Jan 15th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 10 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 10 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a very nice 4th place finish in Stage 9 and moved up to 19th 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 10 at 8:43am/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 8:55am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally.

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STAGE 10 TRACKING

STAGE 10: CORDOBA > LA RIOJA

Connection 279km | Special Stage 353km | Total 632km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The masters of the handlebars and the steering wheel will be most at ease when faced with the challenge of the day. Although the cars and trucks will be separated from the motorcycles, their respective programmes will have similar features. Winding tracks will be interspersed with fast ones, as the competitors pass through a succession of landscapes from wooded areas to barren plateaux. The whole setting may remind the most open-minded participants of Ireland in some places!

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 14, 2013 at 10:47pm

another WRC type Stage

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 14, 2013 at 10:50pm

While stage 9 was a marathon stage with 289 miles of 'special' ,stage 10 is 219 miles with no neutralization zone.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 14, 2013 at 11:16pm

Apparently Nasser starts 25th tomorrow??

http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/stage-10/live-timing/sector-2-df...

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 14, 2013 at 11:37pm

why not, the ASOles gave him a bailout as big as GM's on Saturday.I notice he's not on this list http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/stage-9/live-timing/sector-2-ass...

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 14, 2013 at 11:43pm

yeah I noticed that too. Plus, he's not on the withdrawl list as Weavers and Spinelli are. Perhaps he did finish after all and they failed to denote the time in both the stage and overall standings.

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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 15, 2013 at 12:43am

Qatar dollars at work to bribe the ASO

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Permalink Reply by joseph on January 15, 2013 at 7:29am

94 cars on list 104 cars to start this morning

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 14, 2013 at 11:45pm

Nasser... What can you say. ASO fly in a motor ?

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Permalink Reply by John on January 15, 2013 at 2:31am

The engine story is bs spin to make it look like it wasn't his fault. Look at the pic and you can see the hub is broken off and the stub axle is at an interesting angle.

My bet is he is out of the race. ASO just hasn't updated the site because they dgaf, lol