tudi s slovensko udeležbo.
2 avtomobilistični posadki z izkušnjami iz ElChotta se ta moment pozibavata na barki za Tunizijo + en asistenčni avto. Potem pa via Libija in ŠTART.
Srečno pot Janez Krivic, Mišo Goriup, Zvone Poljanec, Robič in asistenca.
Več na http://www.ldc-rallye.com
Libya desert challenge 2006
Libya desert challenge 2006
www.mamut4x4.com ... največji izbor 4x4 opreme v Sloveniji.
Day 1 Douz-Chenini S.S.1
------------------------------ DEUTSCH ----------------------------------
In den leichteren Dünenetappen hat der Kumho-Buggy eine schnelle Vorlage geliefert. Die 2. Hälfte der Tunesien Etappe hat durch schwierige, raue Pisten vor allen dem Fiat Team schwer zugesetzt. Ausgeglichen durch viel Reparatur und Teamgeist, wurden alle Fiats wieder Flott gemacht für die nächsten Tage. Das erste Camp kurz vor der Grenze bei Dhehiba/Wazan/Nalut war geprägt durch viel Arbeit für die Assistance.
------------------------------ ENGLISH ----------------------------------
In the easy dune-section of the first half of the stage the Kumho-Buggygave a great perform-ance. The second half was dominated by curvy, rough tracks. Both the machinery and the drivers had their first test, with several having their first (unintentional) taste of riding or driving through dunes! Amongst the motorcyclists, Englishman Tom Beckett threw caution to the wind and gave his brand new KTM 450EXC a damn good thrashing.
Unfortunately it bit him back when he tried to change direction at high speed and he came a serious cropper, but was nevertheless able to remount and continue to a third place finish behind Karim Hussein and stage winner Carlo Lumia. (Tom went out of the rally last year half way through with a knee injury – he was supposed to be taking it steady this year, but once the clock started tick-ing the red mist took over!) Lumia was faster than all the cars except Andrea Mayer’s buggy while the 4x4 Fiat Pandas showed their robust construction on one of the shortest, but tough-est special stages.
With equal amounts of hard work and team spirit they managed to repair their prototype machines so that they were ready for the next day’s stage. In fact there was plenty of hard work for all the competitors and their assistance teams at the first bivouac out in the Tunisian desert which was only a few kilometres >from the Libyan border near Dhe-hiba/Wazan/Nalut.
Day 2 Chenini-Ghadames Liaison
------------------------------------ DEUTSCH ----------------------------------------
An diesem Tag geschieht bei der LDC wieder einmal eine Weltpremiere: Als erste organisierte Rallye und Gruppe überhaupt wurde der Grenzübergang bei Nalut durchgeführt. Beide Seiten der Grenze waren gespannt und vorbereitet. Mit Höflichkeit vor allem auf der libyschen Seite wurden alle Teilnehmer freundlich empfangen und mit Polizeieskorte aus dem Grenzgebiet 50 KM bis nach Nalut geleitet. Dort wurden alle Enduros verladen, um den Fahrern mörderische und langweilige 300 km Liaison zu ersparen. Nachts sanken die Temperaturen auf -5 Grad.
------------------------------------ ENGLISH ----------------------------------------
On this day we had a little magic happen: as the first Rallye or group ever to cross the border at Nalut the LDC passed through smoothly having previously put in a tremendous amount of preparation with the paperwork. To save time for the great dunes, the most southern possible checkpoint crossing was opened for the rallye by Aania Tours, the Libyan partners.
The authorities on both sides of the border were friendly but a little nervous. Within two hours we had passed through all the Libyan formalities and we then had a police escort out of the border area for the next 50 km as far as Nalut.
From there the bikes were loaded onto the sweeper truck to save the drivers from the hardship and boredom of riding 300 kms of tarmac liaison down to the Saharan city of Ghadames. That night the temperature fell to -5 Degrees Celsius (bloody freezing!).
