2020 DAKAR

January 5th- 17th 2020 100% Saudi Arabia

Robby Gordon is not scheduled to compete.

Saudi Arabia is +8 hours on Eastern Time / +11 on the West Coast.

January 5th-10th, the Rally Raid starts in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and races North East before racing to South Eastern city of Riyadh.

January 11th, Rest Day Riyadh

January 12th-17th, the Rally Raid continues from Riyadh through the South Eastern area of Saudi Arabia before heading to West, finishing in Qiddiya.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 12, 2020 at 2:08am

09:57 Brabec: 'Trying not to lose too much time'
Ricky Brabec went through km 214 of today's special with a four-minute deficit to teammate Kevin Benavides. From his point of view, 'The stage is going well. I had to open the track, so I'm not expecting to win and expand my lead today. I'm rather trying not to lose too much time. My teammate, Joan [Barreda], caught up with me and I think we'll just spend the rest of the stage riding together. I hope to end the day on a high note, not to lose too much time and live to fight another day. My only goal for today is to make it to the finish.'

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Permalink Reply by sabreguy on January 12, 2020 at 8:45am

Paulo Gonçalves, racing on motorbike no. 8, has passed away from a fall sustained 276 kilometres into today's special. The organisers received an alert at 10:08 and dispatched a medical helicopter that reached the biker at 10:16 and found him unconscious after going into cardiac arrest. Following resuscitation efforts in situ, the competitor was taken by helicopter to Layla Hospital, where he was sadly pronounced dead.
40-year-old Paulo Gonçalves was taking part in his 13th Dakar. He made his debut in 2006 and had finished four times in the top 10, including an impressive performance as runner-up to Marc Coma in 2015. Paulo Gonçalves, the 2013 cross-country rallies world champion, was sitting in 46th place overall after stage 6 of the 2020 Dakar.
The entire Dakar caravan would like to extend its sincere condolences to his friends and family.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 12, 2020 at 9:35am

Godspeed Paulo

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 12, 2020 at 9:57am

I was just reading that. Wow

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Permalink Reply by Barb on January 12, 2020 at 12:33pm

I was just reading that as well, wow. It is a sad day when we lose someone at the Dakar.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 12, 2020 at 9:47am

Good morning, Stage 7

Bikes

Benavides
Barreda
Walkner
Benavides
Brabec
9th Short
11th Skyler

overall
Brabec
Quintanilla -24:48
Florimo -27:01
Price 28:44
8th Skyler
12th Short

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Permalink Reply by Bricoop on January 12, 2020 at 9:50am

Brabecs lead still growing.

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 12, 2020 at 9:58am

Doing a great job for sure.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 12, 2020 at 9:54am

stage 7

cars
Sainz
Nasser
Stephane

6th Alonso

overall-
Sainz
Nasser -10:
Stephane -19:13

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 12, 2020 at 10:01am

Stage 7
SxS

Blade (DAKAR experience)
Currie
Domzala
Cyril (DAKAR experience)
Jones

overall
Currie
Contardo -32:03
Kariakin -42:57
6th Austin Jones -1:23:54

16:11 Guthrie out!
As the first SSVs roll across the line, Mitchell Guthrie (who went through km 161 in third place) has been knocked out of the race by a mechanical. An infuriating development for the American rookie, who turned heads with his win in stage 4.

16:19 Hildebrand takes his maiden win
Racing under Dakar Experience rules since his withdrawal in stage 2, Blade Hildebrand had to wait until stage 7 for his true potential to shine through. He has won the stage by 11 minutes over fellow American Casey Currie and 13 minutes over Aron Domżała.