Elisabete Jacinto conquered today the third place among the trucks at the end of the third stage of the Morocco Desert Challenge. The Portuguese took 5h46m35s to complete the 347 timed kilometers that made up the special that linked Foum Zguid to Oum Jrane. After three days of competition, Elisabete appears in the third position of the general table of her category registering a 40-minute lead over Igor Bouwens who, at the wheels of an IVECO, is currently the fourth among the T4.
On a journey marked by many dunes, mainly the ones of the Erg Chegaga, the Bio-Ritmo® team managed to overcome all the obstacles imposed by this complex stage where sand predominated and only four cars, including two buggies and one SSV, were faster than Elisabete Jacinto:
“it went well. Even though we have passed the dunes very slowly, we didn’t have to dig or get stuck in the sand, which for us is very positive. As soon as we stepped out of the sand we accelerated and fought to go fast. We managed to finish among the first which is very good” said the pilot on the arrival at the camp that is situated in Oum Jrane.
Tomorrow the Morocco Desert Challenge enters in its fourth day of competition. The journey will once again be marked by dunes and lots of sand. The caravan of this rally will cross tomorrow the magnificent Erg Chebbi dunes. The 276 timed kilometers of this fourth stage will start at Oum Jrane and ends at Merzouga.