Stage 8 Bikes: Cyril Despres victorious, top 20 virtual result 13.01.2014: Dakar 2014 Stage 8 Salta Uyuni -Calama January 13th, 2014 13:59 Bikes: Big loss of time for Duclos at

Dakar 2014  Stage 8
Salta Uyuni -Calama
January 13th, 2014





13:59 Bikes: Big loss of time for Duclos at the finish

The French leader of the Sherco team has lost 34’49' in the day’s special. As a result, he leaves some breathing space for Jordi Viladoms and is now under the threat of Jeremias Israel Esquerre.



13:57 Bikes: Metge finishes sixth

The Frenchman has sneaked in between Olivier Pain and Riaan Van Nikierk in the provisional results with a sixth placed finish, 12’58' behind the day’s winner Cyril Despres.



13:52 Bikes: General standings top 3 unchanged

Finishing in eighth place behind Przygoski, Jordi Villadoms trailed in 13’40’’ behind the day’s winner. Third in the general standings, he should still benefit from the problems encountered by Alain Duclos and thus keep his place on the virtual podium, all the more so in light of the fact that Jeremias Israel Esquerre has finished with a similar time to the Spaniard.



13:49 Bikes: Finish: after the podium places

Portugal’s Helder Rodrigues has grabbed fourth place today, 6’44' behind the stage winner, beating fifth placed Olivier Pain, 10’46' his countryman Despres and South African Van Niekerk, once again well placed in sixth, 13’21' behind the day’s winner.



13:03 Bikes: Finish: Despres, Barreda, Coma

There has been no change over the final kilometres between the three leaders from the start on this eighth stage of the Dakar 2014: Cyril Despres (Yamaha) is victorious on this special, 2’10' ahead of Joan Barreda Bort (Honda) and 2’16' in front of Marc Coma, meaning very little changes for the leading Spanish duo in the bike general standings.



12:41 Bikes: Top 3 stable after 427 km

With the finishing line nearby, the leading trio is made up of Cyril Despres, Joan Barreda and Marc Coma. Whilst there is a gap of 2’11' between the Frenchman and the first of the two Spaniards, there are only 9' seconds between the Honda and the KTM.



11:42 Bikes: Behind the podium places at CP2

The first group of pursuers is made up of Olivier Pain in fifth place (6’00' behind the stage leader) followed by South African Van Niekerk (7’24' behind), Slovenian Stefan Svitko (8’03' behind) and Frenchman (8’43' behind Despres).


Also in this group, Jordi Villadoms, third in the general standings, trials the leader by 8’57', whilst his nearest pursuer in the general standings, Alain Duclos, trails the stage leader by more than a half hour for the moment, after having suffered technical problems it would seem.



11:36 Bikes: Leading trio unchanged after 298 km

The Yamaha of Cyril Despres is still in the lead with a time of 3:55’42'. The Frenchman boasts a lead of 2’14' over Marc Coma and 2’18' over Joan Barreda. The gaps have not changed much over the stage as we enter the last third of the bike and quad special.



10:54 Bikes: Despres leads after 250 km at CP2

Frenchman Cyril Despres (Yamaha) is still in command of the stage after 250 km, even if he now only leads Spaniard Joan Barreda Bort (Honda) by 2’11’’. In third, Marc Coma (KTM) is only 6 seconds behind his countryman.



BIKES Top 20 virtual standings stage 8

1    001    DESPRES (FRA)    YAMAHA    005:23:20        00:00:00
2    003    BARREDA BORT (ESP)    HONDA    005:25:29    00:02:09    00:00:00
3    002    COMA (ESP)    KTM    005:25:35    00:02:15    00:00:00
4    007    RODRIGUES (PRT)    HONDA    005:29:58    00:06:38    00:00:00
5    006    PAIN (FRA)    YAMAHA    005:34:00    00:10:40    00:00:00
6    017    METGE (FRA)    YAMAHA    005:36:18    00:12:58    00:00:00
7    030    VAN NIEKERK (ZAF)    KTM    005:36:35    00:13:15    00:00:00
8    026    GOUET (CHL)    HONDA    005:36:43    00:13:23    00:00:00
9    015    PRZYGONSKI (POL)    KTM    005:36:49    00:13:29    00:00:00
10    004    VILADOMS (ESP)    KTM    005:36:54    00:13:34    00:00:00
11    019    SVITKO (SVK)    KTM    005:37:37    00:14:17    00:00:00
12    023    PEDRERO GARCIA (ESP)    SHERCO    005:37:39    00:14:19    00:00:00
13    038    ISRAEL ESQUERRE (CHL)    SPEEDBRAIN    005:38:11    00:14:51    00:00:00
14    016    JAKES (SVK)    KTM    005:41:11    00:17:51    00:00:00
15    050    SANZ (ESP)    HONDA    005:44:30    00:21:10    00:00:00
16    036    PATRAO (PRT)    SUZUKI    005:47:27    00:24:07    00:00:00
17    027    GUASCH (ESP)    GAS - GAS    005:49:20    00:26:00    00:00:00
18    014    PIZZOLITO (ARG)    HONDA    005:50:25    00:27:05    00:00:00
19    009    CASTEU (FRA)    KTM    005:50:34    00:27:14    00:00:00
20    040    SALVATIERRA (BOL)    SPEEDBRAIN    005:55:29    00:32:09    00:00:00


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