Day 3 Ghadames Desert Bivouac Aania S.S.2
------------------------------- DEUTSCH ---------------------------------
Heute galt es, in einer 324 KM Wertungsprüfung die Hamada zu durchqueren. Wieder ein anstrengender Tag für Material und Fahrer. Nach nur 8 KM fiel als ersten das Team 105 Deibel/Steinberger durch einen Fahrwerksschaden aus. Kurz darauf fing der Kumho-Buggy von Team 110 Andrea Mayer/Thomas Schulte Feuer im Motorraum. Nach auslösen der vorgeschriebenen Feuerlöschanlage stellte sich der Schaden als unterwegs reparierbar heraus, eine Ölleitung rutschte vom Anschluss und das heiße Motoröl fing Feuer am Auspuff.
Gewinner der heutigen Etappe waren Team 102 Poljanec / Robic auf Jeep Wrangler 4.0, 2. der Tageswertung Team 101 Krivic / Goriup auf Puch G290 und dicht gefolgt von Team 107 Koepp, O. / Jahnke, C. Alle CP's und Endurotankpunkte waren bis weit in die Nacht hinein korrekt besetzt, das Ärzteteam, verteilt auf 3 Fahrzeuge hat auch heute nichts zu tun.
------------------------------- ENGLISH ---------------------------------
Today's stage started after a short night due to the one hour time difference between Tunisia and Libya. It started with some really rough going across the Hamada, the flat, huge area north of the Idan Ubari; a lunar landscape of black rocks followed by a 'Sea of Sand'.
Carlo Lumia (DRZ400) was once again the quickest of the bikes, followed by Tom Beckett in second, (despite his painful shoulder injury) ahead of Werner Pfeuffer (KTM). All three of them were considerably quicker than the fastest car.
Team 105 Deibel/Steiberger faded out after only 8km due to a suspension problem. After-wards, the Kumho-Buggy of Team 110 (Andrea Mayer/Thomas Schulte) briefly caught fire. Due to the mandatory safety equipment the fire was out in seconds inside rearmounted engine bay. An oil-pipe had come apart and the hot engine oil caught fire on the hot exhaust. This caused the team to arrive at the finish in last place after 11 hours, but still in the rallye.
Winner of the day was the Team 102 Poljanec / Robic in a Jeep Wrangler 4.0, second was Team 101 Krivic / Goriup on Puch 290G, followed directly by Team 107 Koepp, O. / Jahnke. The or-ganization managed the special stage on time and also the fuel logistics by Aania Tours worked 100%.
Day 4 Desert Bivouac Aania - Camp Al Awynat S.S.3
------------------------------- DEUTSCH ---------------------------------
Durch die starken Regenfälle der letzten Tage hat sich die schwere Dünensektion in eine "umfahre die Seen zwischen den Dünen" Etappe verwandelt. Auch das eine oder andere Chott wurde zur Fliegenfalle für einige der Teilnehmer. Die Etappe hat gegenüber dem Vorjahr an Härte zugenommen und sorgte für eine angenehme Erschöpfung im Campingplatz AlFaw in Al Awynat, zu deutsch "Die Träne Gottes".
Gewinner des Tages waren Team 110 Andrea Mayer/Thomas Schulte, mit einer halben Stunde Vorsprung auf Team 107 Koepp, O. / Jahnke. Bei den Enduros gewann heute der italienische Fahrer Carlo Lumia auf einer Suzuki DR 400 14 Minuten vor Tom Beckett, der sich am Tag davor einen nur bei Ihm existenten Knochen unterhalb des Schulterblatts brach. Tom Beckett, Startnummer 3 denkt gar nicht an eine Aufgabe, da ihm "das sitzen in einem Gartenstuhl" mehr anstrengt als Tiefflüge auf seiner KTM 450 EXC.
------------------------------- ENGLISH ---------------------------------
Due to the heavy rainfall over the past few days, the previously extremely tough dune section was made" much easier due to the firmer sand. However, some of the 'chotts' (salt lakes) which are usually bone dry actually filled with water and turned into nasty traps for some of the competitors. Also, the stony tracks which followed were much more difficult than last year and took its toll on the riders and drivers. Everyone was exhausted by the time they reached the Alfaw campsite in the city of Al Awynat, (literally, the springs).
Once again, Carlo Lumia’s Suzuki headed the bikes, followed by Tom Beckett and Werner Pfeuffer on KTMs. Beckett’s damaged shoulder did not seem to be slowing him down much despite the fact that an X-ray had revealed that his first day crash had resulted in a fractured shoulder blade and tearing all the accompanying ligaments. He was determined to continue racing because the mental torture he would have suffered sitting in a support vehicle would have been worse than the pain from his injuries!
