Jan 14th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. After starting 56th, Robby Gordon had a great stage 8 and finished 10th. Gordon is now 24th overall. Robby Gordon will begin stage 9 at TBA

2014 Stage 8 Photos

STAGE 9 TRACKING

STAGE 9: CALAMA > IQUIQUE

Connection 29km | Special Stage 422km | Total 451km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The 2014 Dakar will reach its most northern point in Iquique, where the competitors will see the ocean for the first time this year. Above all, the drivers and teams will discover the Atacama Dunes again after a first part of a special stage which will be rather tedious. Dune specialists will be in command over a distance of almost 150km. Thrills will be guaranteed at the very end of the day, on the last three kilometres of the descent to Iquique: there is more than a 30% difference in height from start to finish and it is almost not recommended to break. The law of gravitation takes on its full meaning: the bivouac is not far away!

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

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Permalink Reply by David Z on January 14, 2014 at 2:17pm

Damn, now I got to resist throwing my phone againts the wall

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Permalink Reply by Ed Fifield on January 14, 2014 at 2:16pm

Ouch!! Is he stopped before, after, or in the middle of the big drop, anyone know?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 14, 2014 at 2:18pm

before
the bottom of the drop is the finish line today

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 14, 2014 at 2:16pm

por la pta mare, no puede ser, era nuestra oportunidad de largar entre los 5 primero y darles una patada en el culo a los minis

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 14, 2014 at 2:17pm

BJ paso por su lado y no fue capas de remolcar

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Permalink Reply by yano on January 14, 2014 at 2:21pm

no way !!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 14, 2014 at 2:34pm

si te das cuenta el ya llego

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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on January 14, 2014 at 2:21pm

He stopped to talk Kellon into ...............just got back to the puta (member that?) and checked the tracker to see "NO ROBBY" ..........I'm not saying "anything" I'm just sayin..............there's no room in my throat so don't jump down it but WTF?

Did I hear someone say chat? ....