Stage 4 : october, 28th
The news in real time, and the route of the stage
News feed of the stage
In cars, every day is the same day at the top of the race. Peterhansel-Cottret are first at the end of the first loop. Novitsky-Schulz come in second place. We'll follow the fight for the third place this afternoon... Only place on the podium still in balance.
In bikes, Ullevalseter wins the stage. 11" ahead from Despres, once again a poison for his opponenents. Marc Coma made an astonishing stage untill one of his tyre dissolved. Olivier Pain, the little French becoming big, is third.
Route of the stage
Wednesday 28 October 2009: Stage 4
MINES OF BLEIDA: 448,84 Km
Liaisons : 11,36 km – Selective section (2 loops): 437,48 km
The longest stage of the rally, and probably more brittle. Watch your tyres! For 60 miles, the trail brittle, furrowed by rain, winds along the mountainside, with many passages of
oueds. After the mines of Bleïda runway improvement to reach the foothills of Foum Zguid. But beware,
many collapses will break the fast pace sometimes. The end of the special is varied: for 40 miles, you will
alternate between a easy track sometimes sandy, technical passages, off-track fast, crossing of small
dunes to reach the finish.
