Jan 8th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 4 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 4 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a 6th place finish in stage 3, and is now 3h46m behind. The first part of the special section of stage 4 is 217km, followed by a 185km 'neutral zone', then the last section is 284km (657km total). This is the longest special since 2005.

2014 Stage 3 Photos


STAGE 4 TRACKING


STAGE 4: SAN JUAN > CHILECITO

Connection 211km | Special Stage 657km | Total 868km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

The strategy of the motorcyclists will come into play: initially their navigational skills will be seriously tested at the beginning of the morning, and then they will be faced with the problem of worn tyres, as they have already been over-used the day before. As for the drivers of cars, they will have an even more demanding route to tackle in the countryside. The Dakar’s competitors haven’t faced a special stage this long since the historical one from Zouerat to Tichit in 2005! They will have to cross rivers, descend the canyons in a Wild West setting and beware of the other participants: as these terrains are often wide open, it will be entirely possible to overtake fellow competitors.

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

 

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Engrav on January 8, 2014 at 10:50am

Any why Stage 2 Speed Energy vimeo video hasn't been posted yet?

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 8, 2014 at 10:52am

lack of interweb conductivity

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 8, 2014 at 10:52am

Video is done but their having connectivity problems in SA.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 8, 2014 at 10:56am

and they are 250mb files, and the upload speeds have been about 75kb a second.

They will get better service soon.

Permalink Reply by Ed Fifield on January 8, 2014 at 10:50am

Good morning all! It is great to see Robby running so great! I love starting my work day with an hour of catching up on what all has been happening. I will try to get some work done today. It's going to be hard to get anything done over the next few hours.

Permalink Reply by joseph on January 8, 2014 at 10:50am

need lot of power to climb up at altitude need alot of balls to go down the other side remember johny campble saying it was the scaryist thing he ever did

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 8, 2014 at 10:52am

+1 Hope somebody has a camera...

Permalink Reply by Ed Fifield on January 8, 2014 at 10:53am

that is a ride I would pay money to take. probably better than any roller coaster or sky dive thrill out there!

Permalink Reply by Keith Pickett on January 8, 2014 at 10:54am

that aint no joke! or the dunes near the end of the rally!

Permalink Reply by Hendricus on January 8, 2014 at 10:55am

Should not Sainz be through WP7?

My tracker only shows top 6, with Robby as last one through. Same for the rest of you?

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 8, 2014 at 10:56am

Sainz started 17th. He would be unbelievably fast to already be thru. Roma thru WP8

Permalink Reply by Hendricus on January 8, 2014 at 10:57am

Okay, thx!

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