Team Dessoude Dakar Etape 9 - Calama / Iquique

Team Dessoude Dakar Etape 9 - Calama / Iquique

15.01.2014: Liaison : 29 km - ES : 422 km (14/01/2014)

Liaison : 29 km - ES : 422 km (14/01/2014)




Le Pacifique en ligne de mire …



Au terme de cette 9ème étape, l’océan Pacifique était en ligne de mire…enfin ! La course a atteint aujourd’hui l’extrémité nord de son tracé en rejoignant Iquique. Mais il a fallu lutter pour rejoindre ce bivouac en franchissant notamment les dunes de l’Atacama après une première partie au relief cassant.


En fin de spéciale, la célèbre descente sur Iquique, qui s’étend sur trois kilomètres pour un dénivelé moyen dépassant les 30%, a donné le frisson aux rescapés de cette 36ème édition. Ce matin, ils étaient 81 à s’élancer sur cette spéciale de 422 km après une courte liaison.


Dans le team Dessoude, Jean-Pierre Strugo et Bruno Cattarelli manquaient à l’appel, contraints à l’abandon hier sur casse moteur. C’est donc à Frédéric Chavigny et Guy Leneveu sur le Proto Atacama et Yves Tartarin accompagné de Stéphane Duplé sur le Pickup 03, de défendre désormais les couleurs de l’équipe jusqu’à Valparaiso.


En rejoignant le bivouac d’Iquique dans le Top 40, Frédéric Chavigny et Guy Leneveu n’étaient pas mécontents d’en avoir fini avec cette étape bourrée de pièges où la chaleur a une nouvelle fois sérieusement compliqué la tâche…

« C’était une étape très difficile, un tracé à broyer voiture et équipage. Nous avons eu durant 375 km une alternance de saignées, de pierres, de rios… Puis, à l’arrivée, 40 km de sable assez mou. Quelques concurrents risquent de passer un grand moment dans ce gros tas de sable.


Nous sommes restés prudents tout au long du parcours et n’avons crevé qu’une seule fois. De toute façon, attaquer sur ce type de terrain est synonyme de casse et hypothèque toute chance d’être samedi à l’arrivée. La descente vers Iquique est toujours aussi belle et impressionnante.


 Ce passage a quelque chose de magique ! Demain, nous attaquons avec 70 km de sable et ce sera la même chose les jours suivants. Décidemment, non, le rallye n’est pas terminé… »

      
  De leur côté, Yves Tartarin et Stéphane Duplé, qui pensaient ne pas être en mesure de prendre le départ, bouclent la spéciale à la 36ème place.


« La journée partait très mal…Sur la ligne de départ, grosse fuite au niveau de la crémaillère, autant dire, le genre de panne plus qu’ennuyeuse… J’ai pu trouver en dernière minute un produit anti-fuite et nous sommes partis en croisant les doigts. Finalement, nous n’avons pas eu à nous arrêter une seule fois pour remettre de l’huile tout en ayant une grosse angoisse tout au long de l’épreuve.


 La piste d’aujourd’hui, c’était l’enfer ! Ce fut difficile partout mais nous sommes passés et finalement, pas si mal classés à l’arrivée. Seule ombre au tableau, j’aurais préféré que Jipé soit là ! Pour une fois, c’est sympa d’arriver tôt au bivouac. Je vis un Dakar très différent de celui de l’année dernière.




En étant à l’arrière du peloton, au milieu des camions, le terrain est labouré, ce qui complique sérieusement les choses. Demain, nous allons encore souffrir car l’étape ne s’annonce pas des plus faciles. J’espère que la radio fonctionnera, pas comme hier où avec Stéphane nous avons du créer une nouvelle langue des signes !!!»

 
Demain, en descendant le littoral Pacifique deux tendances se dessineront pour les deux tronçons qui composeront la spéciale, sable et fesh fesh. Autant dire que le rallye n’est pas encore fini. En fin de parcours, les chanceux qui auront déjoué tous les pièges seront heureux de rejoindre le rocher de La Portada, situé non loin du bivouac d’Antofagasta.

 
     
Géraldine DESHAYES, photos DPPI

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