Jan 9th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 5 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 5 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a 14th place finish in stage 4, and is now 4h16m behind. The first part of the special section of stage 5 is 211km, followed by a 111km 'neutral zone', then the last section is 246km (527km total).

2014 Stage 4 Photos

STAGE 5 TRACKING

STAGE 5: CHILECITO > TUCUMAN

Connection 384km | Special Stage 527km | Total 911km

COURSE OVERVIEW

After two race days with completely separate routes, everyone will gather together to tackle the longest stage of the rally. They will need to be extremely resistant to overcome these two sections of the special stage which will primarily feature sand. All day long the competitors will make headway on off-piste sections: those who have poorly assessed the limits of their engine will constantly be on the verge of overheating and all the more so, as the region’s temperatures are generally very high. At the bivouac in Tucuman, the candidates for the podium will have been whittled down to a select few, as many of them will no longer be a part of this elite group. For many others, their timing and mechanical mishaps will only become apparent in the middle of the night.

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

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 9, 2014 at 8:48am

8th 8:31 back

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Permalink Reply by Marc shakoor on January 9, 2014 at 8:48am

rg at wp3 !!! +8min

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 9, 2014 at 8:49am

IT WORKED! My wish came true!

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Permalink Reply by Buzzzz on January 9, 2014 at 8:53am

What was your wish??

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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on January 9, 2014 at 8:55am

Phew

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Permalink Reply by will on January 9, 2014 at 8:48am

All hell has broken loose for the bikes. It's going to be interesting to see what the cars do when the tracks take off in every direction.

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Permalink Reply by Jaci on January 9, 2014 at 8:52am

Hopefully the Minis follow the wrong tracks. :-)

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Permalink Reply by bighead on January 9, 2014 at 8:48am

wtf

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Permalink Reply by John Carrington on January 9, 2014 at 8:50am

I have a arrow tag on 3 for the 305 on the Dakar tracker

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Permalink Reply by Marc shakoor on January 9, 2014 at 8:50am

looks like he might be 10th on the course now

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 9, 2014 at 8:50am

Finish modified: The finish of the special stage will take place at CP1, after 428 km. Looks like between WP 8 & 9

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Permalink Reply by will on January 9, 2014 at 8:55am

From TSC;
Do you think that David Castera (Clerk of Course) has looked at proceedings thought to himself; (in french of course) "Let's calm this circus down, re-group and get some sanity into proceedings.

if you got fast auto's approaching/catching the back of a moto/quad field that are all over the joint, looking for WP's in the dust... It can turn into a turkey shoot pretty fast.