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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #225 on: January 11, 2021, 08:26:57 AM »
The new tyre limitation rules are working???

Price 1s off overall lead and Sanders finishes fifth with Burgess now 38th overall, while Houlihan claimed 60th.
Not a bad effort!

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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #226 on: January 11, 2021, 04:57:27 PM »
Quote from: Bird on January 11, 2021, 08:26:57 AM
The new tyre limitation rules are working???

Price 1s off overall lead and Sanders finishes fifth with Burgess now 38th overall, while Houlihan claimed 60th.
Not a bad effort!



You would have to question safety from the organisors......

Riders have to wear a safety vest but organisors are happy to send them out with defective tyres.

I get they are trying to bring the leaders back to the pack......


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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #227 on: January 11, 2021, 08:55:17 PM »
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You would have to question safety from the organisors......
Riders have to wear a safety vest but organisors are happy to send them out with defective tyres.

The riders were complaining but gave in and went for it... looking at thaat tyre there, end of 1 days riding - you'd be a miracle worker to get another 700 day (today/tomorrow 700+) out of that

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I get they are trying to bring the leaders back to the pack......
actually trying to slow the speed down - I can think of safer easier ways.
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #228 on: January 12, 2021, 05:31:16 AM »
Quote from: Bird on January 11, 2021, 08:55:17 PM

The riders were complaining but gave in and went for it... looking at thaat tyre there, end of 1 days riding - you'd be a miracle worker to get another 700 day (today/tomorrow 700+) out of that
actually trying to slow the speed down - I can think of safer easier ways.

Looking at insta this morning it appears he did all right over night.


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« Reply #229 on: January 12, 2021, 01:26:44 PM »
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #230 on: January 12, 2021, 01:59:00 PM »
Quote from: weeds on January 12, 2021, 05:31:16 AM
Looking at insta this morning it appears he did all right over night.
yea wasnt much left of the tyre.. lol
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #231 on: January 12, 2021, 07:12:36 PM »
Toby airlifted to hospital....
KTM rider Toby Price has been airlifted to hospital after crashing out of the 2021 Dakar Rally.

The Australian, who was running second in the overall Bikes standings, crashed at the 155-kilometre point of Tuesday's ninth stage.

According to Dakar officials he is now being transported to hospital in Tabuk for further assessment of head, right wrist and left shoulder injuries.

The extent of those injuries is currently unknown, however organisers have confirmed he was conscious throughout on-the-scene treatment.

https://au.motorsport.com/dakar/news/price-airlifted-hospital-dakar-crash/4966277/
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #232 on: January 13, 2021, 08:47:33 AM »
He's bloody lucky that he hasn't done anything to that major injury from a few years ago.  :'(

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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #233 on: January 13, 2021, 03:28:21 PM »
Broken collar bone according to speedcafe
https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/01/13/broken-collarbone-for-price/
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #234 on: January 14, 2021, 02:26:44 PM »
Sanders into 6th :)
Burgess up to 26th
Houlihan 52nd


Stage Nine saw Toby Price exit the 2021 Dakar Rally after a nasty crash witnessed him airlifted out, ending his efforts with a broken collarbone and injured hand and shoulder, for which he’ll need surgery.

Toby Price – DNF

“Well, I’ve finally broken my 30th bone! Crashed out in Stage Nine yesterday, I don’t remember much but I’ve got a pretty sore collarbone, shoulder and hand and will need surgery for that… Disappointed to not make the finish and let down the KTM Factory Racing team and my sponsors but that’s racing unfortunately this time around. Thank you Sam Sunderland and Ricky Brabec Racing for stopping to help me, I was off with the fairies that day but I heard you took good care of me!”


Stage Ten would claim another victim, this time with Monster Energy Honda Team’s Jose Ignacio Cornejo completing the stage after a crash at km 252 and managing to limp back to the line, losing 10-minutes, only to undergo a medical examination which saw him left with no option but to withdraw from the Rally. His retirement comes while holding the overall lead. With his withdrawal he’s been removed from the day’s timesheets, despite completing the stage.

