Dakar: the collected crashes
The Dakar rally, the most grueling road race on earth, is on now. It used to start in France or Portugal and head on down to Africa but with increasing terrorist threats they moved to Argentina and Chile.
– Who are we rooting for?
– The bike race is almost always between the top two riders, Marc Coma of Spain and Cyril Despres of France.
– Under the circumstances shouldn’t Marc Coma have his name legally changed?
– Hahaha! He actually did go into a coma some time back.
– Haha! (That’s funny?!)
Here’s a montage of crashes at the Dakar rally. Do watch it with the volume off, the music is atrocious. Even better, watch the video while listening to Dakar by John Coltrane.
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January 7th, 2011 at 07:21
In the Bike category, I am cheering for the women:
#44 Eulalia Sanz http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2011/us/rider/044.html
#56 Annie Seel http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2011/us/rider/056.html
#71 Silvia Giannetti http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2011/us/rider/071.html
#100 Christina Meier http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2011/us/rider/100.html
#173 Jenifer Morgan http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2011/us/rider/173.html
In the car category I usually cheer for Carlos Sainz because I’ve been a fan of the Matador since his days in the WRC (although I only got into it a few years before he retired at the height of Peugeot/Citroen dominance). However, I also find myself cheering for the drivers using MINI Countryman cars.
I don’t know much about the Quad category, and I am always amused by the truck category although I don’t cheer for anyone in particular.