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DAY EIGHT This is going to be a shorter one because it’s the weekend. I’ll fix the image links tomorrow. After a rest day, it’s the first day of the marathon stages! Usually, you get to go back to the bivouac at the end of the day and have your mechanic fix your stuff. Not on a marathon stage! You ride out to a bivouac, get to work on your bike yourself and once you put it away it’s locked for the night. No spare parts. No mechanics. No fancy RV (ok, this year because of covid the fast guys can use their RVs but usually they sleep in the bunks with everyone else. The lap of luxury.  Brabec and Nacho were 1-2 on the stage with  SKYLER HOWES in third and Sam Sunderland in fourth. That puts Ricky 15 minutes back in the overall behind Nacho in first. Price is one second back in second and Sunderland and de Soultrait are a little over two minutes back. Skyler is in seventh, 12m27s back. That means Sunderland is the favorite now. Wait, what about Toby Price? Nah mate, it’s hosed.     Lyndon Poskitt, Dakar Racer and RTW Moto Vlogger posted:You can see the silver damage on the rim, something sharp has cut the tyre open. I did it in Peru on a piece of angle iron stuck out of the ground. It happens, not really the tyres fault, everything has a limit of what it can cope with or what it's designed for. Stitching it with paracord would be the best hope of getting to the finish. Not sure it will fall apart but if sand gets in it the mousse is more likely to generate heat and fail, hence why Tobe's tried to cover the gash. Best and most reliable fix would be to clean it out, pack it with grease and stitch it up. Poskitt is like real life MacGyver. Here’s how he did it when faced with a similar issue.  I cannot imagine Toby’s repair holding and it’s terrible timing as if it were any other stage he could just switch out with a new tire. Any other year, he could switch with another rider, but this year the top riders only get six tires each and can’t switch them. He’s screwed. At best, he’ll lose a ton of time. At worst, he’s out as soon as it starts tomorrow. Just tough luck. Ross Branch had a brutal crash. Almost saves it but that’s his podium hopes shot. An interesting example of how motorcycle suspension can just gently caress you. Rear compresses at the wrong time and then, helped by terrain, decompresses and pops you off. https://fb.watch/2WuyA7wdk8/ Branch talking about it afterward. https://twitter.com/i/status/1348239626079789056 Kevin Benavides posted:I got lost in the final 70 kilometres. I made a huge mistake and it cost me loads of time, 8 to 10 minutes. Now, it's time to focus on the coming stages.  de Soultrait posted:It's incredible, the second week started exactly the same as the first one. Perhaps the first gaps will start to open up, if I can seize the opportunity. I hoped to catch the lead group quickly this morning and benefit on a mass blunder, but it didn't happen. We're still having fun. Today, I rode alongside my former teammate and great friend Franco Caimi, we had a blast. As part of my agreement with Husqvarna, I have to take care of the official KTM and Husqvarna motorbikes as well as Laia's Gas-Gas, so I hope they won't crash and I won't have to do too much mechanical work Ricky Brabec posted:I'm not sure about getting back a whole lotta time. Toby's still behind me. We're gonna try and stay focused and make it through tomorrow to get back to a mechanic. I don't know if this Dakar is about strategy. I think the strategy is to not open. I think everyone that's opening is just losing a little bit of time. There's five days left and we're gonna try just to finish in the top 7 every day and see if we can make up a little bit of time. Honda FB summary. https://fb.watch/2XmJNc7S9V/ In cars, peterhansel finished second, two minutes ahead of Nasser, extending his lead to eight minutes. This has been a fantastic race between two great vehicles and great drivers but Peterhansel is just better and so is the mini. Not by a lot, Nasser and the Toyota are amazing. But by a little. https://mobile.twitter.com/XraidTeam/status/1348282471419412480 I bet this is so fun. https://mobile.twitter.com/XraidTeam/status/1348255638674141185 Trucks was a kamaz 1-2-3 with Sotnikov easily maintaining his lead.  I love the trucks.  I may have already posted this.  Just holy poo poo.  Another good video. https://youtu.be/dq9vurQLnPo builds character fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Jan 11, 2021 |