Four wheel winner of the day was Team 110 Andrea Mayer/Thomas Schulte with a half hour advantage on Team 107 Koepp, O. / Jahnke but still an hour and a half behind Lumia’s flying DRZ400.
Day 5 Camp Al Awynat - double circular course S.S.4 and S.S.5
------------------------------- DEUTSCH ---------------------------------
Heute standen die 2 Rundkurse Marble Madness mit 129 KM und der Akakus Rundkurs auf dem Programm, verbunden durch eine 60 minütige Liaison. Während der erste Rundkurs die Teilnehmer durch ein atemnberaubendes Dünenfeld schickte, bestach der 2. Rundkurs durch schnelle Pisten und schwierige Navigation durch das Akakus Gebirge.
Eine besondere Prüfung hatte heute die Organisation, einen verletzten und mit einem zerstörten GPS herumsitzenden Paul Elvis Howard. Er hatte anhand der Beschreibung der Berge die Orga zu sich gelotst. Insgesamt wurde heute ein Gebiet von 30 qkm durchsucht. Mit leichten Blessuren kam er rechtzeitig zum Abendessen ins Camp.
Die 5. Etappe wurde für die Enduros nur bis zum CP 1 gewertet, für die Autos galt die komplette Strecke. Carlo Lumia hatte an diesem Tag einen technischen Defekt, das Ihn weit in der Wertung zurück geworfen hat. Gewinner bei den Enduros wurde Werner Pfeuffer und bei den Autos wurde Team 107 Koepp, O. / Jahnke.
------------------------------- ENGLISH ---------------------------------
The first 'Marble Madness' loop of 129kms through the dunes was linked to the second 137km loop in the Akakus mountains by a one hour liaison passing back through Al Awynat.
Carlo Lumia increased his bike class lead with yet another stage win, followed by Werner Pfeuffer and Karim Hussein (Honda XR650). However, for the first time in the rallye so far, Carlo was beaten by a four wheeler, which was of course the buggy driven by Dakar bike and car veteran Andrea Mayer, just over a minute faster. She was followed at a more sedate pace by the Slovenian Puch of Team 101 and the Mercedes G-wagen of Team 107.
In the afternoon the organisers had their own special test: to find Paul 'Elvis' Howard. Elvis crashed his KTM 525MXC on rocky going in SS5, hurting his back and destroying his naviga-tion equipment. He nevertheless got back on his bike and tried to re-trace his steps back to the start but unfortunately went miles off track, ending up some 30kms away from the route. Thanks to the satellite Iridium phone (which all competitors carry) he was able to contact the organisers but the information he gave them about his whereabouts was wildly inaccurate. However, they eventually managed to 'sniff him out' by following his tracks in the sand and bring him safely back to camp in time for dinner (with the doctor riding his bike!). He was very sore, but determined to race again after Sunday's scheduled rest day.
Unfortunately, due to an unavoidable glitch, the bike results for SS5 could only be calculated as far as the first checkpoint but things were sorted out in time for the whole of the stage to count for the cars. Bike class leader Carlo Lumia’s luck ran out when a rock holed his Suzuki’s clutch cover but he was eventually able to repair the damage on the piste using some 'chemical metal' kindly lent by fellow biker Karim Hussein. Lumia nevertheless suffered a two hour delay and a 6 hour penalty, ending his chances of winning the rallye. Carlo's misfortune meant that Werner Pfeuf-fer (KTM525MXC) took the stage win along with the overall lead ahead of Tom Beckett. Ger-man Amazon Ilka Evers-Schäffer, riding a well-used KTM520 got her first stage podium.
Amongst the four wheelers, the Italian Team 106 of Giovanni and Lorenzo took their first stage win in their Mitsubishi L200 pick-up ahead of Team 111’s Mitsubishi Terrano and Team 101’s Puch.
