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Dakar moto 2014 – Stage 8: Despres in tuning fork (s)

Dakar - Dakar moto 2014 - Stage 8: Despres in tuning fork (s) -

Cyril Despres claimed his first victory on the 2014 Dakar motorcycle riding his Yamaha during the eighth stage. The French won by a short header ahead of Barreda and Coma, who remain firmly attached to the reins of the general classification.

Cyril Despres offered his first victory on the handlebars of his during the eighth stage. The French won by a short header ahead of Barreda and Coma, who remain firmly attached to the reins of the general classification.

From salt to mud…

Originally, the eighth stage should offer bikers a pure, fairly fast driving sequence on the banks of the Salar d’Uyni (Bolivia), the largest salt desert in the world – which, we remember, has already been crossed twice on MNC: in 2009 by, then in 2013 by. Unfortunately, the heavy rains of recent days have turned some areas of this extremely arid region into a veritable quagmire, forcing the organizers to modify the route once again..

The Dakar criticized by Chilean archaeologists

At each edition, the Dakar receives criticism focused on its impact on the environment. A fairly logical situation insofar as the passage of more than 400 competitors (motorcycles, trucks, cars and quads included) through wild landscapes – thus preserved – is enough to cringe.

However, the sound of the bell is slightly different on the side of Chile, where environmentalists but also archaeologists have indicated that the Dakar would cause considerable damage to priceless archaeological sites..

"More than 200 sites (including ancient geoglyphs, large symbolic drawings on the ground, Editor’s note) were damaged by this car rally, and it is not us who are saying it but official documents from the Chilean State" , they indicate that the first competitors arrived in Chile on Monday evening.

During the first hundred kilometers, the competitors (not to say "the survivors", so selective is this 2014 edition!) Therefore had to follow a single track in the mud instead of going full throttle on banks covered with salt. A constraint they would have done well without, especially as their tires – already worn by the stage of the day before – were not intended for that…

Little slowed down by this first enduro-style portion, Cyril Despres then gradually took off ahead of the Honda of Joan Barreda Bort and the KTM of Marc Coma. Despite his huge delay at the top of the standings (2h24), the Yamaha rider gave everything to sign his .

Still suffering from a sore throat triggered on Sunday during passages at very high altitude in Bolivia, Marc Coma preferred to secure his third place in the wake of his rival in the general, Joan Barreda Bort. At this stage, let us note the incredible homogeneity in terms of piloting between the three men: after 5h25 of race, Despres, Barreda and Coma reached the finish in Chile with only 2min15 of difference. !

Duclos struggles and Casteu struggles … the collarbone !

The French drivers Olivier Pain and Michael Metge (the young water carrier of Despres) offer Yamaha 5th and 6th places, while Jordi Viladoms is content with a tenth position which allows him to easily keep his third place behind Coma and Barreda to the general. A time in the fight with Alain Duclos for the last step of the podium, the water carrier of Marc Coma still regains a little field following the new setbacks of the Franco-Malian…

Victim of technical problems in his Sherco at the start of the special, Duclos lost 35 precious minutes isolating and repairing the fault. Certainly, the n ° 22 retains his fourth place, but he is now 21min47 behind Viladoms and 1h49 behind the leader..

Finally, a great lesson in courage and "tightening the teeth" from the Frenchman David Casteu, who finished eleventh in this long stage (over 450 km) with … a fractured collarbone !

Tough on the evil, the KTM rider runs with a very tight bandage on the collarbone to avoid aggravating his injury. This does not prevent him from sending big gas and offering jumps of several meters long at high speed !

