The 13th Stage is the last major stage of 375km Valued who wants to improve in the standings still has to make at this stage. The last stage is the 14th Valued on Sunday, including the finish, but the stage with only 29 Km Valued only a short sprint to the podium.
Bikes:
Marc Coma and Cyril Depres have been able to choose three overall victories. Today will turn out is which of the two on the fourth time standing on the top step of the podium, this time in Lima. Coma and Cyril start today as the first depression today trying to make up the game again afterwards as traveling time. Initially, he succeeds not, he even loses time. But after all the drama takes its course for Coma. Coma is slow, too slow to be able to compete against depression. As things turn out, there are problems with the gearbox on his KTM. He not only loses a lot of time on the stage, which flushes depression ahead, but must leave the stage even after the engine change his machine. When the bikes means the second change of the engine, a 45-minute time penalty. Although Coma is still in second place in overall standings, but only about 15 minutes before Rodrigues. However, Rodrigues will not make it safe on the last short leg as much time to make up. The 13th Finally wins stage Helder Rodrigues. Daniel Schröder positioned himself in 10th place of the 13th Stage and is now at the 20th Place overall, one can only hope that the big teams are aware of him, then maybe the German can fight in the next few years to a top position.
Quads:
For the quads, the air is finally out. Maffei wins again, but still does not change anything in the overall standings. The Patronellibrüder ride again together today's stage and have enough head start to the day "comfortable" to address.
Cars:
In the car it is today again Stephane Peterhansel, who can secure the stage win. It comes with a lead over from 8min30sek, a very fast today, Giniel de Villiers to the finish. Villiers, thereby consolidating its third position overall and Peterhansel to its first position. Joan Nani Roma, who won in 2004, the motorcycle category of the Dakar run, it is not so good today, he buries his mini day and lose 20 minutes, followed by even a navigation error. However, the changes in his second Place in the overall standings nothing. Robby Gordon will start today with rage in the belly of the allegations of fraud and the problems of the past few days, he wants it today to the Minister again show properly. He gives his Hummer today and violently, the spores, but a little too hard, bucking his Hummer and rolls over. Until the accident, went to his tactics, he led the stage with a fabulous 30 minutes ahead. The overlap, however, put an end to this time. The Hummer comes with the 303 day target only in tenth and loses another 36 minutes on the top. But Gordon has already announced that he will be back again next year and then he will try again to win the Dakar.
Trucks:
After four hours yesterday Karginov is dishonest, he can secure the stage win today with 20 minutes ahead of De Azevedo of Tatra and Hans Stacey. Gerard de Roy is now in sixth. His tire-pressure system is now on his mind. In the overall standings but he is still unchallenged. Causes a stir today Jo Adua, he takes a dune to slow down and slip selbige again, has unfortunately below the dunes of the BMW X3 driver of the private German Stephan Schott buried. The Iveco heavy slides on the front of the BMW, and thus destroyed shortly before the Dakar goal for Scotland and his passenger, up to 25 Were able to fight their place in the overall standings.
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