Special Motorsports Event - Stage Report 11 Dakar Rally

Fiambala, Jan. 17, 2013: The organization has again decided to cancel the remaining kilometers of Stage 11 due to flash flooding in the area. As a result, Robby Gordon was declared the winner since he was the leader at Checkpoint 1, where the organization decided to red flag the race.

"We won the stage, so today was a good special for us. It could have been a great special for us. I am sure we could have beat most of the cars by 30 minutes or more. It is a shame they had to cancel it because of weather since we would have climbed the standings today. The flooding was not too bad when we got to it; it was only about a foot or two high. Not a big deal, I mean I thought this was the Dakar, the toughest race in the world...it seems like they have lost sight of that this year," commented a slightly disappointed Gordon even though he won the stage because he knew there was still more time to be gained on his competition.