Marc Comas "tyre scandal" was very unsportmanlike and therefore he got 04:00:00 penalty. That is very beneficial for Alain Duclos, he moves from the 6th position to the 5th in the overall standings.
It is halftime. The team showed the last days a great performance, not too risky and very balanced in their results. Frank Verhoestraete has a great position at the moment, he is 18th! The Congolais Philippe Peillon also shows a very constant performance and is 55th in the overall standings.
“What’s a salar?”
The longest special of the rally is also the most varied. When leaving Iquique, one always has regrets but the splendour of the landscapes will motivate the competitors just as much as the fun they will witness in the sand dunes they will have to swallow in the first part of the day. The ideal technique will be a lot harder to find when having to cross a salar, of around 3 kilometres. On this extent filled with huge blocks of dry salt, certainly never seen by most of the competitors, the speed will drop down to under 10 km/h! Once that’s digested, the tracks heading to Antofagasta are, in majority, fast and open. The menu will be generous in terms of sand and kilometres. The rule book will allow the bikers and crews to reach the bivouac before 6.00 PM on the following day, during the rest day.
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