NEWS
Rallye de Tunisie – Saturday Mai 3rd - Final stage 9 : Ksar Ghilane-Djerba (338 km/ES9 : 286 km)
Housieaux and Pain, first in Djerba !
In the beautiful location of El Kantara beach, under a burning sun, the Ralye de Tunise has given us two superb winners.
In the car category Dominique Housieaux and Jean Michel Polato (Buggy Schlesser); The French team have won the first leg of the FIA World Cup, all terrain rally. Just in front of Eric Vigouroux and Alex Winocq in their Trophy Truck Chevrolet, After a close race between them. Third, and proving Proto Dessoudre’s potential, Christian Lavieille and François Borsotto. In the bike category, Olivier Pain (Yamaha 450) scores his first victory in a major African rally. The young Frenchman and his team mate Mickael Pisano, also riding Yamaha 450 who came in second, gave Yahama the spotlight on the podium. Close behind an amazing performance by Stan Watt from Great Britain finishing third on his KTM 690. All competitors celebrated as champagne flowed on El Kantara beach this afternoon, bikes, quads, cars and trucks happy of the achievement in fulfilling an exceptional African rally over 4000 km long.
All the results of the Rallye de Tunisie 2008