Dakar 2010: Stage Four

Posted January 5, 2010 - 8:52pm 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:

 

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation
1 1 COMA (ESP) KTM 1:46:58 0:00:00
2 3 CASTEU (FRA) SHERCO 1:49:02 0:02:04
3 2 DESPRES (FRA) KTM 1:50:12 0:03:14
4 9 LOPEZ CONTARDO (CHL) APRILIA 1:52:04 0:05:06
5 10 GONÇALVES (PRT) BMW 1:53:57 0:06:59
6 31 MANCA (ITA) KTM 1:55:34 0:08:36
7 11 PRZYGONSKI (POL) KTM 1:55:41 0:08:43
8 16 PAIN (FRA) YAMAHA 1:55:58 0:09:00
9 5 RODRIGUES (PRT) YAMAHA 1:56:00 0:09:02
10 4 ULLEVALSETER (NOR) KTM 1:56:02 0:09:04

 

 

 

 

 

Overall results:

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 2 DESPRES (FRA) KTM 10:44:16 0:00:00
2 3 CASTEU (FRA) SHERCO 10:53:09 0:08:53
3 5 RODRIGUES (PRT) YAMAHA 11:08:01 0:23:45
4 31 MANCA (ITA) KTM 11:14:07 0:29:51
5 14 DUCLOS (FRA) KTM 11:22:36 0:38:20
6 1 COMA (ESP) KTM 11:23:06 0:38:50 22:00
7 9 LOPEZ CONTARDO (CHL) APRILIA 11:23:23 0:39:07
8 24 STREET (USA) KTM 11:27:22 0:43:06
9 4 ULLEVALSETER (NOR) KTM 11:35:29 0:51:13
10 10 GONÇALVES (PRT) BMW 11:41:14 0:56:58

 

Robby Gordon won the stage today by one second.  GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!  USA