The fantastic last Stage was short, but the competitors had to climb a huge dune and the motobike pro’s an extra lake crossing. Really nice scenery for the final…
The Tuareg Rallye is famous for it’s dune climbing. But where were the dunes motorbikes are unable to climb? We don’t know. And so we changed the roll. Dune climbing this year was for the car drivers. The camera-crew was there! The roughly 2 hour long stage ended near the lake we passed on the first day. But you didn’t have to pass it, you had to cross it! Not a good idea for amateurs, so they drove directly from CP2 to the finish.

The final race after high noon was the last stage of the Tuareg Rallye 2013 and it ended with a show finish in the Oasis of the Hotel Sahara Douz.

Congrats to all the winners !!!

Motobike Pro:
1. Mark Smits 22:32 h
2. Ned Suesse 23:08 h
3. Kim de Rycker 23:54 h

Car Pro :
1. Koepp/Klein 23:46 h
2. Krüger/Kreiß 24:55 h
3. Ingels/Cornette 26:29 h

Motobike Amateur:
1. Luca Saporiti 15:52 h
2. Gintautas Igaris 16:14 h
3. Raffaele Bacchi 16:44 h

Car Amateur:
1. Gilges/Stricker 17:50 h
2. Kleer/Kleer 19:04 h
3. Della Barbera/Simechalle 19:10 h

Mark Smits won this stage in a fabulous time of 5:56 hours. He kept his cool and rose to the challenge from the very first day of the rallye. Second in this stage was Martin Fontyn (15 minutes after the stage winner) with Ondrej Klymciw coming in third (12 minutes behind Martin).
Ollie Lloyd wins the motorbike amateur category with a lead of 15 minutes over Luca Saporiti.

In the car pro category Team Krüger/Kreiß was in first position. He did a fabulous race with perfect navigation. Followed by Team Koepp/Klein in second place only 7 minutes behind. Team Danner/Zettl didn’t finished due to a technical problem.

The first place in the amateur groupe was taken by Team Della Barbara/Simechalle with a racing time of 6 hours 23 minutes and an advantage of 13 minutes over Team Gilges/Stricker. There is one day left and the pressure cranks up a notch.

The whole day was a special…270 k’s under the pressure of the very soft dunes, a long qued and tricky navigation …

This round stage was a mixture of dunes, sandy queds, dunes, sandy qued… until CP2.

Enough dunes! A stage through the Dahar Mountains was the next section. Bir Soltane marked the beginning of a long sandy qued section. Every 10 minutes you learned a new skill of how to find the best way. And we hope you didn’t assume that the vehicle in front of you had selected the best one.

At CP4 the stage ended for the amateurs. Pro’s drove through dunes and sandy pistes to Douz. Depending on your dune driving skills, this was maybe a long long day.