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 Shaun S on January 9, 2014 at 12:51pm

Peter and Nassar made up 8 min in the last section on Roma.

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Way on January 9, 2014 at 12:54pm

Just means Robby made up more! ;)

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 9, 2014 at 12:55pm

4 Minis ahead of RG now

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 9, 2014 at 12:56pm

You know they leave one at a time right?

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 9, 2014 at 12:55pm

Roma in @ wp8

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Way on January 9, 2014 at 12:55pm

Roma is flying!

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 9, 2014 at 12:58pm

Are they starting the 2nd leg in the same order as the 1stt?
Has RG started the 2nd leg?

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 9, 2014 at 12:58pm

These answers & more on the next episode of SOAP!

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 9, 2014 at 12:59pm

if you do the time math you can figure it out, bottom line is he is physically still behind on track, the clock is what counts. He'll show soon THEN you will kn0ow