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

[Jim Rowley]

Originally Posted by XSpearsX

Well, the kid say he's starved for the last 1 1/2 weeks thanks to the Dakar. Guilting me into leaving now to take him to dinner. The iPhone app sucks. Next 2 hours will suck! I won't know if Luis makes it in .....dang kids.

Now's the time to enforce the "eat faster" parental law. Don't speed (too much) getting back.

[troy safari carpente]

Originally Posted by Pantah

We've seen countless images of cars buried in a stream. How do they get going again? Do they wait for a tow or winch?

Thanks

Some of the TV France footage showed the sweeper trucks (and some civillian vehicles) engaged in recovery missions at several different crossings... at that point I think the "outside assistance rules" go out the "force majeur" window and it's recue by any and all means possible that becomes the rule of thumb.

memorable images of a unique day on the Dakar

[PackMule]

Originally Posted by Mad Cow

Wasn't this discussed at length last year? Loads of opportunity at the refuelling stop to get information legally

Originally Posted by troy safari carpente

That's the way I interpreted it... he monitored the gap at the 15 minute CP/refuel/nutralization zone and knew what he had up his sleeve on the second part of the special...

Ahhh. Yes, of course, that would be

[Drif10]

Originally Posted by XSpearsX

Well, the kid say he's starved for the last 1 1/2 weeks thanks to the Dakar. Guilting me into leaving now to take him to dinner. The iPhone app sucks. Next 2 hours will suck! I won't know if Luis makes it in .....dang kids.

"If you hadn't cooked the motor on your bike, then we'd have the money to feed you. Go sit in the corner until your father gets home!"

[Spark Plug]

Originally Posted by XSpearsX

Well, the kid say he's starved for the last 1 1/2 weeks thanks to the Dakar. Guilting me into leaving now to take him to dinner. The iPhone app sucks. Next 2 hours will suck! I won't know if Luis makes it in .....dang kids.

Pizza Delivery.

Take'em to dinner Sunday.





(I'm getting the same buisness at home. )

[garfey]

Originally Posted by XSpearsX

Well, the kid say he's starved for the last 1 1/2 weeks thanks to the Dakar. Guilting me into leaving now to take him to dinner. The iPhone app sucks. Next 2 hours will suck! I won't know if Luis makes it in .....dang kids.

Want me to send you an e-mail update?

[Gian]

Why I am seeing Botturi at the 74th place here?
http://gaps.dakar.com/2013/dakar/stage-12/aso/ukie.php



oh gosh 1 hour penalty :((

[troy safari carpente]

Originally Posted by gsd4me

Wonder what's in that shoulder holster? something to put distraught moto riders out of their misery possibly.

My dad referred to his as a "lead asprin" dispenser.

he carried a 3030 lever action version.

[Flood]

Originally Posted by Stagehand

Cyrils blog:

On today’s stage at the refuelling my team-mate Ruben (Faria) arrived and signalled to me that he had a problem with his wheel. Before I started the second part of the special stage I had about 20 seconds to dig out my spoke key from my kit and throw it over to Ruben. Then I started to race and I thought to myself – “I hope I don’t need that key later or I’ll be in trouble”.

I was taking care of my engine and conserving some energy on the stage because I knew towards the end there would be lots of navigation in the dunes. So the chance came for me to help out Ruben and pay something back for all he has done for me as a team-mate. For Ruben to be more sure of his second place in the overall timings I knew it would be helpful it I took things nice and easy at the front of the race.

Ruben was chasing Chaleco (Lopez) who was riding on my rear wheel so I thought I would take down my speed and let him pass. So Chaleco, Goncalves and Barreda all came past me and then it was up to them to navigate. I had a front row seat to watch them struggling to find the route in the dunes and all the while I knew Ruben must be making up time.

The Dakar is a race that you must respect until the very finish but it was satisfying to be able to exert some control on today’s stage. Today we were the bosses because we decided something and it worked.

All the bandana jokes aside, this is coolness.
Without the pressure to fight Coma every minute, every mile, Despres can really show what he knows about this sport.

He deserves that win like no one else.

Aye?

[Balkan Boy]

Is his navigation really that much superior?


Aye.

[zenjen]

Originally Posted by XSpearsX

leaving now to take him to dinner. The iPhone app sucks. Next 2 hours will suck! I won't know if Luis makes it in .....dang kids.

Use the iPhone phone in a pizza app.

[Deadly99]

Originally Posted by Stagehand

Cyrils blog:

On today’s stage at the refuelling my team-mate Ruben (Faria) arrived and signalled to me that he had a problem with his wheel. Before I started the second part of the special stage I had about 20 seconds to dig out my spoke key from my kit and throw it over to Ruben. Then I started to race and I thought to myself – “I hope I don’t need that key later or I’ll be in trouble”.

I was taking care of my engine and conserving some energy on the stage because I knew towards the end there would be lots of navigation in the dunes. So the chance came for me to help out Ruben and pay something back for all he has done for me as a team-mate. For Ruben to be more sure of his second place in the overall timings I knew it would be helpful it I took things nice and easy at the front of the race.

Ruben was chasing Chaleco (Lopez) who was riding on my rear wheel so I thought I would take down my speed and let him pass. So Chaleco, Goncalves and Barreda all came past me and then it was up to them to navigate. I had a front row seat to watch them struggling to find the route in the dunes and all the while I knew Ruben must be making up time.

The Dakar is a race that you must respect until the very finish but it was satisfying to be able to exert some control on today’s stage. Today we were the bosses because we decided something and it worked.

Simply awesome



Good to see Etienne out on the course. When I grow up I want his job

[8340SU]

Originally Posted by PackMule

Is this a translation issue, or is he confirming that they are receiving pace info (illegally) out on the course.

Lost in translation. It should be "I saw that I was gaining time"

Originally Posted by JR_FX

Ruben Faria: "Once again I was very close to winning a stage in the Dakar 2013 ... but as there are still two more ... we'll see (laughs). Soon I found a good race pace but again without risking. I saw that he was gaining time and set as goal to keep the same pace until the end. It was not a difficult step and have always maintained a good level of concentration when it was necessary to navigate because WP did not want to miss any. I'm happy for the KTM / Red Bull held the same positions and the overall odds for a good outcome are higher but we can never forget that this is the Dakar and everything can change ... we must continue to believe. I want to thank my sponsors and my fans for supporting daily. A big hug! "

From Ruben FB.

[Jurassic]

Originally Posted by Flood

All the bandana jokes aside, this is coolness.
Without the pressure to fight Coma every minute, every mile, Despres can really show what he knows about this sport.

He deserves that win like no one else.

Aye?

I think so. He's been tested this year and kept his cool and made the right decisions (not that we're quite finished yet).

[Deadly99]

Originally Posted by Balkan Boy

Is his navigation really that much superior?


Aye.

Would seem so.

"alien"


Imagine what a cluster the front runners would have if they didn't have Cyril to open the track this year. Each and every time he wasn't leading the pack, the pack got lost (well almost every time )