Eat 2011: Declerck In the final stage of Staff Dakar Argentina Chile, Marc Coma has initialed his third victory in the controlling Cyril Despres. However, this route easily has become a nightmare for "jacket" that see how he escapes the third place overall, for Helder Rodrigues, a mechanical failure.
was essential not to tremble. On the road to Santiago de Baradero, Marc Coma came out with a lead of more than 16 minutes in general about his true rival Cyril Despres. The risk that the reigning champions could snatch victory was virtually nonexistent, so it's special day was a challenge concentration. Catalan, opening track, has run hard. Despres, back, confronted his impotence in the last year, could not but try to stick to the wheel of the winner announced. The
overall leader since the fourth stage has been content to control his opponent, who only gave a half minutes. The entire test, the delay amounts to 15'04 for Despres, which will cost you digest the 10 minutes lost due to a penalty won foolishly.
Coma, meanwhile, can claim to have committed no mistake: his mastery of the art has earned her third victory in the Dakar. Therefore, the two drivers are tied. The third place finish also seemed intended to Chilean Francisco Lopez, who had finished in the same position in the previous edition. With 43 minutes ahead of the next classification, everything seemed to be decided.
However, fate has been cruel to "vest" a broken shock absorber at km 159, only 22 of the goal. At the finish line, Helder Rodrigues, who just got the second fastest time of the special, delayed only by 5''against Verhoeven, count the minutes. Despite the help of Alain Duclos, who throws a rope to his leader, "Vest" crosses the finish at 13h23. Too late (29 minutes in particular) to save her third, which takes away the Portuguese driver. In 2010 Aprilia happens, so a Yamaha, KTM behind both the head. Rodrigues, 4 th last year, gets what he wanted.
The podium more quads has also undergone change, not at the top, because Alexander Patronelli also known adequately address the situation to succeed his brother Mark in the winners of the Rally, but in third place behind Sebastian Halpern, occupied by Christophe Declerck, with a lead of 3 minutes on Laskawiec Lukasz. The Polish driver has managed to get the most out of your Yamaha, winning the stage and leave out the podium for 52 Christophe Declerck.''
Alejandro