Dakar 2023 Thread

Yeah man, much respect to all the competitors. The level of balls/commitment required to be up front in desert racing makes mx/sx/enduro look like kindergarten. Crashes at 150kph v crashes at 60kph are a far different thing. And doing it all without a practice session or sight lap….

Stage 1 done

1st seeded rider Sam Sunderland in hospital.

Not sure how or why penalties occurred Updated results 

Overall different as above per mbw479

Lets go Ricky! 

Speed limit for bikes is 160 km/h (99.4 mp/h)

I don't think NBCSN exists anymore. (which is part of the reason SX is barely on broadcast TV this year)

But looks like maybe NBC sports will be posting those recaps on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BCIbnPpxonc

Lots of highlight content on Peacock, but looks like Flo if you want to watch the whole thing

Note to production crew: how about having someone that actually speaks English provide the commentary for English streams? The woman that narrated the lightweight prototypes made my ears bleed. 

Congrats to Mason 1st stage win 2 minutes penalty for speeding & looks like he’s leading the Dakar 

https://www.dakar.com/en/rankings

I don't know shit about Dakar, but why is there a "speed limit" in a race?

I just re-subbed to Peacock for Sx... However this is a pleasant surprise the coverage of this wonderful rally raid.

pretty damn exciting to say the least. Im hoping ricky and toby and klien are all on the podium in any order!

Bummer for the dude who went down because of the rock under the sand.

Transfer sections on public roads.  

NO another past champion exits this time its Ricky neck injury 

lying 2nd half way through stage going great then this  

160km is the max speed limit in the special stages. 160 is fairly moving 

Transfer sections I'm pretty sure are whatever the legal speed limit is but can't be sure. I could ask the question 

Sucks about Ricky hope he's ok 

   from Daker web site

weather bike race halted at CP2 &CP3

degration in weather 

for the organisers to guarantee best safety for competors riders halted at CP2 (335Km) & CP3 (377Km)

the top riders had already finished so their times will be maintained

for others times will be calculated according to each riders accomplishments on the first part of the stage.

stage 3

1st Sanders

2nd Howes 6.19

3rd Klein 6.59

overall 

1st Sanders

2nd Klein 4.04

3rd K Benavides 6.53

4th Howes 8.35

5th Barreda Bort 10.37

Not the news I wanted to wake up to with Brabec, but thankful so far that he seems okay...

Stinks for Brabec…but it looks like Skyler Howes had a great day.

Really hoping for a good result for Sanders, honestly think he would've won it last year if not for that really unfortunate and frankly stupid (not on his part) accident

Brabec crashed during Stage 3 Special. Thankfully, the scans of his neck are clear. He has a concussion and will be monitored overnight in the hospital.