Dakar 2013 - Official Event Coverage - thank you ALL TeamF5, lurkers and posters!

[Deadly99]

Long liaison tomorrow with the shortened stage...nice touch for a saturday as I can get a few extra hours of sleep

Cya tomorrow

Fingers crossed Manuel's bike makes it to the bivouac tomorrow so he can get some work done on his motor

[Misery Goat]

Originally Posted by El Ponkin

Gotta feel for the privateers.

http://www.francetvsport.fr/offringa...-motard-135838

So is he sick? Not getting the translation.

[EKIN]

Originally Posted by cyborg

Perhaps NO penalty. IF CDP spilts the cases and fixes le tranny, then maybe, but if it's a new/used engine put in, then I stand by it!!

[El Ponkin]

Originally Posted by El Cucuy

couple of short videos of today's stage winner:

little jump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QBN30_kdis

from moto2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmw4SMXNHGQ

Second one is well produced , cool vid, he da flat biller.

[Brodovitch]

The Dakar Rally Raid ‏@DakarRallyRaid
OK, folks - WE ARE BACK!! Our account has been disabled by Twitter on request of A.S.O. and their goons NR-Online. Stay tuned on a special

2m The Dakar Rally Raid ‏@DakarRallyRaid
Special coming on how A.S.O. and their goons NR-Onlime suppress and independent news syndication + try to censor this way what is reported

The Dakar Rally Raid ‏@DakarRallyRaid
Or force independent ePublishers to buy XXXX $ US worth licences to be served by a pool with "created news by ASO Dakar organizer

sounds like we're not the only ones pissed by the official ASO party line

[PackMule]

Originally Posted by Flood

@KevinMuggleton

Most of the 22 #dakar2013 victims have moved on from the hospital. Just the broken back guys left. Hoping to fly to home hospital Sunday

Pretty scary that there's a plurality of those...

[svizzerams]

Originally Posted by Drif10

All week it's been the macbook on the counter for posting, the ipad beside streaming france4/eurosport, and trying to make something edible.

Nobody died.

So I guess it was a success.

That's what microwaves are for. No fuss, no muss.

[XSpearsX]

Originally Posted by Brodovitch

The Dakar Rally Raid ‏@DakarRallyRaid
OK, folks - WE ARE BACK!! Our account has been disabled by Twitter on request of A.S.O. and their goons NR-Online. Stay tuned on a special

2m The Dakar Rally Raid ‏@DakarRallyRaid
Special coming on how A.S.O. and their goons NR-Onlime suppress and independent news syndication + try to censor this way what is reported

The Dakar Rally Raid ‏@DakarRallyRaid
Or force independent ePublishers to buy XXXX $ US worth licences to be served by a pool with "created news by ASO Dakar organizer

sounds like we're not the only ones pissed by the official ASO party line

Censorship?

[cyborg]

F5irehose is almost in Bivvy, time to catch up on the France 4 and ES downloads over some dinner.

[El Ponkin]

Spotted in the bivouac !!

[ararat]

Originally Posted by El Cucuy

couple of short videos of today's stage winner:

little jump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QBN30_kdis

from moto2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmw4SMXNHGQ

Great find.
I call "BullDust" on Kurt and the its only up to you statement in his video.
Pass that ball of S@#% with all the DNF and CDP today. i dare him, double dare him.
Great rider with no team spirit. sad.

[ararat]

Originally Posted by Brodovitch

The Dakar Rally Raid ‏@DakarRallyRaid
OK, folks - WE ARE BACK!! Our account has been disabled by Twitter on request of A.S.O. and their goons NR-Online. Stay tuned on a special

2m The Dakar Rally Raid ‏@DakarRallyRaid
Special coming on how A.S.O. and their goons NR-Onlime suppress and independent news syndication + try to censor this way what is reported

The Dakar Rally Raid ‏@DakarRallyRaid
Or force independent ePublishers to buy XXXX $ US worth licences to be served by a pool with "created news by ASO Dakar organizer

sounds like we're not the only ones pissed by the official ASO party line

New media is taking their money away? who would have thought.
ASO need to get with the times, let us buy subscriptions, post videos, realtime scoring and then they will make money. chocking you guys to squeeze a few bucks is just a Zero–sum game.

[MacMan]

This is an extract from the official "social network" manager for the ASO/Dakar:

Rules concerning the use of the trademark DAKAR on your social networks (and websites in general):Except with the prior and written agreement from A.S.O, the name/url of your accounts/websites/mobile applications/pages shall not include the Dakar name and/or any of distinctive signs of the event. Only a Dakar section can be included within your website/mobile application and/or pages.


Rules regarding the contents of the DAKAR: Many unofficial video contents will be published. We ask you to share only materials you have rights on (i.e previous agreement with A.S.O.) and/or the official contents that will be posted on the official Dakar accounts. Please note A.S.O has the right to have every unauthorized contents you may publish or share removed from any platform.

They may not have liked the content, but they've made it very clear that no accounts may be named with the word "Dakar" set up. As far as flagrant contravention a twitter account "@DakarRallyRaid" is about as big a red flag as could be had.

[Cpt. Ron]

Originally Posted by MacMan

This is an extract from the official "social network" manager for the ASO/Dakar:

Rules concerning the use of the trademark DAKAR on your social networks (and websites in general):Except with the prior and written agreement from A.S.O, the name/url of your accounts/websites/mobile applications/pages shall not include the Dakar name and/or any of distinctive signs of the event. Only a Dakar section can be included within your website/mobile application and/or pages.


Rules regarding the contents of the DAKAR: Many unofficial video contents will be published. We ask you to share only materials you have rights on (i.e previous agreement with A.S.O.) and/or the official contents that will be posted on the official Dakar accounts. Please note A.S.O has the right to have every unauthorized contents you may publish or share removed from any platform.

They may not have liked the content, but they've made it very clear that no accounts may be named with the word "Dakar" set up. As far as flagrant contravention a twitter account "@DakarRallyRaid" is about as big a red flag as could be had.

No mention of not being able to use "El Dakaro"....

[ararat]

Originally Posted by MacMan

This is an extract from the official "social network" manager for the ASO/Dakar:

Rules concerning the use of the trademark DAKAR on your social networks (and websites in general):Except with the prior and written agreement from A.S.O, the name/url of your accounts/websites/mobile applications/pages shall not include the Dakar name and/or any of distinctive signs of the event. Only a Dakar section can be included within your website/mobile application and/or pages.


Rules regarding the contents of the DAKAR: Many unofficial video contents will be published. We ask you to share only materials you have rights on (i.e previous agreement with A.S.O.) and/or the official contents that will be posted on the official Dakar accounts. Please note A.S.O has the right to have every unauthorized contents you may publish or share removed from any platform.

They may not have liked the content, but they've made it very clear that no accounts may be named with the word "Dakar" set up. As far as flagrant contravention a twitter account "@DakarRallyRaid" is about as big a red flag as could be had.

So based on that if i live in Dakar and i love the Dakar and my handle is DakarDingbit on twitter they can ask twitter to block me.
That will be interesting court case.