Day 6 Camp Al Awynat - Camp Africa 137km Liaison 167km Dünenetappe
------------------------------- DEUTSCH ---------------------------------
Nach dem Betanken am Start, diesmal durch den ausgebauten Haupttank des Veranstalters (der Fuel Pickup erreichte aus technischen Gründen des Startpunkt nicht rechtzeitig) starteten die Teilnehmer im 1 Minuten-Takt in die S.S.6. Die Strecke bestand aus einer anfänglich flachen, einfachen Piste und verwandelte sich ab Kilometer 20 in eine knackige Dünenetappe mit ca. 50 m Kammhöhe für die nächsten 140 km. Team 103 Fabrizio Bruno/Marco Piana hat sich auf den 5. Platz vorgekämpft.
Gewinner der Tageswertung wurde Team 110 Andrea Mayer/Thomas Schulte auf Superproduction Buggy, gefolgt mit einem 40 min Abstand von Team 111 Krüger/Mühmel auf Nissan Terrano V6 und weiteren 25 Sekunden später Team 101 Kri-vic / Goriup auf Puch G290.
------------------------------- ENGLISH ---------------------------------
Day 6 started with a 130km liaison drive down the main road east from Al Awynat after which the bikes refuelled before starting SS6. The day started with fast and flat off road piste fol-lowed by spectacular sand riding with high dune crossings interspersed with long fast sand valleys. The bikes of Pfeuffer, Beckett and Evers-Schäffer caught up with each other before the dunes and rode together for most of the stage. Karim Hussein caught and passed them using the extra speed and power of his XR 650 Honda to good effect in the flat fast sand valleys to take his first stage win ahead of Ilka Evers and Tom Beckett.
Fast Italian Carlo Lumia started the stage some two hours late after destroying his motocross rear tyre on the tarmac in the liaison stage. Journalist Paul Blezard rode alone but was making good progress until 3kms from the finish when, due to misunderstanding instructions in the drivers’ briefing, was un-able to find the stage finish and so snatched disaster from the jaws of success....
Andrea Mayer’s buggy was once again quicker than all the bikes and fastest four-wheeler by forty minutes ahead of the Nissan Terrano of Krüger/Muhmel (111) and the Puch of Team 101.
As the day warmed up to be the hottest of the event so far, the competitors were glad of the relatively early finish which enabled them to relax and bask in the sun in the salubrious sur-roundings of Camp Africa after a short liaison down the main tarmac road from in Awbari and Tikerkiba.
Sunday was the official rest day of the LDC rallye allowing everyone to re-charge their batter-ies (both human and electrical) and to service their machines. Several competitors took the opportunity to visit the lakes at Mandara which they will also be passing at a faster pace when the racing resumes on Monday.
With three days of racing remaining, Werner Pfeuffer is leading the motorcycle class by just five minutes ahead of the injured Tom Beckett while Karim Hussein is third overall.
In the automobile class the Mercedes G-wagen of Koepp/Jahnke has a more comfortable fifty five minute cushion ahead of the Puch G290 diesel of Krivic/Goriup who in turn are nearly an hour ahead of the Nissan Terrano of Krüger/Mühmel. The buggy of Andrea Mayer and Tom Schulte is chasing hard in 4th place overall but is still currently two hours off a podium finish.
Race
Live from the Rallye by Paul Blezard, Tom Beckett and Tom Holzknecht, fresh out of the desert
Libya Desert Challenge
Cross Country Marathon Rallye
Hauptstraße 18
D-86949 Windach
Tel/Fax: 0700 LDC Rallye
mailto:info@LDC-Rallye.com
http://www.LDC-Rallye.com
Očitno gre našim kar OK in uspešno uživajo v Libiji. Še tako naprej ...
------------------------------ DEUTSCH ----------------------------------
In den leichteren Dünenetappen hat der Kumho-Buggy eine schnelle Vorlage geliefert. Die 2. Hälfte der Tunesien Etappe hat durch schwierige, raue Pisten vor allen dem Fiat Team schwer zugesetzt. Ausgeglichen durch viel Reparatur und Teamgeist, wurden alle Fiats wieder Flott gemacht für die nächsten Tage. Das erste Camp kurz vor der Grenze bei Dhehiba/Wazan/Nalut war geprägt durch viel Arbeit für die Assistance.
