Robby Gordon finishes 28th
Stage 9 saw the legendary racer go from hero to zero as problems struck in the final kilometres
1 hour 59 minutes behind Peterhansel is a long way from where Robby Gordon expected to be after his barstorming performance in today's special. After charging up to 5th place and maintaining it through nearly 400km, he was desperately unlucky to have to stop just 26 kilometres before the finish line.
The special ended with a 1km drop in the final 3km, the kind of extremely fast finish Gordon really enjoys where you hurtle down a sand bank keeping your feet well away from the brake as digging in to the sand on such a steep slope could be terminal. Arriving at this point in 5th would have made for an exhilarating ride down to the Pacific Ocean. The problems at the end of today's special just take the dge of an exuberant part of the special.
Placed 27th when he finished, this was pushed back one place to 28th by a finisher with a later start time. His time places him 27th in the general standings, six minutes behind the SMG Buggy of Chabot. Despite finishing ahead of Gordon today on the stage, Baldwin sits just over 41/2 hours back in 36th place overall.
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- 16.01.2014Robby Gordon sole Toyo Tires driver after BJ Baldwin forced to retire
- 15.01.2014Gordon stopped just before stage end.
- 15.01.2014Robby Gordon finishes 28th
- 14.01.201414th for Baldwin on Stage 8
- 12.01.2014Baldwin 28th after difficult final sector
- 12.01.2014Rest day
- 12.01.2014Subdued end to Week one of 2014 Dakar
- 10.01.2014Technical problems for Szalay
- 10.01.2014BJ hanging in
- 10.01.2014Gordon hit with 1hour penalty
- 10.01.2014Robby Gordon 3rd on stage 5
- 09.01.2014Team Opel Dakar finish 11th
- 09.01.2014Chicherit out of Dakar
- 09.01.2014Bad luck and Trouble in Africa Eco Race
- 09.01.2014Gordon 1st Toyo Tires driver home, finishing 14th in stage 4
- 08.01.2014Chicherit stopped at Km65 for 20 minutes now
- 08.01.2014Robby Gordon reflects on the opening stages of the Dakar
- 08.01.2014BJ Baldwin before the storm
- 08.01.201442nd for Baldwin
- 08.01.20145th for Chicherit in stage 3, 6th for Gordon
- 08.01.2014Frustration for Opel Dakar Team in stage 7
- 07.01.2014Longest day for Opel Dakar Team
- 07.01.201414 + 2 = bad luck luck for Baldwin
- 07.01.2014Team Opel Dakar 2nd in stage six
- 07.01.2014Improved results for Team Toyo Tires in stage 2 of 2014 Dakar
- 06.01.2014Team Toyo Tires has a bad day at the office
- 06.01.2014Gordon finally starts special
- 06.01.2014Impatient rest day for Szalay
- 06.01.2014Dakar start for Team Toyo Tires
- 06.01.2014Huge interest in Gordon's new car.
- 06.01.2014Robby Gordon reaches Dakar
- 06.01.2014Szalay storms to second
- 06.01.2014EVR Checks in
- 06.01.2014Balzázs bounces back
- 06.01.2014Szalay Balzázs seventh overall in Africa Eco rally 2014
