Jan 5th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 2 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 2 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 1, and is only 42s behind in the overall standings.The special section of Stage 2 is 518km long. Robby Gordon start time: 7:10am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

2015 Stage 1 Photos

STAGE 2 TRACKING

STAGE 2: VILLA CARLOS PAZ > SAN JUAN

Connection 107km | Special Stage 518km | Total 625km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Any rest will be short-lived, because before reaching San Juan, the competitors will have a particularly busy schedule: quite simply the longest special stage in the rally, which is varied enough to unsettle even the most experienced of drivers. Hard terrain at the start of the race will be followed by dusty sections in the middle of the day and a sandy stretch to finish. This is the first real test, which can only be successfully overcome through constant vigilance.

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 Rob on January 5, 2015 at 1:31pm

Damn, Herbie 353 is having a bad day too...maybe I'm a bad fan?

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 5, 2015 at 2:26pm

At least he has plenty of company, as far as bad days are concerned.

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Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 5, 2015 at 1:45pm

via @danierreguerena

'scuse me...

via @SOTILLOF1

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Permalink Reply by Mark Reeves on January 5, 2015 at 1:46pm

Sunderland lost 2hrs 26mins in the bikes today. Tough tough day.

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Permalink Reply by Rob on January 5, 2015 at 1:50pm

Perfecthansel is in.

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Permalink Reply by rene capdevielle on January 5, 2015 at 1:58pm

How far are we from the finish? No more chat I guess

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Permalink Reply by Rob on January 5, 2015 at 2:04pm

We were 20 minutes behind 302 at wp 13 and he is in the ASS.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 5, 2015 at 2:07pm

Should be any minute now. We were pretty much tied with Peterhansel after adjusted time. He left 25 minutes after us but was 24 minutes faster at WP13.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 5, 2015 at 2:07pm

I hope to have technical issues resolved with chat tomorrow

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Permalink Reply by Bricoop on January 5, 2015 at 2:12pm

http://instagram.com/p/xe4G-nyIGY/ RG is hustling

http://instagram.com/p/xe4pwQsCtw/

And from yesterday: http://instagram.com/p/xeh6J-LyjJ/

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 5, 2015 at 2:20pm

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 5, 2015 at 2:29pm

I will be interesting to hear what the problem was. With two people, I suspect I could bleed my street car's brakes in less than 45 mins, so there must have been something additional going on.