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 Mike Kenyon on January 8, 2014 at 10:27pm

I'm seeing that as 3:39am/pst

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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 8, 2014 at 10:31pm

I really prefer TOG's times!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 8, 2014 at 10:47pm

the dog usually has me up at this time to pee,I'll see you than ;-)

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 8, 2014 at 10:58pm

Those are the starting times for the liason.

The first car begins the special at 10:30am local time

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 8, 2014 at 11:27pm

I know you pulled it off dakar's site but it's wrong.
http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2014/us/stage-5/live-timing/sector-2-df-... As posted on last page, this is correct. Basically starts about an hour later than today did.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 8, 2014 at 11:31pm

that is what I'm going on,unless the the dog or Michelle does something different than they have for the last 3+ months.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 8, 2014 at 11:40pm

ok...their 10:30 local time is wrong I guess.

6:59am/et it is!

Permalink Reply by German Ali on January 9, 2014 at 2:13am

haha ur dog rules man!!

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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on January 8, 2014 at 10:22pm

Perfectly matches my office hours, another day where I will get nothing done.

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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 8, 2014 at 10:26pm

Thank goddness, no having to get up at the crack of dusk, seeing that MK had the gas to check in then go back to sleep and looking like the liason section will be when I have to take my daughter to school!