Jan 6th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 3 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 3 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. After issues with the brakes and a stalled car, Robby Gordon finished 50th in stage 2, and is over 4hrs behind in the overall standings. The special section of Stage 3 is 284km long. Robby Gordon start time: 6:22am/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 3 TRACKING

STAGE 3: SAN JUAN > CHILECITO

Connection 258km | Special Stage 284km | Total 542km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The pressure which competitors faced the day before (and late into the night for some of them), will partly ease off on the road to Chilecito. The shorter and less intense stage will allow them to enjoy their majestic surroundings. The red earth tracks, overlooking steep peaks and plunging down into canyons, will take the Dakar through one of the most beautiful regions of Argentina. But no-one should be tempted to sit back and enjoy the view, particularly on the motorcycle and quad bike routes which include some gruelling sections. With thousands of stones to be avoided, it will only take one to ruin this magnificent day!

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 Carl Abrams on January 6, 2015 at 10:25am

Any news on what cost him 21 min today?

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Permalink Reply by SNUCE on January 6, 2015 at 10:29am

49 cars in front of robby daaaa

SNUCE

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 6, 2015 at 10:33am

Wake up

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Permalink Reply by BAD on January 6, 2015 at 10:30am

My guess is the fact that he started behind slower cars and the course was tight and narrow. Passing was probably an issue and when you have to follow slower vehicles for miles at a time, you will lose time to the leaders.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 6, 2015 at 10:52am

BINGO!

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 6, 2015 at 10:54am

Much better answer.

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Permalink Reply by Geris on January 6, 2015 at 3:53pm

i heard Peterhansel say that it was really difficult to overtake today , the track was not large, and it may break the suspension off track and it doesn't worth at this time.

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Permalink Reply by mj on January 6, 2015 at 10:25am

ATTA BOY ROBBY !!! Keep on plugging away .

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Permalink Reply by Roger Redifer on January 6, 2015 at 10:55am

Good day! The Gordini is still alive and RG passed a lot of cars. I am still amazed at the attrition from yesterday.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 6, 2015 at 11:02am

Just an FYI from today, they did have a flat tire early in the stage (somewhere between KM22 and KM50) and that cost them some time. So, the slower cars they passed early in the stage, they had to re-pass again due to the stop.