Official Dakar Rally 2013 thread.

Also, Robby Gordon received some Karma after continuously pissing on the Buggy's and calling the Mini's: "Cars for girls" hell he even had a bumper sticker:



But this just happened during the 4th stage:

is this on tv?? it sounds dope

Must be hard to ride a motorcycle with stones the size of coconuts...

No idea if it's on in the U.S.A. despite racing in South America (used to be Africa but they received some big terrorist threats so they relocated) it's a very European affair.

The site has tons of info, live timing and daily recaps:

http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKus.html

KAMAZ POWER

^ Sweet pic, they did well today.

A Dutch guy did not so well, he absolutely smashed in the rocks when he fell of his bike (third and final fall in this clip):

It's on NBC Sports in the states

Didn't this happen last year?

I like Caselli, I know he's not gonna win or even probably top 10 in his first, but I did some WORCS races the last year he raced them and he's super cool. I stopped by the KTM pits one time after practice and nobody else was there so he autographed a poster and talked with me about the track and stuff.

Death of the rider Thomas Bourgin

Motorcycle rider no. 106 Thomas Bourgin (FRA) was the victim of a fatal traffic accident on the link route as he made his way to the start of the day's special stage.

The accident took place at 08.23 hours local time on the link route on the way up to the Chilean side of the mountain range. The 25-year-old rider collided with a Chilean police car that was travelling in the opposite direction. The exact circumstances of the accident are being subjected to an inquiry.
 
The rally's medical teams deployed on the ground were only able to certify the rider's death, probably instant.

Thomas Bourgin, from Saint Etienne, where he was born on December 23rd 1987, was in 68th place in the overall ranking of his first Dakar. He had realised his passion since 2009 when he took part in the Morocco Rally, followed by a 4th place in the 2011 Africa Race and a 7th place finish in the Tunisia Rally.

The organisers of the Dakar and everyone involved in it express their great sadness to his family and friends and offer their most sincere condolences.

I should have betted, almost perfect prediction.

Final result:

Car's:
1. Stéphane Peterhansel (MINI)
2. Giniel de Villiers (Toyota)
3. Leonid Novistkiy (MINI)

Bikes
1. Cyril Depres FRA (KTM)
2. Francisco Lopez (KTM)
3. Ruben Faria (KTM)

Quads
1. Marcos Patronelli (Yamaha)
2. Icnagio Nicolas Casale (Yamaha)
3. Rafal Sonik (Yamaha)

Trucks
1. Eduard Nikolaev (Kamaz)
2. Andrey Karginov (Kamaz)
3. Ayrat Mardeev (Kamaz)

That makes eleven total victories for Peterhansel, 6 on the bike and 5 with a car, the guy is crazy good.

RUSSIA STRONG!

big claim, best mates mum won it 2 times on a bike

big claim, best mates mum won it 2 times on a bike

To my knowledge there have been no female winners of the Dakar.

i believe she was the top finishing girl, sorry not really up on it assumed there was a separate female class.