Stages 1 and 2 are now complete. Philip started Dakar 2010 and can you believe it……his clutch failed just 5 minutes into the rally. Just shows you, anything can happen at Dakar! But he quickly fixed the problem and headed on finishing his 349km liaison with ease.  His second day today was longer with 652kms to clock  up but despite further clutch problems he finished very early indeed and was resting up in anticipation of the tougher days to come. In the first days of the rally, overtaking is sometimes tricky. To make things easier between the bikers and the car and truck crews, a doubled course has been designed with just a few kilometres less for the riders. While the course will be separated, the program remains similar with tracks that will seduce the sliding specialists. You can see highlights on Eurosport at 7pm and 10pm Irish time every nights - Philip got a mention last night and we expect his mechanical support team to be interviewed shortly. Some nice coverage in the Irish Independent newspaper also today courtesy of Donnchadh Boyle.  And the race has only just begun……..

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