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Dakar 2009 Argentina-Chile Stage 12
Stage 12 from Fiambala to La Rioja started as planned with only a minor course adjustment shortening the stage by 30km and Cyril Despres took the win but was followed closely by Marc Coma who took second place and a surprise third place finisher was Farres Guell who finished only four seconds ahead of David Casteu.
David Fretigne overcame a serious oil leak problem to remain third in the overall standings. With just two days of riding left, Fretigne has lost 10:28 that has left him 1:33:55 behind Coma.
Jordi Viladoms lost his fourth place in the overall standings after making a navigational mistake but is seventh overall.
Coma remains atop the overall standings with 1:29:48
Source | dakar
Dakar 2009 Argentina- Chile Stage 10
Heavy fog caused a delay and a course modification in Stage 10 of the Dakar Rally, however riders still faced one of the longest and most difficult routes that took them though the desert of Atacama.
Spanish rider Jordi Viladoms, on a KTM, won the 10th stage of the Rally. Viladoms finished 1min 06sec ahead of rider Alain Duclos (KTM) and 8:29 ahead of Portuguese biker Helder Rodriguez, also on a KTM.
Jordi Viladoms took the win after the early leaders went in the wrong direction. Spain’s Marc Coma made a navigational error and got lost, a mistake causing the leaders to go on a 23 km loop to get back on course allowing late starters to benefit. This allowed Viladoms, Alain Duclos, and Helder Rodrigues to the top three spots and the second stage win for Viladoms in his Dakar career.
Dakar 2009 Argentina-Chile Stage 9
In the 449 kilometre special stage between La Serena and Coplapo, KTM rider Frans Verhoeven won the 9th stage, taking his second stage win in the 2009 Dakar. Verhoeven started 33rd ahead of David Frétigné at three minutes and nine seconds, with local hero Francisco “Chaleco” Lopez third at 3:40. Coma, on the Repsol KTM, came home in fourth place trailing the leader by just 4:59, and factory teammate Cyril Despres, on the Red Bull KTM, was fifth at 6:03.
Having won his first special stage on a Dakar during the 5th stage, American Jonah Street (KTM) decided, as a precautionary measure, to not take starter’s orders for the 9th stage due to a very painful injury to one of his wrists.
Provisional overall standings after stage nine:
1. Marc Coma, Spain, KTM
2. David Fretigne, France, Yamaha
3. Cyril Despres, France, KTM
4. Francisco Lopez, Chile, KTM
5. Jordi Viladoms, Spain, KTM
6. Helder Rodrigues, Portugal, KTM
7. David Casteu, France, KTM
8. Frans Verhofen, Netherlands, KTM
9. Pal Anders Ullevalseter, Norway, KTM
10. Henk Knuiman, Netherlands, KTM
Source | eurosport
Dakar 2009 Argentina-Chile Stage 8
After a much needed rest on Saturaday, yesterday the bikers took off on the 294 kilometre stage 8 between Valparaiso and La Serena, with Cyril Despres coming home first on his Red Bull KTM. Followed closely by Spain’s Marc Coma who finished second only 1’49 behind Despres, the reigning winner overtook Chile’s Francisco Lopez who finished third, 2’56 behind Despres and climbs to seventh overall
David Fretigne on his Yamaha WR450F lost almost 16 minutes on Sunday with a sixth-place result. Jonah Street dropped over 34 minutes on the lead pace finishing 29th and falling two places in the overall standings to fourth.
Dakar 2009 Argentina-Chile Stages 6 and 7
Dakar organisers decided to reduce the distance of the timed section on Stage 6 following a very difficult Stage 5 and complications caused by a flooded river ford on the original course. Competitors therefore ended the stage in the village of La Junta at the foot of the Andes.
Following a close duel through the dunes with Street and Lopez, starting eigth Frenchman Cyril Despres left his tyre troubles behind him and crossed the line two minutes ahead of Marc Coma, winning his first stage.
Stage 7 was won by Chilean rider, Francisco Lopez riding a KTM took the first stage win of his career yesterday and it couldn’t have been better timed as the event crossed into Chile, his home country, for the first time.
Dakar 2009 Argentina-Chile Stages 3 and 4
Tire problems continue to mount for top riders as Stage 3 of the 2009 Dakar Rally saw more flats creating discouraging time losses.
Marc Coma, who started 17th on Monday after oil radiator problems, won the special section with authority, beating the second placed rider, Ullevalseter by a little over 17 minutes.
The special section, 616km long was completed by the Repsol rider in 5 hours, 18 minutes and 17 seconds. Thanks to this result Coma is in a stronger position at the top of the overall classification, and now leads with a gap of 39 minutes and 11 seconds over the French rider David Fretigne in second place.
Dakar Argentina-Chile Stages 1 and 2
Spain’s Marc Coma of KTM won the opening motorcycle stage at the Rally Dakar Argentina-Chile 2009 from from Saladillo to Santa Rosa with a 22:05-minute advantage over second best Polish Jacek Czachor. The Catalan driver took 2h, 46 m to drive 371 km, while French Cyril Despres, current bike champion finished the stage 41 minutes after Coma after suffering a puncture.
“The problem with this special was the distance” said Coma. “I saw that Despres had problems with his back wheel after filling up at control point two. After that, I tried to open up the gap. I paced myself, waiting for the moment. On this route, there was little work to do with the bike, so I tried to ride my race to avoid problems.”
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