Oillibya Rally Maroc 2012

check his progress now... how long till he runs out of fuel for crying out loud?
He must have also passed the stranded Helder...

Is there any award for screwing up your navigation that badly? There should be

HRC video of yesterday's stage

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they're flying

Breauxman Live FB update:

Helder Rodrigues Update:
Technical problem at KM 58 on Special Stage 4. Johnny stopped to assist (part of job description) and then the other Honda rider Pozzilito stopped with Helder and Johnny continued on. Tough day for Honda's yet Brazil's Felipe Miranda-Zanol gets 3rd for the day, holding 4th OA.




I would love to have a job stopping to assist.

<a href="http://vimeo.com/51549438">Hélder Rodrigues - Rallye Oilibya Maroc 2012 - Day 1&2.</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user14104891">The Summit Sports Agency</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

Corporate HRC could take some tips from that on how to do a proper video

Curtis listed as coming in 20th, 12:47:11 04:12:11 00:43:27
Van Niekerk came in as 18th, 12:43:56 04:08:26 00:39:42

Curtis at the bivvy, 20th +43'27"
van Niekerk at the bivvy, 18th +39'42".

Juan Pedrero on today:

"Today's stage was very hard. In the initial stage, at kilometer 50, when he was going up positions I made a navigational error that made &#8203;&#8203;me lose a lot of time. There was so much dust in piste've taken a wrong turn. It was the checkpoint, so I had to go back to find the right path. The navigation has been very difficult, because there were many areas that crossed tracks, winding but very fast, and I've noticed especially that I lacked experience, because it is my first Rally of Morocco and this is very different from what I know of South America.

It has also been hard on the dunes, because we had many miles of sand, especially an erg of 12 kilometers at the end, with very soft sand, which has made the stage was very demanding. The positive is that I'm much better than I did the injury in the leg on the first day and on the bike I feel comfortable and fast. "

Both in.

Stage 4 results:
Po N° Pilote/Driver Nat FMN Marque/Make Cl Po Scratch Ecart/Gap Pena Tr Po Tr Po Tr Po

