Extended highlights of Stage 11 presented by Aramco - #Dakar2024

Dakar
Dakar
  • il y a 8 mois
The fifth edition of the Dakar in Saudi Arabia promises to push man and machine harder than any of the previous ones.
More information:
https://www.dakar.com
https://www.facebook.com/Dakar
https://www.twitter.com/Dakar
https://www.instagram.com/DakarRally
#Dakar2024

© Amaury Sport Organisation - https://www.aso.fr

Category

🥇
Sports
Transcript
00:00 It's another very tough day out here in Saudi.
00:14 Crunch time at the 46th edition of the Dakar Rally.
00:17 In the bikes, Branch and Brabeck and a fight for the podium.
00:20 The ultimate showdown between motorsport legends, Le Boss against El Matador.
00:25 Pierre Sauterer leads Price by 20 minutes in the T4s, easily overturned.
00:30 Guthrie has 28 on Gutierrez in the Challengers.
00:33 That's not over.
00:34 And the last two quad champions are separated by under nine minutes.
00:38 Are you ready for a climax?
00:40 Because there's one coming.
00:47 Snap, crackle, pop, Dakar.
00:56 Seven a.m.
00:58 Time for a coffee and time for the last big test of this rally.
01:02 Nerves, apprehension, excitement, tension, take your pick.
01:07 It was a muted atmosphere as the bikes got going today, as everything was still up for
01:12 grabs.
01:15 Al Ula to Yambu, rocks, stones, boulders, ghoulies, scree, outcrops, pebbles, boundies,
01:21 grit, gnarly basically.
01:23 The special was reduced to 420k for safety reasons.
01:28 There aren't many more popular guys here than Motswana Ross Branch.
01:31 Brimming with talent and contagious enthusiasm, he led overall until the chrono he won today.
01:37 Really really rocky all the time, but yeah, I enjoyed it and I try to put the hammer down.
01:42 I think I've left a little bit too late, but yeah, Ricky's riding an amazing race.
01:47 The American's 5.45 in bonuses saw him lose just 32 seconds to Ross.
01:52 This Dakar has been Brabeck's magnum opus, his masterpiece.
01:56 I made no mistakes today.
01:58 I put my head down and I got it to the finish.
02:02 This is the third straight day.
02:03 Harit Noah has been on the show.
02:04 He hasn't looked at any results since the start.
02:07 His ambition to finish 15th and he's smashed it.
02:09 11th overall and leading in Rally 2.
02:13 Ricky has been in charge since just before the rest day.
02:15 He's ridden the perfect rally raid and has a 10 minute cushion.
02:18 Two Hondas fighting for the podium and Tobias Ebster will win original by Motul unless he
02:23 crashes.
02:25 Remember I mentioned there may possibly be one or two rocks on this stage?
02:29 Well this is Death Canyon, El Canyon de la Muerte and it looked like the end of the road
02:33 for Irish rookie Orono Kelly.
02:36 That was until Mathieu Serradori and Loic Minaudier, themselves fighting for a top five
02:41 in the cars, found he was blocking their way.
02:44 The Frenchman have eight Dakars on bikes between them.
02:47 Minaudier took matters into his own hands.
02:49 I don't even know if this is allowed by the way.
02:51 But I did speak to Orono's team manager who told me he's given everything.
02:55 He's black and blue all over, can hardly walk and has nothing left in the tank.
03:00 He looked disconsolate as he made his way back to the bike but he did make it back to
03:04 the bivouac.
03:06 This is Dakar commitment.
03:08 Bravo Orono Kelly.
03:19 Exhausted he finally made it back to the bivouac six hours after the top guys.
03:25 Every Dakar throws up tales of fortitude, achievement and survival and this is one of
03:29 the best.
03:30 Italian Cesare Zacchetti's story in his own words.
03:34 Enjoy.
03:34 I was late at the last gate and I decided to go to the next one.
03:41 Even if I knew I couldn't reach the following bivouac.
03:48 It was late, it was dark and I stopped.
04:14 I was in the middle of the dunes.
04:17 I dig a hole and I put myself, I cover with the sand.
04:22 I wasn't scared at all.
04:24 It was beautiful, so calm.
04:28 They called me and they told me we are sending you an helicopter.
04:36 They made some lights and they went away.
04:46 The morning after I realized that they dropped me a duvet and something to eat but it was
04:54 quite far from me at the bottom of the dunes.
04:59 This is the experience side.
05:01 I like riding a bike and what happens.
05:05 So it's exactly what I wanted.
05:08 It was a beautiful adventure.
