Route Map - Cars / Trucks Route Map - Bikes / Quads Seventh day of Dakar '13 has dawned, and the Stage 7 awaits the endured ...
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| Route Map - Cars / Trucks |
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| Route Map - Bikes / Quads |
Seventh day of Dakar '13 has dawned, and the Stage 7 awaits the endured competitors who have made their way this far. The route is almost common for all the categories, with only a different
Parc Ferme for Bikes/Quads, which is little west of
Salta and a little longer transport compared to the other two categories. Cars and trucks will head to
Salta where they will halt for the night.
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| Stage 7 - Profile for Bikes / Quads, as well as Cars / Trucks |
The highlight of the day, is the long running in length of 803 kms for Bikes & Quads, while a shorter 751 kms for Cars & Trucks. Day's action is set on a higher altitudes, which means thinner air pressure and lack of oxygen, both for humans and machines alike. The trucker's did have an advantage, where they were able to haul oxygen cylinders and masks for the onboard crew, but it was all-natural for the bike/quad riders. The stage is almost flat, with some climbs and a steeper descent near towards end of the stage.
Bikes / Quads
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| Bikers & Quad riders |
Day 7 started with a long 418
kms of transport section before the action begun on the competitive stage of 218
kms of dirt/gravel for the first 136
kms and the later part with rock ridden route.
American, Kurt Caselli did a fastest time and won the
stage, while the
rally leader Frenchman, Olivier Pain, finished second.
Chilean rider
Francesco Lopez finished third fastest. [
However, there was bad news in the bikers, as another French rider Thomas Bourgin was killed in an head-on collision with a police car in the transport section before the stage start. May his soul rest in peace.]
Chilean, Sebastien Palma took the
Quads stage win, 34s ahead of
overall leader
Marcos Patronelli.
South African, Sarel Van Biljon [277] finished third quickest.
Casale still in overall second, and
Polish rider
Rafal Sonik is overall third.
Cars / Trucks
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| Stephane Peterhansel |
Peterhansel won the
stage for Cars, also keeps the overall lead from
Nasser Al-attiyah. By a tiny margin of 39s, came second
Guerlain Chicherit and with over a minute
Robby Gordon finished third in stage, while
South African, Giniel De-villiers still hooks to the third
overall.
Gerard De Rooy continues to dominate the
Trucks category in his
Iveco,
Czech [Tatra] driver
Ales Loprais came 2nd fastest, while
Russian and
Kamaz driver
Karginov has finished third quickest.
De Rooy is still the rally leader,
Eduard Nikolaev second, and
Martin Kolomy third placed
overall.
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