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en tiiä mutta hyvin suomalaisilla safari autoilla pysyy mukana.. siellä ei visiin ookkaa noita "tehdastallien" aavikko kilpureita niinkuin josain paris dakarissa??

Mark Smith won this spectacular first stage through the really soft dunes in the motorbike prof category, followed by Oscar Polli only five minutes behind, closely followed by Gwen Backx. In the amateuer group Gintautas Igaris is the lucky winner. The priority of this stage was the dune-riding…you have to go for it or you will go down – sink or swim!



In the car category Team Machacek is on pole position. He did a fabulous race with perfect navigation and clever dune-reading. Followed by Team Tosenovsky and Lipponen/Riihimäki in third place. In the amateur group Team Kleer came in first.



The truck battled through and got there in the end.



82 of 103 riders in the motorbike prof category managed to complete the stage; in the amateur group 22 out of 36 riders. In the car prof category 19 out of 22; in the amateur group 15 out of 16 cars.



All the competitors out there know what these riders/drivers achieved today !!!

“Hats off” !!!



Stage info.

An expedition to forgotten places. They're near, but most we're not aware of them. The Rallye started in Le Mans style. Within a few minutes they knew the real meaning of soft dunes. CP1 wasn't far, but 6 km was a long way in the dunes. At CP1 it was easy to drive back to the hotel. But if you didn't give up, the next change was at CP2 and CP3, which was by the lake in the desert. At that point half of the stage was done, but then the real soft dunes followed. The day ended by the ruins of the lost city.



The Pro's did this twice, but the second round was different to the first.