Jan 8th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 4 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 4 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a 6th place finish in stage 3, and is now 3h46m behind. The first part of the special section of stage 4 is 217km, followed by a 185km 'neutral zone', then the last section is 284km (657km total). This is the longest special since 2005.

2014 Stage 3 Photos

STAGE 4 TRACKING

STAGE 4: SAN JUAN > CHILECITO

Connection 211km | Special Stage 657km | Total 868km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The strategy of the motorcyclists will come into play: initially their navigational skills will be seriously tested at the beginning of the morning, and then they will be faced with the problem of worn tyres, as they have already been over-used the day before. As for the drivers of cars, they will have an even more demanding route to tackle in the countryside. The Dakar’s competitors haven’t faced a special stage this long since the historical one from Zouerat to Tichit in 2005! They will have to cross rivers, descend the canyons in a Wild West setting and beware of the other participants: as these terrains are often wide open, it will be entirely possible to overtake fellow competitors.

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 bighead on January 8, 2014 at 1:53pm

Get out and push

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Permalink Reply by Carlos Durazo on January 8, 2014 at 1:53pm

wow!!! just refresh my web and my chatbox is gone!!!

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 8, 2014 at 1:53pm

Kick Ass for Sainz Today! Come on Robby just get to the line!

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Permalink Reply by viktory on January 8, 2014 at 1:54pm

one tracking site has RG finished just behind 309

http://monitor.trackingdakar.nl/

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Permalink Reply by bighead on January 8, 2014 at 1:55pm

link

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Permalink Reply by maks misson on January 8, 2014 at 1:55pm

http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2014/us/stage-4/live-timing/sector-2-ass...

robby at finish 00:42:16 down on sainz

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 8, 2014 at 2:01pm

What the heck? Are we going to have another day of the timing being broken?

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Permalink Reply by Head Held High on January 8, 2014 at 1:55pm

well top 15 looks more like it - rough long day

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 8, 2014 at 1:55pm

Sainz just finished 6 minutes up on Peterhansel, 8 minutes over Nassar and 14 over Roma. That puts him in the lead for overall.

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 8, 2014 at 1:55pm

Sainz clinches the special!

Carlos Sainz and his SMG buggy took a brilliant win, beating Stéphane Peterhansel by 6'04' after 5 h 20' of racing. Nasser Al-Attiyah (+8'50') finished third ahead of Federico Villagra (+13'19'), fifth-placed Nani Roma (+14'08') and sixth-placed Orlando Terranova (+16'04'). Pascal Thomasse's buggy could still shake up things a little in the top 6, though.