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2013 Dakar Rally

Husqvarna Team News:

Dakar 2013, 12th Stage , Fiambala - Copiapo
715 km stage (447 miles) including 319 km special test

Barreda third. Tenth podium place for Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain.

High speeds throughout and a lot navigation made the twelfth stage of the Dakar, from Fiambala to Copiapo a tough one. Joan "Bang Bang" Barreda proved to be the best of the Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain taking third place on the day, and bringing the team its tenth podium place out of the twelve stages contested so far. Joan, who led throughout the race made a slight navigational error which dropped him down into third place finishing just three minutes behind winner Verhoeven.

Alessandro Botturi, on the other hand, had a day worth forgetting. After holding seventh place for the first half of the race, the rider lost a lot of time looking for the way point. Alessandro finished fourteen minutes behind the leader, but now runs the risk of being penalized with a one hour penalty for failure to pass Way Point 13.

Paulo Goncalves had a fairly lacklustre day, opening the track for the other riders after starting from second position. He came in sixteenth, ten minutes behind the winner.

Tomorrow sees the penultimate stage of the rally from Copiapo to La Serena including 441 km special test (275 miles) and a total distance of 735 km (460 miles). The last real stage before they roll into Santiago.

Joan Barreda: “I really pushed hard right from the start today, and I lead the way for quite a stretch. Then I made a slight navigational error and lost a few minutes, but I managed to pull it back almost straight away. I’m pleased with my race today.”

Paulo Goncalves: “It was difficult to open a race like today’s. I started out from second, and was like a hare to the other greyhounds that were in chase. Anyway, I’m fairly pleased with my race and I didn’t make any significant mistakes.”

Alessandro Botturi: ”I’m really disappointed. Everything went really well until halfway through the race. Then I lost patience when I couldn’t find the right route and I missed a way point which will cost me a one hour penalty. Today I threw away practically everything…..a shame.”

Result Stage 12 (unofficial):
1. Verhoeven (NLD, Yamaha) 3h49m15s
2. Faria (PRT, KTM) +00:01:38
3. Joan Barreda (ESP, Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain) +00:03:01
4. Duclos (FRA, Sherco) +00:03:17
5. Rodrigues (PRT, Honda) +00:03:35
16. Paulo Goncalves (PRT, Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain) +00:10:39
20. Alessandro Botturi (ITA, Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain) +00:14:35
23. Matt Fish (AUS, Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain) +00:17:36

Overall after Stage 12 (unofficial):
1. Despres (FRA, KTM) 37h46m59s
2. Faria (PRT, KTM) +00:05:39
3. Lopez (CHL, KTM) +00:13:40
4. Jakes (SVK, KTM) +00:20:16
5. Alessandro Botturi (ITA, Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain) +00:34:52
12. Paulo Goncalves (PRT, Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain) +01:29:42
20. Joan Barreda (ESP, Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain) +03:05:33
80.+ Matt Fish (AUS, Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain) +25:07:02
 
So Faria stops at refueling and his rim is not good. Someone offers him a new wheel, he refuses and take the risk of doing the rest of the special. He tell this to Cyril.
The master strategist decides to help his mate. What does he do? He let the boys go up front and they have hard time with the navigation. They are all a bit lost. Chaleco is one of them, he loses time. In the meantime he tells Caselli to slowdown, and explain to him wtf is happening.

Faria, with the broken rim gets to be 2nd in the special, and gains 3 minutes on Chaleco.
 
Here are the overall's that Motorcycle USA is posting. It appears that Botturi has been assessed a big penalty and is now out of the top 10 overall which leaves no Husky in the top 10. With only a few day's left to go hopefully they can get back up to the top 10 and it would be nice to see Barreda take a few more stage wins!​

2013 Dakar Rally Overall Standings after Stage 12:​
1. Cyril Despres (KTM) 37:46:59​
2. Ruben Faria (KTM) 37:52:38​
3. Chaleco Lopez (KTM) 38:00:39 ​
4. Ivan Jakes (KTM) 38:07:15​
5. Joan Pedrero (KTM) 38:28:13 ​
6. Olivier Pain (Yamaha) 38:50:28 ​
7. Frans Verhoeven (Yamaha) 38:52:21 ​
8. Helder Rodrigues (Honda) 38:57:43 ​
9. Javier Pizzolito (Honda) 39:06:19 ​
10. Jakub Przygonski (KTM) 39:15:36​

Goncalves is up to 11.
Botturi is now 12.
Barreda is up to 17.
Fish is 26.
 
Casillie was leading to just before the finish of the day and last I saw had motor problem but lets hope he finishes
 
