Dakar 2014

[vino_93]

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.

[Mirek]

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

[drive]

Start Podium pictures

Stage 1 pictures

[drive]

some Day 2 images

[vino_93]

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 :




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

[Mirek]

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.

[A FONDO]

Good news - De Rooy gets 22 minutes down

[vino_93]

and does anyone know what happened to Nikolaev ?

[A FONDO]

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

[vino_93]

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.


Shorter stages for bikes, but with tonight no assistance, it'll be difficult.


Tomorrow I'll post overall classification, after first big test in whole categories !