All Entries in the "2012 Dakar Rally" Category
2012 Dakar Rally Photo Review
Dakar Rally Photos As we say goodbye to the Dakar for another year, I thought I would do one last post of photos. Most of these are from the final stage.
2012 Dakar Final Results
2012 Dakar Rally Finishes in Lima The Dakar comes to a close. The final results almost came down to the wire, but problems two days ago decided the outcome. Cyril Despres is the Champion. His teammate Marc Coma has to settle for second place. Yamaha makes the podium with a fantastic ride from Helder Rodriguez. [...]
2012 Dakar Stage 13 Results
Dakar Stage 13 Nasca to Pisco It is looking like this years Dakar rally is going to be a battle right to the finish. Neither Despres or Coma seem to be able to gain a significant advantage, with the lead swapping back and forth nearly every day. 97 riders started this, the next to last, [...]
2012 Dakar Stage 12 Results
Dakar Rally Stage 12 Arequipa to Nasca Today’s stage gets off to a late start and a shortened course. The riders have not reached the start of the days special yet, so let’s take a quick look back at yesterday. All of the riders we are following made it in safe and gained positions [...]
2012 Dakar Stage 11 Results
Dakar Stage 11 Arica to Arequipa Sitting here at my computer I am starting to think of the 2012 Dakar as being in the home stretch. But as a racer I remember each year at the ISDE and how these days are the most nerve racking. You feel so close to the end, you have [...]
2012 Dakar Stage 10 Photos & Quotes
Husqvarna’s Big Day Spreedbrain Husqvarna: Historic stage win for Husqvarna Joan Barreda and the Bavarian-Italian Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain celebrated a historic win at stage ten of the Rally Dakar 2012. Barreda managed to close the gap to his fellow countryman Marc Coma right after the start. He was able to maintain the speed [...]
2012 Dakar Stage 10 Results
Dakar Stage 10: Iquique to Arica This thread will be updated through the morning as results come in. 113 motorcycles have taken the start of today’s stage 10. The track today is a mix of 377 km special stage followed by a 317 km transfer to Arica. Overnight many of the leaders, including the top [...]
2012 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Quotes & Photos
The big news for today is the stage win for Robby Gordon and co-driver Johnny Campbell. This is Johnny’s first ever stage win at the Dakar. It looks like a turn around, as Mini driver and race leader Peterhansel incurred a penalty and that would put Gordon into the overall race lead. Teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah [...]
2012 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Results
This thread will be updated all morning as results come in.
2012 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Quotes and Photos
Dakar Stage 8 – Fast and Furious The big news of the day had to be the big mud hole that Despres, Gonclaves and Ullelvalseter got caught up in. Gonclaves volunteered to help Despres pull his bike out. Once out, Despres took off and left Gonclaves still sitting in the mud. Race control decided to [...]
