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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Martillo is still in it...Running decent today.
#348 sitting 25th at WP5
Do you think Al-attiyah will get him before the finish? Just 1min15sec separation at wp 10
1 300
PETERHANSEL (FRA), COTTRET (FRA)
MINI 003:27:22 00:00:00
2 301
AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP)
MINI 003:28:37 00:01:15 00:00:00
I think he is going to be all in on the downhill, not as much to lose as Peterhansel
Yeah, he lost a few minutes to Roma and De Villiers in that section. De Villiers is only 1min back
Stage 9 Top 5 at KM360 of 422 (WP9)
1) Peterhansel
2) Al-Attiyah +1m33s
3) Terranova +5m22s
4) Roma +7m14s
5) GORDON +14m4s
6) DeVilliers +15m7s
7) Holowczyc +19m40s
Nasser and PH should be heading down the big dune now
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