Dakar 2014 Stage 6 "Lopez Out".

On the sixth day of competition of the Dakar 2014, the tragedy has returned again to hit the grueling Rally -Raid South American, arrived in the afternoon after the news about the death of two Argentine journalists following the race , Agustin Mina and Daniele D' Ambrosio of ' Rally Sport ' , a few hours later came the press about the death of Belgian rider Eric Palante , which already lifeless body was found along the path of yesterday's stage .

The riders left in the race to face the sixth stage today, Salta - Tucuman 464 km ( 400 ' special ' ) , kicked off obviously unaware of the tragedy that occurred only a few hours before, and have had to deal with a path once again ' mountain ' ( with hard ground , rocks and lots of dust ) but the quotient of difficulty is not overly high, as witnessed by the detachments ' tight to ' the finish.



With a time of 4:21 '34 " , to dull the end it was the Franco- Malian Alain Duclos (pictured above ) , who has confirmed once again the great progress made by the amazing Sherco 450SR winning the race ahead of the leader in the overall standings , Marc Coma (KTM Red Bull Rally Factory, +1 " 15) and compatriot Mickael Metge (Yamaha Racing +1'49 "). Following are classified Joan Barreda (Honda , +2'22 " ) , Cyril Despres ( +2'55 ") and Helder Rodrigues (Honda , +4'21 " ) , with Jordi Viladoms 9th to +10'26 " . Accident and instead retreat to the Chilean Francisco " Chaleco" Lopez, who left the game with a sore wrist and hip .

Because of these gaps rather than the content , not the overall standings did not receive shocks : Marc Coma continues to lead ahead of Barreda ( +42'47 "), while Duclos has jumped Viladoms grabbing the provisional third place ( at +1:00 '58 " ) . At over two hours Cyril Despres , penalized for an hour yesterday for failing a check-point . The whole caravan of the Dakar will enjoy the first day of rest on Saturday , hostilities will resume on Sundays. At the finish line of Valparaiso, in Chile, there are still eight days and 4500 km, of which 2700 time trial .

Result the overall standings

1 Marc Coma | ESP | KTM | KTM Red Bull Rally Factory 23:08′00
2 Joan Barreda | ESP | HONDA | TEAM HRC +42′17
3 Alain Duclos | FRA | SHERCO | Sherco Rally Factory +01:00′58
4 Jordi Viladoms | ESP | GAS GAS | Gas Gas JVO Team +01:08′09
5 Jeremias Israel | CHL | SPEEDBRAIN | Team Speedbrain +01:33′28
6 Olivier Pain | FRA | YAMAHA | Yamaha Racing +01:43′08
7 Kuba Przygonski | POL | KTM | KTM Rally Factory +01:49′59
8 Helder Rodrigues | PRT | HONDA | TEAM HRC +02′01′24
9 David Casteu | FRA | KTM | Team Casteu +02:12′05
10 Daniel Gouet | CHI | HONDA | Tamarugal Honda Racing XC Rally Team +02:17′26