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Yuns posted:Thanks for sharing the Dakar posts! I wish they could still run the old course. Yeah, I think I posted last year or the year before one of the old roadbook directions for the old course where it was just "maintain cap heading of [x degrees] for 250km, dunes." Just a liiiiitle bit off going over any of those dunes and all of a sudden you're ending up miles away from the finish. On the other hand, it had gotten quite dangerous in ways that were unrelated to the racing. I also liked south america too - tons of just spectacular scenery, but it seemed like the logistics were an absolute nightmare. I hope some of the other middle eastern countries get in on the action as this year we're already seeing stages from last year being run basically backwards. It's a big country with unlimited access (and I've avoided all the political issues which are definitely a thing) and hopefully next year being non-COVID and not-the first year anymore will help them make a new, more technical course. That said, the navigation change are pretty good so far and I hope they keep it up. At least twice they've caught out a bunch of racers with the navigation. DAY NINE   Toby Price did it. https://streamable.com/fmqciq https://streamable.com/rr10r9 and a somewhat less official response. https://streamable.com/32u0r7 He managed to complete a stage on that wreck of a tire. It's incredible, and it's a testament to how easy he is on his gear and to his skill that he was able to place second, but also there was probably a bit of luck the other way as well. Still, he's in second after today, only one minute back on Nacho and with Sunderland six minutes back on them both. Price has to be the favorite to win and it's just a question of who makes a mistake. Price is probably the fastest, but Nacho's been having a great race. Sunderland is lurking as well - if Price or Nacho make any mistakes, he can pounce.   Six minutes back is a long time, but Sam Sunderland is real fast. https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1348561308111790081?s=21 Daniel Sanders, aka Toby Price, JR is no slouch either. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=316819153315141 In tragic news, Xavier de Soultrait, famous for flying too close to the sun has... flown too close to the sun yet again. Sounds like he's OK, but that's a tough (albeit not surprising) finish for the frenchman. de Soultrait posted:Unfortunately I crashed around km270 of today stage, and I wasn’t able to continue, to much pain on the neck. I have to take care of my health, I’m now in Tabuk hospital, for a full check. My In motion airbag worked.  With a third place today, Ricky Brabec isn't repeating. He did so well last year to finally break the KTM streak but this year, his teammate Nacho is going to have to be the one to do it for Honda. Ricky posted:Not gonna be easy with the cards were dealt, difficult first week but now the race has started. 4 days left and the boys aren't gonna give it up  Skyler Howes keeps it up with a ninth place finish, putting him in seventh overall and well on his way to another top ten. Skyler Howes posted:We’re up in the north part of Saudi and I’m happy! Love the scenery up here. Today’s stage I started 3rd, and from the briefing it sounded like we were going to have some tricky navigation. I chose to ride a moderate pace and nail the navigation and wait for a mistake from the 2 in front of me. Well... I was wrong.. I just went too slow and they nailed it. Mad props to Nacho and Ricky for leading out today and crushing it. After Sam caught me I realized I just wasn’t going fast enough and latched on to the back of him for the rest of the stage, it was actually super fun, but by the end I had lost about 7 minutes to the lead.   I keep harping on what a big deal it is to be able to follow tracks. Here's just another example. https://s.sc-cdn.net/xB7Ioday_ojWqSze2GUUA7Tt7G-_pX8JqZNp1ggbvrk=/default/media.mp4 Laia is still very good. Maybe the best all-round rider in the world. Certainly has to be in the conversation at least. https://s.sc-cdn.net/Nu11t9Qpeti3c5JrgF2edy-kO5LWtVaZ97xDsosS7Uc=/default/media.mp4   In the cars, Nasser took the win and clawed back three minutes from Peterhansel, bringing the gap to down to 4m50s. Still comfortable, but Peterhansel will need to be perfect. Fortunately, now he can try to put some more time on Nasser as Nasser has to lead out tomorrow. Look at that rear wheel hop while braking. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ6GXUPhnY9/ And some all-wheel hop from the terrain. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ5AzVsBD7n/ The mini's doesn't have that pro... oh.  Carlos Sainz is not the best but this is the best picture.  And he is still very fast.  