Dakar – Dakar moto 2013 – Stage 11: and two for Caselli –

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Dakar moto 2013 – Stage 11: and two for Caselli

Dakar - Dakar moto 2013 - Stage 11: and two for Caselli -

The American Kurt Caselli claimed his second victory yesterday during the eleventh stage of the 2013 Dakar motorcycle. Marc Coma’s replacement in the official KTM team precedes Gonçalves and Despres who consolidate their leadership position overall.

The American Kurt Caselli offered his second victory yesterday during the eleventh stage of the. Marc Coma’s replacement in the official KTM team precedes Gonçalves and Despres who consolidate their leadership position overall.

The heart of the world !

Shortened by 30 km due to bad weather conditions in Argentina in recent days, this eleventh stage drawn between La Rioja and Fiambala had 262 km of liaison and 221 km of timed special..

Extremely fast on the wet sand portions, Kurt Caselli has shown that he does not replace Coma by chance: "Special K" has "flown" on the handlebars of his factory Katoche and signs his second victory in the Dakar, after the one obtained to the seventh special (read our).

"The start of the stage was really difficult: with the rocks and the rain, the guys in front of me had to slow down a bit, and I caught up with them", says Caselli who finished the stage 4min45 ahead. on the Husqvarna de Gonçalves and 6min24 on the KTM de Despres.

"At the start of the rally I had problems with the navigation, and I lost a lot of time for missing way-points, but I’m learning every day", confesses the winner of the day.

A little lost at the start of the special, Cyril Despres blamed the blow as he tried to keep pace with Caselli: between the pressure due to his status as favorite and the difficult conditions of this special, the Frenchman struggled and never did not try to hide it on arrival.

"I am more tired today in 190 kilometers than the day before yesterday with more than 800 km", assures the n ° 1. "There was a storm in the dunes, it started to rain, it was not easy to navigate. We fell into streams full of mud, full of water, it reminded me of bad memories of last year (where he got stuck in a muddy rio for a long time, Editor’s note) ".

"Fiambala is really the hole of … the world!", Loose the tricolor. “We spent some time in the water, walking next to the bike. Today, everyone was pretty calm, but I knew it would be complicated. (…). There has been a very big pace since then. that Kurt passed me. Maybe that’s why I’m a little tired! ".

Despite the difficulties encountered, Cyril Despres consolidated his first place in the provisional general classification, with 13min16 ahead of his water carrier, Ruben Faria, and 18min08 on "Chaleco" Lopez. The Chilean finishes the day in fifth position, after having "gardened" at the end of the special.

Finally, the winner of the special the day before yesterday, Joan Barreda, injured his shoulder after a heavy fall 50 km from the finish. The Husqvarna rider was not sure whether he would be able to start the 12th special this morning: stay tuned !

Video summary of stage 11 of the Dakar 2013 (motorbike from 1min08)

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Results and classification of stage 11 of the Dakar motorcycle 2013

  1.  29 CASELLI (USA) KTM 02:55:01 – –
  2.  20 GONÇALVES (PRT) HUSQVARNA 02:59:46 00:04:45 –
  3.  1 DESPRES (FRA) KTM 03:01:25 00:06:24 –
  4.  12 PEDRERO (ESP) KTM 03:05:19 00:10:18 –
  5.  7 LOPEZ (CHL) KTM 03:05:52 00:10:51 –
  6.  5 BARREDA BORT (ESP) HUSQVARNA 03:06:10 00:11:09 –
  7.  17 BOTTURI (ITA) HUSQVARNA 03:06:32 00:11:31 –
  8.  32 JAKES (SVK) KTM 03:06:37 00:11:36 –
  9.  14 DUCLOS (FRA) SHERCO 03:07:22 00:12:21 –
  10.  11 FARIA (PRT) KTM 03:13:04 00:18:03 –
  11.  15 VERHOEVEN (NLD) YAMAHA 03:16:17 00:21:16 –
  12.  57 GRABHAM (AUS) KTM 03:16:19 00:21:18 –
  13.  50 SALVATIERRA (BOL) HONDA 03:21:18 00:26:17 –
  14.  9 PAIN (FRA) YAMAHA 03:21:35 00:26:34 –
  15.  18 PRZYGONSKI (POL) KTM 03:23:42 00:28:41 –
  16.  123 FAGGOTTER (AUS) YAMAHA 03:26:30 00:31:29 –
  17.  82 GUINDANI (FRA) YAMAHA 03:27:21 00:32:20 –
  18.  27 KNUIMAN (NLD) KTM 03:29:06 00:34:05 –
  19.  40 VAN NIEKERK (ZAF) KTM 03:30:10 00:35:09 –
  20.  131 STRANGE (AUS) HONDA 03:30:15 00:35:14 –
  21.  30 PIZZOLITO (ARG) HONDA 03:31:30 00:36:29 –
  22.  39 FISH (AUS) HUQSVARNA 03:32:45 00:37:44 –
  23.  156 SMITH (AUS) HONDA 03:33:00 00:37:59 –
  24.  49 RODRÍGUEZ (ARG) HONDA 03:36:14 00:41:13 –
  25.  36 SANZ (ESP) GAS – GAS 03:37:25 00:42:24 –
  26.  147 VAN PELT (NLD) HONDA 03:40:30 00:45:29 –
  27.  34 METGE (FRA) YAMAHA 03:41:46 00:46:45 –
  28.  8 ULLEVALSETER (NOR) KTM 03:42:05 00:47:04 –
  29.  119 DESPONTIN (BEL) KTM 03:43:25 00:48:24 –
  30.  3 RODRIGUES (PRT) HONDA 03:43:30 00:48:29 –
  31.  38 ZANOTTI (ITA) TM 03:43:49 00:48:48 –
  32.  26 GOUËT (CHL) HONDA 03:44:25 00:49:24 –
  33.  35 BERGLUND (SWE) HUSABERG 03:45:19 00:50:18 –
  34.  70 DEMELCHORI (ARG) KAWASAKI 03:45:43 00:50:42 –
  35.  103 PATRAO (PRT) SUZUKI 03:46:31 00:51:30 –
  36.  33 CAMPBELL (USA) HONDA 03:47:53 00:52:52 –
  37.  19 CZACHOR (POL) KTM 03:48:10 00:53:09 –
  38.  43 WATT (GBR) KTM 03:48:33 00:53:32 –
  39.  44 BIANCHI PRATA (PRT) HUSQVARNA 03:52:30 00:57:29 –
  40.  41 PROHENS (CHL) HONDA 03:53:16 00:58:15 –
  41.  143 SMITH (CHL) KTM 03:55:20 01:00:19 –
  42.  52 RIOS (PER) KTM 03:55:43 01:00:42 –
  43.  148 VAN GERVEN (NLD) KTM 03:57:28 01:02:27 –
  44.  83 VAN GINKEL (NLD) KTM 03:57:35 01:02:34 –
  45.  72 PASCUAL (ARG) JINCHENG 03:57:37 01:02:36 –
  46.  87 SOUVIGNET (FRA) YAMAHA 03:58:07 01:03:06 –
  47.  162 FORMAN (GBR) KTM 03:58:39 01:03:38 –
  48.  115 BOLLERO (ARG) KTM 03:58:44 01:03:43 –
  49.  192 VAN GEEL (NLD) KTM 03:59:38 01:04:37 –
  50.  89 CUMMINGS (ZAF) HONDA 03:59:59 01:04:58

Provisional general classification of the Dakar motorcycle 2013

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