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2016 Dakar Rally Stage 11 Results
2016 Dakar Rally Stage 11 Results - Motorcycle USA
2016 Dakar Rally Stage 11 Results
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2016 Dakar Rally Stage 12 Results
Yamaha's Helder Rodrigues grabbed his maiden stage win in 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 12. Current overall leader, KTM's Toby Price finished second fastest followed by Honda rider Kevin Benavides at 3rd. KTM' Stefan Svitko retains his 2nd position in Overall classification trailed by Pablo Quintanilla of Rockstar Husqvarna team at 3rd place.
While nothing is guaranteed in the Dakar, But if Price won his 1st Dakar in Rosario on Saturday (local time), it will earn him a slice of history to be the 1st Australian champion.
Toby Price Said,
Antoine Meo, stage 11 winner lost his way and then suffered a disastrous off just a few kilometres from the finish line. The unseen bump in the track threw him over the handlebars and cost him ample time, dropping him from top-three contention for the day down to 23rd.
Sherco TVS rider Florent Vayssade finished 12th stage at 23rd place with an overall ranking at 27th Place. While Alain Duclos managed to finish the stage at 55th place and ranked 42nd overall.
News Source: 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 12 Results - Motorcycle USAComment
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2016 Dakar Rally Final Results
Red Bull KTM's Toby Price wins the 2016 Dakar Rally. He became the first Australian to win Dakar in any category. This was KTM's 15th consecutive overall victory in the Dakar Rally. Toby Price dominated the overall timing sheet and finished 39minutes, 1 seconds ahead of KTM's Stefan Svitko followed the Rockstar Husqvarna's Pablo Quintanilla in third.
Toby Price said,
Toby Price finished 4th in the final stage in Argentina. This was his second attempt at the Dakar. In April 2013 during a race he broke three vertebrae in his neck, narrowly avoiding becoming a quadriplegic.Pablo Quintanilla said,
"The last stage was extremely hard. There was a lot of tension and nerves before the start. The entire race came down to this one stage. I started fast and, thanks to today and the team's work we defended our third place. I'm delighted. It was such a tough Dakar that we had to fight for the podium the last day, which is usually an opportunity to kick back and relax. For me, the last stage was the toughest, the most nerve-wracking one in the entire rally. I was hurt before the rally, but professional work helps you overcome that. The investment paid off today."
Sherco TVS rider Florent Vayssade finished the 2016 Dakar Rally at 27th place in overall ranking, 8hours 17 minutes behind Toby Price. He finished 27th in the 180kms final stage. While the Sherco TVS lead rider Alain Duclos was 42nd overall and 23rd in the final stage. He lost precious time in the previous stage due to helmet theft.
The Dakar 2016 was confronted with many difficulties. In the planning stage both Chile and Peru withdrew from the competition because they rightly anticipated possible severe weather disruptions from the El Nino weather effect. This left Argentina and Bolivia on the program, but even these countries felt the negative force of the recurring weather phenomenon. Thunderstorms and floods plagued the rally, particularly the first week, and intense temperatures in the second week resulted in several stages being shortened. In Bolivia riders competed at altitudes of up to 4,500 m and while the first half of the rally was very fast, stages got increasingly complicated, with much more navigation in the second week.
News Source: 2016 Dakar Rally Final Results - Motorcycle USAComment
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