Dakar 2013 - Official Event Coverage - thank you ALL TeamF5, lurkers and posters!

[garfey]

Originally Posted by Ovoidious

caselli thru WP11 - looks like he is moving again.

YAAY, KC!

[garfey]

LUIS thru WP7

[Looper]

Lyndon is making great progress on the 2nd portion of the stage today!


I don't really understand how snooker can trump the Dakar over on ES but I live in a place where fishing is a pro sport so I'll just go lie down by my dish.

[zolo]

Originally Posted by cvlighthouse

Pisco! Piscolas and Pisco sours... mmmmm mmmmmm good!

Watching those trucks leaving the bivouac... Anyone else having "The end of 2013 Dakar" withdrawals?

Yep, We made a full gallon of Pisco Sour last night....Its gonna be a rough off season after this Dakar

[cyborg]

Originally Posted by Ovoidious

caselli thru WP11 - looks like he is moving again.

[XSpearsX]

Originally Posted by garfey

LUIS thru WP7

My nerves are shot. Adrenaline pumping.

[troy safari carpente]

Originally Posted by Ovoidious

caselli thru WP11 - looks like he is moving again.

"oooooohaaaaaaah...."



the sound of 500,000 us sphincters relaxing over the internet...

[bluesurf]

Originally Posted by Ovoidious

caselli thru WP11 - looks like he is moving again.

Just saw this, too. Great news!

Sucks seeing his WP results going from 1st to 40th, though :(

[8340SU]

ss13

1 007 - LOPEZ Francisco (CHL) KTM 3h44m54s +00:00:00 --:--:--
2 001 - DESPRES Cyril (FRA) KTM 3h50m19s +00:05:25 --:--:--
3 020 - GONÇALVES Paulo (PRT) HUSQVARNA 3h50m23s +00:05:29 --:--:--
4 012 - PEDRERO Juan (ESP) KTM 3h52m36s +00:07:42 --:--:--
5 005 - BARREDA BORT Joan (ESP) HUSQVARNA 3h53m18s +00:08:24 --:--:--
6 003 - RODRIGUES Helder (PRT) HONDA 3h54m31s +00:09:37 --:--:--
7 032 - JAKES Ivan (SVK) KTM 3h54m48s +00:09:54 --:--:--
8 009 - PAIN Olivier (FRA) YAMAHA 3h55m04s +00:10:10 --:--:--
9 018 - PRZYGONSKI Jakub (POL) KTM 3h55m56s +00:11:02 --:--:--
10 013 - FARRES GUELL Gerard (ESP) HONDA 3h56m13s +00:11:19 --:--:--

[practicalshooter]

Originally Posted by bluesurf

Just saw this, too. Great news!

Sucks seeing his stage standing going from 1st to 40th, though :(

Still.. It's his first Dakar.. Getting to the finish line is ultimately a lot more important than a stage result I think

[Jurassic]

Originally Posted by K_N_Fodder

I tell you guys, I've had a shit attitude for the last few months with all the crap going down in the US, little kids getting shot in school, etc. Just starting to weigh me down, getting pretty brittle actually. Clinging hard to my family, having a tough time controlling my emotions like a normal grown man would at times. Giving lots of long hard hugs to my kids. Probably not enough long hugs to my wife :).

But then the Dakar comes along and I get to follow a bunch of people I don't know, struggling mightily every day. One of them walking in the dunes right now, 1:33 AM in Chile, pushing a 150cc bike for crying out loud. A guy who probably hasn't slept more than 4 hours a night since early January, and keeps going. Watching one of them who we know well after many heartbreaking failures, telling his wife on a satphone that he's just too old for this after getting run down by a truck. Another, with no expectations, making a top ten finish and then a few days later repairing a potentially race ending failure with zip ties and liquid steel. All the while taking his time to call in to his friends and report every night. A young gal, one of only two on bikes and back of the pack, stopping to help other riders when nobody else would. Another guy, a star, stopping to help a mid pack rider with a broken leg, and then that rider going out of his way to show appreciation from a hospital bed in a foreign country. A snippet from the wife of a rider, relating how her husband was breaking down because he missed his little girl's first day of school. And a million other human stories in this contrived, yet very real drama.

And then... the massive community of people supporting them, shouting for them, scrounging around on the internet looking for scraps of information because this huge, human enterprise, in one of the most spectacular areas of the world, isn't big enough news to be given more than a few minutes in the middle of the night. Providing high end analysis based on years of following racing and for some many years of actual racing. Building sophisticated tracking software and sharing it for free instead of sleeping. Juggling a family and running interviews for the F5 crew, and then soliciting funds so the riders aren't burdened by internationally sized phone bills. Finding a tire mousse for a kid who has nothing but still managed to get there. Finding and communicating information for hungry fans and worried friends and spouses. Postulating endlessly on why this person is 10 minutes late and that 10 minutes early. Cheering foreign TV streamed on a small laptop screen and screaming when the deadly "snooker" appears.

It's an interesting deal and one that I simply can't fathom why isn't a BIGGER deal in this country. I'm very glad to be part of it, even if barely hanging on after another 11 hour work day. Thanks a bunch you guys and gals, it's going to be weird when it's over. Now, time to do my workout (ugh), get to bed, and do it all over again...

K N Fodder, that's a candidate for post of this years Dakar thread for me. Fantastic.

[8340SU]

overall after ss13

1 001 - DESPRES Cyril (FRA) KTM 41h37m18s +00:00:00 +00:15:00
2 007 - LOPEZ Francisco (CHL) KTM 41h45m33s +00:08:15 --:--:--
3 011 - FARIA Ruben (PRT) KTM 41h51m59s +00:14:41 --:--:--
4 032 - JAKES Ivan (SVK) KTM 42h02m03s +00:24:45 --:--:--
5 012 - PEDRERO Juan (ESP) KTM 42h20m49s +00:43:31 --:--:--
6 009 - PAIN Olivier (FRA) YAMAHA 42h45m32s +01:08:14 --:--:--
7 003 - RODRIGUES Helder (PRT) HONDA 42h52m14s +01:14:56 +00:15:00
8 030 - PIZZOLITO Javier (ARG) HONDA 43h03m41s +01:26:23 --:--:--
9 015 - VERHOEVEN Frans (NLD) YAMAHA 43h05m12s +01:27:54 --:--:--
10 020 - GONÇALVES Paulo (PRT) HUSQVARNA 43h07m04s +01:29:46 +00:15:00

[cyborg]

Originally Posted by bluesurf

Just saw this, too. Great news!

Sucks seeing his WP results going from 1st to 40th, though :(

It will be great if KC just finishes. He's gained tremendous experience this year and shown that he can run with the fastest top elites.

Future Dakars: WATCH OUT! KC Storm on the horizon!!!!

[bluesurf]

Originally Posted by practicalshooter

Still.. It's his first Dakar.. Getting to the finish line is ultimately a lot more important than a stage result I think

Absolutely agree, which is why I was so gutted when he was stopped. I would like to see him finish this edition for his and us 'mericans sake. Previous to the stoppage he'd already proven the ability to run with the current elites.

[silentwolf]

Originally Posted by zolo

Yep, We made a full gallon of Pisco Sour last night....Its gonna be a rough off season after this Dakar

What's the recipe? Or is this an F5 line I'm missing?