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Dakar Blog - Ready to race

Michael Guy, 05 January 2013 12:08

Well if I thought the Dakar village was busy yesterday, it’s gone into overdrive today. To whip up the crowds even more than they were all the big hitters had to go through the technical and administration checks along with making their appearance on the podium today. So that meant the factory KTM team in the bike category and the ...

Dakar finish – Simon Pavey Blog

Michael Guy, 17 January 2011 10:27

Despite overcoming numerous technical injuries and a massive crash, honorary Brit Simon Pavey claimed his sixth Dakar finish of his career and a hard earned place on the podium in the Malles Moto category. But not even the final stage of the event was simple after fuelling problems returned during the last few KM of the final stage. In the ...

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 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 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 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 4 - Simon Pavey Blog

Michael Guy, 06 January 2011 16:04

Having overcome a collapsed sub frame on his BMW 450 on stage three and finishing in 136th place, honorary Brit Simon Pavey got his 2011 Dakar back on target during stage four. The day included a massive 500KM of liaison with riders setting off at 4am up the mountain pass of Paso De Jama into Chile. Although the initial ride ...

Dakar Stage 2 - Simon Pavey Blog

Michael Guy, 04 January 2011 10:57

Honorary Brit overcomes first crash and technical problems to hold 60th overall. "I really enjoyed today even though my result wasn’t the best. I ran out of gas as well because the fuel wasn’t was filtering into the main tank from the auxiliary tanks. I almost missed my liaison stage time as I spent an hour trying to figure the ...

Dakar Rally day 14: Simon Pavey blog

Michael Guy, 19 January 2009 11:43

Simon Pavey has finished in 42nd place on the final timed stage of the 2009 Dakar Rally to secure 68th overall and his fifth career finish of what is regarded as the toughest event in the world. The Australian has completed the penultimate Stage of the 16-day, off-road endurance event, finishing the Special Timed Stage in 42nd position and is ...