Just crazy how different the dakar classics are in terms of speed and suspension. Some of that is the driver, certainly, but I think much of it is the progress that has been made in the cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF2S7qdB3IY In trucks, another KAMAZ 1-2-3. They have an iron grip on the podium at this point. https://twitter.com/KAMAZmasterTEAM/status/1348576157562785797/photo/2  They're really... cleaning up. ah ha. ah ha ha.  https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1348642106055782407 Ales Loprais's Praga is in fourth, 1h30m back. Third place Kamaz Mardeev is 1h13m back. https://www.facebook.com/dakar/videos/2573711262774934  Loprais posted:The right front wheel bearing was on fire. The fire also destroyed the brake and thickening. Throughout the stage we couldn't thicken and undercut the tires on the front axle.   https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1348626842211799042 Justin Coffey is also on fire with his pictures. These are from a tough hill climb in yesterday's stage but they're still so good.          Petr Angelo Vlceck owns a surf and skate shop in SC and is on instagram as wolfeyracing. He's been to dakar a few times on a bike and this year he's the navigator in a skoda. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ05UsgBpbA/ slo mo https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1348358955760709632 https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1348658405985181697 https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1348649934900359169 https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1348597245554417664
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France 4. https://www.stream4free.live/france-4Shelvocke posted:If I start to feel good about my riding I'll just watch that Sam Sunderland clip again. He is fast So fast. It's ridiculous.
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builds character posted:Price has to be the favorite to win and it's just a question of who makes a mistake There you went and said it
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Is there such a thing as German anime? No, they channeled all their weird WWII energy into sex and music
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Is there such a thing as German anime? scheisse porn?
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Shelvocke posted:There you went and said it I'm sorry, that's my fault. DAY TEN As they say, the Dakar begins after the rest day. This year is no exception. Just kidding, it starts way before that (ask Matthias Walkner if you have any doubts), this is just when the top step of the podium really starts to shake out.  Today was a tough day for a few competitors. It started by the sea which allows for some absolutely gorgeous shots as you'll... see.   But it wasn't all an easy ride through beautiful scenery. Toby Price crashed and was airlifted out with a broken collarbone (and maybe concussion). I wonder how much of this was just fatigue - he looked absolutely exhausted yesterday and being tired makes it easier to make mistakes, even for someone as good as he is. Just a reminder that redbull has some good coverage and they should hopefully have more information on Price's condition when their next video comes out in a half hour. https://www.redbull.com/us-en/events/dakar-rally One of the most important things in rally is that you stop for people who are injured. Brabec and Sunderland both stopped for Price until the helicopter came and it's great to see that kind of camaraderie as they both clearly care about him. The rules provide that if you stop for someone who's injured you get that time back so there's no penalty for stopping. Of course, not everyone has to stop but I personally think this rule is one of the most fundamental building blocks of the sport. When I woke up this morning, Brabec showed as finishing 20 minutes down on the stage with Sunderland maybe 25 minutes back but it's since been adjusted to take out the time they spent waiting for the chopper. One man's poison is another man's cure. Nacho finished the stage in third, 1m34s behind Kevin Benavides in first who was 1m18s ahead of Brabec and 10m ahead of Sunderland. Nacho leads the overall now by 11m24s over Kevin Benavides and 14m34s over Sunderland.  