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Just a reminder that the Dakar Rally is back on SBS daily.

 

With out of this world aerial photography from the helicopters

 

& the occassional glimpse of the massive aerial transport logistics at the various base camps.

 

This year it is held in Bolivia & Argentina over the next 16 days.

 

Australian Toby Price is on a Red Bull KTM bike.

 

Good luck Toby.

 

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RW

 

 

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First stage has been cancelled.

 

Poor weather means they are not able to fly helicopters whihc are used to "protect racers and those watching"

 

Not to protect the commercial interests - advertisers- apparently

 

 

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Good one Dazza KTM X 2 spacer.png

 

Noticed today that they had some drones doing the filming.

 

Hope they keep the drones & the helicopters separated.

 

Regards R W

 

 

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Keep it up Toby spacer.png

 

Well done.

 

Australian Toby Price has won the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally to move into third place in the motorbike standings.

 

Price, who won the second stage, is competing in the race for just the second time after finishing third last year.

 

The 28-year-old finished the stage between Jujuy in Argentina and Uyuni in Bolivia in four hours, three minutes and 44 seconds, edging French Red Bull KTM Factory team-mate Antoine Meo by two minutes and 21 seconds before a five-minute penalty dropped Meo back to eighth.

 

That allowed two more KTM riders, Slovnaft's Stefan Svitko (4:06:17) and Red Bull's Matthias Walkner (4:06:24), to finish second and third.

 

"This marathon stage was definitely difficult. Today was a little bit tricky with the navigation. I had to stay on top of the game," Price said.

 

"I caught a couple of other guys and got in some dust. I made a couple of little errors in the end there, because I was a little too worried to take my eyes off the road. It was a pretty crazy track."

 

Slovakia's Svitko is currently two seconds ahead of Price in the overall standings, with Honda's Paulo Goncalves a further 105 seconds ahead, despite finishing 8:56 behind Price on stage five.

 

Meanwhile, nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb continued to make light work of his Dakar debut by claiming his third stage win on the gruelling event.

 

The French driver, behind the wheel of a Peugeot, took the win to extend his lead in the overall standings.

 

Loeb won the 327-kilometre timed run in 3:32:34sec with team-mates Carlos Sainz and Stephane Peterhansel completing a sweep for the French manufacturer.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-08/australian-toby-price-wins-fifth-dakar-stage-into-third-overall/7075616

 

 

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It shouldn't be called DAKAR though as it has been relocated due to the hostility of the citizenry on the original route. Nev

I think they only use the name DAKAR is because it is the trade mark of the whole organisation that runs the Rally.

 

They said one day they would like to take the race back to Europe and having the race ending in Dakar Senegal but that is a long way off.

 

 

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Keep it up Toby spacer.pngWell done.

 

Australian Toby Price has won the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally to move into third place in the motorbike standings.

 

Price, who won the second stage, is competing in the race for just the second time after finishing third last year.

 

The 28-year-old finished the stage between Jujuy in Argentina and Uyuni in Bolivia in four hours, three minutes and 44 seconds, edging French Red Bull KTM Factory team-mate Antoine Meo by two minutes and 21 seconds before a five-minute penalty dropped Meo back to eighth.

 

That allowed two more KTM riders, Slovnaft's Stefan Svitko (4:06:17) and Red Bull's Matthias Walkner (4:06:24), to finish second and third.

 

"This marathon stage was definitely difficult. Today was a little bit tricky with the navigation. I had to stay on top of the game," Price said.

 

"I caught a couple of other guys and got in some dust. I made a couple of little errors in the end there, because I was a little too worried to take my eyes off the road. It was a pretty crazy track."

 

Slovakia's Svitko is currently two seconds ahead of Price in the overall standings, with Honda's Paulo Goncalves a further 105 seconds ahead, despite finishing 8:56 behind Price on stage five.

 

Meanwhile, nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb continued to make light work of his Dakar debut by claiming his third stage win on the gruelling event.

 

The French driver, behind the wheel of a Peugeot, took the win to extend his lead in the overall standings.