------------------------------ ENGLISH ----------------------------------
In the easy dune-section of the first half of the stage the Kumho-Buggygave a great perform-ance. The second half was dominated by curvy, rough tracks. Both the machinery and the drivers had their first test, with several having their first (unintentional) taste of riding or driving through dunes! Amongst the motorcyclists, Englishman Tom Beckett threw caution to the wind and gave his brand new KTM 450EXC a damn good thrashing.
Unfortunately it bit him back when he tried to change direction at high speed and he came a serious cropper, but was nevertheless able to remount and continue to a third place finish behind Karim Hussein and stage winner Carlo Lumia. (Tom went out of the rally last year half way through with a knee injury – he was supposed to be taking it steady this year, but once the clock started tick-ing the red mist took over!) Lumia was faster than all the cars except Andrea Mayer’s buggy while the 4x4 Fiat Pandas showed their robust construction on one of the shortest, but tough-est special stages.
With equal amounts of hard work and team spirit they managed to repair their prototype machines so that they were ready for the next day’s stage. In fact there was plenty of hard work for all the competitors and their assistance teams at the first bivouac out in the Tunisian desert which was only a few kilometres >from the Libyan border near Dhe-hiba/Wazan/Nalut.
Day 2 Chenini-Ghadames Liaison
------------------------------------ DEUTSCH ----------------------------------------
An diesem Tag geschieht bei der LDC wieder einmal eine Weltpremiere: Als erste organisierte Rallye und Gruppe überhaupt wurde der Grenzübergang bei Nalut durchgeführt. Beide Seiten der Grenze waren gespannt und vorbereitet. Mit Höflichkeit vor allem auf der libyschen Seite wurden alle Teilnehmer freundlich empfangen und mit Polizeieskorte aus dem Grenzgebiet 50 KM bis nach Nalut geleitet. Dort wurden alle Enduros verladen, um den Fahrern mörderische und langweilige 300 km Liaison zu ersparen. Nachts sanken die Temperaturen auf -5 Grad.
------------------------------------ ENGLISH ----------------------------------------
On this day we had a little magic happen: as the first Rallye or group ever to cross the border at Nalut the LDC passed through smoothly having previously put in a tremendous amount of preparation with the paperwork. To save time for the great dunes, the most southern possible checkpoint crossing was opened for the rallye by Aania Tours, the Libyan partners.
The authorities on both sides of the border were friendly but a little nervous. Within two hours we had passed through all the Libyan formalities and we then had a police escort out of the border area for the next 50 km as far as Nalut.
From there the bikes were loaded onto the sweeper truck to save the drivers from the hardship and boredom of riding 300 kms of tarmac liaison down to the Saharan city of Ghadames. That night the temperature fell to -5 Degrees Celsius (bloody freezing!).
Day 3 Ghadames Desert Bivouac Aania S.S.2
------------------------------- DEUTSCH ---------------------------------
Heute galt es, in einer 324 KM Wertungsprüfung die Hamada zu durchqueren. Wieder ein anstrengender Tag für Material und Fahrer. Nach nur 8 KM fiel als ersten das Team 105 Deibel/Steinberger durch einen Fahrwerksschaden aus. Kurz darauf fing der Kumho-Buggy von Team 110 Andrea Mayer/Thomas Schulte Feuer im Motorraum. Nach auslösen der vorgeschriebenen Feuerlöschanlage stellte sich der Schaden als unterwegs reparierbar heraus, eine Ölleitung rutschte vom Anschluss und das heiße Motoröl fing Feuer am Auspuff.
Gewinner der heutigen Etappe waren Team 102 Poljanec / Robic auf Jeep Wrangler 4.0, 2. der Tageswertung Team 101 Krivic / Goriup auf Puch G290 und dicht gefolgt von Team 107 Koepp, O. / Jahnke, C. Alle CP's und Endurotankpunkte waren bis weit in die Nacht hinein korrekt besetzt, das Ärzteteam, verteilt auf 3 Fahrzeuge hat auch heute nichts zu tun.
------------------------------- ENGLISH ---------------------------------
Today's stage started after a short night due to the one hour time difference between Tunisia and Libya. It started with some really rough going across the Hamada, the flat, huge area north of the Idan Ubari; a lunar landscape of black rocks followed by a 'Sea of Sand'.
