Jan 8th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 4 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 4 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a 6th place finish in stage 3, and is now 3h46m behind. The first part of the special section of stage 4 is 217km, followed by a 185km 'neutral zone', then the last section is 284km (657km total). This is the longest special since 2005.

2014 Stage 3 Photos

STAGE 4 TRACKING

STAGE 4: SAN JUAN > CHILECITO

Connection 211km | Special Stage 657km | Total 868km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The strategy of the motorcyclists will come into play: initially their navigational skills will be seriously tested at the beginning of the morning, and then they will be faced with the problem of worn tyres, as they have already been over-used the day before. As for the drivers of cars, they will have an even more demanding route to tackle in the countryside. The Dakar’s competitors haven’t faced a special stage this long since the historical one from Zouerat to Tichit in 2005! They will have to cross rivers, descend the canyons in a Wild West setting and beware of the other participants: as these terrains are often wide open, it will be entirely possible to overtake fellow competitors.

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 TOG on January 8, 2014 at 10:58am

Chat going up..Please POP IT OUT.....because if it bogs down the site, I'll have to turn it off.

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Permalink Reply by Jaci on January 8, 2014 at 10:58am

Roma through wp8

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 8, 2014 at 11:02am

PeterFreak gained like 20 sec on Robby from WP6 to WP7.
Everyone else has close times in same area except Nasser.
I smell a rat.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 8, 2014 at 11:08am

Neutral zone. How they rank at WP6, just throw out the window. It's WP7 -> onward that matters

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 8, 2014 at 11:11am

The cars are starting to pass through WP8 (KM460)

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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on January 8, 2014 at 11:13am

Chat will be a land rush.

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 8, 2014 at 11:16am

Nice! Robby's still in the hunt a CP8

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Permalink Reply by natron008 on January 8, 2014 at 11:16am

GORDON in at WP8

301 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP) MINI 003:09:22 00:00:00
2 330 VILLAGRA (ARG), PEREZ COMPANC (ARG) MINI 003:15:50 00:06:28 00:00:00
3 307 TERRANOVA (ARG), FIUZA (PRT) MINI 003:16:34 00:07:12 00:00:00
4 304 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 003:19:50 00:10:28 00:00:00
5 309 HOLOWCZYC (POL), ZHILTSOV (RUS) MINI 003:23:04 00:13:42 00:00:00
6 305 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 003:24:13 00:14:51 00:00:00