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 Jeepcain on January 9, 2014 at 1:13pm

Robby should have made WP7 by now. Hopefully his tracker acting up again.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Jones on January 9, 2014 at 1:17pm

making me nervous

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Permalink Reply by yano on January 9, 2014 at 1:18pm

nani arrived

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Engrav on January 9, 2014 at 1:18pm

Hopefully it's just a tracking issue.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 9, 2014 at 1:19pm

Yeah, keep in mind his tracking didn't show up at WP2 earlier in the stage

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Permalink Reply by Andy Luedtke on January 9, 2014 at 1:19pm

Hmm.. Robby would have started physically in second position at checkpoint 6... the same position he came out of 5 before the neutralizaion section... they must be down/having a problem between 6 and 7...

Hope Im wrong about that starting position...

hope its the tracker...