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Press Information 10.09

Press Information 10.09

11/09/2014 13:43:32
In today‘s racing day the participants in "Balkan Marathon Rally" passed 200 km. race track in three stages.
On Macedonian territory to the finalists of the "Balkan Marathon Rally” joined five Macedonian cars 4x4, two ATVs and one motorcycle.

This is the first day of the competition which was sunny and very nice and the competitors did not have to fight with nature, only to conquer the top positions.
A very beautiful route through the National Park Mavrovo.

The tense battle remains between the motor riders. With best time today is Christian Pastori 4:11:20, followed by Martin Fontain, who passed half of the way with no front brake and is just one minute behind Pastori. Two minutes and ten seconds after the first is Henno Van Bergeijk and fourth today is the bulgarian Dimitar Boevsky, 6 minutes after the first.

In the category of cars the crew Zahariev / Arabadjiev did not finish the last special stage due to problems in navigation and returned to the camp with the intention of repairing the car and prepare it for the crucial last racing stages . With the best time today is the crew Kalinkov with navigator Boneva, followed by the Austrian crew Ehemoser / Schiefer.

Upcoming are the most intenisve 120 km that will determine the winner of the big prize - free participation in the "Africa Eco Race", provided by the organizer of the "Balkan Marathon Rally" and representative of the rally for the Balkan countries.