Brabec is in fourth at 17m26s. Bam Bam Barreda has miraculously managed not to crash but is still 29m back in fifth. With only three stages to go that means it's Nacho's to lose, but he has to start out tomorrow and Sunderland in fourth could take a few minutes out if he really pushes (or even take the lead if he manages to catch Nacho). It will be interesting to see what Honda's strategy is. They must desperately want a second win in a row and they have Benavides, Brabec and JBB all in the top five to protect Nacho. Because Nacho finished third, it will be very interesting to see if Benavides and Brabec just wait for him and then all go together or if they still think there's enough time that they have to really push. On the last stage of Dakar, instead of starting in finishing order from the prior day they reverse it. However, one wrinkle this year - usually the last stage of the dakar is only a 100km parade lap special. This year the special is 450km with dunes so there will be real incentive to finish first the day after tomorrow so that you can absolutely blaze through the field on the last day. It's enough distance that there's a real chance it will change the podium.  Particularly if someone gets lost...  Sunderland is now KTMs last hope at reasserting their Dakar dominance and frankly it's odd to see just one orange bike up front in a sea of red. Sam Sunderland posted:Rough day, started off so nice along the sea but at km 155 or so I found my mate @tobyprice87 Crashed and in some pain, I tried to help until the helicopter arrived and then got going again, managed to get into a good rythem and then at km 260 hit a rock and crashed pretty heavy and damaged my Roadbook and gps so had to wait for some other guys to follow with no Roadbook info it made for a scary day. Glad it is behind me and ready to fight until the end of this one!!   Ricky Brabec posted:SS 9 : P? / Rough day out in the books today. Came up on the legend @tobyprice87 down and out of it so that out a gut wrenching feeling in the program. We're not giving up and we're riding our rear end off doing everything we can to get a podium spot. Tough rally and with 3 days left...... everything is possible.   Skyler Howes posted:Trying not to be hard on myself, but I really messed up the navigation today. I reckon I spent 20 minutes going in wrong directions 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ BUT I am really happy with the riding today, I enjoyed the stage, it was high speed, lots of washes, tons of rocks, some sand, and the bike felt great. Just need to learn my lesson and follow the dang roadbook. 👊🏼   Walkner has had a tough Dakar this year. Here's his tire after today's stage.  After surviving a tough crash, Ross Branch is now out with a mechanical. Something wrong with his engine.  Jugla and Bispo continue their journey together. It's both heartwarming and badass. Here's the link for the quote.  Sara Jugla posted:The stage begins and very quickly we get lost, we turn in circles on a large plateau. I decide to stop to take stock. I am not the only one to be lost elsewhere. At one point a red car comes up to me, the door opens and there I see Sebastien Loeb asking me which way to go! I couldn’t believe my eyes! Then he goes in one direction, turns around and comes back next to me to tell me that it was not the right direction! Great moment in my Dakar! Much later when arriving at the last CP it was dark. The race director told us that we had the choice: either we sleep in the dunes and we try to reach the start of stage 6, or we stop the Dakar and we switch to + Dakar experience +, that of those who have abandoned the idea of appearing in the general classification, by returning by For me, going to + Dakar experience + was not a problem, after all the main thing is to reach the end, that’s my goal. But Alex Bispo, with whom I have been riding for several stages and who has helped me on several occasions, wanted to stay on the normal Dakar at all costs. So I decided to show solidarity and stay with him. So we leave CP 5 at night and 10 km further we arrive in the dunes. And then it gets really complicated, my lighting is broken, and quickly we realize that driving like that is impossible. Besides, we were exhausted. So we stop and we decide to bivouac in the Saudi desert. With a few rations and a survival blanket before a medical 4×4 from the organization brought us a tent that protected us from the wind. But we slept on the ground, in the sand, it was super cold, we were shaking. Very short night, not restful. And at six o’clock when the sun rose behind the dunes, we got back on the motorcycles to try to finish, there were about a hundred kilometers left to reach the finish of stage 5 which was luckily next to the start. of the 6. Our hope was to combine the two, especially as the race management had postponed the start time. But despite everything, we arrived too late. I have no regrets, no disappointments, because I really gave everything. I gave everything I had and this step will remain etched in my memory. The night in the dunes, the sunrise, the return to the bivouac