Jan 3rd Dakar Rally Stage 1 Race Chat

Join us for the Dakar Rally's first day on Jan 3, 2009 , right here and chat about the action during the first stage

Stage 1 - Saturday, January 3
Buenos Aires > Santa Rosa
Connection: 196 km | Special: 371 km | Connection: 166 km | Total: 733 km
Many have heard of La Pampa, where men are reputed to be “rough, but always courteous”. This first stage will provide the opportunity to discover the length of these vast plains. Dakar competitors have never faced such a long special. With over 400 km of rolling routes, perhaps the fastest on the program, this will constitute a real warm-up.

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Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on January 3, 2009 at 9:48pm

That was hilarious....

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 3, 2009 at 12:17pm

Replays of Day one will be on Sunday on the Versus network. 2 showings(same episode)

Sunday, January 04, 2009 3:30PM - 4:00PM

DAKAR HIGHLIGHTS (TV-NR)

Sunday, January 04, 2009 6:30PM - 7:00PM

and if you miss it, we should have the Team Dakar USA highlights right here at Planetrobby.com

Permalink Reply by Clance' McClannahan on January 3, 2009 at 12:47pm

SBSTV will cover highlights also this evening (PST converted) at 11 PM. If you are lucky and live in a different time zone you can catch it earlier.

Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on January 3, 2009 at 9:32pm

Its best to just give stuff off of GMT. Thats what the Dakar site bases things off of and everyeone should be able to figure out where they are from that.....

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 3, 2009 at 1:53pm

For those of us that are also following the bikes, Jonah Street finished 5th +00:26:22. Steve La Roza, 86th. A great run for La Roza considering he was the 109th bike off the line. Thierry Mas, 171st.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 3, 2009 at 2:00pm

thanks for the heads up.

Permalink Reply by laura_a_Robbyfan on January 3, 2009 at 2:39pm

Stage 1 summary
Pending validation of the results, Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah (BMW) won the first special stage, taking charge of the general standings, 2.17 ahead of Spain’s Carlos Sainz (VW) and 2.40 in front of South African Giniel de Villiers (VW). In the Open category, the stage victory went to Robby Gordon (Hummer), who finished 17th overall. Lastly, in the Production category, Italian Massimo Biasion (Mitsubishi) was triumphant.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 3, 2009 at 2:51pm

To me, he still finished 17th. But a win is a win, no ?

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 3, 2009 at 3:04pm

Besides Vigouroux, who else is in the Open category?

Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on January 3, 2009 at 9:34pm

In recent years the Hummers have been the only entries of note in the Open category.....

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 3, 2009 at 3:25pm

Turbo Tom and crew finish the Special +00:59:59

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 3, 2009 at 3:27pm

Robby Gordon and Andy Grider finished Stage 1 (Buenos Aires > Santa Rosa) of the 2009 Dakar Rally in 17th position after starting 10th. They finished 14:25 off the pace from Stage winner Nasser Al Attiyah with a total time of 2:50:40.
Team Dakar USA teammates Eric Vigouroux and Alexandre Winocq finished in 26th with a total time of 3:01:07, 24:52 behind.