BIKES Dakar final stage standings WP3, news 17.01.2015: Special Bikes Start 07:20 Connection 77km Special stage 174km

Special        Bikes   
Start        07:20   
Connection    77km   
Special stage    174km   



Number of participants

from start    79   
have left    79   
WP3        54   
at arrival   




     BIKES Dakar final stage   WP3 classification
 
        1    021    JAKES (SVK)    KTM    000:52:11        00:00:00
        2    018    SVITKO (SVK)    KTM    000:52:57    00:00:46    00:00:00
        3    044    DE SOULTRAIT (FRA)    YAMAHA    000:58:04    00:05:53    00:00:00
        4    029    SANZ PLA-GIRIBERT (ESP)    HONDA    001:00:09    00:07:58    00:00:00
        5    003    PAIN (FRA)    YAMAHA    001:00:16    00:08:05    00:00:00
        6    009    CASTEU (FRA)    KTM    001:00:30    00:08:19    00:00:00
        7    049    GYENES (ROU)    KTM    001:00:48    00:08:37    00:00:00
        8    032    CECI (ITA)    KTM    001:01:33    00:09:22    00:00:00
        9    038    BERGLUND (SWE)    KTM    001:02:04    00:09:53    00:00:00
        10    022    PIZZOLITO (ARG)    HONDA    001:03:01    00:10:50    00:00:00
        11    079    ARANA COBEAGA (ESP)    YAMAHA    001:03:19    00:11:08    00:00:00
        12    160    KLYMCIW (CZE)    KTM    001:04:22    00:12:11    00:00:00
        13    034    PABISKA (CZE)    KTM    001:07:24    00:15:13    00:00:00
        14    045    DA COSTA (FRA)    YAMAHA    001:07:40    00:15:29    00:00:00
        15    024    DE AZEVEDO (BRA)    HONDA    001:08:36    00:16:25    00:00:00
        16    065    VAN DEN GOORBERGH (NLD)    KTM    001:09:54    00:17:43    00:00:00
        17    057    LAZARD (URY)    KTM    001:11:05    00:18:54    00:00:00
        18    151    ENGEL (CZE)    KTM    001:12:30    00:20:19    00:00:00
        19    060    CABRERA (CHL)    KAWASAKI    001:13:05    00:20:54    00:00:00
        20    161    LOPEZ JOVE (ARG)    KAWASAKI    001:13:21    00:21:10    00:00:00
        21    037    VOGELS (NLD)    KTM    001:14:54    00:22:43    00:00:00
        22    063    CARILLON (FRA)    KTM    001:16:08    00:23:57    00:00:00
        23    083    DAMDINKHORLOO (MNG)    KTM    001:17:26    00:25:15    00:00:00
        24    092    TORO (COL)    KAWASAKI    001:17:39    00:25:28    00:00:00
        25    015    VERHOEVEN (NLD)    YAMAHA    001:17:51    00:25:40    00:00:00
        26    051    MEERU (EST)    HONDA    001:19:10    00:26:59    00:00:00
        27    046    GOMEZ (ARG)    YAMAHA    001:19:55    00:27:44    00:00:00
        28    128    FERNANDEZ MENDEZ (ESP)    KTM    001:20:16    00:28:05    00:00:00
        29    127    FERNANDEZ (ESP)    KTM    001:20:18    00:28:07    00:00:00
        30    054    ARREDONDO (GTM)    KTM    001:20:21    00:28:10    00:00:00
        31    081    FUENTES (BOL)    KTM    001:21:21    00:29:10    00:00:00
        32    068    VESELY (CZE)    KTM    001:21:38    00:29:27    00:00:00
        33    126    VAN HEERTUM (NLD)    KTM    001:22:07    00:29:56    00:00:00
        34    103    REEVE (ZMB)    KTM    001:23:06    00:30:55    00:00:00
        35    014    DUCLOS (FRA)    SHERCO TVS    001:24:53    00:32:42    00:00:00
        36    061    ONTIVEROS (ARG)    BETA    001:25:15    00:33:04    00:00:00
        37    025    PLANET (FRA)    SHERCO TVS    001:25:20    00:33:09    00:00:00
        38    035    STANOVNIK (SVN)    KTM    001:25:38    00:33:27    00:00:00
        39    113    BRIOSCHI (ITA)    KTM    001:25:39    00:33:28    00:00:00
        40    059    CHUNCHUNGUPPE SHIVASHANKAR (IND)    KTM    001:26:02    00:33:51    00:00:00
        41    107    TOIA (ITA)    KTM    001:26:13    00:34:02    00:00:00
        42    091    HEILENKOTTER (CHL)    HUQSVARNA    001:26:50    00:34:39    00:00:00
        43    138    SCHELLEKENS (NLD)    KTM    001:27:30    00:35:19    00:00:00
        44    144    UDRY (CHE)    KTM    001:27:58    00:35:47    00:00:00
        45    073    ERRÁZURIZ (CHL)    HUQSVARNA    001:28:50    00:36:39    00:00:00
        46    098    GULDMAN GONZALEZ (CHL)    KAWASAKI    001:29:05    00:36:54    00:00:00
        47    118    AMESPIL (ARG)    YAMAHA    001:30:44    00:38:33    00:00:00
        48    117    CHINBATAAR (MNG)    KTM    001:31:06    00:38:55    00:00:00
        49    156    SENKALAYCI (TUR)    KTM    001:33:39    00:41:28    00:00:00
        50    167    RIEZEBOS (NLD)    KTM    001:34:49    00:42:38    00:00:00
        51    096    ROMERO FONT (ESP)    KTM    001:38:24    00:46:13    00:00:00
        52    097    GIMENO GARCÍA (ESP)    KTM    001:38:47    00:46:36    00:00:00
        53    165    OZDEMIR (TUR)    KTM    001:40:14    00:48:03    00:00:00
        54    153    PETRONE (ARG)    YAMAHA    001:47:14    00:55:03    00:00:00




