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Devon TRF member Chris Cork will be setting off on his 2016 adventure on the 2nd Jan, I wish him lots of luck.



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Have you got the number he is running under ??

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There a great write up in MCN this week on Corky. Race Number: 116

 

Facebook Updates are under

Chris Cork

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-- Edited by Mike Wright on Thursday 31st of December 2015 06:54:01 PM

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and here http://corkydakar2016.blogspot.co.uk/



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There was some brief on-board footage of Chris on tonight's televised Dakar coverage on Eurosport but they had his number wrong; they said he was No.104 but according to this post and the MCN spread AND the official Dakar App (thanks Jonzy for the heads-up on that one wink) he's No. 116 ............ and coincidentally lying in 116th position confuse



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I don't see him on today's rankings. Anyone got any news?



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Jacks, this LINKY shows that the highest GB rider is Smith on a KTM, No 134 in Position 126.

No mention of No 116 Cork. no

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I think that was an update at Way Point 10. Corky was running behind Smithy and only 117 of the 132 riders have reached WP10 so far, so fingers crossed he's still on the road.



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wp 9 corky 98th, no news about wp10 yetnono



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Corky not listed as a withdrawal - so hopefully still running?

Honda 1, 2 & 3 after today's stage, who'd have thought - KTM missing Coma? Long way to go yet...



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Corky now shown at WP10 lying 118th.

This Dutch site is quite good, http://trackingdakar.nl/   in the grey banner line near the top, change the Country from NLD in the dropdown to United Kingdom (there are 8 entrants) shown as GBR, select your rider by entry number 116, and it'll give live updates at refresh rates as low as every minute.



-- Edited by Tribey on Wednesday 6th of January 2016 09:13:18 PM

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Good site, thanks for the link.



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jacks wrote:

Good site, thanks for the link.

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Corky completed the stage......it looked he had some issues after WP 9 so it ended up being an epic day.



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Can't seem to find any info about wp11confuseconfuse Did he get thereconfuse

Can only see him on the dakar site up to wp 8, so really confused nowno



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ttr steve wrote:

Can't seem to find any info about wp11confuseconfuse Did he get thereconfuse

Can only see him on the dakar site up to wp 8, so really confused nowno



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-- Edited by ttr steve on Friday 8th of January 2016 06:33:24 PM

 Stage 06 - passed WP8 on the way to WP9 ...passed WP 9 on the way to WP 10 !



-- Edited by Mike Wright on Friday 8th of January 2016 07:10:54 PM

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He had some mechanical issues and came in quite late, but is still in it

 

Yesterdays stage 5 coverage showed quite a bit of his helmet cam footage, including him saying he thought he would get timed out because of his breakdown

 

here's a screenshot:

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-- Edited by Albert on Friday 8th of January 2016 07:33:43 PM

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Great Screen Grab Albert - Heres the info behind it.

 

"Stage 04: Couldn't contain myself any longer - went into race mode. Sandy rocky pistes are good for me and I quickly overtook many riders. Then at full tilt the moose went and took the tyre off the rim. The tyre and mouse were trashed.

I rode 70k on the rim battling with trucks - it was scary. Borrowed a wheel of a crashed Husky and made it back to the bivouac at 11:30pm

I was stopped by Police and told I couldn't ride without a tyre !!!! I phoned control who sorted it for me - the husky was sheer luck. Riding a bike with no rear tyre through a dry river bed was horrendous and exhausting".

 

Great bit of footage here http://video.it.eurosport.com/rally-raid/dakar-2016/2015/video-dakar-2016-in-pista-o-fuori-con-seel-lucchese-e-cork_vid400247/video.shtml



-- Edited by Mike Wright on Friday 8th of January 2016 10:48:49 PM

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wow, can't imagine riding 70m without a rear tyre much less 70k

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Corky is still in it, just had the rest day yesterday. Sadly his team mate and the only other brit rider this year, Jamie Smith, is now out

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Good work getting as far as the Rest Day.

Quite a bit from him on last nights episode too.

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I just watched fottage of day nine that I taped last night towards the end is a great shot of Corky absolutely knackered but still helping a quad bike stuck in the sand dune smile



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Have we lost him? See here

 

https://www.facebook.com/CorkyRacing/?fref=ts

 



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I see Chris listed at the start of Stage 10.   ...I did say to him I hope he hasnt scratched my bike biggrin

 

(100)
116 - CHRISTOPHER CORK(GBR)
10:19:30(100)+02:54:32(93) 

 

The bike stage was stopped at WP2 yesterday due to safety reasons.




-- Edited by Mike Wright on Wednesday 13th of January 2016 05:51:58 PM



-- Edited by Mike Wright on Wednesday 13th of January 2016 06:04:00 PM

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Looks like WP1 has been completed. Wasn't there half hour ago. Made the top 100 too!!!

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153 Bikes entered and only 100 started today on Stage 10....  Shows how tough the Dakar really is doesnt it!  And I moan its been a long day when Ive done 100 miles green laning biggrin



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Seems to have completed stage 10 but not finished 11. Anyone know for definate?

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Gutted to hear this news :C


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Man that suckscrycrycry



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https://www.facebook.com/dakar/videos/1047271021998871/

Tough decision, hard luck Corky

 



-- Edited by Tribey on Saturday 16th of January 2016 01:04:40 PM

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Heroic attempt and so damn near the finish.

All credit to you for having the balls to get to the start let alone what it took to actually ride this event.

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Absolutely gutted for Chris, and so close to finishing too hmm disbelief Valiant attempt though smile



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