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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Robby Gordon Hummer appoved for 2013 Dakar]]></title>
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Robby Gordon enters match mode

Fresh from Dakar 2012 where he was ranking 2nd overall, Robby Gordon enters with a Hummer which, following preliminary checks, fulfills all regulatory requirements. The American will be at the starting line on 5 January and adds his name to the list of contenders for the title.

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/robby-gordon-hummer-appoved-for-2013-dakar/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Robby Gordon, Hummer and Toyo ready for the 2013 challenge starting in Argentina]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Charlotte, N.C. – With no desert too large and no mountain too tall, the SPEED Energy HUMMER on victory proven Toyo Tires will once again attempt to conquer the world’s most famous off-road event. 

The custom-built Dakar HUMMER driven by Robby Gordon and navigator Kellon Walch will tackle more than 8000 Km / 4970 Mi from Peru through Argentina and ending in Santiago, Chile making it ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/robby-gordon-hummer-and-toyo-ready-for-the-2013-challenge-starting-in-argentina/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gordon ends Dakar 2013 with high hopes for next year's challenge]]></title>
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#315 Hummer: Robby Gordon, Kellon WalchPhoto by: A.S.O.
Santiago, Chile (January 19, 2013) – On the final day of the 2013 Dakar Rally, Robby Gordon and Kellon Walch ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/gordon-ends-dakar-2013-with-high-hopes-for-next-year-s-challenge/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 08:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dakar 2013: Exceptional is the watchword]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Now that the introductions have been made, for the fifth edition organised on the South American continent, the Dakar will be hosted by three countries that have unveiled their characteristics over the last few years. 

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/dakar-2013-exceptional-is-the-watchword/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kurt Caselli will substitute for Marc Coma in 2013 Dakar]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[KTM, the brand whose factory teams and bikes have sealed eleven consecutive Dakar Rally victories announced in a press conference in Barcelona on Friday that one of its key riders, Spaniard Marc Coma will be unable to ride in the 2013 edition of the world’s most famous rally.

Marc Coma, who injured his shoulder in an accident in the Morocco Rally in October, is not completely fit. The ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/kurt-caselli-will-substitute-for-marc-coma-in-2013-dakar/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Deadly accident of French rider Thomas Bourgin]]></title>
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Motorcycle rider no. 106 Thomas Bourgin (France) was the victim of a fatal traffic accident on the liaison as he made his way to the start of Friday’s special stage.

The accident took place at 08:23 hrs local time on the link route on the way up to the Chilean side of the mountain range. The 25-year-old rider collided with a Chilean police car that was travelling in the opposite ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/deadly-accident-of-french-rider-thomas-bourgin/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[KTM rider Marc Coma will not run the 2013 Dakar]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AMV pilot had to make this difficult decision to not be fully recovered from his left shoulder injury

Marc Coma will not participate in the next edition of the Dakar Rally. The three-time winner of the event (2006, 2009 and 2011) was looking to compete in his eleventh consecutive Dakar but has failed to recover in time from the injury he suffered in his left shoulder in Rally ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/ktm-rider-marc-coma-will-not-run-the-2013-dakar/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Victors in Dakar 2013: Despres, Peterhansel, Patronelli and Nikolaev]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Despres and Peterhansel shift into fifth gear!

Frenchman Cyril Despres took his fifth Dakar after finishing 17th in the 14th and last stage of the 2013 edition, won by Chilean Francisco &quot;Chaleco&quot; López, which puts him on par with Cyril Neveu in the race's palmarès and just one win away from Stéphane Peterhansel's record. He can also pride himself on the fact that he helped ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/victors-in-dakar-2013-despres-peterhansel-patronelli-and-nikolaev/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Class titles are wide open for Dakar 2013]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It seems like Dakar is getting harder and harder. In the fifth year of the rally’s switch to South America, the routes have changed, the teams have changed, and the challenges are all new. So while it may be the least predictable race in the world, these are the few that stand the best chance of prevailing.

Cars

Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret
Last year’s overall winner ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/class-titles-are-wide-open-for-dakar-2013/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Honda to field works motorcycle project for 2013 Dakar Rally]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Honda has announced its intention to participate as a works team in the motorcycle class in the Dakar Rally to be held in January 2013 in South America, travelling north to south through Peru, Chile and Argentina.

The Honda team, to be called Team HRC, will include Portuguese rider Helder Rodrigues, who took third place in the 2012 Dakar Rally, and Brazilian Felipe Zanol, who brings a ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/honda-to-field-works-motorcycle-project-for-2013-dakar-rally/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A new twist in the 2013 Dakar]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 2013 Dakar heads south between January 5 and 20 with an innovative course stretching from Lima to Santiago. 

