Jan 14th Dakar Rally Stage 11 Race Chat

Join us for the Dakar Rally on Jan 14, 2009,right here and chat about the action during the 11th stage

Stage 11 - Wednesday, January 14

Copiapo > Fiambala

Connection: 20 km | Special: 215 km | Connection: 445 km | Total: 680 km
On this most majestic stage of the rally, the talents of copilots will be at the strategic center. In the morning, vehicles will leave the Pacific Ocean behind and head toward the border. In the meantime, it will be necessary to constantly choose which valley to take. The return to Argentina will be through the enchanting surroundings of the Paso San Francisco, at an altitude of nearly 4,700 meters. To close this long “day of colors”, the link will lead competitors to a sandy landscape that resembles Mauritania. And if fate lends a hand, the rally could even experience a “Bolivian winter” there, a rare phenomenon that sometimes provokes snowfalls in the middle of summer!

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Permalink Reply by MTwomn on January 13, 2009 at 11:42pm

You haven't been to Butte MT have you? August 1993 we had 8 inches and didn't think it was all that unusual.

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 13, 2009 at 4:18pm

277 mile liaison to Fiambala.

Permalink Reply by Ex Desert on January 13, 2009 at 4:23pm

trophy dash tomnmorow

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 13, 2009 at 5:49pm

Stage 11 cancelled

As the weather forcast for tomorrow announces heavy fog on the whole route of stage 11 and as the timing of the stage cannot be altered due to the crossing of the Andes and the crossing of the border between Chile and Argentina, the organizers of the Dakar have decided to cancel the portion of stage 11 between Copiapo and Fiambala that should have been against the clock. The participants will be getting to the Fiambala bivouac in liaison.

WTF?

Permalink Reply by fred on January 13, 2009 at 5:56pm

they cancelled the whole stage ?

Permalink Reply by jack on January 13, 2009 at 6:08pm

Now what the hell we gonna do tomorrow????

Permalink Reply by wilks7 on January 13, 2009 at 6:34pm

surf lots of porn

Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 13, 2009 at 10:58pm

Refresh our bodies after the damage done by Stage 10 :) Be just as ready to come off the starting line like Robby and the team will be after being relegated to a day of sightseeing. *I'm picturing horses ready at the gate at a horse race, READY to RUN*

I think the 'numb' has finally worn off for me, 21 seconds, 'my page' is reflecting my feelings about the day. ;)
Off to look for more pics. :)

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 13, 2009 at 6:31pm

Good news is I can get caught up on my sleep.

Permalink Reply by RGordonNo#1 on January 13, 2009 at 7:03pm

Who needs sleep TOG!!!

Permalink Reply by Goody on January 13, 2009 at 11:02pm

You can sleep when your dead.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 13, 2009 at 7:18pm

Making up the rules as they go.. who does that sound like? I may have said this before, but isn't this supposed to be the toughest rally in the world? On to stage 12.. and time to make up 21 seconds and the rest will take care of itself on RG's way to the podium!!