stage 8 - Sunday 14 January 2007 | Atar - Tichit
- Connection 35 km
- Special 589 km
- Connection 2 km
- Total 626 km
Press Releases
Coma and De Villiers: clear skies ahead?
In this first stage after the rest day, Marc Coma keeps asserting himself as the leader in the race as the other bikers are being eliminated. The big looser of the day is Isidre Esteve who broke his gearbox just as Cyril Despres had done just before him. The first and closest follower of the title holder is now Despres 54’ behind. In cars, the domination of De...
Breaking news
19:46 - 61 vehicles successfully completed the special stage
At 18h30 GMT, 51 bikes, 9 cars and 1 truck had successfully completed the 8th special stage and were on their way or had already arrived at the bivouac in Tichit, end of stage 8.
19:46 - truck - Stacey probable winner of stage 8
19:45 - truck - Stacey in the lead at CP3
18:26 - bike - Small fall for Ludivine...
18:13 - car - De Villiers provisional winner of special stage 8
18:06 - bike - Thank you kindly…
Portraits of the day
Marc Coma (ESP - KTM Repsol – Winner)
The stage was long and hard: 8 hours on a bike is not easy. In the beginning, we had a lot of rocks and sand mixed...
Giniel De Villiers (AFS – Volkswagen – Winner)
A very hard day. The first dunes were very soft whereas at briefing we had been told that it would manly be the...
Hans Stacey (HOL - Man – Winner)
I did not expect to win the stage. I just wanted to see what was coming. So I’m very happy. I got stuck in a dune...
Portraits of the day
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Paul Broome : “Drying out in the desert”.
Paul Broome is an Englishman living in the States, New Orleans to be precise, and is a specialist welder by trade....
Standings
Standings
Video of the day
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