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Smara > Marrakech

The journey north to Marrakech exceeds 1,000 kilometres, making it the longest stage of the race. But before reaching the "Red City", there is still sand, plenty of it in fact. The first third of the special stage is devoted to almost pure driving, before moving onto more undulating tracks and finally skirting the Atlantic Ocean along a coastal track. The descent onto Plage Blanche for around twenty kilometres flat out on the sand will be the image of the day. Sea spray with a hint of the Red Sea, but competitors must not get carried away too soon. Because a labyrinth of tracks will stretch all the way to the finish of the special stage, with new terrain and surroundings to which they will have to adapt to avoid settling into a false rhythm.