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2012 Dakar Stage 10 Quotes
Quotes from Stage 10 of the 2012 Dakar Rally
Robby Gordon - Finished 4th
" I hit a rock with both right-side tires and as you can see this wheel is way out, so we've got some broken parts. Do I think I can win again? Of course. I was passing him [Peterhansel], he didn't move over and I clobbered a rock and got two flat tyres at the same time. So, we've got our work cut out for us. We've got a damaged race car that we're going to have work on and there's a lot of damage from what I can see. Now we'll push, push, push even harder."
"About 30km from the finish, I was right on Peterhansel's tail and we were hitting the sentinel telling him we were there. After multiple times he wouldn't move over. We both missed a way point, and I tried my hardest to get around him. When I got in his dust, we had a big crash. Should have rolled the thing, but it blew the rear wheel off the truck as well as hurt the A-arm and transmission. Being down nearly 20 minutes is a lot, but we won't let that stop us. We'll work through the night to get the car ready for tomorrow. Anything can happen...they can have a bad day too." Gordon commented after moving to third in the overall standings.
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Permalink Reply by Slipstream on
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Stage 10 Stage Report directly for Dakar site:
Cracks may be starting to show in Gordon's armour... The car race witnessed a fantastic duel between Robby Gordon, 1st to start this morning, and Stephane Peterhansel, the two main rivals for victory in Lima, with the role of opening the road exchanged several times. However, at the end of the special, whilst he was out in front, the American came off the tracks and damaged the front left wing of his car, leaving the road open for “Peter” to go on and win. But instead, Nani Roma had the final word in the debate. Third to start, the constantly consistent Catalan again put in a perfect performance to win his 5th stage victory on the Dakar.
More significantly, in the general standings, Nani Roma not only took advantage of the mishap suffered by Gordon, who in the end lost 14'14” today, but also the mechanical problems encountered by Poland's Krzysztof Holowczyc, whose power steering broke down after 50 km, to grab 2nd place in the general standings, 19'05” behind the unchanged leader Peterhansel, now 46” ahead of Gordon…
It should be noted that the car race officials' committee today published the following press release: “On completion of the 9th stage (Antofagasta-Iquique), following observation of technical non-compliance on vehicle No. 303 (Robby Gordon) (article 1P and 3P of the technical rules), the Car Race Officials' Committee has decided to disqualify No. 303 from the race. The driver has appealed against this decision. During appeals, decisions are placed on hold. As a result, vehicle No. 303 will continue the rally until the outcome of the appeal”.
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Permalink Reply by Vlad Rogers on
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GOd I hate the French!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Douglas Kurtin on
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The f&$@ing French will never let him win. But we know he's a winner. Why at stage 9 when he wins do they find something wrong. Like I said the f@&$ing French , I was there once and couldnt wait to leave.
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Permalink Reply by Billy on
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I just worked in Paris for a month.Let me just say Right Guard would go bankrupt there!
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Permalink Reply by Rick Lowry on
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we had a french team visit us for a race in Vegas and I swear they stunk up the motor home so bad the team owner gave me 500 dollars to take them into town so he could air it out.
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Permalink Reply by will on
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JOHNNY CAMPBELL QUOTE OF THE STAGE (#10)
"I got off track, almost missed way point in dunes. Got passed by Peterhansel, caught him, hit big rock on side of road and broke 2 wheels. We had to beat the front right wheel off with a rock, replace both wheels. Lost 13 min today. Bummer. 3 days to catch up!!!"
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Permalink Reply by Ronnie P on
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someone needs to boot that poodle out of the way and also remind them who saved their ass in ww2
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Permalink Reply by Zippy on
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dam french. How come Peterhansel didnt get a time penalty yesterday after knocking into that bike? Very annoying.
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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on
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Zippy, not sure what rule would have applied. The rules favor overtaking. Its up to the biker to get out of the way. I know it was a bogus hit, but I can't find a rule to add time.
29P DRIVER’S CODE
3) All competitors caught by another must do whatever is necessary to pull over and allow
themselves to be overtaken.
In a Selective Section, any vehicle running which has received several audible warnings within a
given time and which has not pulled over to allow the other vehicle to overtake may be sanctioned
at the Sporting Stewards’ discretion, following examination of the downloaded data:
15 mins for competitors classified among the first 20 overall in the Car class and for the first
10 overall in the Truck class and/or A.S.O. priority drivers;
€300 for other competitors.
In contested cases a download will be carried out.This is the only rule he may have violated:
29P4 DRIVERS’ CODE
1) General
a) Competitors and crews must behave with respect both on the route and with regard to:
citizens in the countries that are travelled through,
other competitors,
the Organisers.
Any impoliteness which is proven will be subject to a penalty of €500.
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