Carlo Lumia (DRZ400) was once again the quickest of the bikes, followed by Tom Beckett in second, (despite his painful shoulder injury) ahead of Werner Pfeuffer (KTM). All three of them were considerably quicker than the fastest car.
Team 105 Deibel/Steiberger faded out after only 8km due to a suspension problem. After-wards, the Kumho-Buggy of Team 110 (Andrea Mayer/Thomas Schulte) briefly caught fire. Due to the mandatory safety equipment the fire was out in seconds inside rearmounted engine bay. An oil-pipe had come apart and the hot engine oil caught fire on the hot exhaust. This caused the team to arrive at the finish in last place after 11 hours, but still in the rallye.
Winner of the day was the Team 102 Poljanec / Robic in a Jeep Wrangler 4.0, second was Team 101 Krivic / Goriup on Puch 290G, followed directly by Team 107 Koepp, O. / Jahnke. The or-ganization managed the special stage on time and also the fuel logistics by Aania Tours worked 100%.
Day 4 Desert Bivouac Aania - Camp Al Awynat S.S.3
------------------------------- DEUTSCH ---------------------------------
Durch die starken Regenfälle der letzten Tage hat sich die schwere Dünensektion in eine "umfahre die Seen zwischen den Dünen" Etappe verwandelt. Auch das eine oder andere Chott wurde zur Fliegenfalle für einige der Teilnehmer. Die Etappe hat gegenüber dem Vorjahr an Härte zugenommen und sorgte für eine angenehme Erschöpfung im Campingplatz AlFaw in Al Awynat, zu deutsch "Die Träne Gottes".
Gewinner des Tages waren Team 110 Andrea Mayer/Thomas Schulte, mit einer halben Stunde Vorsprung auf Team 107 Koepp, O. / Jahnke. Bei den Enduros gewann heute der italienische Fahrer Carlo Lumia auf einer Suzuki DR 400 14 Minuten vor Tom Beckett, der sich am Tag davor einen nur bei Ihm existenten Knochen unterhalb des Schulterblatts brach. Tom Beckett, Startnummer 3 denkt gar nicht an eine Aufgabe, da ihm "das sitzen in einem Gartenstuhl" mehr anstrengt als Tiefflüge auf seiner KTM 450 EXC.
------------------------------- ENGLISH ---------------------------------
Due to the heavy rainfall over the past few days, the previously extremely tough dune section was made" much easier due to the firmer sand. However, some of the 'chotts' (salt lakes) which are usually bone dry actually filled with water and turned into nasty traps for some of the competitors. Also, the stony tracks which followed were much more difficult than last year and took its toll on the riders and drivers. Everyone was exhausted by the time they reached the Alfaw campsite in the city of Al Awynat, (literally, the springs).
Once again, Carlo Lumia’s Suzuki headed the bikes, followed by Tom Beckett and Werner Pfeuffer on KTMs. Beckett’s damaged shoulder did not seem to be slowing him down much despite the fact that an X-ray had revealed that his first day crash had resulted in a fractured shoulder blade and tearing all the accompanying ligaments. He was determined to continue racing because the mental torture he would have suffered sitting in a support vehicle would have been worse than the pain from his injuries!
Four wheel winner of the day was Team 110 Andrea Mayer/Thomas Schulte with a half hour advantage on Team 107 Koepp, O. / Jahnke but still an hour and a half behind Lumia’s flying DRZ400.
Day 5 Camp Al Awynat - double circular course S.S.4 and S.S.5
------------------------------- DEUTSCH ---------------------------------
Heute standen die 2 Rundkurse Marble Madness mit 129 KM und der Akakus Rundkurs auf dem Programm, verbunden durch eine 60 minütige Liaison. Während der erste Rundkurs die Teilnehmer durch ein atemnberaubendes Dünenfeld schickte, bestach der 2. Rundkurs durch schnelle Pisten und schwierige Navigation durch das Akakus Gebirge.
Eine besondere Prüfung hatte heute die Organisation, einen verletzten und mit einem zerstörten GPS herumsitzenden Paul Elvis Howard. Er hatte anhand der Beschreibung der Berge die Orga zu sich gelotst. Insgesamt wurde heute ein Gebiet von 30 qkm durchsucht. Mit leichten Blessuren kam er rechtzeitig zum Abendessen ins Camp.
