Daily Updates from David on Patricia's progress in the Dakar Rally
Photo: Patricia on the Stage 1 Special Section (official photograph)
FROM DAVID: Monday January 08, 2007
(connection 205km, special 252 km, connection 191km, total 648 km)
Patricia has phoned in and has now completed today's full Stage. Werner is still on the final Connection.
Patricia reported queues at the petrol station on todays first Connection which meant she got to the start of her Special 15 minutes late. She was not impressed !!
However, the SMS has just arrived to show she was 156th in today's Special - her best day yet. Looks like her navigation skills paid off on a very long (4 hours, 47 minutes) and complex navigationally challenging Special Section.
The photo is above shows Patricia on the Stage 1 Special Section - I will be getting official photos each day now, bur they are 48 hours delayed. I assume the above photo was taken at the beginning of the Section, as when I saw her at the end she was covered in mud and sand - although she did more closely match her orange KTM bike !!
No technical problems have been reported with her bike to date.
Patricia reported queues at the petrol station on todays first Connection which meant she got to the start of her Special 15 minutes late. She was not impressed !!
However, the SMS has just arrived to show she was 156th in today's Special - her best day yet. Looks like her navigation skills paid off on a very long (4 hours, 47 minutes) and complex navigationally challenging Special Section.
The photo is above shows Patricia on the Stage 1 Special Section - I will be getting official photos each day now, bur they are 48 hours delayed. I assume the above photo was taken at the beginning of the Section, as when I saw her at the end she was covered in mud and sand - although she did more closely match her orange KTM bike !!
No technical problems have been reported with her bike to date.
Looking ahead to Tuesday (stage 4) : Connection: 96 km, Special: 405km, Connection: 178km. The first big day of endurance. The second Moroccan special is a long one, and above all very varied. For novices, this is where the full-scale apprenticeship starts as they discover the dunes and experience their first thrills. The priority of the moment: don’t get carried away. A “private” bivouac will be set up for motorcycle racers approximately 100 kilometres from Ouarzazate. Assistance vehicles will not be allowed to enter the working park, as this will be an area where only competitors can work on their motorcycles. Tomorrow is the first day where Patricia will not have Bernie's technical support in the evening - fingers crossed for no technical problems.
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