Video summary of stage 8 of Dakar 2014

Top 60 of stage 8 of the Dakar motorcycle 2014

  1. DESPRES (FRA) YAMAHA 05:23:20 – –
  2. BARREDA BORT (ESP) HONDA 05:25:29 00:02:09 –
  3. COMA (ESP) KTM 05:25:35 00:02:15 –
  4. RODRIGUES (PRT) HONDA 05:29:58 00:06:38 –
  5. PAIN (FRA) YAMAHA 05:34:00 00:10:40 –
  6. METGE (FRA) YAMAHA 05:36:18 00:12:58 –
  7. VAN NIEKERK (ZAF) KTM 05:36:35 00:13:15 –
  8. GOUET (CHL) HONDA 05:36:43 00:13:23 –
  9. PRZYGONSKI (POL) KTM 05:36:49 00:13:29 –
  10. VILADOMS (ESP) KTM 05:36:54 00:13:34 –
  11. SVITKO (SVK) KTM 05:37:37 00:14:17 –
  12. PEDRERO GARCIA (ESP) SHERCO 05:37:39 00:14:19 –
  13. ISRAEL ESQUERRE (CHL) SPEEDBRAIN 05:38:11 00:14:51 –
  14. JAKES (SVK) KTM 05:41:11 00:17:51 –
  15. SANZ (ESP) HONDA 05:44:30 00:21:10 –
  16. PATRAO (PRT) SUZUKI 05:48:27 00:25:07 00:01:00
  17. GUASCH (ESP) GAS – GAS 05:49:20 00:26:00 –
  18. PIZZOLITO (ARG) HONDA 05:50:25 00:27:05 –
  19. CASTEU (FRA) KTM 05:50:34 00:27:14 –
  20. SALVATIERRA (BOL) SPEEDBRAIN 05:55:29 00:32:09 –
  21. VOGELS (NLD) KTM 05:56:12 00:32:52 –
  22. PAYEN (FRA) YAMAHA 05:56:58 00:33:38 –
  23. DUCLOS (FRA) SHERCO 05:58:09 00:34:49 –
  24. KNUIMAN (NLD) KTM 05:58:38 00:35:18 –
  25. CABRERA (CHL) KAWASAKI 05:58:55 00:35:35 –
  26. THIS (ITA) SPEEDBRAIN 05:59:07 00:35:47 –
  27. DIENER (AUS) YAMAHA 05:59:17 00:35:57 –
  28. DE SOULTRAIT (FRA) YAMAHA 05:59:20 00:36:00 –
  29. CUMMINGS (ZAF) KTM 06:00:36 00:37:16 –
  30. CARDONA VAGNONI (FRI) YAMAHA 06:01:13 00:37:53 –
  31. PABISKA (CZE) KTM 06:02:26 00:39:06 –
  32. RODRIGUEZ (CHL) HONDA 06:02:28 00:39:08 –
  33. ARANA COBEAGA (ESP) YAMAHA 06:02:54 00:39:34 –
  34. OLIVERAS CARRERAS (ESP) GAS – GAS 06:03:54 00:40:34 –
  35. ROBERTS (AUS) KTM 06:04:53 00:41:33 –
  36. VAN PELT (NLD) HONDA 06:04:54 00:41:34 –
  37. OLIVEIRA (PRT) SPEEDBRAIN 06:05:19 00:41:59 –
  38. NASER COLOMBO (CHL) KTM 06:06:58 00:43:38 –
  39. STANOVNIK (SVN) KTM 06:07:46 00:44:26 –
  40. TRIISA (EST) HONDA 06:08:34 00:45:14 –
  41. O’CONNOR (AUS) KTM 06:11:50 00:48:30 –
  42. OLIVEIRA (PRT) HUSQVARNA 06:12:32 00:49:12 –
  43. PROHENS (CHL) YAMAHA 06:15:30 00:52:10 –
  44. BIANCHI PRATA (PRT) HUSQVARNA 06:15:54 00:52:34 –
  45. DA COSTA (FRA) YAMAHA 06:18:37 00:55:17 –
  46. PROHENS (CHL) YAMAHA 06:23:39 01:00:19 –
  47. ARREDONDO (GTM) KTM 06:23:55 01:00:35 –
  48. RODRIGUEZ (ARG) HONDA 06:24:43 01:01:23 –
  49. BONY (FRA) KTM 06:25:52 01:02:32 –
  50. DEMELCHORI (ARG) KAWASAKI 06:29:12 01:05:52 –
  51. GOUNON (FRA) KTM 06:29:20 01:06:00 –
  52. SAGHMEISTER (SRB) KTM 06:31:03 01:07:43 –
  53. ONTIVEROS (ARG) YAMAHA 06:32:17 01:08:57 –
  54. NIJEN TWILHAAR (NLD) KTM 06:36:23 01:13:03 –
  55. CROQUELOIS (FRA) YAMAHA 06:37:17 01:13:57 –
  56. ERRAZURIZ (CHL) SHERCO 06:38:30 01:15:10 –
  57. DAMDINKHORLOO (MNG) KTM 06:43:23 01:20:03 –
  58. VALLE (MEX) KTM 06:43:47 01:20:27 –
  59. REINIKE (CHL) KTM 06:44:27 01:21:07 –
  60. MEERU (EST) HONDA 06:45:17 01:21:57 00:03:00

