Jan 8th, 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 6 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 6 of the 2016 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 8th in Stage 5, and his teammate, Sheldon Creed, finished 33rd. The special section of Stage 6 is 542km. Robby Gordon start time: 8:25am/et, Sheldon Creed start time: 9:05am/et.

2016 Stage 4 Photos

STAGE 6 TRACKING

STAGE 6: UYUNI > UYUNI

Connection 181km | Special Stage 542km | Total 723km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The longest special section of the Dakar takes place on the 6th day of consecutive racing. And that is not the only difficulty of this operation, which will take place between 3,500 and 4,200m in altitude. The pace and surfaces change constantly, alternating between sand and rock, which may be disconcerting, especially if it rains. Glimpses of the Salar d’Uyuni are but one of the visual delights on the agenda. Meanwhile, the truck category, which will race separately on this 6th stage, will visit the home town of the President Evo Morales.

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 jeff.2066 on January 8, 2016 at 3:23pm

Flux Capacitor?

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Permalink Reply by Levi Pal on January 8, 2016 at 3:27pm

Made it in....

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Permalink Reply by David Z on January 8, 2016 at 3:28pm

Today is finally over

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 8, 2016 at 3:28pm

Thank you to Bolivia for providing TV livestreaming

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Permalink Reply by David Z on January 8, 2016 at 3:29pm

Yes, livestream is much better than the ones that put all the malware on the computer

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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 8, 2016 at 3:30pm

+1x10^5

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Permalink Reply by J.R Ramirez on January 8, 2016 at 3:30pm

Is the gordini in good condition?

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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 8, 2016 at 3:31pm

yes

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Permalink Reply by Shane on January 8, 2016 at 3:31pm

312 made it in 1 sec ahead of 337. Maybe they took the part and Creed followed him in. Or towed.My guess is towed, since it took 30 minutes for both of them from 12 to finish and everyone else was making it in 10-12 minutes.

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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 8, 2016 at 3:32pm

ASO's last car update on the live feed:

15:37 : Cars: a big win for Peterhansel

Three of the Peugeots have finished the special and the big winner of the day is Stéphane Peterhansel. The Frenchman has won, in front of Carlos Sainz and Sébastien Loeb. By regaining more than 8 minutes on the nine times WRC winner, Peter also takes control of the general standings.