey (Iveco) 59'42
6 Shibalov (Kamaz) 1h06'15
7 Loprais (Tatra) 1h09'10
8 Kolomy (Tatra) 1h11'19
9 Viazovich (Maz) 1h22'00
10 Sotnikov (Kamaz) 1h32'06
11 Vila (Iveco) 1h34'07
12 van den Brink (Ginaf) 1h35'06
13 Kuipers (Man) 1h54'42
14 Adua (Iveco) 2h17'14
15 Sugawara (Hino) 3h47'16
...
19 Valtr (Liaz) 4h58'23
21 van Eerd (Daf) 5h27'50
22 Vratny (Tatra) 5h38'21
32 Ardavichus (Tatra) 9h20'35
38 van Ginkel (Ginaf) 12h54'44

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Originally Posted by vino_93

Tatra should join their force to do a really good truck :(

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Tatra factory together with Buggyra was preparing the truck of Kolomý. He had an unfortunate tyre fire during the second leg but besides that he is doing fairly well. Yesterday he had however a health problem when he almost physically collapsed towards the end of stage.

I think that the truck of Loprais is good but maybe he is too brutal driver...

http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/fotogalery.php? ... tograf=328

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http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/fotogalery.php?events=14938&fotograf=328

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Not Dakar but absolutely beautiful!! Thanks for posting Dim

sorry mistake.

Goncalves is out, his bike is on fire...

two long clips of the big guys

http://vk.com/video192237851_167082636

http://vk.com/video192237851_167070426

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Goncalves is out, his bike is on fire...

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it looks like today, in both categories, stage will be crucial. Lot of drivers lose time by looking their way.
I've read that stage will be stopped at CP1, but I don't know where it is ? End of first part or after in the second part ?
Edit : ok it's look in the second part of the stage. I don't know why it is stopped.

They write bikes and quads will not continue into second part of stage. Cars and trucks will.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Cars and trucks will.

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… but their finish has been moved to CP1 on the second part of the stage, which is WP9 on the map.

OK, thanks. Already huge gaps. Sainz lost over one hour for example...

Roma's lead is about half an hour, and that's just after five stages. Navigation is crucial this year - Perin has been doing a stellar job. Or they're just lucky :)

From the live tv show, it seems it's not chance. They work really well, study the route and choose the best way, whereas all other guys made mistakes in navigation (and more especially in bikes, where Coma took a decisive advantage).
Al-Attiyah, Roma and Peterhansel stayed stuck in sands too today.

And in bikes, Gonçalves and Farres bikes burnt ! It's due to blade of dried grass which were blocked in radiotar, and with warm burnt ... and destroy bikes ... it could have been dangerous for riders !

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Originally Posted by vino_93

From the live tv show […]

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What channel is it on?

Kolomý is trying to repair broken air compressor. The truck is without brakes and shifting. Maybe it's his end...

Having over 40 minutes advantage over De Villiers in fifth, and an hour over Sainz in sixth, X-raid can start to think about a team play already. The rally is theirs to loose.

Also, I'm more than happy to see both Orlen Team Toyotas (run by Overdrive) so high in the rankings. Great job by the crews!

Sainz one hour behind - now we must push - the show on and around of the stage is guaranteed!

In the truck category, the dutch Man is a month behind, and the winner of the stage is ... Kamaz's assistance truck :D

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Originally Posted by vino_93

From the live tv show […]

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What channel is it on?

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France 4 ;)

I don't know if you can see videos on this website : http://pluzz.francetv.fr/videos/le_dakar.html
in sport : France 2 "Bivouac" daily show at midnight (what happened during the day + some itw)
France : Le Dakar : live show, first informations, ...

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Originally Posted by kober

Also, I'm more than happy to see both Orlen Team Toyotas (run by Overdrive) so high in the rankings. Great job by the crews!

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Right, great job ! Isn't it first Dabrowski participation with a car ?
And Malysz is driving well :)

Other interesting guy with Toyota is Rakhimbayev from Kazakstan, in top 20.

And does anyone know what happened to Holowczyc ? He seems really out of his race :(

Unfortunately, it looks that some crews have been given an one hour penalty added to the results of stage five - notably #301 and #303, and therefore Al-Attiyah is down to fifth (+1h26'), Sainz is now eight (+2h00'). Most likely they had missed a WP. A shame :(

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Originally Posted by vino_93

Other interesting guy with Toyota is Rakhimbayev from Kazakstan, in top 20.

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Rakhimbayev and Issabayev are on Team Astana, and their Hiluxes are run by Overdrive too. Additionally, the team consist of a T2 Nissan, and T4 Tatra (run by Czech Bonver).

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Originally Posted by vino_93

And does anyone know what happened to Holowczyc ? He seems really out of his race :(

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Holowczyc's rally has been more of downs rather than ups - a mix of punctures, and navigation problems. The latter might be due to the fact that this is his very first rally with Zhiltsov. They're tenth overall - it could have be worse than that ;)

for sure it can have been worse, but that's not so good. I didn't notice it was his first rally with Zhitsov ... quite strange as he did the whole year in World Cup.


