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 Kevin Meyer on January 8, 2014 at 10:00am

Yeah. I'm not gonna say it. Nope. Break it, Pepé Le Pew!

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Permalink Reply by Slanted66 on January 8, 2014 at 10:01am

I wish I could crawl into one of those right now. I'd eat my way out from the inside.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 8, 2014 at 9:56am

At 11:45:53" local, Nani Roma has launched his Mini into the 284 kilometers of the second half of the stage.

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Permalink Reply by Scooter Wright on January 8, 2014 at 10:12am

if they have started the second half as it seems, the tracker is down again

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 8, 2014 at 10:15am

The netherlands tracker shows RG thru WP6 and he made up time?? 6:26 down to Nasser in fifth. Let's see how this filters out cause I don't believe it but I want to

http://www.trackingdakar.nl/index.php?country=ZAF,USA,CAN

Also shows BJ is thru WP5 nearly 53 minutes down

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Permalink Reply by Arts on January 8, 2014 at 10:15am

if you click OVERALL WP6 then you see started cars

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Permalink Reply by joseph on January 8, 2014 at 10:17am

wp6 373kh not 284kh

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 8, 2014 at 10:18am

right.. 284KM is how much distance there is in the second half of the stage.

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Permalink Reply by Barb on January 8, 2014 at 10:17am

Thanks Kevin, good to see.

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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 8, 2014 at 10:21am

This climb will be a good test of how the Gordini is running!

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Permalink Reply by joseph on January 8, 2014 at 10:22am

tracker missing 3 cars ahead of robby at cp5 missing including peter pecker

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 8, 2014 at 10:25am

The tracker has adjusted itself. I was pretty sure you can't gain time in the neutralization zone. Roma has reached WP7. @Joseph those missing cars started behind RG so they wouldn't show yet