Archive for the ‘Dakar Rally Argentina Chile’ Category
Monday, August 9th, 2010
As a country, I'm sure Argentina has a lot to offer. But this isn't a travel guide.
Formula 1 last visited the South American country in 1998, racing at Buenos Aires' Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez. The race was a popular one, despite driver complaints of a bumpy track surface, but ...
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
After two editions in South America, the Dakar continues its exploration in 2011 of a continent which has impressive potential for new discovery. Heading towards the north of Argentina and Chile, the route skims the frontiers of neighbouring countries and takes competitors through ever more varied country. It's a cascade ...
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
After two editions in South America, the organisers of the Dakar are pleased to announce that the world’s leading rally-raid will take place there again in 2011. The excellent relations built up with the two countries, the vital assets in sporting terms, as well as the swell of enthusiasm seen ...
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Paulo Goncalves
Carlos Sainz
Leonid Novitskiy
Stephane Peterhansel
Carlos Sainz
Marc Coma
Atacama Desert
Carlos Sousa - Mitsubishi
Dakar Rally Mark Miller
Vladimir Chagin
Thomas de Bois
Patronelli
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Carlos Sainz has taken his first Dakar Rally victory on his fourth attempt, finishing the grueling 15-day cross-country event just two minutes and 12 seconds ahead of his Volkswagen Motorsport teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah. The Qatari veteran had been inching up on Sainz in the second half of the rally, and ...
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
Patronelli brothers were far from today’s winner Decklerk finishing fifth and sixth, but Marcos still keeps a nice gap in the overall standings in Quads. Peterhansel won in Cars while Ullevalseter did in Bikes.
Marcos Patronelli is close to be the winner of the Rally Dakar Argentina – Chile 2010. Tomorrow, ...
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
It was on the 12th stage of last year’s Dakar that Sainz crashed out of the lead and opened the door to eventual winner Giniel de Villiers of South Africa. Yesterday he had to fight off Al-Attiyah, but increased his lead to 5min 20sec. The Qatari in turn increased his ...
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Carlos Sainz had two tire punctures and lost more than half of his lead time as the Dakar Rally left Chile and returned to Argentina on Wednesday.
A day after winning his first stage, Sainz finished ninth on the 137-mile route from Santiago across the Andes to San Juan. Sainz's ...
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Carlos Sainz won the 10th stage of the Dakar Rally to extend his lead over fellow Volkswagen driver Nasser Al-Attiyah.
The Spaniard triumphed between La Serena and Santiago in Chile to move 10 minutes, six seconds clear of the Qatari - an improvement of 1:40 compared with Monday evening.
Second on the ...
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Fog was the first problem that the 211 remaining entrants in the Dakar Rally had to face on the ninth stage. However, luckily (or unfortunately depending on your appetite for chaos) the organisers stepped in shortening the stage to only 170km from its original 338. That left the bikes, cars, ...
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