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Dakar 2017: Hero MotoSports Team Rally’s Joaquim Rodrigues moves up to 10th after Stage 8

CS Santosh climbed up four places in the overall standings to 63rd

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Overdrive|Jan 11, 2017, 12:40:21 IST

Stage 8 of the 2017 Dakar was supposed to take participants on an 892km journey from Uyuni in Bolivia to Salta in Argentina. The competitive section was supposed to comprise of 492km, but as always with the Dakar, nothing is certain. It had continued to rain hard, which caused a river in the stage to overflow, making it impossible to cross. This forced organisers to shorten the competitive section by 68km and split it into two parts. There was also a landslide, which blocked the transport section around 200km short of Salta. This forced...

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First Published:Jan 11, 2017, 12:40:21 IST
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