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
Today’s 4.30am start was made even worse after the Dakar switched time zones from Peru to Chile which meant that everyone in the Bivouac lost two hours sleep. The sleep depravation was compounded by the fact that stage six was the longest day of the Dakar so far with a monster 455km timed special which was split into two, with ...
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- 11 January 2013
Local hero Francisco Lopez rewarded the thousands of Chilean fans that turned out to support him by securing his third stage win of the 2013 Dakar. The Copec KTM rider won the demanding 455km timed special by a significant 2m34s, a result that moves him back into contention in the overalls standings having suffered navigational problems earlier in the race. ...
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- 11 January 2013
Stage four of the 2013 Dakar threw up some of the biggest challenges of the race so far with the riders having to race through the timed 290KM special before completing a massive 430KM liaison stage. The honour of lead Brit went to Dakar rookie Tim Forman who excelled on the varied terrain to secure his best stage finish in ...
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- 09 January 2013
Irishman Stan Watt secured another strong result on stage three of the Dakar to finish 37th fastest at the end of the timed 242KM special. The KTM rider now sits 37th overall in the standings and is satisfied with his progress at this early stage of the race knowing that his overall position can improve significamtly if he can maintain ...
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- 07 January 2013
Chilean Francisco Lopez claimed victory in the opening stage of the 2013 Dakar. The KTM rider completed the 13km timed special in 7m 51s just one second faster than sand specialist Frans Verhoeven onboard his Yamaha YZF. Regulations for 2013 mean that the times set are multiplied by five in an effort to make the result in keeping with a ...
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- 05 January 2013
Factory HRC Honda team rider Helder Rodriguez took an historic stage one win in the Rallye Maroc in his first competitive outing onboard the all new Honda CRF450 Rallye. It what was the HRC-prepared bikes' first competitive outing following Honda’s announcement that they will officially return to the Rallye scene with a factory Dakar effort in 2013. Rodriguez took victory ...
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- 15 October 2012
Cyril Despres has just 29km of timed special between him and his fourth Dakar win after another dramatic day in Peru. The Frenchman who lost his advantage to team-mate Marc Coma on stage 12 of the event saw his fortunes turnaround and he now has a massive 11m 3s lead with the short final stage remaining. For Coma it was ...
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- 14 January 2012
Factory KTM rider Cyril Despres moved a step closer to his fourth Dakar victory after winning stage 11 of the race and extending his lead over rival and team-mate Marc Coma.The 37 year old Frenchman secured the 534km stage win by 1m 39s from Spanish KTM rider Gerard Farres Guell as the event moved across the border of Chile in ...
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- 12 January 2012
Marc Coma overturned Cyril Despres’ stranglehold on the 2012 Dakar by winning stage eight of the event – his 20th stage victory of his distinguished career. Coma led from start to finish to end the long 477km timed special with a time of 5h 3m 52s. Coma said: “It was a very long special. I was lucky not to lose ...
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- 09 January 2012
