Dakar results

[dydzi]

finally... after 15 days
tomorrow there will be last special stage which will take place around around the dakar, but the time will not be measured

here are first fifteens. more at www.dakar.com
BIKES

1 002 COMA (ESP) KTM 55:27:17
2 001 DESPRES (FRA) KTM 56:40:46 +01:13:29
3 006 SALA (ITA) KTM 57:57:05 +02:29:48
4 009 BLAIS (USA) KTM 58:03:35 +02:36:18
5 004 DE GAVARDO (CHI) KTM 58:50:04 +03:22:47
6 005 ULLEVALSETER (NOR) KTM 59:22:09 +03:54:52
7 014 DUCLOS (FRA) KTM 60:11:13 +04:43:56
8 008 CASTEU (FRA) KTM 61:43:38 +06:16:21
9 055 RODRIGUES (POR) YAMAHA 62:21:58 +06:54:41
10 034 VINTERS (LET) KTM 63:20:31 +07:53:14
11 011 GAU (FRA) KTM 63:21:22 +07:54:05
12 058 KNUIMAN (HOL) YAMAHA 63:56:44 +08:29:27
13 012 FRETIGNE (FRA) YAMAHA 64:13:13 +08:45:56
14 019 CZACHOR (POL) KTM 64:14:11 +08:46:54
15 032 ALGAY (FRA) YAMAHA 64:15:25 08:48:08

CARS

1 302 ALPHAND (FRA) PICARD (FRA) MITSUBISHI 53:47:32
2 305 DE VILLIERS (AFS) THORNER (SUE) VOLKSWAGEN 54:05:25 +00:17:53
3 304 ROMA (ESP) MAGNE (FRA) MITSUBISHI 55:38:10 +01:50:38
4 300 PETERHANSEL (FRA) COTTRET (FRA) MITSUBISHI 57:07:56 +03:20:24
5 309 MILLER (USA) VON ZITZEWITZ (ALL) VOLKSWAGEN 57:10:57 +03:23:25
6 314 SCHLESSER (FRA) BORSOTTO (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 57:56:55 +04:09:23
7 311 SOUSA (POR) LURQUIN (BEL) NISSAN 59:27:43 +05:40:11
8 301 SABY (FRA) PERIN (FRA) VOLKSWAGEN 62:02:17 +08:14:45
9 322 CHICHERIT (FRA) BAUMEL (FRA) BMW 62:12:45 +08:25:13
10 315 MAGNALDI (FRA) DEBRON (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 62:13:29 +08:25:57
11 307 SAINZ (ESP) SCHULZ (ALL) VOLKSWAGEN 63:51:18 +10:03:46
12 317 GACHE (FRA) GARCIN (FRA) BUGGY 67:27:32 +13:40:00
13 334 GUINOT (FRA) KROISS (FRA) VOLKSWAGEN 69:16:54 +15:29:22
14 316 SERVIA (ESP) ALCARAZ (FRA) SCHLES-FORD-RAID 70:03:32 +16:16:00
15 313 COX (AFS) PITCHFORD (AFS) BMW 72:42:38 +18:55:06

TRUCKS

1 508 CHAGIN (RUS) YAKUBOV (RUS) SAVOSTIN (RUS) KAMAZ 71:22:16
2 524 STACEY (HOL) GOTLIB (BEL) DER KINDEREN (HOL) MAN 73:43:25 +02:21:09
3 500 KABIROV (RUS) BELYAEV (RUS) MOKEEV (RUS) KAMAZ 74:28:08 +03:05:52
4 513 DE AZEVEDO (BRE) MARTINEC (CZE) JUSTO (BRE) TATRA 76:53:07 +05:30:51
5 501 SUGAWARA (JAP) HAMURA (JAP) HINO 81:04:41 +09:42:25

[dydzi]

here's what i think about this year's dakar:

bikes - personally i hoped that depres will win once again. unfortunately his mistake and injury as a result placed him on second position. as a pole i hoped czachor will drive slightly better, he could do better than 14th. i bet fretigne was aiming little higher than 13th place as well.

cars - big bad luck of peterhansel and masuoka. after first part of the dakar where volkswagens were doing really great (by 8th day 4 of first 5 cars were vw) mitsubishi started to realise their evil plan and gradually take over the lead. i'm really surprised by the americans, hummer and chevy were doing really great as for the first time; i'm also surprised how good sainz was, if he hadn't had an accident, he could have been even on the podium.
looks like bmw gradually is becoming more and more powerful (new car this year - X3 based) but the accident of al-attiyah (only really good driver of the team) cancelled all the hopes and plans.

trucks - domination of tchaguin seems to be never ending. kamaz's didn't really have any competition this year, DAF could have changed that, but all their trucks were disqualified before the dakar actually started

[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by dydzi

i'm also surprised how good sainz was, if he hadn't had an accident, he could have been even on the podium.

same as McRae.

It's seeing the unexpected in the sand and terrain that catches them out.
Hopefully Sainz will stick with it and keep the interest for a year two run and the experience should help him avoid gettign stuck and the inevitable "accidents"

[Zytek_Fan]

I really wanted Carlos Sainz to win