AGADIR, Morocco (AFP) - American Robby Gordon, driving a Volkswagen,
won the 123km timed section of the fourth stage of the Dakar rally.

Gordon timed 1hr 14min 1sec for his second victory of the rally, 53sec
ahead of Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel, drving a Mitsubishi, and 1min
8sec in front of Bruno Saby's Volkswagen.

Gordon also took top spot in the overall standings, with a 59sec lead
on Peterhansel and 1min 14sec ahead of Saby.


Earlier, fog grounded security helicopters meaning the motorbike timed
section was cancelled.

However the fog had lifted by the time the cars and lorries were due
to start and the Nissan of Britain's Colin McRae was the first car to
drive off from Rabat.

After the timed section, all the competitors, including the
motorbikes, still have to complete the 666km stage to Agadir.

Updated on Monday, Jan 3, 2005 9:04 am ES


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Anyone running the Dakar on TV this year?

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and still finish 4th."


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"Robert R Kircher, Jr." <rrkircher (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

On cable network 'OLN' beginning Jan 22nd. See www.olntv.com

in article qbiCd.16280$_3.189610 (AT) typhoon (DOT) sonic.net, Dave R knows who at
nguser2u (AT) spamnotAOL (DOT) com wrote on 1/3/05 12:47 PM:

It takes that long for the camel carrying the tape to get to an
airport?

"william lynch" <x@y.z> wrote

They only started showing the FIS world cup yesterday!

In article <8l7jt0ht18ergm0frnnt4fdquq59742gqu (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>, email?whatsthat
says...
Who cares? Well actually, on second thought, maybe it's a good thing. Are
there enough of these foreign races to keep Robby occupied so he won't try to
come back to terrorize Cup racing next year?

in article NRkCd.16309$_3.190439 (AT) typhoon (DOT) sonic.net, Dave R knows who at
nguser2u (AT) spamnotAOL (DOT) com wrote on 1/3/05 3:49 PM:

Ah, I get it. Everything is backlogged because they were required
to show the truck series banquet 500 times before they could run
anything new.

in article u3lCd.25292$2X6.15366@trnddc07, Electrician at electrician (AT) xo (DOT) com
wrote on 1/3/05 4:03 PM:

In article <BDFF6C40.1AE9%x@y.z>, x@y.z says...
The only thing Robby rules is his ability to cause wrecks and lack of ability
to control his temper. He's definitely in the bottom tier of drivers.

"william lynch" <x@y.z> wrote

Absolutely. It's guys like him that are making the old dogs retire, finally.