Jan 9th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 5 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 5 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a 14th place finish in stage 4, and is now 4h16m behind. The first part of the special section of stage 5 is 211km, followed by a 111km 'neutral zone', then the last section is 246km (527km total).

2014 Stage 4 Photos

STAGE 5 TRACKING

STAGE 5: CHILECITO > TUCUMAN

Connection 384km | Special Stage 527km | Total 911km

COURSE OVERVIEW

After two race days with completely separate routes, everyone will gather together to tackle the longest stage of the rally. They will need to be extremely resistant to overcome these two sections of the special stage which will primarily feature sand. All day long the competitors will make headway on off-piste sections: those who have poorly assessed the limits of their engine will constantly be on the verge of overheating and all the more so, as the region’s temperatures are generally very high. At the bivouac in Tucuman, the candidates for the podium will have been whittled down to a select few, as many of them will no longer be a part of this elite group. For many others, their timing and mechanical mishaps will only become apparent in the middle of the night.

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 jeff.2066 on January 9, 2014 at 7:54am

Without chat, do you all continually refresh this page or is there a way to have the forum update automatically?

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Permalink Reply by Xracer on January 9, 2014 at 7:57am

I just refresh

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 9, 2014 at 7:54am

1 300 PETERHANSEL (FRA), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 000:39:15 00:00:00
2 303 SAINZ (ESP), GOTTSCHALK (DEU) SMG 000:39:28 00:00:13
3 304 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 000:39:58 00:00:43
4 301 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP) MINI 000:40:40 00:01:25
5 307 TERRANOVA (ARG), FIUZA (PRT) MINI 000:40:43 00:01:28
6 312 CHABOT (FRA), PILLOT (FRA) SMG 000:40:59 00:01:44
7 305 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 000:41:31 00:02:16
8 309 HOLOWCZYC (POL), ZHILTSOV (RUS) MINI 000:42:12 00:02:57
9 330 VILLAGRA (ARG), PEREZ COMPANC (ARG) MINI 000:42:17 00:03:02
10 308 ALVAREZ (ARG), GRAUE (ARG) FORD 000:43:21 00:04:06

Thru WP 1

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 9, 2014 at 7:54am

Stage 4 interview video now up -> http://www.planetrobby.com/video/2014-dakar-rally-team-speed-stage-...

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Permalink Reply by jeff.2066 on January 9, 2014 at 8:02am

It's not over! Gas on baby!

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Permalink Reply by Jaci on January 9, 2014 at 8:14am

Sweet.

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Permalink Reply by yano on January 9, 2014 at 8:27am

thx tog

how about we planeteers werstern union som cash so team speed can put some proper hood latches .
and they won't loose these precious 10mins !!!!
damn .

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Permalink Reply by jeff.2066 on January 9, 2014 at 7:55am

There's RG - 7th...2:16 back.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 9, 2014 at 7:57am

I see DeVillers isn't thru WP 1... Trouble or tracking trouble?

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Permalink Reply by Marc shakoor on January 9, 2014 at 7:58am

probably tracking, he did not shown up the whole day yesterday

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 9, 2014 at 8:02am

Stage 5 Top 10 at KM48 of 527 (WP1)

1) Peterhansel
2) Sainz +13s
3) Roma +43s
4) Al-Attiyah +1m25s
5) Terranova +1m28s
6) Chabot +1m44s
7) GORDON +2m16s
8. Holowczyc +2m57s
9) Villagra +3m2s
10) Alvarez +4m6s