#5 - JOAN BARREDA BORT (ESP)
#20 - PAULO GONÇALVES (PRT)
#39 - MATT FISH (AUS)
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Pos.N°NameMarkTimevariationPenalty
1
1
KTM 43:24:22 - 00:15:00
2
11
KTM 43:35:05 00:10:43 -
3
7
KTM 43:43:10 00:18:48 00:15:00
4
32
KTM 43:48:16 00:23:54 -
5
12
KTM 44:19:51 00:55:29 00:15:00
6
9
YAMAHA 44:30:52 01:06:30 -
7
3
HONDA 44:35:44 01:11:22 00:15:00
8
30
HONDA 44:50:29 01:26:07 -
9
15
YAMAHA 44:50:57 01:26:35 -
10
20
HUSQVARNA 44:52:42 01:28:20 00:15:00
11
18
KTM 44:58:21 01:33:59 00:05:00
12
26
HONDA 45:10:02 01:45:40 -
13
40
KTM 45:27:16 02:02:54 -
14
123
YAMAHA 45:54:58 02:30:36 -
15
57
KTM 46:09:36 02:45:14 00:15:00
16
8
KTM 46:25:18 03:00:56 00:15:00
17
5
HUSQVARNA 46:29:04 03:04:42 00:17:00
18
34
YAMAHA 46:36:30 03:12:08 00:20:00
19
27
KTM 46:39:34 03:15:12 -
20
41
HONDA 47:28:59 04:04:37 -
21
49
HONDA 47:36:31 04:12:09 -
22
19
KTM 47:53:50 04:29:28 -
23
28
KTM 48:22:02 04:57:40 00:15:00
24
131
HONDA 48:31:59 05:07:37 00:15:00
25
43
KTM 48:47:31 05:23:09 -
26
162
KTM 48:48:12 05:23:50 -
27
31
GAS - GAS 48:51:08 05:26:46 -
28
52
KTM 49:07:27 05:43:05 00:15:00
29
50
HONDA 49:25:38 06:01:16 00:15:00
30
103
SUZUKI 49:26:24 06:02:02 01:00:00
31
29
KTM 49:28:02 06:03:40 03:35:00
32
37
KTM 49:30:00 06:05:38 -
33
87
YAMAHA 49:48:42 06:24:20 00:15:00
34
156
HONDA 49:51:49 06:27:27 00:20:00
35
77
YAMAHA 50:29:24 07:05:02 -
36
14
SHERCO 51:02:28 07:38:06 01:00:00
37
62
KTM 51:20:08 07:55:46 -
38
82
YAMAHA 51:23:04 07:58:42 00:15:00
39
65
YAMAHA 51:24:24 08:00:02 00:15:00
40
33
HONDA 51:36:02 08:11:40 00:15:00
41
148
KTM 51:48:23 08:24:01 -
42
119
KTM 51:55:31 08:31:09 -
43
89
HONDA 51:56:42 08:32:20 00:15:00
44
101
KTM 52:18:04 08:53:42 -
45
70
KAWASAKI 52:24:33 09:00:11 -
46
168
KTM 52:26:57 09:02:35 -
47
147
HONDA 52:47:07 09:22:45 00:30:00
48
42
HONDA 52:53:58 09:29:36 00:15:00
49
69
YAMAHA 53:05:34 09:41:12 -
50
83
KTM 53:17:55 09:53:33 -
51
48
KTM 53:37:49 10:13:27 -
52
111
YAMAHA 53:42:03 10:17:41 -
53
146
KTM 53:46:11 10:21:49 -
54
86
HONDA 53:47:11 10:22:49 00:15:00
55
72
JINCHENG 53:47:32 10:23:10 -
56
137
HUSQVARNA 53:51:46 10:27:24 00:05:00
57
92
HONDA 53:52:21 10:27:59 06:27:00
58
44
HUSQVARNA 54:17:44 10:53:22 01:30:00
59
51
HUSQVARNA 54:21:51 10:57:29 00:15:00

111
39
HUQSVARNA 68:49:42 25:25:20 09:15:00
 
Jordi Viladoms wrap up of his 2013 race:

"I'm home! The trip ended a little earlier than expected, sooner than I would have liked, but with my Dakar dose and high spirits.

It is inevitable to review all that has happened, the head spins on everything that's happened ... And also review has been inevitable as were the ratings before they started having mechanical problems, and again I say the same thing: the approach of the race was right and we were on the right track. When I finished the first special stage 7, ie half of the race, was 4 th overall and less than 4 minutes from Cyril Depres, who was the pilot who had to score close. My arms have always been the regularity and consistency and I think this could work well in Dakar, though not as showy as winning stages. Another point with which I stay is that I did not fall even once in the 10-stage race that I kept. Of course, always in the Dakar anything can happen and it does not make the story of the old ... are just data that give me moral and tell me that I have to continue in this line in future editions.

I feel very fortunate to have been involved again in Dakar, fight to be in the top positions and strange though it may sound a memory I have very good all lived in step 7, when I had all these problems! We can not forget that what we like is to overcome challenges and to me it was one of the most difficult to face and overcome. As he was fixing my adrenaline was going up, this is the only explanation of how I could go physically enduring all, why put up with the cold easily and why I could not sleep when it was three in the morning at the bivouac Salta!

Inevitably, after breaking my bike engine in step 10 is definitely ended and began my journey back home. When I arrived in La Rioja it was too late and I could only limit to take a shower, have dinner and go to sleep because at 5 in the morning had to leave the car with assistance to the next bivouac in Fiambala, I escape would take a step back from mountain range to nearly 5000 meters! This is especially hard, and could not help seeing the "motards" as they were warm, and I was telling mechanics how hard it is, with the accumulated fatigue, cold, lack of oxygen ... All resulting in a terrible dream! I could not help but worry when saw some pilot embarrassed ... To the extent we saw that one of them was stopping too often and decided to stop to see what was wrong. She wore cool clothes and the boy (20 years ...) it was freezing, her lips and fingers blue! I put a Buff of mine, the team physio put on latex gloves, cover it with plastic bags and after trying him warm and breathe some oxygen out again ... Even had to assist once again but this kid, because I recognized the opening of Dakar had a parliament, being the youngest participant, made it to the start of the special! I do not know who has this race but clearly shows the spirit of excellence in all of us and makes us cross all limits ... Incredible!

Once I arrived in Copiapó itself can organize my flight back to Santiago, then to Madrid and then Barcelona, ​​where at the airport a few friends and family welcomed me. Although things did not go well and would not even notice that much time at the airport because I had to go to TV3 and TVE whistling, were there giving me a warm welcome to thank you very much!

And now, from the dining room of my house, I take leave of adventure DAKAR 2013. Thank you very much to all who have supported and encouraged me, and I promise we'll have more opportunities to live beautiful moments, whether successful or have more little adventures and challenges ahead which is what we like! ;)

A big hug! "

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