DAKAR Rally 2006

12/31/05 | FA

[Fierce Allegiance]

THE ROUTE - A RAID INTO THE EXTREME
The organisers of the Euromilhoes Dakar unveiled the route of the 28th edition of the race, which will take place from the 31st of December to the 15th of January next. The rally will set off for the first time from Portugal, with 508 teams in the race.

Date Departure > Arrival Liaison Special Liaison Total
31/12/05 Lisboa > Portimão 186 km 83 km 101 km 370 km
01/01/06 Portimão > Málaga 65 km 115 km 387 km 567 km
02/01/06 Nador > Er Rachidia 237 km 314 km 121 km 672 km
03/01/06 Er Rachidia > Ouarzazate 56 km 386 km 197 km 639 km
04/01/06 Ouarzazate > Tan Tan 187 km 350 km 282 km 819 km
05/01/06 Tan Tan > Zouérat 336 km 444 km 12 km 792 km
06/01/06 Zouérat > Atâr 10 km 499 km 12 km 521 km
07/01/06 Atâr > Nouakchott 34 km 508 km 26 km 568 km
08/01/06 Rest day - Nouakchott
09/01/06 Nouakchott > Kiffa 30 km 599 km 245 km 874 km
10/01/06 Kiffa > Kayes 1 km 283 km 49 km 333 km
11/01/06 Kayes > Bamako 50 km 231 km 424 km 705 km
12/01/06 Bamako > Labé 197 km 368 km 307 km 872 km
13/01/06 Labé > Tambacounda 7 km 348 km 212 km 567 km 14/01/06 Tambacounda > Dakar 107 km 254 km 273 km 634 km
15/01/06 Dakar > Dakar 38 km 31 km 41 km 110 km
TOTAL 1 541 km 4 813 km 2 689 km 9 043 km

US TV Coverage on OLNTV

Time Show Title

1/1/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS

1/2/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/3/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/4/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/5/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/6/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/7/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/8/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/9/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/10/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/11/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/12/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/13/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/14/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/14/2006 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm DAKAR RALLY
1/14/2006 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm DAKAR RALLY
1/15/2006 1:00 am - 2:00 am DAKAR RALLY
1/15/2006 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm DAKAR RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
1/21/2006 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm DAKAR RALLY
1/21/2006 11:00 pm - 12:00 am DAKAR RALLY
1/22/2006 2:00 am - 3:00 am DAKAR RALLY

The 28th Dakar rally, will set off for the first time from Portugal, As 483 vehicles (232 motorbikes, 177 cars and 74 trucks) leave Lisbon and the 900 km journey to Dakar Senegal. Since its creation in 1978, Dakar has inspired dreams and passions. From the very outset of this mythical race, the rally has become a true social phenomenon. Nurtured by the spirit of adventure and the passion of its courageous participants, The Dakar Rally has since remained faithful to its founding values: in the heart of Africa, a unique sporting competition experienced by all, amateurs and professionals alike, as a matchless human experience. At the outset of Dakar, one man’s dream outrode everything. In 1977, Thierry Sabine, motorcycle rider on the Abidjan-Nice Rally, was saved in extremis after being lost in the Libyan desert. The following year, he created Le Paris-Dakar, a race open to all riders and drivers sparked by the spirit of adventure. Since then, the popular, media and sporting success of The Dakar has never failed. Without forsaking any of its magic, The Dakar Rally has moved on, gained in maturity and safety, welcomed an ever-increasing number of competitors of all nationalities, all come to seek after a dream in its raw form, adventure and the quest of their own limits.

[Fierce Allegiance]

The DAKAR rally starts today! I will post some results when I find them.

[steveegg]

Car and Driver has a nice quick write-up of Robby "Crash" Gordon's entry from the current issue of the magazine.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Thanks, good link. That hummer looks like they are using a trophy truck suspension. 24" of wheel travel? Nice.

[steveegg]

And the Dakar website - dakar.com (points to the English version; there's also French, Spanish and Portugese versions).

For tracking purposes, Gordon and co-driver/navigator Darren Skilton are car #335.

