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30 Jan

Stage #9: The end of the race for Mike ?

Unfortunately the race for Mike has come to an end due to problems with a burnt clutch on his bike, he had to push the [...]

29 Jan

We have crossed the Mauritanian border, spent a night in Nouadhibou, and now we are heading back to the desert. The next [...]

29 Jan

We followed the coastline all the way down to the border crossing by Nouadhibou. No competition today, we are having a well [...]

28 Jan

This stage was the longest one so far – almost 700km. We crossed the Moroccan desert all the way from Algerian border [...]

25 Jan

Today’s stage took us to Smara, a town located about 500km south west of Icht. Smara is a largest city in the [...]

24 Jan

We have reached the green oasis of Icht. It is a small desert village with two Mosques and basic services. The green [...]

24 Jan

We ran along the Algerian border for almost 300km today, to reach our destination, a town of Zagora. A sign at the [...]

23 Jan

We bite through a good portion of Moroccan desert today. The competition opener was about 500km long and took us to a [...]

23 Jan

We loaded our vehicles on a traject boat and crossed the water strip between European and African Continent. The following introductory stage [...]

21 Jan

The Intercontinental Rally has opened its 9th edition today! Participants from 12 different countries have gathered in a camp site La Garrofa [...]