General classification of the Dakar motorcycle 2014 after stage 8

  1. COMA (ESP) KTM 32:06:19 – –
  2. BARREDA BORT (ESP) HONDA 32:44:57 00:38:38 00:00:30
  3. VILADOMS (ESP) KTM 33:33:41 01:27:22 –
  4. DUCLOS (FRA) SHERCO 33:55:28 01:49:09 –
  5. ISRAEL ESQUERRE (CHL) SPEEDBRAIN 33:58:24 01:52:05 –
  6. PAIN (FRA) YAMAHA 34:05:26 01:59:07 00:15:00
  7. PRZYGONSKI (POL) KTM 34:12:25 02:06:06 –
  8. RODRIGUES (PRT) HONDA 34:19:00 02:12:41 –
  9. DESPRES (FRA) YAMAHA 34:30:47 02:24:28 01:00:30
  10. GOUET (CHL) HONDA 34:46:40 02:40:21 00:01:30
  11. CASTEU (FRA) KTM 34:55:38 02:49:19 00:00:30
  12. SVITKO (SVK) KTM 35:25:39 03:19:20 01:00:00
  13. VAN NIEKERK (ZAF) KTM 35:48:38 03:42:19 –
  14. JAKES (SVK) KTM 35:58:20 03:52:01 01:00:00
  15. METGE (FRA) YAMAHA 36:00:07 03:53:48 00:13:00
  16. SALVATIERRA (BOL) SPEEDBRAIN 36:25:18 04:18:59 –
  17. SANZ (ESP) HONDA 37:00:48 04:54:29 01:00:00
  18. KNUIMAN (NLD) KTM 37:01:15 04:54:56 –
  19. CARDONA VAGNONI (FRI) YAMAHA 37:02:32 04:56:13 00:05:00
  20. PABISKA (CZE) KTM 37:26:51 05:20:32 –
  21. RODRIGUEZ (CHL) HONDA 38:10:31 06:04:12 –
  22. VAN PELT (NLD) HONDA 38:36:05 06:29:46 –
  23. VOGELS (NLD) KTM 38:39:01 06:32:42 –
  24. OLIVEIRA (PRT) SPEEDBRAIN 38:44:32 06:38:13 –
  25. THIS (ITA) SPEEDBRAIN 38:46:39 06:40:20 00:15:00
  26. BIANCHI PRATA (PRT) HUSQVARNA 39:02:03 06:55:44 00:05:00
  27. GUASCH (ESP) GAS – GAS 39:02:14 06:55:55 00:01:00
  28. STANOVNIK (SVN) KTM 39:42:08 07:35:49 –
  29. PEDRERO GARCIA (ESP) SHERCO 39:42:56 07:36:37 00:40:00
  30. PROHENS (CHL) YAMAHA 39:43:16 07:36:57 00:00:30
  31. CUMMINGS (ZAF) KTM 39:49:39 07:43:20 00:00:30
  32. DE SOULTRAIT (FRA) YAMAHA 40:09:40 08:03:21 01:00:00
  33. ARANA COBEAGA (ESP) YAMAHA 40:17:31 08:11:12 00:17:00
  34. PATRAO (PRT) SUZUKI 40:18:01 08:11:42 02:01:00
  35. OLIVERAS CARRERAS (ESP) GAS – GAS 40:33:06 08:26:47 01:00:00
  36. PIZZOLITO (ARG) HONDA 40:43:03 08:36:44 02:00:00
  37. RODRIGUEZ (ARG) HONDA 40:52:55 08:46:36 01:15:00
  38. NASER COLOMBO (CHL) KTM 40:54:26 08:48:07 01:00:00
  39. PAYEN (FRA) YAMAHA 41:25:32 09:19:13 02:00:00
  40. DEMELCHORI (ARG) KAWASAKI 41:32:47 09:26:28 –
  41. ONTIVEROS (ARG) YAMAHA 41:42:05 09:35:46 01:01:00
  42. GOUNON (FRA) KTM 41:52:54 09:46:35 –
