14 of 16 stages done. Next up is a 350 mile day then the last stage is this Sunday, just a quick run down the beach in Dakar. Things are looking good.
Charlie stands in 66th overall and finished stage 14 in 59th. Dave is 94th for the Dakar and 98th in the stage.
Charlie gets extra credit but no time bonus for helping a rider on the course.
OLN starts coverage of the 2005 Dakar on Jan. 23rd, check local listings.
The head of Charlie's Rally Raid team checks in from Tambacounda, Senegal.
"Charlie has just turned up - Today was really dusty and starting in the 70's it was impossible to go fast, he made good time and passed 15 or 20 people. Then he came across Gary Innis who had badly broken his leg and he was surrounded by a pile of French bikers but he hung around as nobody spoke English until the medical helicopter arrived and they got an IV into Gary. This cost him 45 min's and every body that he passed passed him again - also the chance of time off from the organisers is near zero. It's a great credit to Charlie that he does this and I think enters into the true spirit of the event - to finish is the task and that's what the Rauseo brothers are trying to do and they even find time to help other human beings as well."
"Our American friends both riders Charlie and Dave and support crew Mike and Zoli have blended in perfectly, Zoli now knows more English slang words than he ever imagined and he's exchanged them for quaint old American sayings Mike just works and appears to require no sleep."
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