The Bio-Ritmo® racing truck is already up and running and finally the trio managed to get out safely from the Erg Chegaga dunes where they were for two days and two nights ago. The backhoe that helped the Portuguese to put the MAN TGS in its position arrived with them this morning when a complex operation began to straighten the truck. After many hours of work they were able to put the truck upright and after having checked the engine it was possible to remove the vehicle from the hole where it had fallen.
It is recalled that Elisabete Jacinto’s truck fell on Sunday during the third stage of Rallye Oilibya du Maroc because the front wheel on the right side got out of the rim, which caused a great instability in the MAN TGS that eventually fell on a dune.
The assistance team of Elisabete Jacinto acted promptly from the moment they realized that the broom wagon of the organization couldn’t reach the place where the trio was. The aid didn’t arrive sooner because the machine, rented by the team, took about 14 hours to reach the place where the incident occurred.
The Bio-Ritmo® team will be back in competition at the end of December, when the Africa Eco Race 2018 starts in Monaco.