stage 14 - Saturday 20 January 2007 | Tambacounda - Dakar
- Connection 124 km
- Special 225 km
- Connection 227 km
- Total 576 km
Special release
Death of Eric Aubijoux
Eric Aubijoux died while he was on his way to Dakar after the special of stage 14 between Tambacounda and Dakar.
Press Releases
Under control
The Tambacounda – Dakar stage had to be completed without trouble to thing about the final victory with a bit more certainly. Mission accomplished for Cyril Despres, who only timed 5th of the day, but will start at Lac Rose with a 36-minute lead over teammate David Casteu. The day’s special has been won by Brazilian Jean De Azevedo, who compensates for a...
Breaking news
17:43 - 301 vehicles made it through the day’s special stage
At 16h30 GMT, 133 bikes, 109 cars and 58 trucks had made it through the 14th special stage and were on their way to or had already arrived at the Dakar lock park, the finishing point of this 14th special stage. Only Belgian biker Ennio Cucurachi (Nr 88) and the Belgian truck of Roland Hoebeke (Nr 537) were still in the section of the day against the clock.
16:55 - truck - Summary of stage 14
16:53 - car - Summary of stage 14
16:49 - bike - Summary of stage 14
15:17 - truck - First stage victory for Jacquot
14:21 - truck - Jacquot in the lead at CP1
Portraits of the day
Jean De Azevedo (BRE - KTM Petrobras – winner) - 5
For the last day of the race, it was a hard stage. There were a lot of parallel trails and I had to pay close...
Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA – Mitsubishi – 11th) - 302
This was a very stressful stage because we only had 11’ lead and I knew they could be lost easily. Last year, I...
Philippe Jacquot (FRA - Man – Winner)
It was a nice, fast, exceptional stage but there were way too many trees. I started 7th. We drove in the dust. When...
Portraits of the day
bike
Alan Morel: "I’m better at it now..."
“It’s not a Dad’s Dakar anymore”, is a refrain that can be heard here and there at the bivouacs on this...
Standings
Standings
Video of the day
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