Posted Wed, 01/06/2010 - 16:27 by benhill
Between km 339 and 402 it appears that Marc Coma had some bike trouble and has fallen behind by 37 minutes. Cyril Despres had the lead at km 402 (250 miles) but now Contardo is shown as finishing one minute and 30 seconds ahead of Despres. Contardo is on the Aprilia. Jonah Street was shown at 12th place at km 402.
UPDATE: Just learned that David Casteu (Sherco) suffered a severly broken leg and was unable to activate his beacon. David Fretigne came along and stayed with Casteu until the helicopter arrived.
Posted Wed, 01/06/2010 - 01:52 by benhill
Marc Coma was back on the move today in a stage that most competitors likened to the stages in Mauritania.
He finished 2:04 ahead of Casteu on his Sherco. Despres came in 3:14 behind Coma. Jonah Street finished 15th
on the stage. There were five different marques in the top ten today with the Sherco, Yamaha, Aprilia, and BMW
among the six KTMs.
Stage results:
Posted Mon, 01/04/2010 - 19:41 by benhill
KTM won the stage today as Cyril Despres was in fine form. His performance today catapulted him into the overall lead 10:03 ahead of Casteu. Jonah Street finished eighth and is now standing at sixth place overall. Marc Coma's penalty from stage 2 is still holding him back in the overall standings. Preliminary reports indicate that Jordi Villadoms crashed "heavily" and was taken by helicopter to the medical unit at the bivouac. He was forced to withdraw.
Todays Stage results:
Posted Sun, 01/03/2010 - 23:56 by benhill
David Fretigne won stage two by 43 minutes on a Yamaha 450. David Casteu was second on the Sherco. Marc Coma received a 22 minute penalty for speeding and finished third. Jonah Street finished 11th. Overall standings now stand with Casteu, Despres, Fretigne at 1,2,3 and Jonah Street in 10th.
Posted Sun, 01/03/2010 - 21:29 by benhill
David Casteu leads the 2010 Dakar after winning stage one on a Sherco bike!
Posted Tue, 08/04/2009 - 04:54 by benhill
Riders are in Salina, UT tonight. Stil having a great time with some challenging trails along the way. Should make it to Nevada tomorrow.
Posted Wed, 07/29/2009 - 04:35 by benhill
The group had a good day on the trail today. They did see some heavy rain near the end of the ride.
Posted Tue, 07/28/2009 - 03:16 by benhill
The guys finished their 7th. day on the trail today. Oklahoma was fast and dusty. Made it to Alva OK today for a total of 1640 miles up to this point.
Posted Fri, 07/24/2009 - 01:20 by benhill
Well, we have now completed three tough days on the trail. Day one began at 3:30 pm and the riders didn't arrive at the hotel in Sparta TN until around 10:30 pm.
Day two started with rain at 12:30 pm, and arrived in Lawrenceberg TN at around 8:30pm.
Day three started at about 10:30 am and the group arrived in Selmer at around 5:00 pm. Now they have time to complete the maintenance tasks before dark and be ready to roll on to Mississippi early tomorrow morning. We're picking up speed now and getting more accomplished each day.
Posted Wed, 07/01/2009 - 02:23 by benhill
