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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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 14, 2014 at 10:11am

Stage 9 Top 7 at KM150 of 422 (WP4)

1) Peterhansel
2) Sainz +28s
3) Al-Attiyah +1m53s
4) Terranova +2m17s
5) Roma +4m49s
6) GORDON +6m17s
7) De Villiers +6m18s

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Permalink Reply by Buzzzz on January 14, 2014 at 10:11am

All looks well for RG.....picking up some ground, way to go!

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 14, 2014 at 10:14am

Doing well, but not making up ground

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Permalink Reply by kurt kern on January 14, 2014 at 10:15am

Sainz in trouble?

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 14, 2014 at 10:17am

relegated it will be the opportunity to climb the RG 5To this wp5

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 14, 2014 at 10:18am

Looks like it. For RG to finish this rally will be big

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Permalink Reply by will on January 14, 2014 at 10:19am

Spanish driver Carlos Sainz's SMG buggy has come to a standstill after 195 km and is signalling technical problems. The chassis appears to be the root of the problem and the crew is pessimistic about their chances of resuming racing.