Stage 14 - Saturday 17 January 2009 | Cordoba > Buenos Aires
- Connection 224 km
- Special 227 km
- Connection 341 km
Press Releases
Coma wins like a conqueror, De Villiers finishes with panache
Those used to the Dakar in Africa might still have in mind the last special stage ’just for the fun of it’ on the banks of Lake Rose which was not more than 100km long. This one in the Santa Fé province towards Rosario, the birthplace of a certain Ernesto Guevara, was much more than a last easy hurdle. In the bike race, Marc Coma quietly offered a thrid title to...
Breaking news
17:53 - Car - HISTORIC VICTORY FOR DE VILLIERS AND VOLKSWAGEN!
Pending validation by the race stewarts, South-African driver Giniel De Villiers has won the 31st Dakar; it is his first success in the rally-raid but - more importantly - it is also the first victory for Volkswagen and for a diesel engine on teh world’s king of rally-raids. It is even a double victory for the German manufacturer as US driver Mark Miller (VW)...
17:47 - Bike - MARC COMA TAKE TWO!
17:43 - Truck - SECOND DAKAR VICTORY FOR KABIROV!
17:39 - Quad - A FIRST VICTORY FOR MACHCEK!
17:15 - Truck - Fifth stage victory for Kabirov!
16:44 - Truck - Kabirov is back in the lead
interviewdujour
Cyril Despres (Fra - KTM) - 001
It was a great finish just like a Tour de France finish on the Champs-Elysees. It was really fast; there were no...
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Giniel De Villiers (Afs - Volkswagen) - 305
"It’s just incredible. I never felt this way... I was so nervous in the last kilometers. I kept looking at how many...
Firdaus Kabirov (Rus - KAMAZ) - 506
Today there were no problems. It went very fast. It was trails only... a great route. We had to always stay at the...
Portrait of the day
Gossip
Cordoba, an audience into the Dakar… 100%
Hector, 61 years old, is electrician. He would not have missed this for the world. “It’s fantasticâ€, he says...
Portrait of a lady
SEVERINE THIBAUT
Séverine Thibaut – 36 years old – is a script girl for France Televisions on the Dakar, a race she is covering for...
Travel diary
parcours
Cordoba > Buenos Aires
The adventure began on La Pampa. After having explored two veritable nation-continents, the competitors will find a more familiar type of landscape. On long, rolling routes, concentration remains necessary. Those who arrive with a ranking in Buenos Aires will have achieved the most impressive loop ever undertaken in rally-raid. And they will remain forever first.
Public areas
On some special stages, special viewing areas are set aside for the public. Their location is communicated three days before the race passes by.
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