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Old 01-14-2018, 01:21 PM
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A clean end to the first marathon stage for all three GasGas riders.

Johnny Aubert breaking into the top 10 overall after placing 10th in the stage. Unfortunately this came at the cost of Xavier DeSoultrait crashing out of the Dakar with a broken elbow and knee. A crushing loss to Yamaha's teamate Adrien VanBeveren who still holds the overall lead just past the halfway point of the rally.

Jonathan Barragan finished 20th overall today. This allows him to stay at 17th overall.

Cristian Espana finished today in 31st which moves him up to 43rd in the general.


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Here's to hoping Barreda is back tomorrow and feeling better. All competition is good competition. #anythingbutorange?
How about orange with white and red graphics?

Big props to Yamaha for racing and leading on a warmed-up WR450. Bummer about Xavier. Cool to see Brabec starting to assert himself (almost another stage win). Would be nice to see Andrew Short move up a little. Great that he's still healthy though.
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Old 01-16-2018, 03:24 PM
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Holy Shit! what a day! Yamaha is completely out of contention and it looks like I may get my Walkner win afterall!
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Holy Shit! what a day! Yamaha is completely out of contention and it looks like I may get my Walkner win afterall!
No freakin kidding. Just gutted for AVB. I was really rooting for him. I watched the video of his crash and attempt to ride again afterwards. Just killed me.

Moved all the GG guys up the chain. I just can't believe all 6 of them got lost like that. I guess thats why its a navigation race and not follow-the-leader.
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Not sure if anyone is following only here. But I'll give a daily update for those who may be.

Due to spectacular navigation mistakes made today by a number of very high profile riders, and a very disapointing crash from VanBeveren that saw him withdraw from the rally, the GG team has had their most successful day at Dakar so far this year.

Aubert finished today 6th in the stage and Barragan 11th. Espana finished 32nd.

This has Aubert staying in 10th and the other riders moving to 16th, and 38th respectively in the overall general standings.
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KTM have to be the luckiest team out there!!!

Yamaha almost had it in the bag, and being a french rider there were no chances for brand shenanigans ... most exciting dakar since the coma despres years
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KTM have to be the luckiest team out there!!!

Yamaha almost had it in the bag, and being a french rider there were no chances for brand shenanigans ... most exciting dakar since the coma despres years
Totally agree! But it ain't over yet ! Let's see...
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KTM have to be the luckiest team out there!!!

Yamaha almost had it in the bag, and being a french rider there were no chances for brand shenanigans ... most exciting dakar since the coma despres years
Luckiest or most strategic? Just sit back and wait for all your competition to off themselves. Then cruise to all 3 spots on the podium yet again....
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Laia Sanz ate crap yesterday and bounced back up ... AVB just happened to wad in a harder packed spot

Good on Shorty to keep it steady.
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Barreda has withdrawn. Didn't see that coming.

Still gutted for Yamaha, I really wanted to see them take it.
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