Dakar 2009 time...

[NordieBoy]

http://www.sbs.com.au/dakar2009/#

This site has pretty good vid/summary coverage.

That's the only site worth watching for the vids. Toby Moody is the Dakar commentator.

[Danger]

See the rally has claimed another motorcyclists life.

[NordieBoy]

French motorcyclist Pascal Terry died of a lung edema which caused a respiratory and cardiac arrest according to an autopsy.

Terry was found dead early yesterday morning after going missing during the second stage of the Dakar Rally on Sunday.

The 49-year-old had informed race control his Yamaha had run out of petrol at the 197-kilometre mark between Santa Rosa and Puerto Madrid but later could not be contacted by organisers.

According to the official report, he showed no signs of bruising nor dehydration and had died sometime between Sunday night and early Monday morning, just a few hours after his disappearance.

'He had taken out his helmet, he had food and water with him and had no signs of bruises, nor his bike,' said local police spokesman Julio Acosta.

'We guess he got lost then he suffered some kind of health problem and he died waiting for the assistance.'

Despite the fact Terry had not been in contact with the organisers since Sunday afternoon, police said they were only informed about his disappearance on Monday night.

The reason for this delay is still unclear and is yet to be clarified by the race organisers.

Argentina newspaper Clarin reported on their website that there was a communication problem between the organisers.

'Apparently Terry turned on his emergency beacon on Sunday afternoon, and that information was received at the Paris headquarters but they didn't inform the Argentina crew until Monday morning,' it claimed.

[NordieBoy]

From AdvRider...

i was at the B.A airport and spoke to a couple of guys from belgium who were at the same point as pascal terry ,they were in a toyota and got stuck at the same point ,the navigator said he stopped and gave pascal water and said he was o.k then, the navigator was walking looking for a new way out of the dense scrub and deep sand ,then he got lost too and could'nt find his car ,he walked for 30km before he found some locals to help him.

they also said there were a few helicopters in the area "looking" for stuck riders.

r.i.p

[laserracer]

I really enjoyed the video's, but its really sad to hear of a rider being killed
those guys must be super fit, they seem like they are always moving around on the bikes, they are bloody fast to,scarey.. especially with those bloody great trucks looming out of the dust:mmmm really want me one of those trucks

[NordieBoy]

Stage 6 vids are up on SBS.

[NordieBoy]

Phil Noone from Ireland relates the tale of his incredible night last night. We knew he traveled to the bivouac to retrieve parts for the bike -- we didn't know that that journey was on HORSEBACK!!

[BMWST?]

are we(do we) get tv coverage(even if delayed?)ADV riders have a couple of threads re the dakar....albeit a couple of years old now

[NordieBoy]

The AdvRider thread is where I'm getting most of my info from.

Vids are from here...
http://player.sbs.com.au/dakar/#/dak...-Stage-3-Cars/

[NordieBoy]

How about someone who is on his 26th consecutive Dakar!

[NordieBoy]

Mike Shepard is still in there.
101st after stage 9.

[NordieBoy]

Check out the numbers...

[NordieBoy]

Some good shot here too...
http://www.webventure.com.br/cobertu...s/fotos/id/597

[NordieBoy]

Mike Shepherd is in 102nd overall on his KTM.
After 78hours of riding he's 34hrs behind Coma and only has 27 minutes of penalties.
102nd place has over 8:20 hours of penalties.

[CrazyFrog]

I've been downloading the 10min daily bike footage off YouTube, BUT...it's in Spanish. The bike video is great, if only i knew what the buggers were saying!
Here's the link, the same member is posting daily vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VeXY_OKVVA

dakar.com has brief 3 min daily summaries in English as well.