with the morning light, it was all really beautiful. Interesting to see just how much the scenery can change from the sea to this. https://story.snapchat.com/o/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYNIICoqPM56uQAXb14ztuAXb14zrPAO1OAA/ https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYhLP8YY8fHQCIAXb2HZTWAXb2HZPOAO1OAA/ In the cars, today was the day that Peterhansel showed just how skilled he is, finishing 12 minutes ahead of Nasser and cementing his position as favorite going into the home stretch. Mostly. What actually happened, I think, is that the toyota is 4wd and as a result is heavier. As a result, Nasser had to deal with some punctures on today's rocky terrain that Peterhansel managed to avoid. It's the same story - they're so incredibly close but Peterhansel is just a little bit better and the mini is just a little better than the toyota.    Nasser running by the sea. https://fb.watch/2ZvEe2LUi4/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ7rjOAB63r/ Imagine running over a dune exactly like this on purpose.  Just leave your camera and hope the memory card survives. At least one of you is going the wrong way. Given that neither is a kamaz, it might be both.  "loving Kamaz." -God, probably   Ales Loprais's Praga is still in fourth place, 17 minutes behind the nearest Kamaz and 1h30m behind Sotnikov.  You're so beautiful, why is your race so poo poo?  The bivouac where all the magic happens. A surprisingly small space.  And the ride back. Plenty of time to yourself to think.  Camels  Just a ton of great pictures of yesterday's stage from Justin Coffey.        Artistic shot. You can tell because of the black and white.          What happens in the desert... stays in the desert? https://story.snapchat.com/o/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYNomWO6NCwzYSAXb2eIJYAXb2eIFaAO1OAA/ builds character fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Jan 12, 2021 |
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Would it make sense to do a Dakar thread whenever it pops up? I almost feel like it deserves a wider audience than just the people who think to check bikepics thread. Maybe AI proper would be a better place for a recurring Dakar thread? Not a criticism of keeping it in here, but the content is great so it’s just a thought. Keep up the awesome work!
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I’ve just been copying and pasting it in the awesome car stuff thread in AI this year. You may have noticed the resulting increase in car-related content. I suppose I could do a separate thread, but obviously bikes are best and I’d probably just do the same c/p I’m doing here.
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DAY ELEVEN First things first. Toby Price is doing well. He'll need surgery but he'll be right. I don't know whether or not this was his last race on a bike. I think the writing on the wall has been that he'll be moving over to cars at some point and I can't blame him. Given the punishment his body has taken and continues to take, it's sensible to stop if you can. https://twitter.com/tobyprice87/status/1349258542893604867 I said it before, but I really love this part of rally. It's not every sport that you stop and help your fellow competitors and the friendship that clearly exists among the top bike riders is heartwarming. https://twitter.com/tobyprice87/status/1349258612317712384  Second, Sara Jugla and Alexandre Bispo didn't make it yesterday. They had a good run and I hope they come back next year. Bispo had a red lantern on his helmet this year. The lanterne rouge is the prize given out to the very last finisher every year. Maybe next year.  Now, on to today's stage!   https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1349221248170151937 The big question for the day was what Honda's strategy would be. Benavides was leading out and then you had Ricky and then Nacho. I thought one option was to preserve the win and have Benavides and Brabec wait for Nacho and then just ride it home. That... was not what happened. Instead, in a nod to documentary filmmakers everywhere, Ricky Brabec decided that there were only two options. First or last. He quickly overtook Benavides and then continued to build his lead while navigating in first. Nacho crashed and while he managed to continue he still ended up 17 minutes 42 seconds down on the day. Joan Barreda Bort heard me talking poo poo about his tires (and his strategy, see below) and came in second, three minutes behind Ricky even though JBB started in seventh. To be clear, nobody has done anything like this in this Dakar. Starting second and then just turning on the afterburners and putting