STAGE N° 7: CHAMI / AKJOUJT: 534km
SPECIAL STAGE: CHAMI / AMSAGA: 466km
LIAISON: AMSAGA / AKJOUJT: 68km
The big battle in the Mauritanian dunes will happen in three actions. It started today with a stage from Chami to Akjoujt, will continue tomorrow in a loop stage Akjoujt/Akjoujt and will end up Thursday with a stage from Akjoujt to Toueilla. A harsh battle for the leaders of the rankings to keep their places. Its actually what has happen so far and its not over yet !
Bike : PISANO is still the boss
It’s the first time for Michael PISANO, leading in the bike category, that he puts the wheels of his 45O HONDA in the Mauritanian desert. A true handicap in front of his opponents which are Dominique ROBIN and Nobert DUBOIS, way more experienced as they have been racing onto African tracks since over 10 years. But the Corsican is very smart, as he asked advises to the very experienced Thierry MAGNALDI of how to aproach the Mauritanian dunes. Apparently, MAGNALDI’s hints have paid as PISANO won today’s stage ding barely any errors, increasing the gap by 15’56 on Dominique ROBIN, 2nd today : “I had a monotone day. I crossed the dunes portions without having too much difficulties and didn’t really take risks on the quick portions. PISANO was very good today. Tomorrow I’ll have to be quicker and its not going to be that easy.” A nice performance from the italian Alessandro BARBERO on his KTM which suffered a bit yesterday. He ends the day 3rd, 33’56 behind today’s winner, putting him 3 places higher in the general rankings. Good day as well for Willy JOBARD and his hybrid 450 ZONGSHEN which appears to be very reliable, ending the stage in 4th position in front of Joris VAN DYCK, always efficient since the beginning. On the other hand, Norbert DUBOIS didn’t have an easy day and he is seeing the podium slowly running away, ending only 6th of the day at 39’28. He has 10 seconds left in front of VAN DYCK in the general ranks of the SONANGOL AFRICA ECO RACE®.
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