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

Boundsy thru WP1

Maybe HRC ran a standard 16-20 L tank for testing and neglected to factor in the fuel needed just to haul the extra fuel? It's prolly would take at least a couple liters to pack that additional weight thru the sand.

botturi is back on the right track, he went on the wrong direction for 7km....

He's right behind Despres on the stage. So all Cyril has to do is keep him close. That'll make a 3 min catchup for Lopez.

If Cyril can manage to finish 5th today, with Lopez close, then he stands to make up an easy 10 minutes tomorrow, without having to lead until the last day, which is short.

Unless the ASO decides to throw a multiplier into that stage, too.

A branch reached out and stole his sparkplug wire....don't you people read?!?

BUÄH! =)

Overall at wp4

Despres
Faria +11.35
Chaleco +14.25

2.50, still doable till the end of today

A likely scenario as Barreda seems to have some trouble with nav anyway.....

good to see him on his way ...


this was in MCN, i saw a 20 min penalty on the dakar site now i know waht for :

"
Craig Bounds is now a regular top ninety finisher despite his injuries, He ended the day in 83rd which leaves him 84th overall, but revealed to MCN that he missed the last way point so is expecting to get hit with a time penalty in the final results.
“It was a lack of concentration at the end of the stage and as a result I missed a way point. I think it’ll be a 20min penalty which is no big deal. I’ve ridden this stage twice before but it was different today because of the weather. It was much cooler and it was actually pouring down on the liaison. My back is still killing me but I’ve just got to put it out of my mind and carry on.”
"

Jakes hasn't followed him, that's good.

dakar.com





10:08 - bike

035 - Berglund stuck in the sand?

Sweden's Husaberg rider No. 35 has stopped after 118 km in the middle of a sandy zone. It seems like he may have got stuck in the sand and should free himself in the coming minutes.

Where TF is Pyndon???

faria lost 2 minutes to lopez, there's only a 3 minute gap overall

10 minutes of nothingness between Caselli and Jakes (is it read Yakesh? That's how I would read it, I bet the English speakers call him Jakes..)

Nobody has been shown through WP1 in some time now... Hopefully it's a data delay

I think tracker issues... Si Pavey started behind him and is already at WP1

It looks like Svitko is out. After the crash yesterday when he went over the bars and broke the oil cooler he decided not to start today.

Dakar

Alessandro Botturi is now heading in the right direction, but he made a 7-km detour that will probably lose him several minutes.

Sweden's Husaberg rider No. 35 has stopped after 118 km in the middle of a sandy zone. It seems like he may have got stuck in the sand and should free himself in the coming minut

dakar.com






10:10 - bike

017 - Botturi back on track

Alessandro Botturi is now heading in the right direction, but he made a 7-km detour that will probably lose him several minutes.

Jakeš.