The five strong British based contingents all had positive days on the penultimate stage of the Dakar with Stan Watt and Tim Forman moving up to 25th and 26th place respectively in the overall standings. For Forman his escalation in the standings came after finishing 28th on the stage today – his best result of the race to date. He ...
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- 19 January 2013
Chilean Francisco Lopez had a day to remember after winning his fourth stageof the race to move up to second in the overall standings. Lopez profited from a navigational error of former second place man Ruben Faria while showing the outright pace to beat Despres on the fast 441km timed special. He said: “Tomorrow will be a great day because ...
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- 19 January 2013
KTM rider Cyril Despres is the winner of the 2010 Dakar. The Frenchman finished 1hour 2min 52sec ahead of 2nd place finisher KTM rider Pal Anders Ullevalseter. Third went to Chilean rider Francisco "Chaleco" Lopez Contardo, riding for Aprilia. Commenting on his victory, Depres said: "All victories are nice but this one is particularly beautiful. It is the victory of hard ...
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- 16 January 2010
Portuguese rider Ruben Faria took his first win in the last stage of the 2010 Dakar, but it's fellow KTM rider Cyril Depres who claimed overall victory. Second place in the final stage goes to another KTM rider - Norwegian Pal Anders Ullevalseter. Third was claimed by Portuguese rider, Helder Rodrigues, riding for Yamaha. Faria said: "I am very happy. I did the Dakar to help Cyril Despres, ...
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- 16 January 2010
KTM rider Pal Anders Ullevalseter had claimed his first ever Dakar stage victory in the Santa Rosa stage. Norwegian Ullevalseter already has eight 2nd place stage finished to his name, but a win has eluded him - until now. An overjoyed Ullevalseter said: "A fantastic stage for me. I started third and after 40km I was in the lead. Today ...
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- 15 January 2010
With a win in stage 12 Chilean rider Francisco Lopez Contardo has taken the 3rd victory for Aprilia and claimed 2nd place in the overall standings. The Chilean said: “It was a wonderful stage and very hot at the end, a technical and tough special. I handled the bike well. "It was a route that suited my machine, but it was ...
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- 14 January 2010
Dutchman Frans Verhoeven took an unexpected victory for BMW in the 11th Dakar stage. It looked like we were set to witness another victory for Catalan rider Marc Coma and KTM, but a navigation error ended his winning streak. After 13km Coma took a wrong turn and rode 3km in the wrong direction. After riding back 3km to join the ...
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- 13 January 2010