Die 5. Etappe wurde für die Enduros nur bis zum CP 1 gewertet, für die Autos galt die komplette Strecke. Carlo Lumia hatte an diesem Tag einen technischen Defekt, das Ihn weit in der Wertung zurück geworfen hat. Gewinner bei den Enduros wurde Werner Pfeuffer und bei den Autos wurde Team 107 Koepp, O. / Jahnke.
------------------------------- ENGLISH ---------------------------------
The first 'Marble Madness' loop of 129kms through the dunes was linked to the second 137km loop in the Akakus mountains by a one hour liaison passing back through Al Awynat.
Carlo Lumia increased his bike class lead with yet another stage win, followed by Werner Pfeuffer and Karim Hussein (Honda XR650). However, for the first time in the rallye so far, Carlo was beaten by a four wheeler, which was of course the buggy driven by Dakar bike and car veteran Andrea Mayer, just over a minute faster. She was followed at a more sedate pace by the Slovenian Puch of Team 101 and the Mercedes G-wagen of Team 107.
In the afternoon the organisers had their own special test: to find Paul 'Elvis' Howard. Elvis crashed his KTM 525MXC on rocky going in SS5, hurting his back and destroying his naviga-tion equipment. He nevertheless got back on his bike and tried to re-trace his steps back to the start but unfortunately went miles off track, ending up some 30kms away from the route. Thanks to the satellite Iridium phone (which all competitors carry) he was able to contact the organisers but the information he gave them about his whereabouts was wildly inaccurate. However, they eventually managed to 'sniff him out' by following his tracks in the sand and bring him safely back to camp in time for dinner (with the doctor riding his bike!). He was very sore, but determined to race again after Sunday's scheduled rest day.
Unfortunately, due to an unavoidable glitch, the bike results for SS5 could only be calculated as far as the first checkpoint but things were sorted out in time for the whole of the stage to count for the cars. Bike class leader Carlo Lumia’s luck ran out when a rock holed his Suzuki’s clutch cover but he was eventually able to repair the damage on the piste using some 'chemical metal' kindly lent by fellow biker Karim Hussein. Lumia nevertheless suffered a two hour delay and a 6 hour penalty, ending his chances of winning the rallye. Carlo's misfortune meant that Werner Pfeuf-fer (KTM525MXC) took the stage win along with the overall lead ahead of Tom Beckett. Ger-man Amazon Ilka Evers-Schäffer, riding a well-used KTM520 got her first stage podium.
Amongst the four wheelers, the Italian Team 106 of Giovanni and Lorenzo took their first stage win in their Mitsubishi L200 pick-up ahead of Team 111’s Mitsubishi Terrano and Team 101’s Puch.
Day 6 Camp Al Awynat - Camp Africa 137km Liaison 167km Dünenetappe
------------------------------- DEUTSCH ---------------------------------
Nach dem Betanken am Start, diesmal durch den ausgebauten Haupttank des Veranstalters (der Fuel Pickup erreichte aus technischen Gründen des Startpunkt nicht rechtzeitig) starteten die Teilnehmer im 1 Minuten-Takt in die S.S.6. Die Strecke bestand aus einer anfänglich flachen, einfachen Piste und verwandelte sich ab Kilometer 20 in eine knackige Dünenetappe mit ca. 50 m Kammhöhe für die nächsten 140 km. Team 103 Fabrizio Bruno/Marco Piana hat sich auf den 5. Platz vorgekämpft.
Gewinner der Tageswertung wurde Team 110 Andrea Mayer/Thomas Schulte auf Superproduction Buggy, gefolgt mit einem 40 min Abstand von Team 111 Krüger/Mühmel auf Nissan Terrano V6 und weiteren 25 Sekunden später Team 101 Kri-vic / Goriup auf Puch G290.
------------------------------- ENGLISH ---------------------------------
Day 6 started with a 130km liaison drive down the main road east from Al Awynat after which the bikes refuelled before starting SS6. The day started with fast and flat off road piste fol-lowed by spectacular sand riding with high dune crossings interspersed with long fast sand valleys. The bikes of Pfeuffer, Beckett and Evers-Schäffer caught up with each other before the dunes and rode together for most of the stage. Karim Hussein caught and passed them using the extra speed and power of his XR 650 Honda to good effect in the flat fast sand valleys to take his first stage win ahead of Ilka Evers and Tom Beckett.
