Dakar 2014 - Official Event Coverage - thank you all, lurkers and posters!!!

Gonna guess a nav error for Sam....suspect he will be eating dust now behind a bunch of slower riders

Like every sensible Mum, she's tracking him on his iPhone.

<TABLE class=res cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class="link Tracked"><TD>(3)</TD><TD class=tl>003 - JOAN BARREDA BORT (ESP)</TD><TD class=tl>HONDA</TD><TD>+00:00:28</TD><TD>(2)</TD><TD>2h34m49s</TD><TD>(1)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link ts Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(9)</TD><TD class=tl>002 - MARC COMA (ESP)</TD><TD class=tl>KTM</TD><TD>+00:01:21</TD><TD>(4)</TD><TD>+00:04:23</TD><TD>(2)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link Tracked"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(10)</TD><TD class=tl>001 - CYRIL DESPRES (FRA)</TD><TD class=tl>YAMAHA</TD><TD>+00:01:10</TD><TD>(3)</TD><TD>+00:05:27</TD><TD>(3)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link ts Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(8)</TD><TD class=tl>010 - PAULO GONCALVES (PRT)</TD><TD class=tl>HONDA</TD><TD>+00:02:04</TD><TD>(7)</TD><TD>+00:05:40</TD><TD>(4)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(4)</TD><TD class=tl>008 - RUBEN FARIA (PRT)</TD><TD class=tl>KTM</TD><TD>+00:01:32</TD><TD>(5)</TD><TD>+00:06:14</TD><TD>(5)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link ts Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(6)</TD><TD class=tl>032 - BEN GRABHAM (AUS)</TD><TD class=tl>KTM</TD><TD>+00:01:50</TD><TD>(6)</TD><TD>+00:06:49</TD><TD>(6)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(12)</TD><TD class=tl>006 - OLIVIER PAIN (FRA)</TD><TD class=tl>YAMAHA</TD><TD>+00:02:20</TD><TD>(8)</TD><TD>+00:07:31</TD><TD>(7)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link ts Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(7)</TD><TD class=tl>009 - DAVID CASTEU (FRA)</TD><TD class=tl>KTM</TD><TD>+00:03:03</TD><TD>(16)</TD><TD>+00:07:56</TD><TD>(8)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(11)</TD><TD class=tl>004 - JORDI VILADOMS (ESP)</TD><TD class=tl>KTM</TD><TD>+00:02:41</TD><TD>(11)</TD><TD>+00:08:43</TD><TD>(9)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link ts Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(17)</TD><TD class=tl>012 - FRANS VERHOEVEN (NLD)</TD><TD class=tl>YAMAHA</TD><TD>+00:02:41</TD><TD>(10)</TD><TD>+00:10:38</TD><TD>(10)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(13)</TD><TD class=tl>015 - KUBA PRZYGONSKI (POL)</TD><TD class=tl>KTM</TD><TD>+00:02:55</TD><TD>(14)</TD><TD>+00:10:59</TD><TD>(11)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link ts Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(19)</TD><TD class=tl>019 - STEFAN SVITKO (SVK)</TD><TD class=tl>KTM</TD><TD>+00:02:31</TD><TD>(9)</TD><TD>+00:10:59</TD><TD>(12)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(16)</TD><TD class=tl>024 - GERARD FARRES GUELL (ESP)</TD><TD class=tl>GAS - GAS</TD><TD>+00:03:26</TD><TD>(17)</TD><TD>+00:11:27</TD><TD>(13)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link ts Busy"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(20)</TD><TD class=tl>030 - RIAAN VAN NIEKERK (ZAF)</TD><TD class=tl>KTM</TD><TD>+00:04:16</TD><TD>(21)</TD><TD>+00:13:40</TD><TD>(14)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR><TR class="link Tracked"><TH class=sp></TH><TD>-</TD><TD>(1)</TD><TD class=tl>018 - SAM SUNDERLAND (GBR)</TD><TD class=tl>HONDA</TD><TD>0h38m02s</TD><TD>(1)</TD><TD>+00:14:50</TD><TD>(15)</TD><TD class=AS>--:--:--</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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maybe the prayers to Saint Irritrack paid off! Sam 'pops' into the middle of the pack!

Donde esta Chaleco??????

How awesome are the Radio Maray guys!? I really wish I could speak Spanish.


I am so relieved about Sam. I thought maybe he wrecked badly and Chaleco, who I think was right behind him, stopped to help. It might have explained why we hadn't seen Sam and why Chaleco (and a few others) were later than expected.

The relief when his name pops up is sweet though. Well done Bluebull, your slow clap did the job.

Yea Sam is in

From Sam's tweet

''Sam Sunderland CP2 He loses only 50minutes''

Same thought was going through m head but didnt want to say it out loud

And again...

Tweet:

''Sorry, ONLY 15minutes! ''

Any pictures of the stage after CP2? Looks like a short, steep climb and then sharp descent for 50 kms towards the ASS on gravel... could be dangerous for those pushing hard.

Quintanilla out.

There is nothing quite like the Dakar. The downs can be (and often are) so bad that the highs are euphoric. Two weeks worth of fear, despair, hope and triumph.

bummer - know why?

13:33 Motos: Mauvais cap pour Pain et Viladoms.
Les deux motards sont partis trop loin après le Km 193 de la spéciale moto. La piste bifurque sur la gauche mais le français et l'espagnol sont engagés sur un chemin trop au nord et perdent de précieuses minutes.

Pain and Viladoms got lost

Barreda in, Maray

Barreda in...