Yesterday :
Bikes : Fire for Gonçalves and Farres !
Big stage from Coma, who create a biiiig gap on other guys, especially Lopez and Barreda.
Viladoms back in the head of the field. He is really good when it's time for navigation ! And some good time for amator drivers who are good in nav' too, great for them !
Despres seems to have lost the race ...
1 Coma (KTM)
2 Viladoms (KTM) 12'54
3 Rodrigues (Honda) 25'53
4 van Niekerk (KTM) 32'04
5 Salvatierra (Speedbrain) 33'12
6 Pedrero (Sherco) 34'03
7 van Pelt (Honda) 37'04
8 Gouet (Honda) 37'53
9 Duclos (Sherco) 39'28
10 Israel (Speedbrain) 40'07
11 Metge (Yamaha) 42'17
12 Stanovnik (KTM) 43'39
13 Barreda (Honda) 44'20
14 Oliveira (Speedbrain) 45'51
15 Bianchi (Husqvarna) 46'17*
...
19 Przygonski (KTM) 51'20
20 Lopez (KTM) 51'39
23 Pain (Yamaha) 1h00'54
24 Casteu (KTM) 1h13'34
27 Svitko (KTM) 1h36'38
33 Despres (Yamaha) 1h44'54 (with a one hour penalty due to engine change ?)

Overall :
1 Coma (KTM)
2 Barreda (Honda) 41'10
3 Lopez (KTM) 53'41
4 Viladoms (KTM) 58'58
5 Duclos (Sherco) 1h02'13
6 Israel (Speedbrain) 1h23'30 (great race for him, the revelation in bike ! And good for Speedbrain too)
7 Pain (Yamaha) 1h27'22
8 Przygonski (KTM) 1h43'02
9 Casteu (KTM) 1h52'41
10 Rodrigues (Honda) 1h58'18
...
12 Despres (Yamaha) 2h23'01
...

Quads : Husseini lost 2 hours, and Sonik many times too. Lafuente and Casale had a sooo big gap on other guys than they take an hour penalty and still won the stage. I suppose the penalty is for engine change.
1 Lafuente (Yamaha)
2 Casale (Yamaha) 1'21
3 Copetti (Yamaha) 11'00
4 Gallegos (Honda) 16'21
5 Gonzalez (Yamaha) 21'59

Overall :
1 Lafuente (Yamaha)
2 Casale (Yamaha) 16'52
3 Sonik (Yamaha) 23'12
4 Husseini (Honda) 1h45'45
5 Copetti (Yamaha) 6h20'40

Autos : Great, great stage from Roma !
1 Roma (Mini)
2 de Villiers (Toyota) 4'20
3 Terranova (Mini) 20'44
4 Peterhansel (Mini) 23'55
5 Malysz (Toyota) 27'18
6 Dabrowski (Toyota) 29'20
7 van Loon (HRX) 39'19
8 Vasyliev (Mini) 44'41
9 Thomasse (MD) 51'27
10 Chabot (SMG) 53'15
11 Garcia ('Renault) 53'15
12 Lavieille (Haval) 57'38
13 Garafulic (Mini) 1h03'21
14 ten Brinke (HRX) 1h07'06
15 Rakhimbayev (Toyota) 1h07'51
...
19 Gordon (Hummer) 1h20'12 (1h penalty)
20 Al-Attiyah (Mini) 1h21'38 (1h penalty)
21 Alvarez (Ford) 1h25'45 (1h penalty)
24 Kaczmarski (Mini) 1h53'22 (1h penalty)
25 Villagra (Mini) 1h57'36 (1h penalty)
26 Sainz (SMG) 2h01'49 (1h penalty)
36 Poulter (Toyota) 2h28'08

Don't know why these penalities ... missed waypoint ?

Overall :
1 Roma (Mini)
2 Terranova (Mini) 31'46
3 Peterhansel (Mini) 39'59
4 de Villiers (Toyota) 41'24
5 Al-Attiyah (Mini) 1h26'28
6 Lavieille (Haval) 1h41'50
7 Dabrowski (Toyota) 1h45'58
8 Sainz (SMG) 1h59'43
9 Thomasse (MD) 2h12'10
10 Holowczyc (Mini) 2h22'59
...
12 Villagra (Mini) 2h42'42

Camions : finally the more quiet place here, even if van Vliet lost lot of time. Kamaz attacked Iveco, but de Rooy is still strong.
1 Sotnikov (Kamaz)
2 Karginov (Kamaz) 2'56
3 de Rooy (Iveco) 12'07
4 Ardavichus (Tatra) 21'03 *:cheers:*
5 Nikolaev (Kamaz) 24'45
6 Kuipers (Man) 28'50
7 Vila (Iveco) 28'52
8 Stacey (Iveco) 33'29
9 Loprais (Tatra) 42'04
10 Shibalov (Kamaz) 43'24
...
24 van Vliet (Man) 1h36'23

Général :
1 De Rooy (Iveco)
2 Karginov (Kamaz) 32'00
3 Nikolaev ('Kamaz) 1h09'41
4 Sotnikov (Kamaz) 1h19'59
5 Stacey (Iveco) 1h21'03
...

ok I've the information for the one hour penalty for a lot of crew : it's due to a missed waypoint.
I suppose it's the same in Quad / Bike, ...