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 Mike Kenyon on January 8, 2014 at 10:38am

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

Permalink Reply by Jaci on January 8, 2014 at 10:42am

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

Permalink Reply by Kathy Kubara on January 8, 2014 at 10:45am

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

Permalink Reply by David Z on January 8, 2014 at 10:50am
Just sent an email on that earlier today.
Permalink Reply by timothy price on January 8, 2014 at 10:38am

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

Permalink Reply by Buzzzz on January 8, 2014 at 10:40am

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

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 8, 2014 at 10:42am

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.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 8, 2014 at 10:41am

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.

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 8, 2014 at 10:44am

So he gained 45 sec on holowczyc

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 8, 2014 at 10:45am

3 min on roma

Permalink Reply by bighead on January 8, 2014 at 10:42am

Nasser had to cut something short

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 8, 2014 at 10:49am

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

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