Pharaons first stage suddenly heated pilots tempers, most of all because of the high temperatures that accompanied them during the whole day, reaching 48 degrees. A difficult day, especially for navigation, that created some important plot twist.
The best time in the 221 km Special Stage, rode among scenographic canyons and old caravan tracks, was made by Venezuelan Nicolas Cardona, but he got a penalty for having missed a waypoint. Today winner so, is Bolivian Salvatierra, who lost lot of time because of a mistake but that made fastness his better weapon. Behind him Italian Stefano Chiussi, with a delay of 8 minutes from Salvatierra, while the other Venezuelan Rafael Eraso has a delay of more than twenty minutes and is behind italian Stefano Turchi Rafal Sonik, leader in quad World Cup classification has been the fastest among four wheels.
INTERWIEVS
Juan Carlos Salvatierra: “A difficult day for navigation, I had some problem to find a watchpoint and lost lots of time but by the end it has been a very positive day. Tomorrow stage will be a good exam, to open a Pharaons track is always a difficult experience.”
Rafal Sonik: “I got lost twicw , and met lots motos in the same conditions. Most of all I made a CAP mistake that made me loose almost 15 minutes. However, I’m happy to have finished such a difficult stage.”
