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Dakar Stage 11 – Simon Pavey Blog

Michael Guy, 14 January 2011 12:58

Simon Pavey showed the grit and determination needed just to finish the Dakar, with the 43 year old Australian overcoming technical problems and a massive crash to keep his race on track. He said: “Damn I am beat up today. The stage was so bloody rough. Two days ago my engine let go properly. There’s no half jobs in this. ...

Dakar Stage 10 – Simon Pavey Blog

Michael Guy, 13 January 2011 11:33

After overcoming a broken engine on stage nine, Simon Pavey got his Dakar back on track with another solid stage finish of 87th to leave him 71st overall with just three days remaining. Stage 10 saw riders completed over 862KM including 176KM of timed special in a day where temperatures started at just three degrees in the mountains and soared ...

Dakar Stage 9 – Simon Pavey

Michael Guy, 12 January 2011 11:29

Simon Pavey called upon his years of Dakar experience to remain in the 2011 event despite suffering an engine failure on his BMW G450X. The honorary Brit who had elected to continue with his original engine earlier in the race so that he could stay in the Marathon class suffered the failure before check point 5, but managed to gain ...

Dakar Stage 8 – Coma secures third stage victory of 2011 Dakar

Michael Guy, 11 January 2011 10:23

Marc Coma extended his lead over archrival Cyril Despres after taking victory in a punishing 508KM special stage – his third stage victory of the 2011 Dakar. The Spanish KTM rider won the stage from Despres by just 1m 55s to take his overall lead of the event to 9m 19s. He said: “It was a hard stage but it ...

Dakar Stage 7 – Simon Pavey Blog

Michael Guy, 10 January 2011 14:54

Simon Pavey is going from strength to strength in the 2011 Dakar after claiming an impressive 48th place on stage seven to escalate himself up the leader board further to 64th overall. He said: “Today’s stage turned out to be so difficult. People were going crazy fast, motocross style, like they always do after the rest day and they were ...

Dakar Stage 7 – Lopez takes first stage win for Aprilia

Michael Guy, 10 January 2011 13:10

Factory Aprilia rider Francisco Lopez claimed his first stage win of the 2011 Dakar to consolidate his third position in the overall standings. The Chilean rider stared the day in sixth position and despite the dust was able to catch and pass his rivals to win the stage by 2m 21s.He said: “The first part of the stage was very ...

Dakar stage 6 – Simon Pavey Blog

Michael Guy, 08 January 2011 14:12

Pavey secures his best result of the 2011 event to finish the stage 47th in what proved to be the hardest day of the race with multiple crashes, injuries and retirements. He said: “ Today’s stage was hard, a proper rally stage. It’s the first stage this year where I have been physically destroyed at the end of the day. ...

Dakar stage 6 - Brit Craig Bounds out with dislocated shoulder – Rodrigues wins gruelling stage

Michael Guy, 08 January 2011 10:35

Top Brit Craig Bounds suffered a massive crash after way point four of stage 6 of the Dakar and is currently in hospital with a dislocated shoulder. The 38 year old Yamaha rider was running 42nd overall and was in good form when the crash happened meaning there are now no British riders left in the race after Jenifer Morgan ...

Dakar Stage 5 – Simon Pavey Blog

Michael Guy, 07 January 2011 12:38

Simon Pavey finished a strong 67th on stage five of the 2011 Dakar to escalate himself up the leader board to 79th overall despite having to overcome fuelling issues at the start of the day. He said: “I spent a good few hours last night trying to come up with a solution. It’s a strange problem because it’s the same ...

Dakar Stage 5 - BMW’s Gonclaves wins stage – Coma in control overall

Michael Guy, 07 January 2011 11:21

It was a historic day for the BMW Motorrad team who claimed their first Dakar stage victory for ten years thanks to Paulo Gonvalves. The Portuguese rider demonstrated superb navigational skills in what was the toughest stage of the 2011 Dakar so far to win the day by 2m 18 seconds from Aprilia’s Francisco Lopez. It was a day of ...