Jan 10th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 6 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 6 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon rebounded in stage 5 with a very nice 3rd place finish. Gordon is still down over 5 hours in the overall and will try to win as many of the remaining stages as he can. The rally now makes its first start in Chile. The cars are slated to begin the special section of stage 6 at 8:33am/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 8:39am/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 6 TRACKING

STAGE 6: ARICA > CALAMA

Connection 331km | Special Stage 454km | Total 785km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The first special stage held in Chile will take competitors back to the Atacama Desert: they will be faced with sand and dunes for two thirds of the distance. But two specific sections of the stage will be timed: the latter will allow them to rediscover fesh fesh, which is unlikely to enthuse them. Overall, the day will be very long, at a stage where the competitors’ bodies will start to suffer from the lack of sleep, particularly for those who have experienced some incidents. At the head of the race, a ranking which is already probable is taking shape: the real candidates for the Top 10 are apparent.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 10, 2013 at 2:40pm

yeah it has issues, that is why you have to 'pop it out' into it's own window.

Engineers are working on it.

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Permalink Reply by Xracer on January 10, 2013 at 2:42pm

Thankx TOG for everyone's hard work love the site best around

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Permalink Reply by roy on January 10, 2013 at 2:47pm

just an fyi but its hasn't worked at all on my ipad at all this year...

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Permalink Reply by Xracer on January 10, 2013 at 2:55pm

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 10, 2013 at 2:32pm

Thats three stage wins out of 6 for Nasser.
The guy is fast.
Peter has not won a stage yet, but is still ahead of Nasser in the overall standings....barely.
The guy is consistent.
When we do do well, we are still losing time to one or the other of them
We are good, but to win stages, our only chance for glory, we still need to be faster.
Gas on !

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 10, 2013 at 2:41pm

Fly has always calculated you can win rally without any stage wins or trouble.

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Permalink Reply by Short Bus on January 10, 2013 at 3:15pm

for example, Despres is currently in 2nd place, about a couple of minutes out of the lead. His stage finishing results so far - 5,12,3,14,5,3. Never higher than 3rd, yet in 2nd overall.