José Ignacio Cornejo – DNF

“I’ve failed in my mission. Today I had a very heavy fall that left me unconscious for a few minutes, I was able to get back onto the bike, but very slowly and with the bike all bent up. I made the stage 10 finish-line, but for safety reasons I have to get such a heavy blow to the head checked out properly. I feel like I’ve been hit by a train. I have nothing left to do but thank my team, my family, my trainers and all the fans for their tremendous support and encouragement. We were so close to the big dream… it will remain unfinished business.”


Victory on the day went to Ricky Brabec, who had headed out from second position this morning, opening the track for much of the day. The American was looking far more at ease on terrain well-suited to his style and reached the end of the special three minutes ahead of team-mate Joan Barreda.


https://www.mcnews.com.au/brabec-leads-honda-1-2-3-for-stage-ten-sanders-sixth-cornejo-retires/
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #235 on: December 31, 2021, 08:52:03 AM »
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #236 on: December 31, 2021, 08:53:35 AM »
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #237 on: December 31, 2021, 10:45:48 AM »
3 aussies in the bikes, 2 with a good chance...
Saunders, Price and  Houlihan

https://www.dakar.com/en/competitors

jf the gasgas holds up I think Saunders is in with a good chance

Not all plain sailing in the shakedowns
https://www.autosport.com/dakar/news/rebellion-retires-from-2022-dakar-rally-on-shakedown-after-fire-engulfs-car/7032415/

Route and all you need to know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A83zbAFypO8
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #238 on: January 02, 2022, 01:58:43 PM »
https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-dakar-results-qualifying-special-stage/

Dakar 2022 Results Prologue (Stage 1A)

SANDERS Daniel AUS Gas Gas Factory Team 00:55’30
QUINTANILL Pablo CHI Monster Energy Honda Team +00:01’00
BRANCH Ross BWA Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team +00:01’55
BENAVIDES Kevin ARG Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team +00:02’00
WALKNER Matthias AUT Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team +00:02’35
VAN BEVEREN Adrien FRA Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team +00:02’40
SUNDERLAND Sam GBR Gas Gas Factory Team +00:02’55
PRICE Toby 18 Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team +00:02’55
SHORT Andrew USA Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team +00:03’00
BARREDA Joan SPA Monster Energy Honda Team +00:03’00
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Re: Dakar Rally
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #240 on: January 04, 2022, 04:30:47 PM »
The dude that got lost. Someone told me he was using a TomTom so that figures.
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #241 on: January 05, 2022, 10:16:52 AM »
This isnt kewl
The future of Dakar Rally has been cast into doubt after French prosecutors revealed they had launched a terrorism investigation after a support vehicle exploded in Jeddah on the eve of the event's start.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-05/explosion-probe-rocks-dakar-rally-toby-price-second/100738640

Meanwhile, as the third stage of the rally was run in Saudi Arabia, Australia's two-time Dakar Rally motorbike champion Toby Price finished in second place.

This edged him up the overall standings to 14th, 26 minutes behind British race leader Sam Sunderland.

Victoria's Daniel Sanders said he rode a tactical race in finishing fifth on Tuesday, taking him to fifth in the standings, just under 9 minutes behind the leader, which includes a 10-minute penalty picked up on stage 2.

But it was Joaquim Rodrigues of Portugal who took the motorbike stage for his first Dakar win. Rodrigues dedicated his racing to brother-in-law Paulo Goncalves, who died on the 2020 Dakar.
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #242 on: January 07, 2022, 10:14:16 AM »
Aussie motorcyclist Toby Price has Dakar Rally stage win stripped after speeding violation


Off-road motorcycle star Price, who won the bikes class at the celebrated endurance race in both 2016 and 2019, thought he had picked up the 14th Dakar stage win of his career after a demanding 346km loop around the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on Thursday.

However, while he finished four minutes ahead of his competitors after taking the lead at the penultimate checkpoint, hours after the race his win was ruled out as he was hit with a six-minute penalty.