  43. O’CONNOR (AUS) KTM 42:06:47 10:00:28 01:00:00
  44. ROBERTS (AUS) KTM 42:37:42 10:31:23 01:01:00
  45. CABRERA (CHL) KAWASAKI 42:42:43 10:36:24 02:36:00
  46. MEERU (EST) HONDA 42:50:45 10:44:26 01:18:00
  47. LAZARD (URY) KTM 43:24:56 11:18:37 –
  48. ARREDONDO (GTM) KTM 43:27:19 11:21:00 01:00:00
  49. DA COSTA (FRA) YAMAHA 43:32:04 11:25:45 02:00:00
  50. NIJEN TWILHAAR (NLD) KTM 43:48:01 11:41:42 –
  51. HEINRICH (PER) HONDA 43:49:35 11:43:16 00:15:00
  52. SAGHMEISTER (SRB) KTM 44:14:08 12:07:49 00:01:00
  53. DIENER (AUS) YAMAHA 44:34:53 12:28:34 03:00:00
  54. TRACCAN (FRA) HONDA 45:27:46 13:21:27 01:15:00
  55. SARMIENTO CERON (COL) YAMAHA 45:36:49 13:30:30 01:01:30
  56. PROHENS (CHL) YAMAHA 45:39:20 13:33:01 01:00:00
  57. DESI (HUN) KTM 46:04:45 13:58:26 01:12:30
  58. CROQUELOIS (FRA) YAMAHA 47:04:33 14:58:14 01:00:30
  59. ERRAZURIZ (CHL) SHERCO 47:09:33 15:03:14 01:35:00
  60. PENATE MUNOZ (ESP) KTM 47:31:36 15:25:17 01:00:00
  61. GRACIDA GARZA (MEX) HONDA 48:39:40 16:33:21 03:15:00
  62. DEL ZOTTO (ARG) GAS – GAS 49:49:00 17:42:41 02:15:00
  63. TRIISA (EST) HONDA 49:56:49 17:50:30 02:15:00
  64. REINIKE (CHL) KTM 51:06:21 19:00:02 02:00:00
  65. DAMDINKHORLOO (MNG) KTM 51:25:20 19:19:01 03:00:00
  66. GUZMAN BLANCO (CHL) KTM 51:28:04 19:21:45 03:02:00
  67. URQUIA (ARG) YAMAHA 51:43:01 19:36:42 03:00:00
  68. VALLE (MEX) KTM 53:03:59 20:57:40 04:00:00
  69. OLIVEIRA (PRT) HUSQVARNA 54:01:16 21:54:57 02:15:00
  70. DE GROOT (NLD) HONDA 54:03:55 21:57:36 03:00:00
  71. CID DE LA PAZ (ARG) YAMAHA 54:25:20 22:19:01 03:00:00
  72. VELLUTINO (PER) KTM 54:33:10 22:26:51 03:15:00
  73. HAMARD (FRA) KTM 55:04:12 22:57:53 01:00:00
  74. ESPINASSE (FRA) KTM 56:18:59 24:12:40 04:40:00
  75. BONY (FRA) KTM 56:20:58 24:14:39 05:11:30
  76. BATALLA (ESP) GAS – GAS 56:22:27 24:16:08 03:00:00
  77. HOYOS LLACH (COL) HONDA 57:28:50 25:22:31 02:00:00
  78. PUERTAS HERRERA (ESP) GAS – GAS 58:48:27 26:42:08 03:00:00
  79. QUIROGA (ARG) YAMAHA 61:17:36 29:11:17 02:02:00
  80. JOHNSON (USA) HONDA 63:36:27 31:30:08 04:20:00
  81. VIGLIO (ITA) BETA 65:48:08 33:41:49 07:15:00
  82. CHIVITE RUIZ (ESP) YAMAHA 68:53:58 36:47:39 05:16:00
  83. GUYOMARC’H (FRA) YAMAHA 86:40:28 54:34:09 07:00:00

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