Jan 9th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 5 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 5 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon looks to rebound after rolling the Hummer is stage 4. Gordon is now down over 5 hours in the overall and will try to win as many of the remaining stages as he can. The cars are slated to begin the special section of stage 4 at 11:25am/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 12:30pm/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

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STAGE 5 TRACKING

STAGE 5: AREQUIPA > ARICA

Connection 337km | Special Stage 172km | Total 509km

COURSE OVERVIEW

A relatively late start will allow the slowest competitors to make up for time lost the day before, as well as to cope with the time change which has been scheduled. For this transition stage which will see the rally enter Chile, the contrast will be visible both in terms of the variety of scenery and the average speeds recorded at the finish. The tracks taken by the motorcyclists will take their toll on their arms: the environment is favourable to attacks, but the stony sections and the rivers to be crossed in some areas will curb their enthusiasm. Those in four-wheeled vehicles will also criss cross between the first reliefs, from valley to valley, with the eyes of the navigators glued to the road book.

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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on January 9, 2013 at 1:30pm

He's a man posessed!

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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on January 9, 2013 at 1:31pm

When he sees a car in the distance he just goes for it.

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Permalink Reply by DEZERTBOUND on January 9, 2013 at 1:46pm

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Permalink Reply by Edwin on January 9, 2013 at 1:37pm

@ WP2 46 sec back.. Roma is on fire so far

1 305 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 000:48:26 00:00:00
2 300 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP) BUGGY 000:49:00 00:00:34 00:00:00
3 303 SAINZ (ESP), GÖTTSCHALK (DEU) BUGGY 000:49:04 00:00:38 00:00:00
4 315 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 000:49:12 00:00:46 00:00:00
5 301 DE VILLIERS (ZAF), VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU) TOYOTA 000:49:24 00:00:58 00:00:00

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Permalink Reply by SlyFoxx on January 9, 2013 at 1:43pm

Must be passing a lot of cars on the track.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 9, 2013 at 1:53pm

With 118 km completed, Nani Roma and Stéphane Peterhansel are separated by Giniel de Villiers at the front of the car special stage... Nasser Al-Attiyah has now dropped to fourth place less than 60 km from the finishing line. Roma's time on the special stage so far is 1:20'27". De Villiers trails him by 1'40", Peterhansel by 1'42" and Al-Attiyah by 2'00". Guerlain Chicherit, lying more than ten minutes behind Roma, is battling for fifth place with Leonid Novitskiy. A beady eye should be cast on the performances of Robby Unser and Carlos Sainz who started out much later than the leaders but who seem to be in a position to finish in the top 5.