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[QUOTE="Tony Eeds, post: 715400, member: 32023"] ggoja: You are sooo welcome! Someday I must get cable. There is finally as of last week an operating TV in the house (haven't had one for the last 7~8 years) :laugh: In any case, I give you ... [b]Stage Nine[/b] Stage 9 - 9 January 2004 - TIDJIKJA > NEMA Liaison 3 km Special 736 km Total 739 km Yesterday's route was completely new to the competitors. Today, they rode a legendary Dakar stage. However, knowledge of the route to Nema was of little help, and there was no time or interest in the breathtaking scenery, like the Elephant rock or the Enji passage. In past years, this 736 km was divided into two stages, for 2004, it's all in one day. Add to that the wind which must be getting on the nerves of many Dakar competitors, perhaps forcing several to retire after bad falls HARDEN AND VERHOEF QUIT, BRUCY INJURED Red Bull KTM USA Team rider Scot Harden crashed and broke his anke, at CP1. He was forced to withdraw from the race. Remember that Scott Harden was to be team manager, but filled in at the last minute when Casey McCoy crashed and broke his leg prior to the start of the Rally. Erik Verhoef (KTM n°29) was also forced to quit after falling at km 125. After crashing at around km 600, Galluoise KTM France Team rider Jean Brucy (KTM n°9) was forced to withdraw from the race with a broken shoulder. "The crash wasn't that bad at all. I simply fell in a stupid way." Brucy broke his right collarbone. Marc Coma said about Jean Brucy: "I stopped to help him get up. Jean complained about pains in his collarbone. It is probably broken. At first he rode on. Only shortly afterwards I saw his emergency signal go off." There are only 210 remaining competitors, just over half of those who started the Rally, in Clermont. REVENGE FOR DESPRES Cyril Despres and Alfie Cox took advantage of the longest special (736 km) in this year's Dakar and gained time on the leaders. After finishing the first part of the marathon-stage (that is, a stage without the support trucks at the bivouac), both had arrived in a bad mood in Tidjikja yesterday. Today they were going for it. Cyril Despres knew that he had to make up leeway on this long and difficult stage if he wanted to keep a minimal chance for the leadership in the overall standings. And today he has managed to do so. Despres claims the victory on this burdensome course. "It was hell ! Ten hours on the bike, those behind will take twice as long! . . We then entered a village and I decided to go on my own track. It was the good one, the others were wrong. It's a satisfaction for me, I thought I didn't know how to navigate. I'm reassured. There were beautiful landscapes. Between the start this morning and the finish, it looked like we'd changed countries." Alfie Cox finished 2nd and was able to close the gap on Roma who had lost more than 26 minutes in the overalls. "I started 20 minutes after everyone. However, when I made it to refuelling, they were all there. I caught them at the Elephant rock and we then rode together. Cyril then took off. I enjoyed the first part of the special." Richard Sainct was 3rd: "I'm happy to have made it because I believe a lot of competitors won't be here tonight. It really is a good Dakar, one of the hardest." Joan Roma finished 4th, but remains 1st overall: "Ten hours on the bike is not easy! The most important is to arrive. I still took pleasure despite the length." Meanwhile, Fabrizio Meoni had more technical problems, and ended up close to one hour behind the leader: "At 200kms from here, the support for my navigation instruments dismounted. I had to repair it on my own. The vibrations were simply too much. I could not look into my road book any longer." The two private KTM riders from up north were performing really well today. Pal-Anders Ullevalseter is in 5th and P.G. Lundmark arrived in an equally great 6th place. Overall Standings: Team Gauloises KTM France 001 Richard Sainct 2nd +3 min 002 Cyril Despres 4th +45 min 009 Jean Brucy withdrew, broken collarbone in stage 9 Gauloises KTM International 003 Fabrizio Meoni 11th +2hr 43min 007 Giovani Sala withdrew after stage 6, broken ribs 010 Alfie Cox 3rd +28 min Repson KTM Spain 004 Juan Roma 1st 011 Marc Coma 7th +2 hr 18 min 019 Esteve Pujol 33rd +10hr 26 min, including 1 hr penalty Red Bull KTM USA 016 Larry Roeseler 16th +4hr 14 min 017 Paul Krause 22nd +5hr 35 min 025 Scott Harden withdrew, broken ankle in stage 9 >From Mike Sonzini of the DuST list: Harden's replacement as KTM Red Bull team manager, Joe Barker is one of the great ambassadors for dual sport riding in Utah. Looks like his job just got harder with Scott's injury. Others: Team Farmerlips 006 Per Gunner Lundmark 6th +1hr, 1 min 015 Pal andedrs Ullevalseter 5th +58 min Yamaha France 012 David Fretigne on the 2wd Yamaha, 12th +2hr 57 min Off Road Adventure 041 David Casteu, riding Cagiva 900 Elefant 28th +8hr 43 min Privateer, works for Dutsche Bank 171 Andy Coaker, Australian, 24th, +6hr, 51 min Sleepy Jings Madman Racing, San Francisco Charlie Rauseo, Attorney at Law "Everyday legal issues for those operating in the creative fields" [url]http://www.rallyconnex.com/rauseobio.htm[/url] 115 Charlie Rauseo: Listed as withdrawn after stage 8 - Bummer! Team Desert Rose, Great Britain 100 Patsy Quick: Withdrawn after stage 8 101 Clive Town: Withdrawn after stage 8 Dome BMW, Great Britain 074 Nick Plumb - Didn't start stage 8 075 Simon Pavey 86th after stage 8 Rally Raid UK 170 Bertil Marcusson XR650, he rode to the start of the rally, in