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The Gas Gas rider finished in 40th place to confirm her best classification in the Dakar Rally 2012.The only girl among the bikers, Laia faces the rest of the race without her backup and she is full of confidence in her own abilities.Laia Sanz has recovered well from the hard blow suffered by the Gas Gas team yesterday, when Marc Guasch had to quit the Dakar Rally due to a heavy fall which caused ...

Stage 9: Antofagasta – IquiqueRoad connection: 9 km  - Special Stage : 340 km – Special Stage : 90 km – Road connection : 126 km – Total : 565 kmAntofagasta – Iquique, a new stage of emotions for Dakar competitors that took the race track to Iquique, the duty free area of Chile, situated in the coast of the Pacific Ocean.The stage was again divided in two parts separated by a neutralized sect...

After a well-deserved rest day, competitors are back in the race with a long stage of more than 700 kilometers from Copiapó to Antofagasta. The bivouac installed in La Portada, in front of the Pacific Ocean and a soft breeze helps to calm down some souls heated by the issues at the start of the special stage in the desert.In fact, at kilometer 11, a swamp was formed after the passage of the openin...

With the Dakar Rally now at its halfway point, Laia Sanz weighs up her performance so far in this 2012 event. Last year’s Dakar Women’s Champion is the only woman still in the race, she holds 51st place in the provisional classification for motorbikes.-In the fourth stage you had a fall and injured your right hand. How is it now?-My hand is now fine. On the day of the fall I was really scared beca...

The reigning Dakar Women’s Champion comes to the rest day with her injured hand almost completely recovered. Her target now is to achieve a good position in the general. The relatively quiet day for the Dakar Rally competitors yesterday, due to the cancellation of the special time trial, was good for Laia Sanz. It was a relief for her hand, now much recovered from the injury she suffered when she...

Stage 7: Copiapó – Copiapó Road connection: 154 km – Special Stage: 143 km – Road connection: 57.72 km – Special Stage: 218 Km – Total : 574 km After yesterday´s long road connection, riders were glad to get back in the race. This first special stage in Chile was the loop around Copiapó, with two timed section separated by a neutralized section. To avoid the Camanchaca, the morning fog in the ...

STAGE 6: FIAMBALA – COPIAPO Road connection: 663 km – Total : 663 km SPECIAL STAGE FIAMBALA – COPIAPO CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS After two days, the news concerning the weather conditions over Paso San Francisco were bad: snow and temperatures below zero on top of the Andes, while the heat wave bordered 45 ° on the skirts… Yesterday, the Chilean authorities closed the summit of t...

Due to the bad weather continuing over the Andes Cordillera (rain and snow), the Chilean authorities were forced to close, for the night, the border at Paso de San Francisco, situated at 4700m. As a result, the stage six is cancelled For the 7th time, the Dakar is about to cross over the Andes, and because of very unfavourable conditions, added to the fact that the course has been hit by rain an...

"Each day is a hard Stage!", Camelia Liparoti shares her first five stages of the Dakar 2012 from the mythical bivouac of Fiambalá. The quad rider occupies the 10th position in the quads overall standings until this stage.The first stages of the Dakar 2012 in Argentina have been all difficult for Camelia Liparoti and for all other riders as well. 178 bikes and 30 quads took the start in ...

STAGE 5 : CHILECITO – FIAMBALA Road connection: 151 km – Special Stage: 189 km – Road connection : 79 km – Total : 416 km The rain of the previous days vanished the difficulties of the Dakar´s famous stage. The bikes did not to take the same itinerary with cars. They took a late start, at 9 a.m. and the timed section was shortened of 79 km before getting to the bivouac of Fiamba...