2017 STAGE 11

SAN JUAN- RIO CUARTO

January 13th 2017

The San Juan dunes, which will come in the first 50 kilometres of the special stage will be the final to surf on the 2017 Dakar. Those who best handle sliding and the racing line will be right at home on the WRC like tracks of the Córdoba region. Everyone knows that a surprise can come at any moment.

759km 292km SPECIAL -Bikes, Quads, Cars, Utvs, Trucks

Bikes, Quads start time 6:45am local
Cars, UTVs, start time 8:32am local
Trucks start time 10:04am local
start times are 2hr's ahead of ET

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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 13, 2017 at 6:52pm

the NBCSN coverage on the destruction was amazing, The riders had to drive way out of their way. I cant imagine doing that on a bike. Left at 7AM and arrived at the camp after 10PM riding continuously

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2017 at 8:55pm

19:47 Barreda is declared stage winner!
In the end, it is Joan Barreda who has won the 11th stage. The organisers decided to re-establish 3 minutes to his race time after he was obstructed by spectators during the special, giving the Honda rider his third consecutive stage win.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2017 at 8:57pm

18:17 Snail’s pace for De Soultrait
Xavier de Soultrait is crawling along and is spending most of his time at a standstill. He has serious problems with the engine on his Yamaha and is now being overtaken by the leading trucks…

it appears to be the end of Soultrait's rally