Dakar Rally Stage 7 Update

Saturday 10th was observed as a rest day for motorcycles and quad bikes.

Team HRC\'s Paulo Goncalves makes his 1st stage victory during the Stage 7 in Dakar 2015. Red Bull KTM’s Marc Coma finished 2nd, just 14 seconds after the Honda rider while Coma’s teammate, Matthias Walkner, crossed the line in third.



Paulo Goncalves, Team HRC said:
Team Sherco TVS Rider Alain Duclos managed to finish 7th with overall ranking at 9th Place while the other rider Fabian Planet finished 19th.

CS Santosh finished the Stage 7 at 66th Place on the timing sheet. Team HRC’s Joan Barreda continues to hold the overall lead but Coma is just six and a half minutes behind.

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Dakar Rally Stage 8 Update

The Overnight rainfall left the course water-logged so officials delayed the start of the Special Section. Dakar Rally Stage 8 turned out to be the game changer for many challengers.



scored his 1stJuan Pedrero Garcia Alain Duclos, Sherco TVS team rider finished the 8th stage with 7th place on the timing sheet with overall ranking at 7th place. He moved up from 9th to 7th place with a good result in this stage. While the other Sherco TVS rider Fabian Planet was 17th in the 8th stage. CS Santosh finished 32nd at the 8th stage with an overall ranking of 42nd.

In Overall ranking is at 1st Place with who was at overall lead till stage 7 is now at 24th now on the timing sheet, because of a crash where his handlebar broke and he rode with a broken handlebar to finish in 80th spot for the day, down more than 4 hours on the stage winner.

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Alain Duclos - TVS Sherco Rider


Fabien Planet - TVS Sherco Rider


Marc Coma - KTM Factory rider and current stage leader


CS Santosh - KTM - First Indian to participate in Dakar currently in 42nd position

THE STAGE OF THE DAY: IQUIQUE - CALAMA
For this farewell session to the Atacama Desert, all the competitors will come together once again for the special stage, with fifty-odd kilometres over sand and dunes. They should revel in these sensations because the next stage will put both drivers and their teams into much less comfortable positions. The routes have suffered the rages of time and will be equally harsh on them.

TVS Racing Report -

KTM\'s Marc Coma rode a steady race to hold on to his first place in the rally, but Goncalves on the Honda cut down the gap to five and a half seconds. TVS Sherco rider Alain Duclos was hit by technical problems and ended the hopes of the Indian manufacturer\'s top ten finish now in 22nd place after stage 9. His teammate Fabien Planet stopped to help him out during the stage and himself dropped into 32nd position as a result. India\'s maiden Dakar rider CS Santosh rode a strong day to maintain his 42nd position overall on board his KTM.

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Dakar Rally Stage 10 Update

Rider Joan Barreda makes a remarkable comeback in the Stage 10 with his 1st stage win for the 3rd time on the timing sheet. He is now at 15th Position in the overall ranking.



Joan Barreda - HRC Team



Marc Coma - Red Bull KTM Team

Marc Coma from the Red Bull KTM team got beaten by 1 minute 38 sec at the finish lane, but he is still in the Overall lead, with his teammate Ruben Faria on the 3rd Place on the timing sheet in the Stage 10.



CS Santosh - Kini Red Bull Team

CS SantoshKini Red Bull Team was at 36th Position in the Stage 10 with overall ranking at 38th Place.



Alain Duclos - Sherco TVS Rally Team

Sherco TVS Rally team rider Alain Duclos managed to come 14th on the timing sheet with overall ranking at 20th Place and his other teammate Fabian Planet was at 20th Place in the Stage 10 with overall ranking at 31st.

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Iron man of India...

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Nice going Santosh!

Dakar Rally Stage 11 Update

finished the stage 11 with a 1st stage winning followed by his teammate Paulo Goncalves while the KTM rider Ivan Jakes finished 3rd in the days ranking, but the time penaltiesIvan Jakes to the 1st place for Stage 11 followed closely by Ruben Faria in second and Toby Price in third.



Joan Barreda swapped his engine with teammate Jeremias Israel Esquerre who has withdrawn from the competition, in the adjusted time Barreda ranked 40thCS Santosh was 34th in the Stage 11 on timing sheet with overall ranking at 38th Place. He had a crash during the stage 6 resulting a impacted shoulder and a hairline fracture on his left foot. The rider put in a strong performance climbing up the rankings.

Alain Duclos, Sherco TVS team rider ended the stage 11 with 9th place on the timing sheet with overall ranking at 20th place and his teammate Fabian Planet was at 31st place in the overall ranking.

Dakar Rally Stage 12 Update

scored his 1st stage win during the Stage 12 for the 1st time. Team rider Joan Barreda got beaten by 2 minutes at the finish line with his teammate Paulo Goncalves who ended the day at 3rd Place.



CS Santosh Kini Red Bull Team was at 31st Position in the Stage 12 with overall ranking at 35th Place.

Sherco TVS Rider Fabian Planet was at 29th place on the timing sheet with overall ranking at 28th place. While his teammate Alain Duclos ended the day at 33rd place with 24th overall ranking.