Fast Italian Carlo Lumia started the stage some two hours late after destroying his motocross rear tyre on the tarmac in the liaison stage. Journalist Paul Blezard rode alone but was making good progress until 3kms from the finish when, due to misunderstanding instructions in the drivers’ briefing, was un-able to find the stage finish and so snatched disaster from the jaws of success....
Andrea Mayer’s buggy was once again quicker than all the bikes and fastest four-wheeler by forty minutes ahead of the Nissan Terrano of Krüger/Muhmel (111) and the Puch of Team 101.
As the day warmed up to be the hottest of the event so far, the competitors were glad of the relatively early finish which enabled them to relax and bask in the sun in the salubrious sur-roundings of Camp Africa after a short liaison down the main tarmac road from in Awbari and Tikerkiba.
Sunday was the official rest day of the LDC rallye allowing everyone to re-charge their batter-ies (both human and electrical) and to service their machines. Several competitors took the opportunity to visit the lakes at Mandara which they will also be passing at a faster pace when the racing resumes on Monday.
With three days of racing remaining, Werner Pfeuffer is leading the motorcycle class by just five minutes ahead of the injured Tom Beckett while Karim Hussein is third overall.
In the automobile class the Mercedes G-wagen of Koepp/Jahnke has a more comfortable fifty five minute cushion ahead of the Puch G290 diesel of Krivic/Goriup who in turn are nearly an hour ahead of the Nissan Terrano of Krüger/Mühmel. The buggy of Andrea Mayer and Tom Schulte is chasing hard in 4th place overall but is still currently two hours off a podium finish.
Race
Live from the Rallye by Paul Blezard, Tom Beckett and Tom Holzknecht, fresh out of the desert
Libya Desert Challenge
Cross Country Marathon Rallye
Hauptstraße 18
D-86949 Windach
Tel/Fax: 0700 LDC Rallye
mailto:info@LDC-Rallye.com
http://www.LDC-Rallye.com
Očitno gre našim kar OK in uspešno uživajo v Libiji. Še tako naprej ...
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Drugače, pa lahko spremljate javljanje iz LDC-ja tudi na Darijevi strani, kjer se naši vsak dan oglašajo. Tudi nekaj fotk je že na voljo.
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Hmm, škoda, da na "Darijevi" strani ni kakšnih podrobnejših opisov (recimo opisov etap, lokacije kampov itd..). Očitno so se vsak dan javljali in močno prekosili nemško pregovorno nesposobnost informiranja (LDC-rallye.com in marathonrally.com nista bila sposobna napisati nič pametnega.)
Dajte fantje kaj napisat, kaj dogaja(lo), ko se vrnete seveda.
Pa čestitke vsem trem vozilom za očitno dobro udeležbo... !!!
Dajte fantje kaj napisat, kaj dogaja(lo), ko se vrnete seveda.
Pa čestitke vsem trem vozilom za očitno dobro udeležbo... !!!
Ssshhh, THE BEAST is sleeping...
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Dejte kej napisat za vse nas, ki nismo bili v Raci...
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Shit, šele zdaj videl... saj predavanje je jutri, 7.3. !!! Kul, se vidimo!!!
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tud jaz bi pršu libijske sipince gledat pa tle razen peking duck pa onih novih h5n1 ni nobene Ljubljanske race tko, da Noise nate potem računam s kakšnim povzetkom za odsotne. NiHao. 
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Špica je blo, zanimive zgodbe, zanimive fotke... pa mal spet pogovori okrog peska...
ahh... pesek...
PS: Hvala vsem, ki ste se danes zvečer trudili za nas...
ahh... pesek...
PS: Hvala vsem, ki ste se danes zvečer trudili za nas...
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Bomo.... moramo najprej naredit "screening" SAND WARS - MOTOSVETOVCI NAPADAJO (Tunizija 2004), pol pa še Libijo... bomo sporočili, ko bo, vabljeni pa že sedaj
Pa še takih dogodkov ja...
Pa še takih dogodkov ja...
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