Jan 9th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 7 & Nasser Al Attiyah finished 1st. Cars begin stage 7 at 8:40am/et (10:40am local). Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 8 TRACKING

STAGE 8: Copiapo > Antofagasto

Connection 245km | Special Stage 477km | Total 722km

COURSE OVERVIEW

At this stage of the competition, the number of contenders for the title will be reduced to a small handful in each category. But despite the significant number of kilometres to be covered, this first stage after the rest day should not be relied on to create decisive gaps. The rally's longest special stage will be used to allow the competitors to get back into the pace of the competition. On the stone-covered tracks which will lead to Antofagasta, the pace will be rather intense, but this will not prevent the drivers from catching sight of some magnificent views.

STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by Rod Hughes on January 9, 2012 at 12:37pm

Both Robby and Nasser picked up time in that segment. Now its GO TIME! Down 3 to Roma and 1 to Peterhansel with 2 segments left.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Lutz on January 9, 2012 at 12:53pm

RG needs to gain 3-4 mins on Peterhansal today (and every day) to close the overall gap

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 9, 2012 at 1:10pm

WOW! Did RG make up all but 5 seconds before the end of the stage?

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 9, 2012 at 1:11pm

looks like Robby made up 5 minutes on peterhansel @ the finish

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Permalink Reply by AdamDaniel on January 9, 2012 at 1:12pm

Pos. N° Name Hours Time variation
1 305 ROMA Joan (Nani) (ESP)
16:03:44 04:25:44 -
2 303 GORDON Robby (USA)
15:54:49 04:25:49 00:00:05
3 304 HOLOWCZYC Krzysztof (POL)
16:02:48 04:27:48 00:02:04
4 302 PETERHANSEL Stephane (FRA)
16:03:22 04:31:22 00:05:38
5 300 AL-ATTIYAH Nasser saleh (QAT)
15:59:53 04:33:53 00:08:09

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Permalink Reply by Rod Hughes on January 9, 2012 at 1:13pm

Looks like a strong move at the finish, I can't wait to see the results!!

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 9, 2012 at 1:15pm

that should put Robby second overall around 8 minutes back

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 9, 2012 at 1:20pm

7 and a half minutes.. RG picked up better than 5 minutes today to thrust him into 2nd overall

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Permalink Reply by Pierre Labat on January 9, 2012 at 1:33pm

Ca commence a chauffer pour le petit Stephane! (It's getting hot for Peterhansel).

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Permalink Reply by BajaTuner on January 9, 2012 at 1:47pm

I cant wait for this part of tomorrows stage. Hopefully we will see some videos...
"To reward them for this intensive endeavour, they will drive down the steep descent to Iquique, already featured on the 2010 Dakar route, to the shores of the Pacific Ocean."

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 9, 2012 at 2:56pm

BC saying RObby might have been held up by 30 seconds at a cross road. Stay tuned!

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Permalink Reply by Ron Downs on January 9, 2012 at 4:48pm

Just watched stag 8 recap and I'm getting the feeling that Robby is getting ticked off at Nasser.Drove right by him.By the way this is what i would do.Is this going to hurt the team.I think Nasser is making a lot of waves there and he don't care any thing about the team just trying to win.What is your thought.