The Dakar Rally is among the least predictable motorsport events of the year – more than 4,000km of competitive timed stages, across deserts, through valleys and over the Andes – and this year is more wide open than ever.
Vladimir Chagin
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The dust – both figurative and lung cloggingly real – have now settled on the 2011 Dakar Rally. 407 teams of bikers and drivers set off from Buenos Aires and…
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Cordoba – Buenos Aires 181km After two weeks on one of the hardest races on earth the surviving riders and drivers of the 2011 Dakar Rally had just 181km of…
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San Juan – Cordoba Bikes, Quads, Cars: 555km; Trucks: 266km Stage Twelve marked the penultimate stage of the 2011 Dakar Rally, and the final ‘real’ challenge for the 205 crews…
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Chilecito – San Juan 370km Following the long trek over the Andes on Stage Ten, a 370km special lay in wait for the competitors on Stage Eleven, as the 2011…
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Copiapo – Copiapo 235km On a map today’s loop to the north of Copiapo is an innocuous stage. However, the short 235km stage took the competitors through (across and over)…
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Antofagasta – Copiapo 508km Stage eight saw a mix of winners. In some classes it was the predictable winner, a leader only extending their lead in the overall standings. In…
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Arica – Antofagasta 273km After a well earned day off the remaining drivers and riders – 125 bikes, 17 quads, 92 cars and 46 trucks – of the 2011 Dakar…
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Iquique-Arica 456km Today’s sixth stage brought the Dakar to Arica – the most northerly point on this year’s route, just a stone’s throw from Chile’s border with Peru. But for…
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Calama – Iquique 423km After crossing the Andes yesterday today’s run to Iquique took the 2011 Dakar almost to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Today saw almost the exact…
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San Salvador du Jujuy, Argentina – Calama, Chile 207km After a marathon stage yesterday – which claimed more than its fair share of racers – stage four was only a…
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San Miguel du Tucuman – San Salvador de Jujay Bikes, Quads: 521km; Cars: 500km; Trucks: 226km Another day heading to the north meant the longest stage of the Dakar so…
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Cordoba-San Miguel de Tucuman Bikes, Quads: 300km Cars, Trucks: 324km Stage two and the 2011 Dakar Rally swings north through Argentina. Another stage whose nature played into the hands of…
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The Dakar Rally is perhaps, the biggest challenge in motorsport. Just as people around the world are muttering something about ‘never drinking again’ as they wake up on New Year’s…
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Two weeks. 9,000 kilometres. Nearly 400 started. Less than 200 finished two weeks later. Sometimes numbers are really all you need to sum up an event. For the second year…