Dakar 2007: Team Rally Pan America finish the Dakar Rally January 24, 2007
In his first racing foray into Africa , Casey McCoy brought the PAi bike home in a very respectable 31st place. Casey circled the pink lake in Dakar yesterday afternoon, successfully completing the 29th Dakar Rally. He was the 2nd American and 5th rookie …
Dakar 2007: Team Rally Pan America report from the Dakar Rally January 17, 2007
Today the competitors finished the 10th stage of the Dakar Rally. The stage looped from Nema back to Nema, covering over 300km of sandy track.
TRPA’s Casey McCoy loved the stage, riding for a 28th place finish. Casey is poised to finish the rally very well in Dakar . …
Dakar 2007: Stage 10, Nema - Nema
Yesterday it was the turn of Janis Vinter, today it was another privateer who won the special, with Helder Rodrigues finishing just 44 seconds ahead of Marc Coma. Cyril Despres (Gauloises KTM) was third with David Casteu (Gauloises KTM) 5th, Frans Verhoeven (Gauloises KTM) 11th and Isidre Esteve …
Dakar 2007: Stage 9, Tichit - Nema January 16, 2007
It was privateer rider Janis Vinters who was fastest today, ahead of Cyril Despres (Gauloises KTM) with Marc Coma third. David Casteu (Gauloises KTM) was 7th with Isidre Esteve (Gauloises KTM) 8th. Frans Verhoeven (Gauloises KTM) ran into mechanical problems just after the start this morning …
Dakar 2007: Recovered Viladoms takes the stagewin January 15, 2007
The longest day, at least in distance, the riders covering 817 kilometres today. The first liaison (414 km) lead the riders into Mauritania.
Under normal circumstances this route is a pretty tough one already, but today a sandstorm and rain made it even more difficult.
Jordi Viladoms (KTM Repsol) proved to be fully …
Dakar 2007: Stage 7, Zouerat - Atar
The second stage in Mauritania reduced by one-third of its length due to bad weather conditions preventing helicopters from flying and providing for the safety of the track gave a good overview of the challenges that await pilots in the next few days. In the bikes category, Cyril …
Dakar 2007: Navigation and rocks for KTM January 11, 2007
Yesterday was a perfect day for Spanish rider Marc Coma, who won his second stage in a row.
After a cold 96 kilometer long liaison, which started at 05.45, the fourth special took off. It was a complicated and tough stage. Complicated because of the difficult navigation, tough because of the many rocks. …