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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A quick change of subjects.
Has everyone ordered there 2014 #305 number plate sticker?
I received mine yesterday,great looking sticker.

I ordered mine Monday, but nothing has charged to my cc yet, so I'm beginning wonder if it went through.

I got mine. 1 in the car, 1 in the office.

Just sent an email on that earlier today.

so what was the story on the pict. of guy riding on top of the HST yesterday?

So at last...they have the tracking working....you can see the standings at each checkpoints!

And they now turn red when they get to them as they should instead of having the only ones that are working red from the start.

Gordon thru 5th 12:17 down... didn't lose as much time as some of the others. The other top runners lost 5-6 minutes each.. RG only 2 1/2.

So he gained 45 sec on holowczyc

3 min on roma

Nasser had to cut something short

No the genes cut Nasser short.
He prob just cheated.

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