2017 STAGE 11

SAN JUAN- RIO CUARTO

January 13th 2017

The San Juan dunes, which will come in the first 50 kilometres of the special stage will be the final to surf on the 2017 Dakar. Those who best handle sliding and the racing line will be right at home on the WRC like tracks of the Córdoba region. Everyone knows that a surprise can come at any moment.

759km 292km SPECIAL -Bikes, Quads, Cars, Utvs, Trucks

Bikes, Quads start time 6:45am local
Cars, UTVs, start time 8:32am local
Trucks start time 10:04am local
start times are 2hr's ahead of ET

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 12, 2017 at 11:03pm

STAGE 9 -Cancellation. As footage has become available, thought and prayers go out to the Argentine's https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=leGFhFVKsHQ

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 12, 2017 at 11:14pm

long neutralization zone

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2017 at 9:26am

07:05 Brabec forced to drop out
Stage ten had a sad end for Ricky Brabec. He was in the top 3 of the special several kilometres from the finish when his Honda gave up the ghost on him. Unable to repair the problem, the American was forced to withdraw from the race and is therefore not present this morning.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 13, 2017 at 6:42pm

Kinda the straw that broke the camels back in regards to my interest in this year's edition. Peter hit another rider smh

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2017 at 6:56pm

there may be more to that story, wait for the story before condemning

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2017 at 11:06pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiDhFdVkRIY
start at 2:54, note all the motorbikes headed in the wrong direction? I thought I saw on Twitter ,Leob almost getting a motorbike coming the wrong way .I'm not condemning, looked like mayhem for that way point.

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 13, 2017 at 8:54pm

Dammit !!!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2017 at 9:27am

07:11 Svitko still in the race
Having been taken from the link stage in an ambulance to the hospital in San Juan after finishing yesterday’s special in a state of exhaustion, in the end Štefan Svitko returned to reclaim his bike in the evening to finish the link stage. The Slovakian is a tough nut to crack and has just followed Joan Barreda onto the day’s special.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2017 at 9:29am

09:33 Cervantes drops out
Iván Cervantes has not managed to repair his KTM. The Spaniard has finally decided to exit the race, which means the general standings loses the 15th placed rider two days before the end of the race.