Jan 16th Dakar Rally Stage 13 Race Chat

Join us for the Dakar Rally on Jan 16, 2009,right here and chat about the action during the 13th stage.Robby improved to 3rd overall after his 3rd place finish in stage 11.Two more stages to go !

Stage 13 - Friday, January 16

La Rioja > Cordoba

Connection: 161 km | Special: 545 km | Connection: 47 km | Total: 753 km

After having swallowed thousands of kilometers, participants will face a first-class physical challenge in this next-to-the-last stage. State-of-the-art pilots must maintain their position, while amateurs must avoid an excess of confidence. Errors can leave bitter memories, since this will be the day of cacti. At the bivouac, doctors will no doubt be called on to wield the tweezers. Finally, for the experts of traditional rallies, certain routes are part of the patrimony of the World Cup that takes place every year in Cordoba. Here, aficionados will guarantee a large popular fiesta.

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Permalink Reply by Blues on January 16, 2009 at 2:19pm

so which is better for VW financially, for Miller to win or DeVilliers? - That's who's gonna win....

Permalink Reply by BILL MORAN on January 16, 2009 at 2:20pm

DeVilliers

Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on January 16, 2009 at 2:21pm

Well, De Villiers codriver is German. I wonder why VW doesn't put the two South Africans together (De Villiers and Pitchford)

Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 16, 2009 at 2:24pm

Interesting question. Now that VW is a major sponsor of SCORE, and have built a Tourareg Trophy Truck for the Baja races, theres gotta be some value to them of having the first American to win Dakar on thier team, and have him race in the 500 and 1000.

I really don't know what the situation is in South Africa, or if DeVilliers has much of a following elsewhere...

Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on January 16, 2009 at 2:27pm

Aren't they going to race two full time TTs? Who is in the second? I'm sure its not Sainz.

Permalink Reply by Clance' McClannahan on January 16, 2009 at 2:30pm

When I add De Villiers to my tags, my stats go sky higher than normal sky high. There are a lot of people hitting my blog from search engines for him. He has a following but from what I see it's mostly South African ISP's.

Permalink Reply by Doug on January 16, 2009 at 2:22pm

The sad thing is Americans will most likely go 2-3 and you probably wont hear about it anywhere.

Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on January 16, 2009 at 2:23pm

Its not like you're going to hear about the Dakar much of anywhere in the US. There is minimal coverage. Thats just the way it is. I don't remember ESPN saying anything when RG won his first stage.

Permalink Reply by BILL MORAN on January 16, 2009 at 2:24pm

agreed

Permalink Reply by Mike Taylor on January 16, 2009 at 2:24pm

maybe espn deportes this year!

Permalink Reply by Doug on January 16, 2009 at 2:29pm

That is the nature of this beast I suppose. I can't remember ESPN doing anything, but I think BFG or one of his other sponsors took full page ads out in several newspapers celebrating it. I'll have to dig mine up to see who it was. You would just think as Americans become more successful and more people follow it would be a bigger deal.

Permalink Reply by MerlotMax on January 16, 2009 at 2:35pm