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A great competition and some great winners! Marc Coma (KTM 690 Rally) ranks first in the overall classification and Stephane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret (BMW X-Raid) winners in the car category. The Moroccan-Shamrock Rally could not have expected a Better "Award of Excellence" for its 2009 edition, which ended in such a dramatic way. Indeed Cyril Despres won the race on the ground but ...

Following information that has been circulated regarding the cancellation of the 2009 Pharaons Rally, the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) has consulted its Egyptian affiliated Federation, namely, Automobile and Touring Club of Egypt (ATCE).The ATCE has now confirmed that any information about the cancellation of the Rally is completely wrong and misleading. The 2009 Pharaons Rally ...

The last stage, run in the form of two loops around Nefta, allowed Cyril Despres to pull away from his rivals and take his 3rd OiLibya de Tunisie ahead of Marc Coma, a little ‘lost’ first time around. The battle for the third place between the Spaniard Jordi Viladoms and ‘Chaleco’ Lopez finally went in favour of the Chilean for just 13 seconds – incredible after 11 days of racing… In the 450 class...

The tenth and penultimate stage promised fine tracks and the possibility of big changes. Unfortunately an accident this morning for the car of Leonid Novitskiy and Oleg Tyupenkin forced the special to be cancelled for the cars. For the bikes the race was stopped at CP1, at km 134 and the result taken there, with victory going to Marc Coma one minute ahead of Cyril Despres. On the eve of the last s...

The ninth stage between Oueni and the oasis of Ksar Ghilane saw victory in the bike class go to the Spaniard Marc Coma ahead of his principle rival Cyril Despres. The Frenchman conceded 4 minutes today but holds onto the overall lead two stages from the end. Third today, the Chilean Francisco Lopez firms up his third place overall. An excellent day for Olivier Pain who wins his third consecutive s...

The eighth stage sees a change in the overall lead in the motocycle class. Cyril Despres retakes the lead by nearly 9 minutes over Marc Coma, who suffered from tyre problems. The Frenchman is smiling again! In the 450 category Olivier Pain also had a good day, posting the 4th fastest time and pulling back precious time on Luca Manca and the current class leader, Bruno Da Costa. In the quads Lionel...

After yesterday’s neutralisation the 27th Rallye OiLibya de Tunisie restarted today with a 410 kilometre stage between Brack and Ouaryat. Technical and physically demanding for the bikes, victory went to the Spaniard Jordi Viladoms ahead of the Chilean ‘Chaleco Lopez and the overall leader Marc Coma, all KTM mounted. In the 450 category Olivier Pain placed his Yamaha in front of Luca Manca an...

The first half of the marathon stage proofed very popular with the competitors. Sadly, today the second half between Oubari and Brack had to be neutralised. During the night a violent storm started to blow at the bivouac in Oubari making the crests of the dunes very difficult to see. This morning the decision was taken, in consultation with the competitors, to neutralise the special and send every...

The first half of the marathon stage, between Derj and Oubari, at 563 kilometres the longest of the rally, saw victory go to Christian Lavieille aboard his Proto Dessoude and Cyril Despres astride his KTM. The overall leaders of this particularly hard special remain unchanged. In the cars Orlando Terranova leads Christian Lavieille and Guerlain Chicheit while Marc Coma advances Cyril Despres by 4 ...

On the eve of the Marathon stage the lead in the bike class once again swapped places. Marc Coma retakes the top spot in front of Cyril Despres after the Frenchman ‘went gardening’. He wasn’t the only one to take the wrong track, but the Frenchman is nevertheless now over 7 minutes behind the Spaniard. In the 450 class Bruno Da Costa posts the fastest time while Olivier Pain holds on to the overal...