Jan 8th, 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 6 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 6 of the 2016 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 8th in Stage 5, and his teammate, Sheldon Creed, finished 33rd. The special section of Stage 6 is 542km. Robby Gordon start time: 8:25am/et, Sheldon Creed start time: 9:05am/et.


2016 Stage 4 Photos


STAGE 6 TRACKING


STAGE 6: UYUNI > UYUNI

Connection 181km | Special Stage 542km | Total 723km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The longest special section of the Dakar takes place on the 6th day of consecutive racing. And that is not the only difficulty of this operation, which will take place between 3,500 and 4,200m in altitude. The pace and surfaces change constantly, alternating between sand and rock, which may be disconcerting, especially if it rains. Glimpses of the Salar d’Uyuni are but one of the visual delights on the agenda. Meanwhile, the truck category, which will race separately on this 6th stage, will visit the home town of the President Evo Morales.


The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

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Elevation for the special from 11,400 ft. to nearly 15,000 ft. I hope they packed some Diamox.

Crazy how high they go!

Sucks how they're not going across the salt lake this year like last year

Might be a good thing, the pigs are faaast!

Well Robby is giving up for 2017 =(

A couple of podiums and Robby's boycott may evaporate. My guess is a lot of frustration and a little bit of posturing.

crossing fingers

morning all

hi

Good Morning from Illinois.

bikes two and a half hours to wp5

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