Some very interesting photos of this years Dakar here:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/dakar_rally_2010.html#photo2
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/dakar_rally_2010.html#photo2
2010 Dakar Photos
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Hi JohnS, what can I say ? These photos are just absolutely brilliant, yet they depict so little just what goes into this event which is held over a period of about , is it twelve days ? Well no, it is in fact fourteen days of blood, sweat and tears - sand dunes, rocks, you name it, and these guys on their various bikes, quads, cars and trucks, and the longest daily stage approaches just short of eight hundred kilometers for the day.
What must it be like - okay, the pics tell just part of the story. I have ridden on a hot day, for just three hours and have been totally exhausted. It's like "brain no longer functions", unable "to co-ordinate clutch lever and accelerator movement" - in other words, just total exhaustion.
These guys, especially the bikies, do it for fourteen days, over almost untraversible terrain, and I just don't comprehend how they do it. Just unbelievable.
I haven't seen this year's results, but I believe that Cyril Depres, a French KTM rider, may have won the bike section overall again, probably again in front of Spanish KTM rider Marc Coma. KTM - who knows what it stands for - it is a motor cycle factory in Austria - Upper Austria to be precise at a place called Mattighofen - not far from Braunau, Hitler's place of birth - need I have said that ? Well, no. KTM stands for Kronprinz, Trunkenpolz (the two founders) Mattighofen and they just about have the wood on the Japanese might in the Enduro bikes field. I was privileged to tour the KTM factory in 2005.
Carlos Sainz may have won the car class on his V10 factory Diesel VW Touareg, although hard pressed by an Arabian Desert driver specialist. Carlos, of course, is famed for his WRC Rallye achievements over many years driving Peugeots, Citroen C4s etc, but never managed to win the world championship. I believe this was his third or fourth concerted effort to win the Dakar Rallye and he may have succeeded at long last. His effort last year was heart breaking - held the lead up to the last day, only to drop off an unmarked ten metre drop on the final day, handing the overall victory to the South African De Villiers.
Anyway, JohnS, thanks heaps for these pics - what a great find and much appreciated on my part. Regards Styria
What must it be like - okay, the pics tell just part of the story. I have ridden on a hot day, for just three hours and have been totally exhausted. It's like "brain no longer functions", unable "to co-ordinate clutch lever and accelerator movement" - in other words, just total exhaustion.
These guys, especially the bikies, do it for fourteen days, over almost untraversible terrain, and I just don't comprehend how they do it. Just unbelievable.
I haven't seen this year's results, but I believe that Cyril Depres, a French KTM rider, may have won the bike section overall again, probably again in front of Spanish KTM rider Marc Coma. KTM - who knows what it stands for - it is a motor cycle factory in Austria - Upper Austria to be precise at a place called Mattighofen - not far from Braunau, Hitler's place of birth - need I have said that ? Well, no. KTM stands for Kronprinz, Trunkenpolz (the two founders) Mattighofen and they just about have the wood on the Japanese might in the Enduro bikes field. I was privileged to tour the KTM factory in 2005.
Carlos Sainz may have won the car class on his V10 factory Diesel VW Touareg, although hard pressed by an Arabian Desert driver specialist. Carlos, of course, is famed for his WRC Rallye achievements over many years driving Peugeots, Citroen C4s etc, but never managed to win the world championship. I believe this was his third or fourth concerted effort to win the Dakar Rallye and he may have succeeded at long last. His effort last year was heart breaking - held the lead up to the last day, only to drop off an unmarked ten metre drop on the final day, handing the overall victory to the South African De Villiers.
Anyway, JohnS, thanks heaps for these pics - what a great find and much appreciated on my part. Regards Styria
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SEL_69L
Aristocrat
I know that professional photographers are used to cover such an event. They are up to National Geographic standard, and they are the best photos of a motor sport event that I have seen.
Simply Fascinating photography!!!
And the terrain lends itself to the magical shots that are taken by these super professional photograpohers.
I was lucky to meet French Champion Stephane Peterhansel who is a multiple Dakar winner He won the Paris Dakar Rally riding Yamaha motorcycles in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1998 and then again driving Mitsubishi Pajeros in 2004, 2005 and 2007, making him one of the most successful drivers in the history of that race.
And the terrain lends itself to the magical shots that are taken by these super professional photograpohers.
I was lucky to meet French Champion Stephane Peterhansel who is a multiple Dakar winner He won the Paris Dakar Rally riding Yamaha motorcycles in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1998 and then again driving Mitsubishi Pajeros in 2004, 2005 and 2007, making him one of the most successful drivers in the history of that race.
BenzBoy
Grand Master
Not just some of the best - these are inspired!!
Regards,
Benz-Boy
Regards,
Benz-Boy
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