Casteu collides with a cow - Despres perfect race was now second

OVERAL STAGE 9 DAKAR 2013 

The progression of Despres in the stage number nine was impressive. With his first victory in the Dakar 2013 goes into

second position overall. The Frenchman beat Barreda on his favorite ground, the fast ones of the 8,000 km of the ninth stage.

Behind the Italian Barreda Botturi with 1.11 late. Unlucky the overall leader David Casteu, crashed

against a cow that was found in the 120 km special. David is a dislocated shoulder and a seriously damaged his Yamaha along the last

km on foot to reach the goal, try to fix it but Pain does not satisfy the Yamaha brand with its poor performance and lost 32 minutes slips to sixth.

Lopez slips during the special, gets up and takes the race losing only 16 minutes behind Despres.

The head of the general classification is driven by Faria, according to Despres third Lopez. Ktm has successfully sought to limit the damage of the negative start of the Dakar 2013

OVERAL GENERAL 

11 FARIA (PRT) KTM 25:57:12 - -

1 DESPRES (FRA) KTM 26:02:35 00:05:23 00:15:00

7 LOPEZ (CHL) KTM 26:06:15 00:09:03 -

32 JAKES (SVK) KTM 26:14:08 00:16:56 -

17 BOTTURI (ITA) HUSQVARNA 26:20:10 00:22:58 00:15:00

9 PAIN (FRA) YAMAHA 26:25:58 00:28:46 -

3 RODRIGUES (PRT) HONDA 26:28:35 00:31:23 00:15:00

6 SVITKO (SVK) KTM 26:30:02 00:32:50 -

18 PRZYGONSKI (POL) KTM 26:30:25 00:33:13 00:05:00

92 ISRAEL ESQUERRE (CHL) HONDA 26:35:42 00:38:30 00:12:00