100% new !
"Short, but sweet", that's how Zani describes it, and when he tells you there's a 6km erg in the middle of the 365km stage, he hastens to add "That's where the difference will come."
We now go into six legs of off-track navigation. Having crossed the erg, the route becomes very quick to Atar.
The day's difficulty : You guessed it! The erg.
TODAY
Motorcycles : Magnaldi (KTM) won the stage before
Gallardo (Cagiva), Arcarons and Sotelo (both on KTM
and Orioli.
After Peterhansel's (today) and Kinigadner's (yesterday)
abandons, Orioli is now on the lead, before Arcarons.
Stephane Peterhansel has officially abandoned
after placing a complaint concerning the gas he had
received for his motorcycle was not appropriate for
his motor. This complaint has been rejected by the race officials .
Cars : Vatanen was fastest on the stage, despite stopping on three separates occasions. Saby was second fastest today which paid tribute to the Mitsubishi mechanics who had rebuilt his car after his multiple roll on Wednesday : Download the video of Saby's accident.