1 6 PRZYGONSKI Jakub POL - KTM 450 03h28'44 00h00'00 1 00h00'00
2 2 DESPRES Cyril FRA - KTM 450 03h31'11 00h02'27 2 00h00'00
3 11 MIRANDA-ZANOL Felipe BRA - HONDA 450 03h33'03 00h04'19 3 00h00'00 1er 1
4 9 PAIN Olivier FRA - YAMAHA 450 03h33'54 00h05'10 4 00h00'00
5 15 VERHOEVEN Frans NLD - YAMAHA 450 03h34'53 00h06'09 5 00h00'00 V 1
6 10 BOTTURI Alessandro FRA - KTM 450 03h37'46 00h09'02 6 00h00'00 1er 2
7 35 FISH Mathew AUS - HUSQVARNA 450 03h38'02 00h09'18 7 00h00'00 1er 3
8 17 SUNDERLAND Sam GBR - HONDA 450 03h39'43 00h10'59 8 00h00'00 1er 4
9 30 CASTEU David FRA - YAMAHA 450 03h42'17 00h13'33 9 00h00'00
10 8 BARREDA Joan ESP - HUSQVARNA 450 03h43'50 00h15'06 10 00h00'00
11 7 LOPEZ Chaleco CHL - KTM 450 03h51'41 00h22'57 11 00h00'00
12 16 CZACHOR Jacek POL - KTM 450 03h52'49 00h24'05 12 00h00'00
13 26 PEDRERO-GARCIA Juan ESP - KTM 450 03h53'36 00h24'52 13 00h00'00 1er 5
14 18 KNUIMAN Hendrikus NLD - KTM 450 04h00'58 00h32'14 14 00h00'00
15 21 DUCLOS Alain FRA - SHERCO 450 04h01'00 00h32'16 15 00h00'00 1er 6
16 12 FRETIGNE David FRA - YAMAHA 450 04h02'41 00h33'57 16 00h00'00
17 22 CAMPBELL Johnny USA - HONDA 450 04h06'38 00h37'54 17 00h00'00 1er 7
18 20 VAN-NIEKERK Riaan RSA - KTM 450 04h08'26 00h39'42 18 00h00'00 1er 8
19 25 PIZZOLITO Javier ARG - HONDA 450 04h10'27 00h41'43 19 00h00'00 1er 9
20 24 CURTIS Darryl RSA - KTM 450 04h12'11 00h43'27 20 00h00'00 1er 10
21 5 GONCALVES Paulo POR - HUSQVARNA 450 04h12'20 00h43'36 21 00h00'00
22 33 RIOS-BARRETO Felipe PER - KTM 450 04h17'01 00h48'17 22 00h00'00 1er 11
23 49 MARTENS Sjaak NLD - KTM 450 04h17'59 00h49'15 23 00h00'00 V 2 1er 12
24 45 VAN-GERVEN Jan NLD - KTM 450 04h21'19 00h52'35 24 00h00'00 1er 13
25 50 FOREMANE Timothy GBR - KTM 450 04h28'51 01h00'07 25 00h00'00 1er 14
26 34 SOUVIGNET Romain FRA - YAMAHA 450 04h30'17 01h01'33 26 00h00'00 1er 15
27 36 VAN-GESTEL Marinus NLD - HONDA 450 04h37'56 01h09'12 27 00h00'00
28 254 DASSE Philippe FRA - KTM ECM 04h40'52 01h12'08 1 00h00'00 1er 16
29 47 HEINRICH Eduardo PER - YAMAHA 450 04h42'36 01h13'52 28 00h00'00 1er 17
30 32 MOREAU Xavier FRA - KTM 450 04h57'10 01h28'26 29 00h00'00
31 29 WATT Stanley IRL - KTM 450 05h01'36 01h32'52 30 00h00'00
32 31 VAN-HEERTUM Melchior NLD - KTM 450 05h22'23 01h53'39 31 00h00'00 1er 18
33 273 ALARD Frederic FRA - HONDA ECQ 05h22'55 01h54'11 1 00h00'00 V 3
34 43 VAN-GEEL Marco NLD - KTM 450 05h22'57 01h54'13 32 00h00'00 1er 19
35 200 ALBIRA Vincent FRA - HONDA Q 05h29'55 02h01'11 1 00h00'00
36 19 DA-COSTA Bruno FRA - YAMAHA 450 05h30'01 02h01'17 33 00h00'00
37 27 MARICHEZ Alexis FRA - KTM 450 06h06'55 02h38'11 34 00h00'00




Overall after stage 4:

