Africa Race enters Mauritania
2009-01-06
Africa Race participants begin the longest stage of the rally on Tuesday (January 6th) between Laayoune in Morocco and Bou Lanouar in Mauritania, a total distance of 899km. On Monday, the rally resumed after a day of resting in Agadir. Drivers got lost, a Russian crew's truck broke down and a French motorcyclist crashed and had to be evacuated to a hospital. Meanwhile, leading driver Jean Louis Schlesser and motorcyclist José Manuel Pellicer had another successful day.
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