08:52 Bikes: The race stops at CP2!

It's raining cats and dogs right now, making the course extremely slippery and dangerous, so the organisers have decided to stop the motorcycle race at CP2, 101 km into today's special. Most riders have reached this point, with the top riders in the general classification further back.


08:50 Bikes: Jakes leads at CP1

Ivan Jakes is on a good streak and has clocked the fastest time at CP1. The Slovak was 7 seconds faster than Laia Sanz and 10 seconds quicker than Olivier Pain.


08:23 Bikes: Caution, slippery floor

The rain has made a great part of today's stage very slippery. As a result, motorcycle riders have grouped together and are riding slowly in procession. The general classification leaders will soon take the start.


08:14 Bikes: Rodrigues and Barreda waiting for Gonçalves

Joan Barreda and Hélder Rodrigues have also been at a standstill near the start of the special for quite a while. They're waiting for Paulo Gonçalves in order to escort the Honda rider and assist him should he run into trouble in today's final stage.


08:07 Bikes: Przygonski working on his motorcycle

KTM rider Jakub Przygonski's run into trouble just two kilometres into today's special after suffering a mechanical. The Pole, sitting 18th overall, just wants to make it to the finish now.



07:56 Bikes: State of play at CP1

 The first twenty riders have gone through CP1, painting an unusual picture due to the reverse start order. Laurent Lazard holds the fastest time at 34 km ahead of Melchior van Heertum.



07:34 Bikes: Start in reverse order

Anar Chinbataar is the first rider to start the 174 km final special of the rally. The Mongol is dead last in the general classification, but he'll have the honour of opening the way in today's stage, in which the start is given according to the general classification in reverse order.


 07:22 Bikes: Malles-Moto still in the race

Seven riders are still in the race in the Malles-Moto category. These amateurs take part in the Dakar 'the old-fashioned way', without any assistance throughout the 9,308 km rally. Thomas Berglund leads the category with one day to go and sits in a fantastic 23rd place overall.


16:53 : The final straight

With a lead of 17 minutes over Paulo Gonçalves, Marc Coma will be chiefly focused on avoiding mistakes on the 174 km special that remains on the Dakar 2015 after more than 9,000 km covered. A fifth outright victory on the Dakar awaits the KTM rider, bringing him level with the amount won by Cyril Despres when riding for the same Austrian constructor.


 In the car race, Nasser Al-Attiyah boasts a lead of 35 minutes over second placed Giniel de Villiers and therefore, if he manages to avoid mechanical problems, should claim a second title on the Dakar this evening.


16:49 : Stage 13: Rosario – Buenos Aires

None of the riders and drivers on the Dakar will consider victory a foregone conclusion until they have completed this final day, not without reason, since each year at least one vehicle exits the race on the final stage.


 On the fast tracks included in the programme for the special, caution will have to be exercised, even by those who do not have a position to defend, because for everybody the podium and finishing ceremony that awaits the giants of the 2015 edition at the Technopolis site in Buenos Aires will be the big thrill that they have come to the continent to seek.

- ASO also photo