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"The end of a week in the desert...
a week of hell".
We leave Tichit through the wadi for 530km with alternate crossings of rows of dunes and of cliffs. 200km after the start... a pass that will go down in the Dakar's history : the Iguekkateme pass.
Then we pick up the well-known route as far as Nega. At the foot of the pass, the scenery changes as we enter the Sahel as far as Kiffa.
The day's difficulty : "the pass" (not the Nega pass, the other one!)
TODAY
Motorcycles : Works Yamaha rider Edi Orioli keeps his first place by winning today's stage. Arcorans coming in 1'49 after Orioli giving him second place. Third place goes to Fabrizio Meoni.
Cars : A Mitsubishi stage with Jean Pierre Fontenay winning today's stage and Bruno Saby second, Saby ensured his Japanese team-mate lost no time over the pass, showing him the way then letting him get ahead again at the next passage control, Masuoka finished fourth. Lartigue and his Citroen came in third place in the stage but continues to be number one of the overall rankings.Class T2 leader Thierry Delavergne and his Nissan remain well ahead of Tambay/Metge in the category.
