2010 Dakar Stage 9: Copiapo - La Serena

[memin.pinguine]

I just been asked in a friendly way to remove my signature from a operator of this website.

I refuse that since I believe into what I stand up for.

I ask him to delete my account instead.

I did never, and I will never ever back of from individuals ( and their friends) that want to bullies somebody around.

I did not come here to offend or confront anybody.

You (good guys) all have fun. RG will show 1-2 good good stages more and at the end a VW will win.

So long and have a nice live in reality.

[SPONSOR]

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[FlyHiFlyLo]

Sorry to see you go.

[Desert Dog]

Memin, illegitimus non carborundum! Hang on in there, I for one enjoyed your insights.

[BoothPacific Films]

don't go. we need a voice from La Paz. i told you it's a language thing. trust me, most if not all appreciate your insight. lose the signature and the picture and don't worry about what the knuckleheads of this world think. we need as many points of view as possible. RDC needs people like you who have a different perspective.

[dlink]

To make better time in the stages, Robby and Andy need to learn to change tires without stopping! I think this is how those Germans at VW have kept their machines up front!

Video starts slow, but gets better...

YouTube- Seitenwagen

Something suspicious here....the 'track' looks a lot like Georgia red clay, not the Atacama sand

[Offspring]

I just been asked in a friendly way to remove my signature from a operator of this website.

I refuse that since I believe into what I stand up for.

I ask him to delete my account instead.

I did never, and I will never ever back of from individuals ( and their friends) that want to bullies somebody around.

I did not come here to offend or confront anybody.

You (good guys) all have fun. RG will show 1-2 good good stages more and at the end a VW will win.

So long and have a nice live in reality.

Comments were made about 'visits' to your profile and I was listed there. Well it wasn't after your little tirade, it was some time ago after enjoying your earlier posts. I'm not going to beg anyone to do anything but one thing you might want to consider is perhaps the request to change your signature could be because a name like MM may not like what he said to be memorialized anymore that it has been. It may have nothing to do with the other one about Fly. Don't flatter yourself, do as they requested and change it, or is your beef with MM?

[Desert Dog]

08:00

ETAPE 9: COPIAPO – LA SERENA

354 km, but with a timed section of only 170, are on the menu for the 9th stage. Indeed, alerted by the presence over the last few days of significant amounts of fog during the morning at Copiapo, the organisers have announced that they will be postponing the start times for the 9th special stage (11.00, instead of 7.15) and will shorten the route in order to avoid stragglers arriving too late at the bivouac in La Serena. However, this is nothing for the competitors to rejoice about, because as a result the 9th special will be a 100% sandy route, since it will wind its way through the ranges of dunes above Copiapo. Another original aspect of this 9th special stage, the last to be contested in the Atacama Desert, is a side-by-side start for the bikers, in groups of 20…

[spalind]

Damn...means I'm going to have to work for a couple hours this AM...

[Desert Dog]

If I'm right, the bikes should have started 8 minutes ago...

[Desert Dog]

12:15 - Car

301 - THE CARS ARE ON THEIR WAY!
The winner of the 8th special stage yesterday, Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel (BMW) kicked off proceedings for the day’s special at 12.00, in keeping with the new start time. The driver from Vesoul was then followed 2 minutes later by the leader of the general standings, Spaniard Carlos Sainz (VW).