[Fierce Allegiance]

For current standings, try here: http://www.dakar.com/2006/DAK/LIVE/us/100/classement/CSM.html

[steveegg]

And after day 1, Gordon/Skilton are 14th, 4:39 behind the leaders Sainz/Schulz.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Stage 1 standings

Motorcycles
Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 001 DESPRES / KTM 00:58:10 00:00:00
2 160 FARIA / KTM 00:58:14 00:00:04
3 002 COMA / KTM 00:58:17 00:00:07
4 055 RODRIGUES / YAMAHA 00:59:00 00:00:50
5 003 ESTEVE PUJOL KTM 00:59:10 00:01:00

Cars
1 307 SAINZ / SCHULZ VOLKSWAGEN 00:56:20 00:00:00
2 311 SOUSA / LURQUIN NISSAN 00:57:50 00:01:30
3 301 SABY / PERIN VOLKSWAGEN 00:58:11 00:01:51
4 303 KLEINSCHMIDT/PONSVOLKSWAGEN 00:58:44 00:02:24
5 322 CHICHERIT/BAUMEL BMW 00:59:22 00:03:02
14 335 GORDON/SKILTON HUMMER 01:00:59 00:04:39

Trucks
1 508 CHAGIN KAMAZ 01:12:59 00:00:00
2 512 BIASION IVECO 01:15:19 00:02:20
3 513 DE AZEVEDO TATRA 01:16:14 00:03:15
4 507 ALEN IVECO 01:19:37 00:06:38
5 519 VILA ROCA IVECO 01:20:32 00:07:33

I'm looking for pics of the days stage. I really need to learn how to do tabs for columns in HTML. :(

[steveegg]

You could do one of two things -

• Swipe the HTML code from the site (click "View/Source" in IE, start copying with the <table class="classement">, end where you want (be sure to close the tags - see below).
• Make your own table.

A table set up like this...

<table width="580" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0">
<tr><td>Pos.</td>
<td>N°</td>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Make</td>
<td>Time</td>
<td>Variation</td>
<td>Penalty</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td>
<td>001</td>
<td>DESPRES/</td>
<td>KTM</td>
<td>00:58:10</td>
<td>00:00:00</td>
<td></td></tr></table>

...yields...

Pos.	N°	Name	Make	Time	Variation	Penalty
1	001	DESPRES/	KTM	00:58:10	00:00:00

<table> starts the table (you can specify the width like I did and some other variables), <tr> starts a row, <td> starts a cell, and a forward slash ('/') in front of the table, tr or td part of the tag described closes that tag.

[steveegg]

Done for today -

Stage 1 standings -

Motorcycles

Pos.	N°	Name	Make	Time	Variation	Penalty
1	001	DESPRES /	KTM	00:58:10	00:00:00
2	160	FARIA /	KTM	00:58:14	00:00:04
3	002	COMA /	KTM	00:58:17	00:00:07
4	055	RODRIGUES /	YAMAHA	00:59:00	00:00:50
5	003	ESTEVE PUJOL	KTM	00:59:10	00:01:00

Cars

Pos.	N°	Name	Make	Time	Variation	Penalty
1	307	SAINZ / SCHULZ	VOLKSWAGEN	00:56:20	00:00:00
2	311	SOUSA / LURQUIN	NISSAN	00:57:50	00:01:30
3	301	SABY / PERIN	VOLKSWAGEN	00:58:11	00:01:51
4	303	KLEINSCHMIDT/PONS	VOLKSWAGEN	00:58:44	00:02:24
5	322	CHICHERIT/BAUMEL	BMW	00:59:22	00:03:02
14	335	GORDON/SKILTON	HUMMER	01:00:59	00:04:39

Trucks

Pos.	N°	Name	Make	Time	Variation	Penalty
1	508	CHAGIN	KAMAZ	01:12:59	00:00:00
2	512	BIASION	IVECO	01:15:19	00:02:20
3	513	DE AZEVEDO	TATRA	01:16:14	00:03:15
4	507	ALEN	IVECO	01:19:37	00:06:38
5	519	VILA ROCA	IVECO	01:20:32	00:07:33

[pikachu]

I love seeing those huge Kamaz trucks. Maybe we can get a stadium series in the USA. :-)

[jdontom]

http://rally.stanis.info/

[Fierce Allegiance]

A lot of iveco this year. That is my favorite part too, but it really doesn't get much coverage.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Race on OLN Now, first coverage

[Fierce Allegiance]

I guess it's not toby moody like Speed used to have, but it's better than the ignorant guys OLN had last year.

[paris_darmabum]

"The Dakar Rally has moved on, gained in maturity and safety"

What a joke! 2 boys died yesterday and today after being run over by a car and a truck…