Dakar : Team Gauloises Sperrer - Leg 7
he Gauloises Team Raphael Sperrer for their second day in Mauritania reached the legendary stage of Atar after a 521 km drive and a 499 km special stage, the longest at this

Dakar : Team Galp Energia - Leg 7
Carlos Sousa set the 10th fastest time today, between Zouérat and Atar. A terribly difficult stage which will undoubtedly bring a number of retirements. At this time, only one third

Dakar : Team Nissan Dessoude - Leg 7
The Dakar is now really underway, with a terrible stage between Zouérat and Atar, right in the heart of Mauritania. A typical Dakar stage, where, at midnight, half the competitors

Dakar : Kwik Power - Leg 6
During yesterday`s marathon stage (including a 499-kilometre special stage) across the ‘sea of dunes` of the Mauritanian Sahara, a broken wheel suspension stopped Ellen Lohr and Detlef

Dakar : Marathon day for escorting armada
The Dakar Rally`s sixth stage from Tan Tan to Zouerat was the hardest to date for the support team: Almost half of the 750-kilometre long service route was driven "off-road”.

Dakar : Mitsubishi Motors - Leg 7
The Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team leapt into contention to retain their Dakar Rally title for the sixth successive time, when Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean-Paul

Dakar : Volkswagen Motorsport - Leg 7
Volkswagen occupies third, fourth and fifth places following the Dakar Rally`s extremely tough seventh stage and remains in a promising position. Jutta Kleinschmidt defended

Dakar : KTM - Leg 7
Cyril Despres started the today`s stage, although with a heavy taped shoulder. The KTM Gauloises last year`s winner of the Dakar has put in all his courage and temper in this race. Despres also

Dakar : Leg 7 - News after CP 2 (2)
With 20kms to go before CP2, Bruno Saby who had already suffered mechanical problems was seen stopped to repair. Stephane Henrard also on a Race Touareg appears to be giving him

Dakar : Leg 7 - Finish
Carlo De Gavardo who took off last of the bikers this morning has managed the best time of the day on the finish line of the stage between Zouerat and Atar. The Chilean beats KTM Repsol team

Dakar : Leg 7 - News after CP 2
All the main favourites of the car race are back in the good direction and on their way to CP1. Jean-Louis Schlesser appears to be driving with team mate Magnaldi and Chicherit (BMW)

Dakar : Leg 7 - First news
Take yesterday`s average speed and divide it by two. That`s basically the pace the riders will compete at for today`s stage. The special will almost be 500km long but it`s mainly the

Dakar : Kwik Power - Leg 6
In their Kwikpower Mercedes-Benz M-Class rally prototype, Ellen Lohr and Detlef Ruf successfully completed the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally without experiencing any problems. At the

Dakar : Team Gauloises Sperrer - Leg 6
The Gauloises Team Raphael Sperrer finished the first day in Mauritania at Zouerat after a gruelling 792km drive and a 444km special stage with an excellent time of 04:10:05.
On

Dakar : KTM - Leg 6
Only two or three days ago we were speaking about solidarity between the competitors. We were talking about privateers, that have to count each other in order to add some more possibilities to

Dakar : De Villiers new overall leader
According the latest medical report, Cyril Despres suffers from a collarbone dislocation. It is therefore not broken but the injury is serious. The Frenchman has however decided

Dakar : Team Gauloises Racing - Leg 6
There was high drama in the bike class today with the crash of race favourite Cyril Despres (Gauloises KTM). Last year`s winner fell heavily in the camel grass at km 273 and

Dakar : Volkswagen Motorsport - Leg 6
After a name change at the top of the leader board, Volkswagen still leads the Dakar Rally: On the sixth of 15 stages, held over 792 kilometres from Tan Tan to Zouerat. Giniel

Dakar : Leg 6
In the car race Jean-Louis Schlesser and Stephane Peterhansel were seen driving alongside each other with 14kms to go before CP2 (km 360).
De Gavardo wins special
With four riders on the finish

Dakar : Leg 6 - First news
Entering Mauritania already means a lot for the competitors. The first serious difficulties and the tricky tracks of Morocco are behind them. The course heading to Zouerat is long with