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Altitude comes into play with stage 3 in addition to the beginning of off-piste navigation.
Dakar 2017
trackingdakar.nl | Dakar 2017 - Stage 2: Waypoints (Bike)
That's a bummer that they would take out about 25% of the special... Maybe they don't want the Pugs and Minis to run too far ahead of the Toyota's this early in the rally with the high altitude... but why bother having difficult high altitude sections if it is just neutralized anyhow???View attachment 176803
Appears to be neutral.
Must be some gnarly and/or tight roads. Looking forward to tomorrow's videos and how the altitude affects engines and competitors.
It will stay high(3-4K), but nothing shows as high as stage 3 through the rest day. They also say altitude sickness has a lagging effect and they are screwed through the rest day if they are sick on day1. Do factory teams helo their guys down the mountain?If the competitors are going to have issue with the altitude tomorrow they are in for a rough rally. It is only going to get higher all the way through the rest day and won't go down until back in to Argentina
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Eurosport displays it a little different though still with 364km SS. Looks like it's planned that way rather than neutralized after planning of the stage perhaps? Looks like it's still 364KM SS![]()
Here is Pons Ranger.