2013 Dakar Cliff Notes thread

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Originally Posted by knybanjo

dakar.com beginning the info dump...


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Originally Posted by cyborg

Mornin' "yawn" Dressing while F5'in and caught up for, oh, about 5 minutes.

Sorry to hear about Barreda. Seems like all the bikes with EFI and multiple tanks should have multiple redundant fuel pumps too given their failure rate. I bet many of the cars do.

Off to work.

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Originally Posted by ararat

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Originally Posted by Flood

Svitko can still steal the win from Casteu.

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Originally Posted by knybanjo

dakar.com



- Casteu provisionally wins the stage

David Casteu, who led the special stage from start to finish, has confirmed his domination at the finisihing line with a total time of 1:39'42", which should make him the day's winner. Behind him, the situation is less clear, because the riders who set off after twentieth place have ridden like the wind: Svitko, Pedrero Garcia, Israel Esquerre, Caselli and Jakes are awaited at the finishing line to confirm their impressive positions. For the moment Olivier Pain, Alessandro Botturi and Helder Rodrigues make up the rest of the top four, but the situation is likely to change.

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Originally Posted by PackMule

Pain was on the front for the whole stage (well, once Barreda got lost). Casteu only closed 50" on him on Piste.


Good ride by David, but EXCELLENT ride by Olivier Pain today!

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Originally Posted by ric678

Top 10 overall with 12 riders done today

009 PAIN (FRA) YAMAHA 011:51:29 00:00:00
2 010 CASTEU (FRA) YAMAHA 011:52:44 00:01:15 00:00:00
3 001 DESPRES (FRA) KTM 011:57:36 00:06:07 00:00:00
4 011 FARIA (PRT) KTM 012:05:03 00:13:34 00:00:00
5 004 VILADOMS (ESP) HUSQVARNA 012:05:05 00:13:36 00:00:00
6 017 BOTTURI (ITA) HUSQVARNA 012:05:29 00:14:00 00:00:00
7 018 PRZYGONSKI (POL) KTM 012:10:29 00:19:00 00:00:00
8 030 PIZZOLITO (ARG) HONDA 012:17:14 00:25:45 00:00:00
9 003 RODRIGUES (PRT) HONDA 012:17:27 00:25:58 00:00:00
10 014 DUCLOS (FRA) SHERCO 012:19:18 00:27:49 00:00:00

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Originally Posted by Flood

Barreda seems to be sitting still with a broken fuel pump. His podium dreams are over.

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Originally Posted by Flood

A little story on twitter, just now:



@Ant_Ware
@RallyRAIDio after the TDBR 2007 Baja 1000, Pyn & myself rode our 950's from Cabo to La Paz to catch a ferry to mainland Mexico...

@Ant_Ware
@RallyRAIDio ...to ride back to Texas via Copper Canyon. Eating breakfast in a seafront cafe that morning & who should stumble in...

@Ant_Ware
@RallyRAIDio ...but Baja winner Johnny Campbell & his family. How surreal must it feel, 5 years on, to bump into him at the Dakar bivouac?


RallyRAIDio ‏@RallyRAIDio
@Ant_Ware Cool! You should write a ride report, Ant. I can almost, uh, hear the radio playing... :)

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Originally Posted by PackMule

Report that Matt Fish has stopped to help Barreda. Wondered if Fish would be there.

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Originally Posted by Brodovitch

Cyril today.

Any thoughts on the high front fender?

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Originally Posted by PackMule

Campbell is in, 14' back.

Laia is also in.

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Originally Posted by Flood

Everyone who started around Svitko is in (apart from Matt Fish who carried Barreda's water). Dammit, boy. Hope he's OK.

Originally Posted by redhat

And what about Caselli, just behind Svitko on WP3 but hasn't finished as well

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Originally Posted by 8340SU

Patrão is in, 26th. Rookie and the only Suzuki on the show

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Originally Posted by ric678

Even Honda quads are breaking...

Just after registering third place at the half-way point, Lucas Bonetto suffered technical difficulties, bringing him to a halt after 77 km. The Honda rider has been attempting to repair the problem for the last twenty minute

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