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 bighead on January 9, 2014 at 9:41am

They have to be crawling between 4 and 5

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Permalink Reply by Jaci on January 9, 2014 at 9:44am

Roma at WP5

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Permalink Reply by Dinamo Ska on January 9, 2014 at 9:44am

I think they all took the wrong road, in their way to Brazil now

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Permalink Reply by jeff.2066 on January 9, 2014 at 9:49am

Any word on why no mark for Robby at WP 2 ?

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Permalink Reply by Dinamo Ska on January 9, 2014 at 9:49am

After heading errors while he was in position Opener Thursday, Carlos Sainz stopped at Km 163. The delimitation of its different positions during the last minute is very erratic, one might think that Spanish is completely disoriented.

Google translate sorry

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

After the heading errors while he was in the position of opener this Thursday, Carlos Sainz is stopped at Km 163. The trace of its various positions during the last minutes is very erratic, one may think that the Spanish is completely disoriented

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Permalink Reply by Dinamo Ska on January 9, 2014 at 9:51am

Villagra through WP4 34 min behind… they are getting lost for real

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 9, 2014 at 9:52am

With a lot of the top dogs getting lost what do you want to bet that the ASO adjusts the standings by cancelling the stage or "giving" time back to a select few? They have already modified the stage by shortening it...

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Permalink Reply by Dinamo Ska on January 9, 2014 at 9:53am

How did Roma managed to finish so fast???

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 9, 2014 at 9:56am

Perfect Navigation, I guess not following all the other tracks. Whoever was behind him followed the wrong and so on and so on. Just an assumption of course.