Jan 14th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded his 4th straight 3rd place finish in Stage 8, but remains 23rd overall. Gordon is still down over 5 hours in the overall, but will get yet another good starting spot in an attempt to win his first stage of the rally. The cars are slated to begin the special section of stage 9 at 8:03am/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 8:09am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally.

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STAGE 9 TRACKING

STAGE 9: SAN MIGUEL DE TUCAMAN > CORDOBA

Connection 259km | Special Stage 593km | Total 852km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Trucks will have pride of place when the rally resumes, only competing in one of the two parts of the special stage, but they will have the rare privilege of setting off first. The stage’s profile with quick tracks will be favourable to specialists of torturous routes. In the other categories, as the distance has been doubled it will also allow for an additional, much more technical section, where, in particular, the drivers will negotiate the bends in the forest. They will have to watch out for trees, given that the rapid assistance trucks won’t have access to the route. The competitors will have to be extremely vigilant over the entire distance, which is, for all except for the bikers, the rally’s longest special stage.

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Permalink Reply by TrailReady on January 14, 2013 at 6:15pm

what time does the eurosport coverage start, pacific time

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Permalink Reply by will on January 14, 2013 at 6:17pm

When the blokes finish up their little game of snooker.

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Permalink Reply by TrailReady on January 14, 2013 at 6:19pm

thanks

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Permalink Reply by WJM on January 14, 2013 at 6:18pm

It's on when snooker is over, whenever that is.

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Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on January 14, 2013 at 6:19pm

Nasser who?

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Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on January 14, 2013 at 6:21pm

From the Dakar site-
Nonetheless, today's highlight was Nasser Al-Attiyah's technical problems. He had to stop several times throughout the special after a driving mistake brought him a little too close to a tree, according to competitors who drove past him. The Qatari saw his last hopes of winning the rally go up in smoke, as the ever-consistent "Peter" extended his lead to 49′31″ on De Villiers and 56′03″ on teammate Leonid Novitskiy.