Dakar 2014 on TV

[Reads90]

Hi

Has anyone found a channel that the Dakar this year is on

Last year it was on Foxtel sports and SBS , but can't find them on either this year.

Cheers

Ali

[87County]

SBS have a half hour "summary" - which is a bare bones thing focused on the non-private participants and their advertising - at 1730 each day.

[Reads90]

SBS have a half hour "summary" - which is a bare bones thing focused on the non-private participants and their advertising - at 1730 each day.

Yeah that was it was on then last year

But not on SBS in Brisbane this year

[87County]

On my reading of the SBS website with the program for 6 Jan it is there for Qld

[crash]

The Dakar does not start until the 5th of Jan this year - being in South America they are a day behind us so will not see any telecast until the 6th.

[Reads90]

The Dakar does not start until the 5th of Jan this year - being in South America they are a day behind us so will not see any telecast until the 6th.

Ahh ok just been look for the next few days


Cheers

Ali

[Landy Smurf]

I miss the good ol' days of dakar on tv

[crash]

I miss the good ol' days of dakar on tv
Me too. I have been following the Dakar for as long as I can remember.
This is the official site, and has daily videos - pretty much what you will see on TV coverage. Official website of the Dakar rally raid (http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKus.html)

[VladTepes]

Ah yes the Dakar which doesn't go to Dakar. Hey it's not even on the same continent as Dakar. Not even in the same hemispehere as Dakar.

It was the Paris-Dakar Rally.

Then the Dakar Rally.

Maybe now it ought to just be called The Rally. ?

[bob10]

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, not the original Dakar, it could be argued not Dakar at all, but still a great race. With such a reputation, support vehicles get street cred by merely following the pack [ VW Amorak, anyone?] And , what's not to like about a country with the motto " by reason or by force". [ Chile } How it all started;


AN ENDURING CHALLENGE
The adventure began back in 1977, when Thierry Sabine got lost on his motorbike in the Libyan desert during the Abidjan-Nice Rally. Saved from the sands in extremis, he returned to France still in thrall to this landscape and promising himself he would share his fascination with as many people as possible. He proceeded to come up with a route starting in Europe, continuing to Algiers and crossing Agadez before eventually finishing at Dakar. The founder coined a motto for his inspiration: "A challenge for those who go. A dream for those who stay behind." Courtesy of his great conviction and that modicum of madness peculiar to all great ideas, the plan quickly became a reality. Since then, the Paris-Dakar, a unique event sparked by the spirit of adventure, open to all riders and carrying a message of friendship between all men, has never failed to challenge, surprise and excite. Over the course of almost thirty years, it has generated innumerable sporting and human stories.
Download the history of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2009 (pdf, 188 pages, 9.9 Mo) (http://www.dakar.com/2011/DAK/presentation/docs/historique-dakar-1979-2009_us.pdf)

[CountP]

Go Giniel de Villiers!
Second last year, 2014 has to be his year.

[Landy Smurf]

I wish I could have a go at rallies. Looks like fun

[87County]

I wish I could have a go at rallies. Looks like fun

get good sponsorship - it looks very expen$ive :)

[Landy Smurf]

Yeah I would hate to think how much it costs

[Reads90]

Yeah I would hate to think how much it costs

Have quite a few good friends that do it every year and entry and GPS that you need ( have to have two and have to be the ones they tell you to have ) don't get a lot of change out of £55,000. ($100,000)

Then have to buy fuel from Dakar rally group at about £3 ($5.50) a ltr and have to tell them how much you need for the whole rally. And pay for it all up front. If you crash and burn in the first stage. Don't get a refund on the other fuel not used, Tough.

Then space in the service truck is by weight , need a few diffs with you and you know what they weigh , that works out bloody expensive with all the tools and bits you need.

Then you have to pay to get the truck there and the pay to get the truck back. If there's anything left of it.

If your truck breaks done on the course and they have to take it back to camp for you, will make recovery on Fraser Island look bloody cheap.

Plus hotels and all the other stuff that goes along with it and you can imaging that hotels are three times the price as normal at the start finish.

