DAKAR 2013

[Dwayne OMember]

Less than a month out from the start and the front runners are primed & ready to launch :woohoo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCiPedMQnJo&feature=player_embedded

The Aussies have good start placings (except for poor old Todd Smith) who will have to battle through some back markers and dust to match it with the other Aussies.
All the others are within the top 50 placings for Day 1

BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF `EM

Bring on January 5 ….

[Nick JacksonMember]

Wow that’s come round quick !!!

I love this race , can’t wait

Nick

[GregMember]

Nickj wrote:

Wow that’s come round quick !!!

I love this race , can’t wait

Nick

Same Jacko, I was talking with Grabbo on Thursday just gone and he looks fitter and sharper then in 2008 when he was winning everything and we were with them at Finke

TB

[GregMember]

Read this morning that Coma is out of the Dakar, anybody else confirm or seen this?

TB

[Dwayne OMember]

YEP,
Sadly it is true mate

http://www.marccoma.com/en/

[Dwayne OMember]

Well,
Only one more day of prep for the guys and it`s ON :woohoo:

There are some good prep pics of the bivouac/ command centre in Lima around at the moment.
Also some good individual coverage & blogs etc

LAUNCH ON JAN 5 !!!

GO AUSSIES GO

[Dwayne OMember]

The Aussie competitors numbers to watch for in the results
39 Matt Fish
51 simon pavey
57 Ben Grabham
75 Troy O’Connor
123 Rod Faggoter
131 Warren Strange
156 Todd Smith
181 Andrew Scott
274 Quad Paul Smith

http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKus.html

http://ghrhonda.dirtbike.com.au/blog/

Lyndon Poskitt is a Pom, but a good chance for a decent result, one to watch
http://www.lyndonposkittracing.com/2013/01/02/new-years-day-2013/#!prettyPhoto

[nathan steeleMember]

sorry to be a pest guys but what date does the race start been aired on tv ? and what channel/time ?

[Dwayne OMember]

Only aired on SBS, each evening has the highlights of the previous days action.So SUnday evening will be the first episode
Goes for about half hour before the 6pm news usually…

I watch the stages on the Dakar or SBS website though as they are available sooner

Enjoy

[Dwayne OMember]

Way to go
Benny all through scrutineering and into Parc Ferme till the start of the Rally !!!!

THUMBS UP MATE and Good Luck

Rodrigo Caballero, who is managing his first 4 bike team as well as spinning spanners for the Aussies I think.

Another Aussie, on the same team Andrew Scott. Famous for his beard of all things :laugh:

[Geoff ForshawMember]

Great stuff there Eags!

Good Luck to all the Aussies in the 2013 Dakar!! :woohoo:

Cheers,
Lefty

[Dwayne OMember]

Cheers Lefty,
I borrowed the pics from ADV & the Dakar site,,,, there will be some awsome stuff online the next fortnight

On another note, I looked up the route & stage distances for the Bike Competitors and holy mackerel check this,,,

Transport total – 4277
Special Stage total – 4146
Overall Bike total – 8423klm

It`s a massive ADV RIDE mate :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[GregMember]

Dakar day 1 results

http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/stage-1/rankings/stage-bikes.html

Fish 0.5 secs faster than Grabbo :ohmy:

Smith faster than them both

More results

http://gaps.dakar.com/2013/dakar/stage-01/aso/ukie.php

Go you good things

TB

[Geoff ForshawMember]

Yeah it should be great to see it unfold. Now that the 13km SS warm up is finished they can get into tomorrow with a 242km SS. :woohoo:

There is only 5sec between Smith and Fish and a further 5sec back to Grabbo

Can’t wait for tomorrows results it should be a ripper.

Best of luck to all the Aussies and ride safe.

[Damien BonoraMember]

GO AUSSIES GO!!
But be safe

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