Update Dakar Rally 2013

Having completed 8 of the total of 14 stages, the Dakar Rally participants take a rest today after a strenuous eight days of driving, reminding me of the famous Beatles' song 'Eight Days a Week,' through the rugged and sandy plains and deserts of Peru, Chile and Argentina.

At the end of the 8th stage, that culminated at San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina on 12th January  the top winners in each category are as under:

Bikes    : J. Barreda Bort (Spain)
Quads   : S. van Biljon (South Africa)
Cars      : G. Chicherit (France)
Trucks   : Stage was cancelled

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The Rally  will finish in Santiago, Chile on January 19 after fourteen stages of competition. The 459 vehicles of all type participating in the rally would have covered a distance of 8,500 kilometres when the rally terminates on 19th January.

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