05/01/2012 | STAGE 6 Fiambala-Copiapo Cancelled

Stage 6, FIAMBALA- COPIAPO, CANCELLED

Due to the bad weather continuing over the Andes Cordillera (rain and snow), the Chilean authorities were forced to close,

for the night, the border at Paso de San Francisco, situated at 4700m.

For the 7th time, the Dakar is about to cross over the Andes, and because of very unfavourable conditions, added to the fact that the course has been hit by rain and snow, in order to guarantee the security of the competitors

and those following the rally, the organisers have decided to organise a convoy for all vehicles tomorrow.

The itinerary has been changed after the border (follow the main road on the right which goes to Diego de Almagro).

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ANNULATION DE LA 6EME ETAPE, FIAMBALA-COPIAPO

Compte tenu de l’aggravation continuelle des conditions météo sur la Cordillère des Andes (pluie et neige), les autorités

chiliennes ont été contraintes de fermer pour ce soir la frontière au Paso de San Francisco qui culmine à 4700 mètres d’altitude.

Pour la 7ème fois, le Dakar s’apprête à franchir la Cordillère des Andes, et tenant compte des conditions très

défavorables, ajoutées à la dégradation du parcours battu ces dernières heures par la pluie et la neige, dans le souci

de garantir la sécurité des concurrents et des accompagnateurs du rallye, les organisateurs ont décidé de faire passer

en convoi l’ensemble des véhicules demain.

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02/01/2012 | 2 Stages already well done

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Two stages traveled, the first stage Mar del Plata - Santa Rosa lost a little time he lose the iritrac on his bike, had to stop to find and install , lost valuable time there, arrived in the post 98.

 11:22 am January 2nd of the day in the second stage Santa Rosa - San Juan through the WP1 was in the position 72, between 60 in WP2 and WP3 he was in the 57th, around 80 Km to the arrival the motorcycle had electrical problems and had to stop, thanks to cell phone was able to contact his mechanical team that means disassembling the bike and get to the problem, the bike ran out of ventilation and that made stopping every so often, he finish in the position 108

 January 3 tomorrow will be the third stage
Third stage: San Rafael - San Juan (motorcycles: 563 km, 270 of Them timed)
the third special Will Be Marked by Changes in the constant height and the Subsequent crossing of rivers and streams. The soft ground of the last days Will give prominence to a hard and stony ground.

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30/12/2011 | DAKAR 2012 READY TO RIDE

TOMOROW I START MI 6 DAKAR, I READY WITH MI NEW BIKE YAMAHA Y NEW TEAM , MOTO TEAM BY ELF.

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12/12/2011 | DAKAR 2012 WITH YAMAHA

For mi 6 dakar, i change my bike, for the first time , with yamaha , is a new private team, MOTO TEAM BY ELF . i happy to integrate this team for the next dakar , with 2 argentinan rider. 

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25/11/2011 | Leaving to dakar 2012

 Part of the Dakar family is reunited for two days at Le Havre

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