Dakar 2009: La Serena - Copiapó, stage 9
Dakar 2009: La Serena - Copiapó, stage 9

Video: Dakar 2009: La Serena - Copiapó, stage 9

Video: Dakar 2009: La Serena - Copiapó, stage 9
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Frans Verhoeven has prevailed in the ninth stage as he did in the special that ended in Puerto Madryn. Starting from the thirty-third positionThe Dutch rider was the one who best adapted to the first stage in the Atacama desert, surpassing the French Frétigné by just over three minutes.

Després, who started in first position, Coma and López, reached each other and rode together throughout the stage. Frétigné, leaving ten minutes after his compatriot, was able to hunt down the leading trio and demonstrate once again that his Yamaha 450 is at the height of the KTM.

David fretigne
David fretigne

The American driver Jonah Street, with a lot of pain in his wrist, did not start and preferred to leave, giving fourth place in the general to López. Viladoms has managed to endure the pain in his wrist, finishing in eleventh position, while Farrés finished thirteenth.

  • Stage classification:

    • 1 Verhoeven (NLD) KTM 06:26:33
    • 2 Frétigné (FRA) YAMAHA +00: 03: 09
    • 3 López (CHL) KTM +00: 03: 40
    • 4 Coma (ESP) KTM +00: 04: 59
    • 5 Després (FRA) KTM +00: 06: 03
    • 6 Casteu (FRA) KTM +00: 09: 21
    • 7 Rodrigues (PRT) KTM +00: 10: 28
    • 8 Prohens (CHL) HONDA +00: 13: 47
    • 9 Goncalves (PRT) HONDA +00: 15: 55
    • 10 Duclos (FRA) KTM +00: 17: 18
  • General ranking:

    • 1 Coma (ESP) KTM 37:04:47
    • 2 Frétigné (FRA) YAMAHA +01: 04: 38
    • 3 Despres (FRA) KTM +01: 34: 38
    • 4 Lopez (CHL) KTM +01: 59: 19
    • 5 Viladoms (ESP) KTM +02: 08: 57
    • 6 Rodrigues (PRT) KTM +02: 09: 26
    • 7 Casteu (FRA) KTM +02: 11: 18
    • 8 Verhoeven (NLD) KTM +02: 17: 18
    • 9 Ullevalseter (NOR) KTM +02: 21: 52
    • 10 Knuiman (NLD) KTM +03: 00: 57
    • 29 Guasch (ESP) KTM +08: 17: 22
    • 35 Farrés Güell (ESP) KTM +09: 29: 39
    • 38 Puertas Herrera (ESP) KTM +09: 47: 17
    • 45 Villarrubia García (ESP) GAS-GAS +10: 48: 05
    • 63 Pedrero García (ESP) KTM +13: 54: 24
    • 74 Warrior (ESP) KTM +15: 11: 23
    • 76 Sánchez Tapia (ESP) KTM +15: 28: 14
    • 86 Gómez Pallas (ESP) HONDA +18: 59: 51

All the components of the Spanish expedition are still in the race.

What we did not have yesterday:

Van bergeik
Van bergeik

The man in the photo is Henno Van Bergeik, who in the 2006 Dakar managed to finish off an unmodified Yamaha 500 XT in position 93. This year, he preferred to ride a KTM 690 Rally, but on the Mendoza - Valparaíso stage he had his little ordeal:

And the summary video of stage eight:

Watch the video at the original site.

Profile stage 10 Dakar 2009
Profile stage 10 Dakar 2009

The tenth stage is the queen stage, a loop with start and finish in Copiapó. 686 kilometers with a 666 special (bad number) in the middle of the desert. More than 100 kilometers will be through dunes, but these are completely unknown, with cost more than a kilometer. In addition, the high temperatures will increase the unknown of how the sand will behave.

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