Archive for the ‘Dakar Rally Argentina Chile’ Category
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
The details of the Dakar 2012, which will take place between 1st and 15th January in Argentina, Chile and Peru, were unveiled this morning in Paris. The route's characteristics, just like the game of musical chairs evident amongst the pretenders to the crown, promise a race full of thrills and ...
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
The Dakar Rally, held in Argentina and Chile for the third time although with less spectators than in the previous two years, could expand into Brazil, Paraguay and Peru in 2012.
The world famous race, moved from west Africa to South America over security concerns, was won by Qatar's Nasser al-Attiyah ...
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Saturday, January 15th, 2011
Volkswagen's Nasser Al-Attiyah clinched his maiden Dakar Rally victory with the second-fastest time on the final stage, which was won by his team-mate Carlos Sainz.
Al-Attiyah hit the front of the legendary event when long-time leader Sainz lost a lot of ground in sand dunes on stage eight earlier this week. ...
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Saturday, January 15th, 2011
Marc Coma took back the Dakar crown in the motorcycle category, crossing the finishing line second but keeping the general triumph over main competitor, Frenchman Cyril Després.
The Spaniard completed the 13th round and final part in 1 hour, 27mins and 23 seconds, achieving a final time of 51 hours and ...
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Friday, January 14th, 2011
Carlos Sainz claimed a record 23rd stage win at the Dakar Rally on Friday, but the Spaniard's title reign in the car category is coming to a close.
The 48-year-old overtook race legend Stephane Peterhansel for overall victories as he claimed his sixth in the 33rd edition of the endurance event, ...
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Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Overall leader Nasser Al-Attiyah has an almost unassailable lead in the Dakar Rally after his main challenger Carlos Sainz broke down.
Qatari Al-Attiyah began Thursday's 11th stage more than 12 minutes ahead of the Spaniard, and it was predicted defending champion Sainz would make up some ground on the leader as ...
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Marc Coma in bikes and Nasser Al-Attiyah in cars built up hefty leads after Wednesday's 10th stage of the Dakar Rally to close in on the overall victory as the race returned to Argentina ahead of Sunday's finish in Buenos Aires.
The stage crossed a 13,000-foot pass in the Andes, with ...
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Today the ninth stage of Dakar Rally 2011 ended, considered one of the hardest and most demanding in the entire competition. It was through the desert of Copiapo, with dunes that complicate the pilots.
In quads, the Argentine Alejandro Patronelli arrived first, winning only by 5 minutes 21 seconds against the ...
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
Dakar 2011 Stage 8 Summary: Antofagasta > Copiapo
Connection 268km | Special Stage 508km | Total 776km
In a three-way battle of the Dakar masters, Marc Coma triumphed in Copiapo to pick up his third special stage this year and further consolidate his position as race leader. Meanwhile Despres and Lopez, fight ...
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
Nasser al-Attiyah narrowed the gap behind Volkswagen team-mate Carlos Sainz by winning the seventh stage of the Dakar rally in Chile Sunday.
Titleholder Sainz of Spain saw his overall lead whittled down to 1 minute 22 seconds over the Qatari driver after the stretch of more than 600 kilometres from Arica ...
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