Clermont from Sweden 80th after stage 8 038 Raymond Loizeaux, France, on a BMW R100 GS: withdrawn after stage 7 Some more comments from David Fretigne about his 2WD Yamaha WR450: "The bike is performing really well and we are getting lots of feedback. This is the first time we have used the bike in this spec and even with the extra weight it is extremely well balanced. In the short European stages the two-wheel-drive system gave excellent grip out of the slow corners and in the soft sand it is brilliant. Our bike has a shorter wheelbase than that of our rivals so, in theory, it should not be as stable. That's not proved to be the case though as the bike has been rock solid over the dunes. I have only been stuck once but even then I just leaned the bike over, touched the throttle and the front wheel pulled her out." "Yesterday we did learn something new about the 2-Trac system though. When the front wheel spins in the sand it gives us a false reading on the tripmeter and, by the time I got to the refuelling checkpoint at 258km, my trip was over reading by 40 kilometres. We didn't spot this problem on the Shamrock Rally because there was much less sand and a lot more GPS points." Christian Caillon, Frétigné's mechanic, added: "The bike can stand these Dakar stages without any problems. As with the engine, we have been checking and changing the oil in the 2-Trac system every day and it too has given us no problems. We took the precaution of changing the engine before David left for yesterday's fast marathon stage and while he is away we'll take the motor apart and see if there is any wear." In the car race, Hiroshi Masuoka (Mitsubishi n°201) took advantage of his 12th place in the starting order to storm to victory. On the 736kms of the special, the Japanese overtook 11 cars (gaining 2 minutes per car, or 22 minutes). Only Stephane Peterhansel (Mitsubishi n°203) was able stay ahead of Masuoka until the finish, conceding 18min32 on his team mate and rival. "My time is not as good as Masuoka's but it was important to make it here in one piece. We didn't drive together. I only saw him behind me at the end". The third car of the special, Jutta Kleinschmidt's Volkswagen (n°204) made it to the bivouac over 45min later. Fourth was Jean-Louis Schlesser (Schlesser Ford n°200) at 1h11min18, ahead of Alphand (BMW n°207) at 1h28. Meanwhile, the Nissan cars struggled with mechanical problems. From km 368, Colin McRae (Nissan n°202) and Ari Vatanen (Nissan n°205) had to cope with, respectively gearbox and clutch malfunctions. They were still expected late in the evening. In the overall, Masuoka moves up to second place but remains 1h04 behind "Peter". Third is Schlesser at 2h22min28. >From Yamaha web page!: In the car event, which runs on the same route as the bikes, Dakar legend Stéphane Peterhansel leads by over an hour in his Mitsubishi. The Frenchman won the rally won a record breaking six events during the 1990s on the Yamaha Motor France-prepared Super Tenéré machines before switching to four wheels. No racing for 3 days: The next 2 stages have been cancelled by the officials due to "political difficulties". French and Mali's authorities have asked the A.S.O. to avoid racing in the north of Mali. There have not been given any more detailed explanations to the teams during briefing. Due to security threats on the rally, the organisation has indeed decided to cancel the upcoming two stages. About 800 kilometers are taken out of the valuation. Tomorrow's stage Nema-Mopti was to have extremely difficult navigation. And, the "toughest stage", Mopti-Bobo Diouiasso on Sunday will also not happen. Tomorrow the motor bikes are being loaded on trucks and the riders will fly to Bamako, Mali's capitol. On Sunday they will go on to Bobo Dioulasso. Monday is the scheduled rest day. On Tuesday they will start as planned on the 12th stage from Dioulasso to Bamako. Winfried Kerschhaggl, KTM's head of marketing: "After three difficult successive stages the harshness of the rally has become obvious today. We are talking about strains that brought the riders to their limits. Most of the private riders overextended themselves. The official's decision to neutralize the next two days is only right. It will keep up the standards of the race." Sainct: "This is a bad decision for me. The stages will be missing for my results. I cannot make up time because during these two days and I would have had chances to do so." Despres: "Concerning the stage cancellation, I think it's a shame that sport is taken in hostage. The Dakar is our most important event. We've been thinking about it for months and now it's like if the rally was cut into two. The rally is also an endurance race and I'm disappointed because I'm in top shape and I won't be able to defend my chances properly in the next two specials." Meoni: "Concerning the cancellation of the two specials? I have my problems and the organisers have theirs. I take the decisions as they come. With all the problems I have had, I don't look at the overall but of course I would have preferred being on my bike, especially because tomorrow's stage looked great and Sunday's one with no GPS could have been interesting." "This decision has been taken in accordance with the Mali and French authorities." Finally, here is an interesting from CNN about the Rally, focusing on the "local color" along the route. Thanks to STeve Duncun the link: [url]http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/01/07/paris.dakar.rally.ap/index.html[/url] Tom Warr [/QUOTE]
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