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Watching the vid of Andy & gatton struggling brings home the perils of the Dakar :whistle:
Day 4 and they were toasted, not to mention the 18odd bikes that were already out before that ,,,Epic struggle and determination by Andy to make it to the bivuoac in the dead of night, one determined buger hey
Sad to hear he succumbed next day with the injury, but I reckon it would have been a massive ask to carry on on the bike after the previous stage (13.5 hrs for him I think)He will be back again next year maybe :unsure: ,, each year improving on the year before
Some awsome images on here
One of Grabbo includedfollow the link http://photos.mercurynews.com/2013/01/08/photos-the-peru-argentina-chile-dakar-rally/#64
Trailboss wrote:Looks like Troy blew an engine last night between WP 2 and WP 3. Cant find anymore info at this stage. Matt Fish lost about 30mins doing his water boy thing again!More soon
TB
Yeah sadly Troy is out he is here on the withdrawal list
http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/withdrawals/bikes.html
TB
It was an anxious morning from 5.00am after seeing Troy was out in the desert somewhere amongst 30 bikes that hadn`t finished the stage.
Relief when I read from Troy Carpenter that Troy`s wife had been contacted and he was fine but engine had blown
Al need to frequent his pub now to hopefully see him back there next year to complete the business :laugh:
With some luck his efforts will have been noticed and he will get some more support from a Team againGreat to see Ben still stalking the top 30 :woohoo:
SAD DAY
Death of the rider Thomas Bourgin
Motorcycle rider no. 106 Thomas Bourgin (FRA) was the victim of a fatal traffic accident on the link route as he made his way to the start of the day’s special stage.
The accident took place at 08.23 hours local time on the link route on the way up to the Chilean side of the mountain range. The 25-year-old rider collided with a Chilean police car that was travelling in the opposite direction. The exact circumstances of the accident are being subjected to an inquiry.
The rally’s medical teams deployed on the ground were only able to certify the rider’s death, probably instant.
Thomas Bourgin, from Saint Etienne, where he was born on December 23rd 1987, was in 68th place in the overall ranking of his first Dakar. He had realised his passion since 2009 when he took part in the Morocco Rally, followed by a 4th place in the 2011 Africa Race and a 7th place finish in the Tunisia Rally.
The organisers of the Dakar and everyone involved in it express their great sadness to his family and friends and offer their most sincere condolences.
R.I.P mate
Aussies current positions afer Day 7 (midway)
Rod Faggoter 17th
Grabbo 21st
Warren Strange 35th
Todd Smith 46th
Simon Pavey 67th
Matt Fish 92ndSadly Fishy had a crash after more bike problems, had a huge delay to get going again then got a 9hr penalty :whistle: He has had a tough time from Day 2 on really doing it for his Team and deserves better than what he is currently going through ,,,
That is the Dakar though :laugh:
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