time on people while leading out. Benavides finished five minutes back of Ricky and Skyler Howes was 40 seconds further back in fifth. Sam Sunderland proved me entirely wrong and finished twelve minutes back. But, at least I was right about one thing. JBB crashed yesterday (a lot?) and hurt his leg and that's why lost 14 minutes yesterday and is not winning this year. Shock. All the top riders ride out near the edge for at least long enough portions of the race that they're taking risk but Barreda has always been about the pin it to win it life which in Dakar just doesn't work. Nobody can ride at 100% for two grueling weeks. The counterpoint in this dakar is AVB, who in past years has been exactly the same kind of hell for leather devil may care saisissez-le et déchirez-le style and... results. However, he's had worse injuries than JBB and this year he's very clearly taking a more measured approach. He also took a 15 minute penalty, almost certainly for changing a piston after teammate Ross Branch's engine broke yesterday. So van Beveren is in tenth. He has the speed to ride at the front and was doing extraordinarily well until he had that 30 minute brain fart trying to find a waypoint he'd already hit. I think a more mature version of van Beveren has a shot at a win so this is nice progress. But Yamaha's factory team is actually Yamaha europe which is actually Yamaha france and that means that the amount of dollars being spent pales beside KTM and Honda, to say nothing of not having a bike designed specifically for Dakar as KTM and Honda do. Whatever his future holds, he'll always have style. https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1349246913229578242 The overall now is Benavides in first, Ricky in second 50 seconds back, Nacho in third one minute back and Sunderland a distant fourth, ten minutes 36 seconds back. That's a Honda 1-2-3 and almost certain doom for KTM's hopes at resuming their Dakar dominance. The question for tomorrow? Can Brabec repeat by leading out and putting even more time on his competitors or will it be too little too late. He's certainly done a miraculous job just putting himself back on the podium at this point and today's ride was just incredible. As I was putting this together, I discovered that Nacho is out! After his crash, he was examined by medical and then withdrew. Hopefully he's OK. He was the best navigator Honda had left and starting so far down he could have made up huge minutes. Now it's just Ricky and Kevin duking it out up front. Nacho posted:We failed the mission… Today I had a very strong fall that left me unconscious for a few minutes. I was able to get back on the bike, but very slowly and with the bike all bent. We made the finish line on stage 10, but for safety I have to get checked for the heavy blow to the head. I feel like a train passed me overhead, but we're going to be fine. I have nothing left but to thank the tremendous support of my team, my family, my coaches and all of you for the good vibes. We were close to the big dream, but it will be pending. I'm sorry and thanks for everything  Maybe you've heard of my boy, Skyler Howes? Just a reminder he sold everything he owns other than a trials bike to get here. https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1349310976168902656  Skyler Howes posted:A fun day ripping through the desert. A lot of rocks and tough navigation again today. Learned my lesson yesterday and stayed on top of the roadbook and had a much better time. Caught up to a couple of guys and had a solid group ride for most of the stage. The dust was killer but got some fresh air for the last bit and brought her on in. Got a long day in the saddle tomorrow with one of the longest stages with dunes.  Look how he's started using Toby Price's "we" now that he's done well. Ricky Brabec instagram posted:SS10 : P1 / Today... slick tires and not so much traction made for a slippery slope. We managed to catch the teammate around km70 and from there we took over opening all the way to finish today. Wishing for a speedy recovery to my guy @nachocornejo11 who had a big crash today and wasn't feeling good. 2 days left and still a lot of km to navigate..... let's go!   Juanitos Pistoles continues to do pretty well, he's up in fifty first place after today!  In the cars, Peterhansel's strategy at this point is clear. He's 17 minutes up on Nasser in first place and he's just going to follow Nasser until the end. Today he finished third, 49 seconds behind Nasser and 2m53s behind the leader, and local hero Yazeed al Rajhi. Yazeed's tire uh... how did you do that? Other than, you know, the Toyota's are just a lot harder on tires being significantly heavier and 4WD.   