2011 Dakar Articles
The 10 best 2011 Dakar photos
Despite the new 450cc capacity limit and running all-new bikes (the KTM 450 Rally) Marc Coma and Cyril Despres gave KTM a one, two, marking the Austrian manufacturer's 10th consecutive rally win. But the Dakar isn’t just about KTM picking on everyone else, it’s really about you and I getting new desktop wallpapers. The rally produces some of the most stunning images of motorcycle racing ever c...
17 January 2011
Why you shouldn’t steal gas on the Dakar
Aprilia rider Francisco Lopez finished fourth overall in the 2011 Dakar, but he almost didn’t finish at all. Not only did he just about run out of fuel on a connection between special stages, but, when he stopped to help himself to the gas from a parked bike in a village, Argentinean police quickly intervened. How sneaky does he look in this video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sme_y1nP8nA&fe...
17 January 2011
Dakar stages 7-11
Here’s high-res images and video recaps from Dakar stages 7 through 11. KTM’s Marc Coma and Cyril Despres continue to contest first and second places despite giving away stage victories both to Aprilia and Jonah Street. At ninth place, Quinn Cody is the highest ranked American thanks to a string of consistent top-12 aboard his Honda CRF450X. Ignacio Chivite, riding his 1978 Bultaco two-strok...
14 January 2011
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Jonah Street wins Dakar stage 9
American Jonah Street has won stage 9 of the 2011 Dakar. “It’s awesome, totally awesome,” Jonah said shortly afterwards. The victory is the second Dakar stage win of his career and his first this year, he's now 15th overall. “It's what we come here to do, to do the best we can and first is the best you can do, so to win a stage pretty special.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AKRqcdWFIo...
11 January 2011
Photos: Aprilia wins 2011 Dakar stage 7
Finally, high-res photos of Francisco Lopez riding his Aprilia RXV 4.5 in the 2011 Dakar. Lopez won his first stage of 2011 today, going head-to-head against Marc Coma in the process. The result leaves him and Aprilia third overall, the same position they totaled for last year’s race, where Lopez won two of the 14 stages. “The first part of the stage was very fast, and it took me some time t...
09 January 2011
The Dakar to-date
As of this morning, with Stage 6 just setting off, KTM’s Marc Coma leads the 2011 Dakar closely followed by teammate Cyril Despres. KTM’s continued dominance even with this year’s 450cc engines isn’t surprising, but the spread of the field just below those two leaders is. There’s also an Aprilia, BMW and Yamaha in the top five overall, while BMW won yesterday’s stage with an Aprilia ju...
07 January 2011
How to follow the 2011 Dakar
The Dakar is, much to our chagrin, impossible to cover effectively. Virtually no cohesive and certainly no comprehensive material escapes the wilds of Argentina and Chile, but that doesn’t mean that if you’re enthusiastic and determined, that you can’t get some idea of what’s happening in the race, which started yesterday and runs through January 16. Photos: Marcelo Maragni/KTM/Red Bull P...
03 January 2011