The release of the start list reveals a new twist in the battle for the honours, as Honda steps into the fray as an official motorcycle manufacturer to take the fight to KTM and Carlos Sainz combines forces with Nasser Al Attiyah in the hopes of challenging the powerful ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/a-new-twist-in-the-2013-dakar/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peterhansel claims Car lead for Mini team on day 2 of Dakar contest]]></title>
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The Pisco loop gave a peek to the riders and drivers of what is to come in this year’s Dakar rally-raid. It was their first test on the sand dunes after the short special yesterday that took them from Lima to Pisco.  Today the 242 km special in Peru is one they will look back on as being easier than what they will yet face on Monday.  

It was not really a surprise to discover that ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/peterhansel-claims-car-lead-for-mini-team-on-day-2-of-dakar-contest/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sainz grabs stage 1 win to take early Dakar lead]]></title>
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Stage one of the Dakar is what it normally termed a warm-up before they tackle the major sand dunes in Peru. However, it also is a sign of how well one tuned up their cars, bikes, quads and heavy trucks in preparation for the 2013 challenge. Today’s route was had a 250 km liaison section before the first special of only 13 km in the area along the coast line of the Pacific Ocean of ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/sainz-grabs-stage-1-win-to-take-early-dakar-lead/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dakar: Face to Face, day one]]></title>
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Face to Face
December 31, 2005


moto: A repeat performance?


NUMBER 1 - GAULOISES KTM
Cyril Despres (FRA)


The Cyril Despres story is the stuff of dreams. A mechanic six years ago, he
now finds himself in the role of title-holder for this 28th Euromilhoes
Dakar. Aged 31, the Frenchman is indisputably the man to follow at the head
of the race in the bike category, his whole 2005 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/dakar-face-to-face-day-one-2006-01-04/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Al-Attiyah capitalizes on stage four attrition, Barreda makes gains]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Victory at Dakar becomes a mirage in the desert, and some of the race’s biggest names saw that mirage evaporate today in the sands between Nazca and Arequipa. Carlos Sainz, Robby Gordon, and Lucio Alvares all dropped out of the fight for the lead in Cars while Nasser Al-Attiyah won a second consecutive stage in the category and Joan Barreda launched himself back into the heat of the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/al-attiyah-capitalizes-on-stage-four-attrition-barreda-makes-gains/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dakar: Face to Face, day one]]></title>
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Face to Face
The Dakar Magazine
December 31, 2004


Everyday feelings of those who are not specially famous but who dare the challenge and give a dream for
those who stay behind...



Ronn Bailey
 - Vanguard - 380


We searched all the dustbins For a simple licence that had disappeared, Ronn Bailey and his
million-dollar investment almost made the trip back to California without
even ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/dakar-face-to-face-day-one/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2005 07:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bittersweet day for the Qatar Red Bull Rally Team]]></title>
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The gloss was taken off Nasser Al-Attiyah's stage win by the retirement of Carlos Sainz

The blow of Carlos Sainz’s retirement was softened by Nasser Al-Attiyah making it five stage wins from a possible six for the Qatar Red Bull Rally Team at the 2013 Dakar.

Nasser and co-pilot Lucas Cruz planned to attack on the 455km timed special stage from Arica to Calama and they executed ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/bittersweet-day-for-the-qatar-red-bull-rally-team/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Barreda wins in Bikes while Cars await stage 8 cancellation ruling]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From high, dry mountains to the wet hills of Argentina, Dakar has taken a turn in terrain since leaving Chile, and with it has come chaos. It was torrential rains and swelling rivers that stopped today’s stage early with the Cars still out in the mud. Race organizers have not clarified the point at which competitors’ clocks were stopped, however, and depending on their eventual ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/barreda-wins-in-bikes-while-cars-await-stage-8-cancellation-ruling/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 02:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[We are entering “Mini Time”!]]></title>
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Stéphane Peterhansel, together with Joan “Nani” Roma and Krzysztof Holowczyc, the three leaders of the X-Raid team, are all first-line candidates to win the Dakar 2013. However, the Minis face a number of threats, even an internal struggle…

 After winning its first title thanks to Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret, X-Raid presents a ‘dream team’ for the Dakar rally with a ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/we-are-entering-mini-time/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sebastian Husseini: contender with Dutch touch at Dakar 2013]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Maxxis Dakar Team Powered by Super B on January 1, 2013 from Schiphol left for Lima, but a team member was not present in the departure hall. Sebastian Husseini began his trip to Peru from Dubai. Husseini lived all his life in Dubai, but has a Dutch mother and a Dutch passport. Husseini will next Kees Koolen with a quad make his debut in the Dakar 2013.

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/sebastian-husseini-contender-with-dutch-touch-at-dakar-2013/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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