Dakar 2014

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...