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15:12:41 |Finish: Ullevalseter ahead of Coma
Norway's Pal Anders Ullevalseter has set the best time so far, with 22'26", ahead of Spain's Marc Coma, 1'08" back. Cyril Despres lies tenth, 3'51" down. Despres finished today's special 2'43" behind his main rival, wrapping up the 2012 Dakar in the motorcycle category.
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14:57:05 |Coma and Despres at the finish
The two leaders of the 2012 Dakar have completed the last special uneventfully. According to provisional and unofficial time checks, Marc Coma posted a time of 23'29", with Cyril Despres 2'37" behind. This means the French rider has won the rally.
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14:33:18 |Illanes, first rider out of the special
Chile's Rodrigo Illanes (no. 120) was the first rider to finish the motorcycle special. Alain Duclos has posted the best time so far: 28'44".
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14:31:05 |Coma and Despres are on their way
The last riders to start today's special, general classification leaders Marc Coma and Cyril Despres, have begun the 29-kilometre final stage. In contrast with the rest of the field, which has been starting in pairs since 7:30 am, the Top 10 will be racing alone.
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13:43:49 |A slight delay to the start
The motorcycles started today's 29-kilometre special at 7:30 am local time. The last riders in the overall classification will open the field in the last timed sector of the 2012 Dakar. On this occasion, competitors will start in pairs. The start of the stage was delayed by half an hour due to low clouds which reduced the visibility of safety teams in the air.
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13:42:22 |Start leicht verschoben…
Der Start der 29 km langen Spezialetappe beginnt für die Motorräder um 7.30 Uhr Ortszeit. Beim letzten Zeitmessabschnitt der Dakar 2012 werden die letzten Fahrer in der Gesamtwertung die Strecke eröffnen. Die Teilnehmer werden hingegen zu zweit ins Rennen gehen. Die Entscheidung, den Beginn der Zeitmessung um 30 Minuten zu verschieben, ist wegen einer tiefen Wolkendecke getroffen worden, welche die Sichtverhältnisse für die vor Ort eingesetzten Luftfahrzeuge verringert und somit deren Sicherheit einschränkt.
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11:13:45 |Countdown in the motorcycle category
The first motorcycle rider to set off this morning on the liaison to the start of today's special was not yesterday's winner Hélder Rodrigues, but the last one in the overall motorcycle classification. This is the traditional order for the finish in Lima of the last stage of the 2012 Dakar. Therefore, the classification leaders will be the last pilots to climb onto the podium. The first rider has set off on this stage, which begins with a 134-kilometre liaison to the start of today's short special (29 km) for the 98 motorcycles and 12 quads allowed to start on Sunday's stage.