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 Jaci on January 8, 2016 at 3:53pm

Wow, that sucks! What team is that?

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 8, 2016 at 3:55pm

ten Brinke 311

Permalink Reply by yano on January 8, 2016 at 3:53pm

AAWWW shit he was going so strong !!!
A shame

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 8, 2016 at 3:53pm
Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 8, 2016 at 3:58pm

A racers worst nightmare.

Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 8, 2016 at 6:25pm

I hate it when that happens.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 8, 2016 at 3:55pm

This is the old Dakar I remember. RG running in the top then goes off the map and we all try to figure out what happened and pray that it is a checkpoint issue and it rarely is.

I bet TOG could go back each year on this thread and see almost the exact same conversation each year.

Gas On!

Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 8, 2016 at 3:56pm

Kevin, I prefer "hope" to despair. Its easy to give up. I try to resist.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 8, 2016 at 4:47pm

I am still hoping this has been all one big nightmare and that Dakar hasn't started yet and the PUGs fell off the boat on the way to SA.

Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on January 8, 2016 at 4:43pm
Half the fun!
Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 8, 2016 at 4:01pm

Don't tell the ASO about the 311 they may have to report it

Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 8, 2016 at 4:05pm

Nasser: (same quote different day)


http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2016/us/stage-700/quotes-all.html

“We tried to push, you know, but we cannot, because the Peugeots are going really fast and every day we lose four or eight minutes. But what can we do? We're just trying to save our positon. It's a very bad feeling, but we know that their buggy is fast. We'll see - we have how many days left? We'll try and finish in the top three. There are no better stages for the 4x4, because their buggy is going really well everywhere, on rally tracks and off-road”.

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