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 viktory on January 8, 2014 at 12:32pm

looks like RG missed the short cut 315 passed him by 5 min between WP8 and WP9

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Permalink Reply by charlie on January 8, 2014 at 12:36pm

roma is leadin on wp 11 what a mess

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Permalink Reply by Rob on January 8, 2014 at 12:33pm

Slept in today and almost missed the whole stage.

Go Robby!!!

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Permalink Reply by Cory Bogardus on January 8, 2014 at 12:35pm

TOG, is Chat working? It does not show up on my menu bar!

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Permalink Reply by Charlie on January 8, 2014 at 12:37pm

chat was working but it was taken down for technical reasons. if you would've popped it out, it might still be working for you?

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Permalink Reply by Baja DQ on January 8, 2014 at 12:39pm

I think that subject is 'closed' unfortunately.

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Permalink Reply by lightweight on January 8, 2014 at 12:35pm

Big shake up in the bikes today. Barreda/Honda started 1st today and was leading overall but is down 18 min nearing
today's finish. Garcia/Sherco started 43rd and is leading but almost a minute having caught Chaleco's KTM. Despres'
Yamaha is 8 min back with Coma's KTM ahead of him by 2 min. Barreda started first this morning, got turned around
for a couple of minutes and his day has gone down hill from there but may remain in the top 5 overall.