dakar 2015

halfway through, looks like al-attiyah might have a handle on things in his mini although toyota is pushing hard

robbie gordon is flogging the gordini but still out of the running

the real show is the bikes with coma and barreda going hammer and tong

watching the trucks fly over the dune ridges and smash through the arroyos i often wonder why no american company fields an entry.

the dakar rally is truly the most gruelling test of man and machine on earth
watching a bike flying down sand covered railroad tracks at over a hundred mph is unbelievable.

sadly, one rider has died.

 

Reading about it and trying to keep up.

Is Dakar being broadcast anywhere in a tape delay format this year?

I've not been able to find it.

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Friend of mine is doing it on quads. Unfortunately he was out after the 2nd stage due to having used to soft a compound of tire which kept going flat/destroyed (Brian Baragwanath).

Hope he's back in '16.

 

Wish there was some sort of coverage for this.

 

NBC Sports Network has a half hour daily recap.

 

all over for this year.
al-attiyah wins for mini
coma wins in the bikes
robbie gordon win the last stage for a 19th overall finish
kamaz trucks sweep the podium
sonik takes the quads

 

Just ran across this video of a huge airborne end-over-end crash from Dakar.

Drivers evidently okay.

Alternative camera angle gives new look at Dakar horror crash (VIDEO) | FOX Sports

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