At this point there's nothing Nasser can do but hope for a mistake from THIRTEEN TIME DAKAR WINNER, Stefan "Mr. Dakar" Peterhansel.  Maybe he'll retire soon?  Carlos Sainz is still racing and hasn't complained about navigation. It is unclear whether his navigator is still alive or if he has been replaced with a crash test dummy and Sainz is just following tracks.  In trucks, Martin Macik's Iveco took a massive one minute and forty seconds out of Sotnikov's lead. That puts us with Loprais still the closest back overall in fourth. Twenty one minutes behind third and one hour thirty five minutes behind first. Flat out across the desert. https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAY4H3mKWQJnNnRAXb7FKyuAXb7FKusAO1OAA/ But most of Nasser's stuff is on instragram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ--HB5BlTg/ It's worth watching as he's very good. Although this one looks like it's from yesterday based on the terrain. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_CYmDBXxL/ Photographer with a death wish. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ-QmBthKUm/ Hey man, you want me to get your windows? https://story.snapchat.com/o/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYzvL3zkGWQE33AXb7I_YAAXb7I_VzAO1OAA/ Snapchat encouraging vertical filming is a crime. https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYktBREXyqbLr2AXb7LmHZAXb7LmFGAO1OAA/ https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYrncRy-ifC683AXb7RzvgAXb7Rzs0AO1OAA/ Mind that first bump. https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAY77ayI63eHU2hAXb7w-gRAXb7w-dzAO1OAA/ And the second. https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYFcPER_zgTlSuAXb7JT1oAXb7JTyAAO1OAA/ A sad movie. You can tell because it's black and white. Always either sad or artistic. https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYGEAi8spUjmusAXb7SBhoAXb7SBfBAO1OAA/ Gives a whole new meaning to "bring a trailer" https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYIDu9PnJsOXQXAXb7uXXKAXb7uXUiAO1OAA/ Just a friendly reminder that the speed limiter on the trucks is for your safety. https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYIqVfmo-MSuXcAXb7ewz-AXb7ewvcAO1OAA/ https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYad1oIB9ip03tAXb7ffeVAXb7ffZ4AO1OAA/ https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYo2WDST5bL1MOAXb7fw6-AXb7fw2WAO1OAA/ Don't worry. That'll buff out. https://story.snapchat.com/s/o:W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAY-rGM2GpWBvQBAXb7K_wzAXb7K_YYAO1OAA/ McDonald's Racing Team continues their excellent bivouac coverage. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=407810740277343 It's OK to watch this now that he changed his helmet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQhRuaeKX2Q I want to make fun of their headline but let's be honest, I'm not doing any better over here. https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1349389493795749896 This year's best photographer is a tie for me between Justin Coffey and MM photography.     Justin had a really nice series on the bivouac from yesterday including a picture of himself taking a selfie? I assume it makes sense if you're a professional photographer (or your mom really wanted you to take it...).     art       Every snapchat includes an obligatory picture of one of these teacups in the sand before they get down to watching the race.  He was not offered tea.    Lemme at him!   Nice of them to put that berm there so if you come in too hot you get a nice little jump before heading into the drink.     See, I told you it would buff out.   This rock was very picturesque. I know because everyone put it in their pictures.   Not pictured: that rock.   Also not that rock, but man this is just an incredible shot.  This one too.  That rock. 
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Ignoring the crazy riding, I'm still in awe at the scenery over there, those are some great shots. RE: AI, JSB needs to rename it to: Automotive Sanity: irl hall monitors *picks up cigarette butt to examine for DNA evidence* or whatever the title used to be
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Nitrox posted:I haven't been to AI in years. How are things over there? The Post Awesome AI Car poo poo thread has some really good content.  captainOrbital posted:Counterpoint: Those things are death traps! Ricky running into someone going to work. https://streamable.com/4no4g1
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captainOrbital posted:Counterpoint: Sweet merciful Mary what the gently caress
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