Another hot day at Pharaons Rally, that left Nile Valley to go through the Libic Desert, in Dakhla oasis that hosted the first bivouac after the nights spent in hotel. Pharaons atmosphere has so begun in earness with a difficult special stage of 362,76 km, faced after a 244 km tranfer and started this morning at 11.
Temperatures over 47 degrees that made the day very difficult with lots of problems concerning dehydration especially for bikers.
Cars instead had to face wheel punctures, like the three happened to today winner Nasser Al Alattiyah or the two occurred to the general classification leader Yazeed al Rajhi.
Al Attiyah won with two minutes over the car brand companion Vladimir Vasilyev and with less than four minutes on Saudii Yazeed Al Rajhi, that remains at the top of the classification with two minutes over Vasilyev and nine over Al Attiyah.
Among bikes Juan Carlos Salvatierra and Nicolas Cardona seem right now to be the only able to play for winning. Today also, The Bolivian riding his Speedbrain, won today also with 14 minutes and the half over the Venezuelan. Third Rafal Sonik that is of course yhe first quad to get the finish line.Behind him Stefano Chiussi and Rafal Eraso.