05:15 Alexandre Giroud, quad champion in 22 and 23.
05:21 Manuel Andujar, winner in 21.
05:22 Together they rode.
05:23 The Frenchman won but the Argentine's lead is still over eight minutes.
05:31 Seb Loeb suffered punctures again yesterday and with problems with his jack he had to
05:35 find rocks to raise the car and change the wheel.
06:02 It was a hard day for us.
06:04 It was a bit frustrating.
06:05 We expected to take more time to Carlos who had some troubles with three punctures.
06:11 We have three punctures.
06:16 The last one is slow but we couldn't repair it.
06:19 We need to wait for Matias.
06:22 Stefan was late because he has punctures as well.
06:25 So it was a bit of a chaos.
06:30 We have to think positive after the day.
06:32 We are at 13 minutes from him now and two days to go.
06:36 It's the age old question.
06:37 Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
06:39 If Carlos is the chicken, Seb's the egg and if you keep smashing an egg, cracking its
06:43 shell and putting holes in it, that egg ain't going to win the Dakar.
06:46 At the top of a rise you can't see properly.
06:48 We hit something with the front wheel and it twisted everything.
06:51 It's over.
06:56 With the three Audi cars together we knew it wasn't going to be an easy task for us.
07:00 It is what it is.
07:05 The chicken came first, that's the answer.
07:07 Carlos Sainz will win his fourth title tomorrow.
07:10 Loeb had five more punctures today, lost more than an hour and even saluted the champion
07:15 elect as Sainz drove past.
07:17 It will be a fifth podium in eight starts for Seb.
07:20 The dream remains just out of reach.
07:30 But that meant today was the tipping point for Carlos Sainz who finished in third place
07:34 and now leads the rally by more than an hour.
07:40 A disastrous stage for Lucas Marais as well.
07:42 He lost more than two hours as a result of suspension issues ending his chances of a
07:47 podium.
07:52 Guillaume de Mevias benefited from Loeb and Marais' bad day, climbed up to second overall,
07:57 nine minutes ahead of the French driver now.
08:04 Thank you very much.
08:28 Super.
08:30 You do need a keeper.
08:34 With Nasser Alatia at home, Seb Loeb and Fabien Leucan relied on the help of Chinese team
08:40 Yonggang Xi, who are also in a hunter.
08:45 Earlier I said the chicken came first.
08:46 Actually, it was a chicharit.
08:48 He opened after victory yesterday and roasted the rest of the field, coming in five minutes
08:53 ahead of de Mevias and Sainz.
08:55 Fourth overall, but his eyes will be on the podium.
09:00 Barring disaster or alien invasion, Carlos Sainz will give Audi their first ever Dakar
09:05 victory tomorrow.
09:14 Mitch Guthrie is the challenger governor and he got through the rocks unscathed, keeping
09:18 his nearest rival 25 minutes back.
09:21 The day's winners, once again, Mr and Mrs Cavigliato.
09:24 Two wins in four days for the Argentine husband and wife.
09:30 But if you were looking for some serious nail biting excitement this morning, you may not
09:34 have expected it from the T4s, but that's where you would have found it.
09:38 We saw on board footage yesterday of Xavier de Soultraet celebrating.
09:42 Sarah Price was just behind him and Jerome de Sadelier just three minutes back.
09:46 Penalties for the Frenchman meant that at one point today, the three crews were just
09:50 minutes apart after 50 hours of racing.
09:54 Unbelievable.
09:55 The Soultrain derailed, Sarah made him pay the price and Jerome saddled up to win the
10:00 day.
10:05 In the end, Price suffered a double puncture and ran the last 50k on ruptured wheels, but
10:09 it's awful close up top.
10:13 The Czechs are mad about the trucks, but nobody from their country has won this since 2001.
10:18 The great Carol La Price, uncle of today's stage winner, Alish.
10:23 But barring a miracle, he won't be the one ending the drought because Martin Maciek goes
10:27 into the final day with a huge lead of over two hours.
10:31 They'll be getting the star of Pramen ready in his hometown tonight.
10:35 But check out the Czechs this year.
10:36 La Price will even make it a one two.
10:39 So the trucks is done and dusted.
10:41 It's Carlos in the cars, Brabecks Apex in the bikes.
10:44 Guthrie has no real challenge in the challengers.
10:47 Tomorrow there's an open door in the T4 and we'll find out who gets the nod in the quads.
10:53 [MUSIC]