Officials ruled that the 34-year-old Gold Coast rider had exceeded the speed limit set for the race in certain public sections of the rally.

Red Bull Factory KTM rider Price, whose chances of a third overall victory evaporated after a bad start earlier in the two-week race, was thus relegated to fifth place overall on the stage, with victory awarded instead to Danilo Petrucci.

The Italian is the first MotoGP rider ever to win a stage at the Dakar.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-07/toby-price-dakar-rally-stage-win-stripped-speeding/100743250
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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #243 on: January 07, 2022, 11:15:53 AM »
Fork me, that would suck big time for Price.  :o

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« Reply #244 on: January 07, 2022, 11:41:56 AM »
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Fork me, that would suck big time for Price.  :o

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speed limits in races is sorta stupid...
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« Reply #245 on: January 07, 2022, 01:46:51 PM »
Quote from: Bird on January 07, 2022, 11:41:56 AM
speed limits in races is sorta stupid...

I can't argue that point with you.  ???

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Re: Dakar Rally
« Reply #246 on: January 07, 2022, 04:49:38 PM »
Quote from: Foo on January 07, 2022, 01:46:51 PM
I can't argue that point with you.  ???

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From memory - it came to a head few years ago when one french team turned up with a FZR1000 based XTZ - detuned to 900... thing was capable of well over 250k's...
thus the organizers realised Shit was going to get bad as things were getting too fast on bikes... 250k's off one of them dunes, you'd hit the space station... 
... so the 450 limit came in.. then they got fast... so computerized speed limits...
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« Reply #247 on: January 09, 2022, 04:19:39 PM »
I believe it was on a transport stage of the race, and the actual race area.  Bit like going through pit lane over the limit
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« Reply #248 on: January 09, 2022, 04:22:03 PM »
yea racing with ribs like that would have hurt..
Down to 2 Aussies in bikes.

https://www.speedcafe.com/2022/01/08/houlihan-reveals-gruesome-ribcage-x-ray-after-dakar-exit/

Andrew Houlihan has published an x-ray showing his broken ribs, after being forced out of the Dakar Rally.
Officials would not allow the Albury rider to continue to compete beyond Stage 5 of the event,
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« Reply #249 on: January 10, 2022, 09:00:34 AM »
Harsh way to end your rally -  not even in a competitive state :(

Stage 7 proved a tough one with 701 km to be covered between Riyadh and Al Dawadaimi with a 402 km timed special. Australia’s Daniel Sanders didn’t however arrive at the special start, with a crash before reaching it leaving the Aussie in hospital.

Unfortunately for Daniel Sanders the 2022 Dakar Rally is now over following a fall from his GASGAS RC 450F during today’s opening liaison, which resulted in a fractured left elbow and wrist.

With two stage wins to his name at this year’s event – a competition the jovial Australian has unquestionably stamped his mark on – Dakar 2022 was shaping up to be a super successful rally for the Aussie. Lying third in the provisional standings at the time of the incident, Daniel will remain in hospital overnight tonight while undergoing ongoing medical checks, ahead of expected surgery on his elbow tomorrow.


2022 Dakar Standings After Stage 7
Pos   Rider   Team   Time/Gap   Penalty
1   Adrien Van Beveren   MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA   23h45m02   
2   Matthias Walkner   RED BULL KTM FACTORY   +00h05m12   
3   Kevin Benavides   RED BULL KTM FACTORY   +00h05m23   
4   Sam Sunderland   GASGAS FACTORY RACING   +00h05m38   
5   Lorenzo Santolino   SHERCO FACTORY   +00h06m34   
6   Pablo Quintanilla   MONSTER ENERGY HONDA   +00h08m15   
7   Joan Barreda   MONSTER ENERGY HONDA   +00h08m33   00h01m00
8   Stefan Svitko   SLOVNAFT RALLY TEAM   +00h20m18   
9   Jose Ignacio   MONSTER ENERGY HONDA   +00h26m37   
10   Andrew Short   MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA    +00h28m10   
11   Toby Price   RED BULL KTM FACTORY   +00h29m29   00h06m00
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