The Dakar returns to South America for a fifth time. The intrepid pilots will start from Lima, Peru, on January 5, and make their way to Santiago, Chile, over the Andes and the Atacama Desert via Argentina. It is till not quite the “Dakar” but the topography and hazardous conditions across the Andes and Atacama […]
After taking the lead through an Elton Jantjies penalty 28-27 the Lions just had to hold on for their second win in a row, for the first time in the opening two matches of Super Rugby, but it was too much to ask as ill-discipline allowed Steve Walsh to blow for a penalty and Beauden […]
Stephane Peterhansel of France picked up his 10th Dakar title when he won the cars section of this year’s South American Dakar Rally in a Mini, while countryman Cyril Despres managed to keep out his teammate and closest rival Marc Coma in a closely fought motorcycle contest on their KTMs. Peterhansel had previously been a three-time car winner and six-time […]
With only the final stage of this year’s South American Dakar Rally left to navigate Cyril Despres has an 11 minute lead over teammate Marc Coma who strayed off course on stage 13 and gave up the overall lead to the Frenchman. It happended at the 207km mark , when he strayed two kilometres off […]
Despite facing disqualification for a “technical” infringement, regarding the tyre inflation system on his Hummer, American Robbie Gordon powered to victory on stage 12 of the Dakar, between Arequipa and Nasca, coming in over 15 minutes ahead of Russian Mini driver Leonid Novotskiy, while overall leader Stephane Peterhansel got bogged down in those huge Peruvian […]
By winning his third stage on the Dakar 2012, 3’54” in front of his main rival Marc Coma, Frenchman Cyril Despres has returned to the top of the general standings on conclusion of the mythical Antofagasta-Iquique stage and now leads the Catalan by 2’28” in this year’s Dakar Rally. As for the cars, after having […]
Defending champion Nasser al-Attiyah’s topsy-turvy Dakar Rally took another twist when he clinched the seventh stage, this after a broken radiator on Thursday undermined his chances. The Qatari took his Hummer to a second stage win, 7:30 ahead of US teammate Robby Gordon. Al-Attiyah lost 20 minutes on Thursday when the spare wheel on his […]
The Dakar Rally has crossed the Andes into Chile, but contestants did so in a convoy after the sixth stage was cancelled owing to bad weather. “The border crossing between Argentina and Chile, at the Paso San Francisco pass, closed to the public by the authorities, has been specially opened for the rally caravan,” organisers […]
Torrential rain which plagued the area near the finish of Stage Five in Fiambala forced the organisers to shorten the day’s planned 165-mile special from Chilecito to just 115 miles. Cyril Despres and Marc Coma on their KTM 450s were two riders who seemed unaffected by the weather that caused major floods on the route, and by the […]
France’s Dakar Rally legend Stephane Peterhansel has taken the overall lead in the car section of the Dakar after winning the fourth stage, a 326km special from San Juan to Chilecito. After two punctures for Peterhansel on Stage 3, it was the turn of Qatar’s defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah to have a bad day; his Hummer broke […]