And all this does not include the cost of the car you are going to race. And all that FIA regulation stuff is not cheap.

So really is a big boys and their toys race.

[Fifth Columnist]

Eurosport's covering it in Britain.
Last year we got two live broadcasts a day, ¾ hour and ½ hour followed later by a ¾ hour summary.
This year we've got a half hour recorded broadcast, most of which is people talking rather than rally action. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/963.jpg

[Landy Smurf]

It is probably the same that we get

[Yorkie]

Sbs 5.30pm daily.
Good so far but wish Gordon started better, sainz is my pick this year. :)

[Reads90]

Eurosport's covering it in Britain.
Last year we got two live broadcasts a day, ¾ hour and ½ hour followed later by a ¾ hour summary.
This year we've got a half hour recorded broadcast, most of which is people talking rather than rally action. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/02/963.jpg

Yeah and that was done by Carlton Kirby who is funny and also let's you know how the privateers are doing.

Can still get those on line on the Eurosport App.

[Reads90]

Sbs 5.30pm daily.
Good so far but wish Gordon started better, sainz is my pick this year. :)

Gordon just does not have any luck with the Dakar

Good chat on here showing how ****ed he is today.

2014 Dakar Rally Team SPEED Stage 1 - Only the beginning on Vimeo

[Landy Smurf]

what section do you like or follow the most ie cars,buggies,trucks,motorbikes,quads

[Reads90]

what section do you like or follow the most ie cars,buggies,trucks,motorbikes,quads

Cars manly but also trucks
Cars due to knowing quite a few of the drivers that do it and always looking out for them, see today that Gottie is out which is a shame.

Not a bike person but respect the effort to do it on a bike. Personally prefer a full metal jacket around me when I drive.

[Landy Smurf]

I mainly follow the bikes

[goingbush]

Im a bit impressed that Minis are 1 2 and 3 at this stage, I didn't even know you could buy a 4WD Mini , just looked at the specs of the Mini Countryman ALL4 , they even have diff lock. I normally just follow the trucks, now watching the Minis with interest.

[Landy Smurf]

I cant get over how amazing the scenery is

[JayBoRover]

Im a bit impressed that Minis are 1 2 and 3 at this stage, I didn't even know you could buy a 4WD Mini , just looked at the specs of the Mini Countryman ALL4 , they even have diff lock. I normally just follow the trucks, now watching the Minis with interest.
There's not much "Mini" in those Dakar Mini's!
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/827.jpg (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/GaelJohn/media/ADDC2011/IMG_0151.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/828.jpg (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/GaelJohn/media/ADDC2011/IMG_0118_zps4fd180cb.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/829.jpg (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/GaelJohn/media/ADDC2011/IMG_0117_zpsc8d8d3d4.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/830.jpg (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/GaelJohn/media/ADDC2011/IMG_0116_zps28a9da15.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/831.jpg (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/GaelJohn/media/ADDC2011/IMG_0115_zps56b1372f.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/832.jpg (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/GaelJohn/media/ADDC2011/IMG_0114_zpse0bf5e9f.jpg.html)

... and their spares trucks aren;t too "Mini" either:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/833.jpg (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/GaelJohn/media/ADDC2011/IMG_0120_zpse8b6c850.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/834.jpg (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/GaelJohn/media/ADDC2011/IMG_0119_zps40902f38.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/835.jpg (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/GaelJohn/media/ADDC2011/IMG_0121_zpsa310b59d.jpg.html)

These were all taken at the 2011 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, but the current ones would be somewhat similar I'd guess.

[crash]

Im a bit impressed that Minis are 1 2 and 3 at this stage, I didn't even know you could buy a 4WD Mini , just looked at the specs of the Mini Countryman ALL4 , they even have diff lock. I normally just follow the trucks, now watching the Minis with interest.
With 12 minis entered their is no wonder that they are running 1,2,3.

[Landy Smurf]

The 3 Aussie riders that finished were 50 minutes within each other.
They placed 37,38,39. That is a great result :)
General ranking stage 13 bike page :Dakar (http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2014/us/stage-13/rankings/overall-bikes.html)