Jan 14th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. After starting 56th, Robby Gordon had a great stage 8 and finished 10th. Gordon is now 24th overall. Robby Gordon will begin stage 9 at TBA

 

2014 Stage 8 Photos


STAGE 9 TRACKING


STAGE 9: CALAMA > IQUIQUE

Connection 29km | Special Stage 422km | Total 451km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

The 2014 Dakar will reach its most northern point in Iquique, where the competitors will see the ocean for the first time this year. Above all, the drivers and teams will discover the Atacama Dunes again after a first part of a special stage which will be rather tedious. Dune specialists will be in command over a distance of almost 150km. Thrills will be guaranteed at the very end of the day, on the last three kilometres of the descent to Iquique: there is more than a 30% difference in height from start to finish and it is almost not recommended to break. The law of gravitation takes on its full meaning: the bivouac is not far away!


The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

 

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8:55 EST RG leaves the line?

That's not so bad for us west coast people!

The final descent into iquique is my favourite part of the rally.

I get 8:20am/et

You're right. My bad.

http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2014/us/stage-9/live-timing/sector-2-df-...

I'm happy we thought Robby's WP gaps where top 10,because they where.
Did anyone hear where the mystery hour came from?

This is what it'll look like at the end of this special.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4aLofmr_R8

can we request for an In-car video from RG for this downhill run.
It would be faptastic!

i second the request for in-car video!

Ok does anybody have the video of Robby flying down the dunes chasing the big truck with the black eyed peas song in the background?please post. Can't find it anywhere

Number 9 Number 9 Number 9

RG will get by with a little help from his friends.

I will ask around. I know it's here somewhere

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