Apologies for the delay in the update folks but communication proved difficult last night and there were so many trucks, cars and bikes still out on the field at Stage 5 that we couldn’t find out where Gary and Philip were. So, the latest is that Gary has started Stage 6 and is on his way to Mendoza as we speak. Philip’s clutch broke in the final stage of yesterday’s race, he got a lift on the back of a truck with a local Argentinian to the Bivouac at midnight, picked up a new clutch and headed straight back out to do the repairs on the  bike. He didn’t come back in all night so hopefully he got some sleep until daylight broke. At the moment he’s making his way back to start of the Special test for Stage 6 today and we await further news. The organizers have reduced the special by 100km today because of its severity and they cancelled the final part of Stage 5 last night for safety reasons. They have also pushed out the start times by an hour so if Philip makes it back on time to the Liaison for Stage 6 he’s still in the race, if not he’s out. Gary meanwhile is motoring away so hopefully he will do well in the sand again today. We’ll keep you posted later today as we get any more news. For now, the data on the official Dakar website, is unreliable so we’ll try to keep you informed as much as possible.

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