1 2 DESPRES Cyril FRA - KTM 450 13h11'54 00h00'00 1 00h00'00
2 8 BARREDA Joan ESP - HUSQVARNA 450 13h29'53 00h17'59 2 00h00'00
3 15 VERHOEVEN Frans NLD - YAMAHA 450 13h43'45 00h31'51 3 00h00'00 V 1
4 11 MIRANDA-ZANOL Felipe BRA - HONDA 450 13h45'15 00h33'21 4 00h00'00 1er 1
5 9 PAIN Olivier FRA - YAMAHA 450 13h45'17 00h33'23 5 00h00'00
6 7 LOPEZ Chaleco CHL - KTM 450 13h47'58 00h36'04 6 00h00'00
7 17 SUNDERLAND Sam GBR - HONDA 450 13h59'15 00h47'21 7 00h04'00 1er 2
8 5 GONCALVES Paulo POR - HUSQVARNA 450 13h59'37 00h47'43 8 00h00'00
9 6 PRZYGONSKI Jakub POL - KTM 450 14h01'33 00h49'39 9 00h00'00
10 35 FISH Mathew AUS - HUSQVARNA 450 14h05'33 00h53'39 10 00h00'00 1er 3
11 26 PEDRERO-GARCIA Juan ESP - KTM 450 14h06'42 00h54'48 11 00h00'00 1er 4
12 10 BOTTURI Alessandro FRA - KTM 450 14h23'07 01h11'13 12 00h30'00 1er 5
13 25 PIZZOLITO Javier ARG - HONDA 450 14h54'50 01h42'56 13 00h00'00 1er 6
14 20 VAN-NIEKERK Riaan RSA - KTM 450 15h04'29 01h52'35 14 00h00'00 1er 7
15 24 CURTIS Darryl RSA - KTM 450 15h07'54 01h56'00 15 00h00'00 1er 8
16 16 CZACHOR Jacek POL - KTM 450 15h11'46 01h59'52 16 00h00'00
17 12 FRETIGNE David FRA - YAMAHA 450 15h22'24 02h10'30 17 00h00'00
18 22 CAMPBELL Johnny USA - HONDA 450 16h37'08 03h25'14 18 01h30'00 1er 9
19 33 RIOS-BARRETO Felipe PER - KTM 450 16h56'49 03h44'55 19 00h00'00 1er 10
20 45 VAN-GERVEN Jan NLD - KTM 450 17h09'01 03h57'07 20 00h28'00 1er 11
21 49 MARTENS Sjaak NLD - KTM 450 17h22'52 04h10'58 21 00h00'00 V 2 1er 12
22 19 DA-COSTA Bruno FRA - YAMAHA 450 17h25'52 04h13'58 22 00h00'00
23 254 DASSE Philippe FRA - KTM ECM 17h47'14 04h35'20 1 00h00'00 1er 13
24 43 VAN-GEEL Marco NLD - KTM 450 18h28'52 05h16'58 23 00h00'00 1er 14
25 36 VAN-GESTEL Marinus NLD - HONDA 450 18h51'45 05h39'51 24 00h00'00
26 200 ALBIRA Vincent FRA - HONDA Q 18h57'00 05h45'06 1 00h05'00
27 47 HEINRICH Eduardo PER - YAMAHA 450 19h02'32 05h50'38 25 00h30'00 1er 15
28 31 VAN-HEERTUM Melchior NLD - KTM 450 19h55'02 06h43'08 26 00h02'00 1er 16
29 273 ALARD Frederic FRA - HONDA ECQ 20h14'54 07h03'00 1 00h00'00 V 3
30 27 MARICHEZ Alexis FRA - KTM 450 20h23'11 07h11'17 27 00h00'00
31 50 FOREMANE Timothy GBR - KTM 450 22h52'16 09h40'22 28 04h00'00 1er 17
32 29 WATT Stanley IRL - KTM 450 23h19'22 10h07'28 29 04h00'00
33 18 KNUIMAN Hendrikus NLD - KTM 450 23h19'41 10h07'47 30 05h00'00
34 32 MOREAU Xavier FRA - KTM 450 24h43'31 11h31'37 31 04h00'00
35 30 CASTEU David FRA - YAMAHA 450 31h36'46 18h24'52 32 15h00'00
36 21 DUCLOS Alain FRA - SHERCO 450 31h41'46 18h29'52 33 14h00'00 1er 18
37 34 SOUVIGNET Romain FRA - YAMAHA 450 33h12'48 20h00'54 34 15h00'00

So is Rodriques out if he doesn't finish a stage or do they slap him with a big penalty?

Fuel issues ?

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Very disappointing day for @rodrigueshelder with fuel issue that stopped him in SS4 but @felipezanol step in with top 3 finish
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A few guesses:

- It was some rider quote a few posts back that said it was something like 42 degrees today? Vapour lock?
- Or maybe he banged up his skid plate on the left side (which hosts the fuel pump)... Perhaps the weird placement of the fuel pump down there as discussed in the Honda thread is to blame
- Injection problems from dirty fuel? Hmmm back to the PGM_FI drawing board

I haven't heard of anyone else having fuel quality issues today (yet)

I don't think there's a chance HRC will be honest if a problem is some juicy mechanical oversight. "Fuel issue" is as vague as PR men can do.
If they can blame it on the rider then maybe will know.

Number 48 and 51 still making steady albeit slow progress at the back of the pack. Don't know why but I always find it facinating to keep track of whoever is in last place each day...they get alot more for their money than the others who are just flying along, ignoring the scenery, etc

Does anyone know if Jacob is ridng his prefered 690 or a 450?

Breauxman LIve:
Rally Morocco Update: Helder Rodrigues assumed to be out of the rally. Did not make it to CP 1 (reported fuel issue), no finish.