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 on January 14, 2014 at 3:06pm

yup never give up on RG he wont forget about us

Permalink Reply by David Z on January 14, 2014 at 3:06pm
Tracker showing him in
Permalink Reply by yano on January 14, 2014 at 3:08pm

can we trust this

Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 14, 2014 at 3:09pm

as much as you can trust anything on the dakar.com site

Permalink Reply by David Z on January 14, 2014 at 3:09pm
Don`t know, maybe he threw the transponder down the dune
Permalink Reply by wingit on January 14, 2014 at 3:08pm

I love being a Robby fan. Its not always fun but it is always exciting. Newly built car for this year. I think he is doing okay.
Glen

Permalink Reply by yano on January 14, 2014 at 3:10pm

yup i experienced this with supporting the french national rugby team ...;
you never know what to expect !

Permalink Reply by javier on January 14, 2014 at 3:14pm
France, Germany, USA, Canada, Spain.... Come on!
Permalink Reply by javier on January 14, 2014 at 3:31pm
Obrigado Pedro!! Come on
Permalink Reply by David Z on January 14, 2014 at 3:11pm
Yeah, no matter what the team did good respectable runs. just need to work some bugs out
Permalink Reply by wingit on January 14, 2014 at 3:18pm

I really think Robby has everything in place. Once the bugs are worked out with this car he will be the man to beat.
Glen

Permalink Reply by yano on January 14, 2014 at 3:11pm

now the question is .... how far back is he starting tomorrow ?
hopefully before T4s

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