 

Loeb won the 327-kilometre timed run in 3:32:34sec with team-mates Carlos Sainz and Stephane Peterhansel completing a sweep for the French manufacturer.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-08/australian-toby-price-wins-fifth-dakar-stage-into-third-overall/7075616

Toby is a gun in the desert sand dunes so he should do very well when they get to those stages.

 

 

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Not sure if the bikes are not racing today or for the rest of the Dakar, (severe thunderstorms so hopefully temporary)

 

Toby is second overall

 

Sad to see another spectator has been killed, hit by one of the cars.

 

From the Dakar web site, for Stage 7

 

The motorcycle race has been stopped for good due to the conditions out there.

 

 

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Stage 8.Toby has won the Stage & is in the outright number 1 position.

 

Excellent, keep it going.

 

Regards RW

Awesome riding!!

 

Keep it up Toby

 

 

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Still number one

 

Toby has won stage 9 & leads by 24 minutes

 

Well done Toby

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-13/aussie-toby-price-extends-dakar-rally-lead/7085670

 

Dakar Rally: Australian Toby Price extends overall motorbike lead with stage-nine victory

 

Updated 25 minutes ago

 

spacer.pngPHOTO: Australian Toby Price en route to victory on stage nine. (AFP: Franck Fife)

 

MAP: Argentina

 

Australian Toby Price has pushed his overall lead in the motorbike category of the Dakar Rally to almost half an hour with victory on stage nine.

 

In his quest to become the first Australian to win in any category of the gruelling race, Price scored his fifth stage win as he comfortable beat Argentine Honda rider Kevin Benavides to the line.

 

Price won the stage by seven minutes from Benavides and finished 10 minutes faster than third-quickest Stefan Svitko.

 

The 28-year-old New South Welshman has a lead of 24 minutes and 47 seconds over Svitko, with Chile's Pablo Quintanilla almost eight minutes further back.

 

"We've got through pretty good," Price said.

 

"We made a couple of little mistakes around the 100km mark.

 

"We got a little bit lost but, luckily, we found the way point and got ourselves back on track and going again.

 

"It was just good that we didn't get lost. It was definitely tricky navigation today."

 

Organisers stopped the race after the second checkpoint due to extreme heat, meaning Price was unable to fully capitalise on his dominant showing and his main rival, Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves was given a lifeline by the possible application of a grouped time.

 

Goncalves was three minutes behind Price for the stage when a branch pierced his radiator on the first leg of the marathon stage, where riders are not allowed assistance from their crew or access to parts.

 

Meanwhile, Carlos Sainz moved atop the overall standings by winning the stage as Sebastien Loeb fell further behind after struggling in sandy conditions.

 

Spanish veteran Sainz, driving a Peugeot, held off the Minis of Erik van Loon and Mikko Hirvonen by 10 seconds and 17 seconds respectively.

 

"It was a very demanding course, physically speaking, with a lot of off-road, navigation and vegetation," Sainz said.

 

Stephane Peterhansel, who finished 9:12 behind Peugeot team-mate Sainz, lost the command of the overall standings to the Spaniard, and now trails by 7:03.

 

The rally ends on Sunday morning (AEDT) in Rosario, Argentina.

 

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Still number oneToby has won stage 9 & leads by 24 minutes

 

Well done Toby

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-13/aussie-toby-price-extends-dakar-rally-lead/7085670

 

Dakar Rally: Australian Toby Price extends overall motorbike lead with stage-nine victory

 

Updated 25 minutes ago

 

spacer.pngPHOTO: Australian Toby Price en route to victory on stage nine. (AFP: Franck Fife)

 

MAP: Argentina

 

Australian Toby Price has pushed his overall lead in the motorbike category of the Dakar Rally to almost half an hour with victory on stage nine.

 

In his quest to become the first Australian to win in any category of the gruelling race, Price scored his fifth stage win as he comfortable beat Argentine Honda rider Kevin Benavides to the line.

 

Price won the stage by seven minutes from Benavides and finished 10 minutes faster than third-quickest Stefan Svitko.

 

The 28-year-old New South Welshman has a lead of 24 minutes and 47 seconds over Svitko, with Chile's Pablo Quintanilla almost eight minutes further back.

