The Longest Special Stage Of The 2017 Dakar Cancelled

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The Dakar Rally, en route through Bolivia, is taking a bad beating from the weather. The country, which has been suffering an extreme drought for several months, has seen the arrival of the race coincide with arrival of the rain. The heavy downpours, while good for local irrigation, are causing more than a few headaches for the national road system.

Yesterday afternoon with the Oruro bivouac a mud-filled washout, ASO, the governing body of the Rally Dakar 2017, emitted the following communication:
“Considering the extreme climatic conditions and that some drivers are still on the stage course, considering that is impossible to bring the vehicles of all participants back to the bivouac and prepare the next stage in the best conditions and considering that people of the organisation in charge of the reco of tomorrow’sstage course informed that the road is unpracticable, the 6th stage (ORURO-LA PAZ) has been cancelled.”

Stage 6 from Oruro to La Paz with 527 kilometres of timed special stage, was set to be the longest of the twelve Dakar stages to be raced against the clock. Now, the stage scheduled from Uyuni and Salta, with 492 kilometres of special, will be the most lengthy in the Dakar 2017.

Today the riders, assistance and crew of the Monster Energy Honda Team will make the liaison by road to the La Paz bivouac. Tomorrow the team will get to savour a well-earned day off in the Bolivian capital and set about preparations for the following day.

As a logical consequence the race order remains the same as yesterday’s bar any minor modifications.

Rider Standings

PROVISIONAL STANDINGS AFTER STAGE 6

Pos.RiderNumNationTeamTime/Gap
1SUNDERLAND Sam16GBRRed Bull KTM Rally Factory Team15:22’05
2QUINTANILLA Pablo3CHIHusqvarna Factory Rally Team+12’00
3VAN BEVEREN Adrien6FRAYamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team+16’07
4FARRES Gerard8SPAHimoinsa Team+20’57
5WALKNER Matthias14AUTRed Bull KTM Rally Factory Team+29:01
6DE SOULTRAIT Xavier23FRAViltais Racing Team HFP+36’06
7SVITKO Stefan2SLOSlovnaft Team+48’43
8RENET Pierre-Alexandre31FRAHusqvarna Factory Rally Team+54’45
9DUPLESSIS Martín34ARGAsistencia Med+1:04’55
10GONCALVES Paulo17PORMonster Energy Honda Team+1:08’21
11RODRIGUES Joaquim27PORHero Motorsports Team Rally+1:10’20
12BARREDA Joan11SPAMonster Energy Honda Team+1:12’39
13RODRIGUES Helder5PORYamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team+1:23’38
14CAIMI Franco67ARGHonda South America Rally Team+1:27’10
15KLYMCIW Ondrej45CZEKlymciw Racing+1:36’22
21METGE Michael15FRAMonster Energy Honda Team+1:49’25
22BRABEC Ricky9USAMonster Energy Honda Team+1:49’27
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