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

[neduro]

I'm glad there was a group nav error early on, that'll help Kurt learn the game.

Great stuff!

[Flood]

Pyndon at WP2 +14minutes, 86th position

[Carlos M]

Originally Posted by scobes

Sure is! barreda is only 5 seconds on road behind despres should just shadow him for the rest of the day and go into day 3 with a nice advantage

(The advantage would be 15 minutes if the 3 minutes gap foreseen would have been applied)

[daryl]

Originally Posted by ric678

I think most of the pack took a left instead of a right??

From Dakar.com live comments

15:23 Bikes: Despres leads at km 110
Cyril Despres and Joan Barreda Bort were the first riders through kilometer point 110. The Frenchman seems to have capitalised on the doubts of those who preceded him. We'll find out for sure when the first riders go through the checkpoint in forty kilometres.
15:18 Bikes: Just like Gonçalves
Paulo Gonçalves has also lost several minutes at km 75. It looks like he got stuck in the sand, but Husqvarna's Portuguese rider is back on his way.
15:15 Bikes: Kuba struggles
It looks like the leaders decided to work their way around a large dune at km 75. Most participants followed suit, but some decided to take the shortest route and it didn't go as well as they expected. One of them was Poland's Kuba Przygoński (KTM).

[redhat]

Argentina's Pablo Alejandro Busin ran off the course 40 km into today's special. He emerged unscathed but his motorcycle was destroyed by fire.

from dakar.com

Chivite shows on the DSS as started, but not on the live timing, hopefully just another timing bug

[8340SU]

Originally Posted by Wilson9068

Have we had any retirements yet. I was interested to follow the guy on the 1978 Bultaco, nr 169 Ignacio Chivite but I cant find him on trackingdakar or dakartracker.

Also interested in the progress of no 127 Nicolas Boyer riding an XR400, I see he has made it through WP1.

dakar com

Argentina's Pablo Alejandro Busin ran off the course 40 km into today's special. He emerged unscathed but his motorcycle was destroyed by fire.

[Drif10]

Not showing any arrivals at wp3 past 8th place on Mischa.

Dakar trackers?

[Drif10]

Originally Posted by 8340SU

dakar com

Argentina's Pablo Alejandro Busin ran off the course 40 km into today's special. He emerged unscathed but his motorcycle was destroyed by fire.

Bummer for him. Day 2 strikes again.

[Carlos M]

aaand.. timing stuck at WP3.

[Wilson9068]

Originally Posted by Drif10

Not showing any arrivals at wp3 past 8th place on Mischa.

Dakar trackers?

Correct as far as I can see, 8 through WP3.

[Drif10]

Showing a 17 min gap in wp2 posis as well?

[Balkan Boy]

Originally Posted by 8340SU

dakar com

Argentina's Pablo Alejandro Busin ran off the course 40 km into today's special. He emerged unscathed but his motorcycle was destroyed by fire.

Ahh fuck.
Poor guy.

[Drif10]

Originally Posted by Wilson9068

Correct as far as I can see, 8 through WP3.

Yup, but that's where the updates stall. Almost 20 min like that.

[drc42]

Originally Posted by Pantah

I'm following live timing and I never saw him recorded at wp1 until he showed up 15th. Sorry...

However it is very interesting that he is STILL listed as 3rd at wp2 and lots of riders are through there now. He might have made up a ton of spots! That nav error by the leaders probably helped a bit.

[Dekatria]

Originally Posted by Balkan Boy

Ahh fuck.
Poor guy.

That must feel horrendous, going out this early...