 

"We've got through pretty good," Price said.

 

"We made a couple of little mistakes around the 100km mark.

 

"We got a little bit lost but, luckily, we found the way point and got ourselves back on track and going again.

 

"It was just good that we didn't get lost. It was definitely tricky navigation today."

 

Organisers stopped the race after the second checkpoint due to extreme heat, meaning Price was unable to fully capitalise on his dominant showing and his main rival, Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves was given a lifeline by the possible application of a grouped time.

 

Goncalves was three minutes behind Price for the stage when a branch pierced his radiator on the first leg of the marathon stage, where riders are not allowed assistance from their crew or access to parts.

 

Meanwhile, Carlos Sainz moved atop the overall standings by winning the stage as Sebastien Loeb fell further behind after struggling in sandy conditions.

 

Spanish veteran Sainz, driving a Peugeot, held off the Minis of Erik van Loon and Mikko Hirvonen by 10 seconds and 17 seconds respectively.

 

"It was a very demanding course, physically speaking, with a lot of off-road, navigation and vegetation," Sainz said.

 

Stephane Peterhansel, who finished 9:12 behind Peugeot team-mate Sainz, lost the command of the overall standings to the Spaniard, and now trails by 7:03.

 

The rally ends on Sunday morning (AEDT) in Rosario, Argentina.

 

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Its funny how Toby could ride the whole stage to the end. But it was cancelled half way along at check point 2 because of the heat well after he already left check point 2. I guess Australians can perform in the heat better.

 

There was also an American doing really well and was only 2nd to Toby on time but he may have clawed back time against his rivals if the stage wasnt cancelled.

 

At the end of the day though, safey is first and not many bike riders can ride through desert dunes with temps over 40 degrees (47 at one point) like Tob Price can. I do feel that he has been disadvantaged though as he finished it and nobody else did.

 

 

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Its funny how Toby could ride the whole stage to the end. But it was cancelled half way along at check point 2 because of the heat well after he already left check point 2. I guess Australians can perform in the heat better.There was also an American doing really well and was only 2nd to Toby on time but he may have clawed back time against his rivals if the stage wasnt cancelled.

Small sample of what's to come.

 

Wait and see, they will fix his little red wagon, the Dakar is exclusively for Europeans, wait for Toby to get pinged on something with a ridiculous time penalty applied.

 

 

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Keep it up Toby

 

Not far to go.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-15/aussie-toby-price-nearing-dakar-rally-victory-after-stage-11/7090294

 

Toby Price is just two stages away from a historic Dakar Rally victory after extending his lead to more than 35 minutes in the overall motorcycle standings.

 

The Australian rider finished second as stage 11 was halted prematurely with Price just 18 seconds behind Frenchman Antoine Meo.

 

The strong ride in stifling heat allowed him to add a further 12 minutes to his overall margin over Stefan Svitko and he now leads the race by 35 minutes and 23 seconds.

 

"I can't smell victory yet, not yet," Price said.

 

"I won't smell victory until I cross the finishing line on the last day.

 

"We're another day closer, but for sure, it's been a hard one."

 

The 28-year-old from Singleton in New South Wales' Hunter region said he struggled to get airflow as the mercury soared in the last 50 to 80 kilometres.

 

"It's been hard on the bikes today. There's been a lot of hot weather," Price said.

 

"The bike is still going really well, there's no water leaking or anything.

 

"It still feels strong, so we're in a good spot."

 

With a commanding lead, Price said he would look to minimise risks as he hopes to cross the finish line in Rosario on Sunday (AEDT) as the first Australian to win the gruelling race in any category.

 

"We've made a bit of time on the overall second placed rider which is our main goal and hopefully the next two days we can take it a little bit easier," Price said.

 

Former race leader Paulo Goncalves crashed out of the rally after a fall early in the day.

 

Price, in his second Dakar, will now turn his attention to the 481-kilometre penultimate stage through semi-mountainous regions from San Juan to Villa Carlos Paz.

 

In the car division, Stephane Peterhansel leads by more than 50 minutes despite finishing fourth behind Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah on stage 11.

 

 

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