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BOOKINGS OPEN FOR GS TOURS: MERRIJIG THIS TUESDAY JAN 17th. Happy New Year from BMW Safari. Here’s to a year full of plenty of rides and motorcycle adventures. Bookings for our first GS Tour open this Tuesday, January 17th. We will be exploring the High Country of Victoria, commencing the ride in Merrijig and concluding […]
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Michael Metge thwarted all the navigational traps at the start of the stage to win in San Juan, 55 seconds ahead of Joan Barreda, but Sam Sunderland is even more comfortably installed as leader of the bike category. Focus With 449 km of special stage between Chilecito and San Juan as well as only two
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UPDATE: Toby Price has been cleared to return to Australia. He’s travelling with Rod Faggotter. A massive landslide caused by thunderstorms happened this morning at 10.30am on the road used to join the bivouac, 40km north of Jujuy, 160km away from Salta, hitting the village of Volcan. According to the Argentinian civil security, victims are
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With 1 hour and 10 minutes to make up on Sam Sunderland in the general standings, Joan Barreda has to hope for a miracle to win the Dakar, but he needs to start with winning special stages, as he did today in Salta. However, for Sébastien Loeb, his third stage success on the rally allowed
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Smith ran seventh in the stage. Provisional standings after Stage 7 SUNDERLAND, Sam (GBR) QUINTANILLA, Pablo (CHL) +17:45 VAN BEVEREN, Adrien (FRA) +22:16 FARRES, Guell Gerard (ESP) +28:36 WALKNER, Matthias (AUT) +34:17 DE SOULTRAT, Xavier (FRA) +38:33 RENET, Pierre Alexandre (FRA) +01hour:02m:37s GONÇALVES, Paulo (PRT) +01hour:05m:22 BARREDA BORT, Joan (ESP) +01hour:14m:47s DUPLESSIS, Diego Martin (ARG)
Dakar 2017: Stage 7. Great stage for Todd Smith. Read More »
Price was flown to La Paz Hospital in Bolivia in good spirits quickly after been treated by the Dakar Medical Team on the ground. The defending Dakar Rally champion has been diagnosed with a fractured left femur, which later x-rays showed to be broken in four places. Price is now in his 3rd day at
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UPDATE: Sam Sunderland took advantage of today’s day of rest to pay a visit to Toby Price Racing (who is looking better, by the way) at the hospital. We heartily applaud that! ??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9xdTHewCco From Rod Faggotter’s Facebook page: “Rest day here at Lapaz. Found some pics to share. Feeling pretty gutted not being able
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From Toby’s Facebook page: “Here is the aftermath of my crash during the Dakar Rally, breaking my femur into 4 pieces! Long road ahead once again but I will be back in no time. I can’t thank each and everyone of you enough for the kind words and support, it’s only going to speed up
Statement from Dakar officials: “Some competitors are still making their way through the special. Extreme weather conditions are preventing competitors and their vehicles from reaching the bivouac and preparing for tomorrow’s stage properly. Furthermore, the scouts sent by the organisers to reconnoitre tomorrow’s stage have reported the terrain is steadily deteriorating. As a result, stage 6
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