Jan 14th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. After starting 56th, Robby Gordon had a great stage 8 and finished 10th. Gordon is now 24th overall. Robby Gordon will begin stage 9 at TBA

 

2014 Stage 8 Photos


STAGE 9 TRACKING


STAGE 9: CALAMA > IQUIQUE

Connection 29km | Special Stage 422km | Total 451km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

The 2014 Dakar will reach its most northern point in Iquique, where the competitors will see the ocean for the first time this year. Above all, the drivers and teams will discover the Atacama Dunes again after a first part of a special stage which will be rather tedious. Dune specialists will be in command over a distance of almost 150km. Thrills will be guaranteed at the very end of the day, on the last three kilometres of the descent to Iquique: there is more than a 30% difference in height from start to finish and it is almost not recommended to break. The law of gravitation takes on its full meaning: the bivouac is not far away!


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

 

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Riding in the dust of the HRX and a Mini, hopefully not for to much longer

WP3 should come in at/about 20 till

got my rebel vs the world sticker yesturday

Sainz lost a 1:12 between wp2-3

Stage 9 Top 7 at KM75 of 422 (WP2)

1) Sainz
2) Peterhansel +6s
3) Al-Attiyah +37s
4) Terranova +1m3s
5) GORDON +1m38s
6) De Villiers +2m59s
7) Roma +3m3s

Numberplate ordered! Thanks for all you do here on this site!

Roma doing his part to give Peter back the OA

I suspect passing is a problem

11:28 Cars: Sainz leads after 87 km

By just 6 seconds, Carlos Sainz has taken first place on the car special stage from Stéphane Peterhansel. 37' behind El Matador lies Nasser Al-Attiyah in third, in front of Orlando Terranova, 1’03' behind the stage leader. The comeback kid is in fifth: Robby Gordon trails Sainz by 1’38'. He is followed by the Toyota of Giniel de Villiers and Nani Roma’s Mini, respectively 2’59' and 3’03' behind the current leader.

I like how they describe Robby as "the comeback kid"!!!

SEven cars in at #3 (CP1) and no RG...what is up?

he started 10th

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