Stage 8

Bouarfa – Finish

20 April - 185 KM

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#1 Position

Motorbike & quad

Joan Pedrero 02h 11’ 56’’

SSV

Kees Box 02h 09’ 41’’

Car & buggy

Erwin Imschoot 00h 00’ 00’’

Truck

Gert Huzink 01h 52’ 57’’

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14:25

THE END

That's it folks! Still a few teams on the track, everybody is coming in at their own pace. We would like to thank you for staying tuned this week. It was a tough but beautiful rally. Hope to meet again next year!!

14:11

Pinchedez wins SSV

Frenchmen #203 Philippe Pinchedez and Jean Brucy win the SSV category. Second is #237 Stéphane Chambon and Antoine Paque. Third is Marc Lauwers. Definitive results to be confirmed.

14:05

#504 in trouble

Ton Van Genugten is facing motorproblems. His own assistance team is picking him up.

13:20

Crash #512 and 520

Two trucks collided in the last stage. Medics report only minor injuries.

13:05

Vauthier/Polato win MDC Cars

Le suisse Remy Vauthier et son co-pilote français Jean-Michel Polato de MD Rally Sport gagne MDC cars. Jérôme Pélichet / Pascal Larroque sur 2 et Fernando Alvarez et Sergio Lafuente sur 3!

12:34

Viazovich wins overall

#503 MAZ-team Viazovich, Zaparoshchanka, Sachuk win the MDC2019 Trucks in their first appearance. #516 Peter Versluis, Marcel Pronk, Artur Klein. MAZ #510 Vishneuski, Haranin, Murylev completes the podium!

12:13

Huzink wins the stage, who wins MDC?

#514 Gert Huzink/Buursen/Roesink win stage 8 in Oujda, before #511 en #516, making it a Dutch holiday. But it is still unclear who will top the general ranking, as reports of speeding penalties are buzzing around the bivouac at the finish. Truck teams are awaiting the official results impatiently.

12:06

Husqvarna rules

All of the bikers are coming in. Did we mention already Dutchmen Paul Spierings is the third man on the MDC podium? Meaning: Husqvarna takes first and third place!!

11:55

Rain

It started raining at the finish line. It feels weird, after a week of heat, wind and dust...

11:22

MOTO: Skyler Howes wins.

American Husqvarna rider Skyler Howes wins the MDC 2019 for motorbikes in his first appearance on African soil.

Daily news

22:07

Final Stage, final race report. SS8 from Bouarfa to the finish - 187 km. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeWNlfFzC2s&feature=youtu.be

20:11

💨💨Speed is nothing without proper braking power.🛑 Find out how it works on high end rally vehicles. 💨💨Snelheid stelt niks voor als je niet kan stoppen.🛑 Hoe werken de remmen bij high-end rallywagens? 💨💨Aller vite c'est une chose, s'arrêter une autre. 🛑 Comment les freins de vehicules rallye fonctionnent-ils? #WeAreRally #MDC2019 Rymax Lubricants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp4M27zMc6k

19:32

Final standings #MDC2019 #WeAreRally Rymax Lubricants Euro4x4parts.com - Pièces et équipement 4x4

19:19

Morocco Desert Challenge added 14 new photos.

19:17

Morocco Desert Challenge added 3 new photos.

19:16

Morocco Desert Challenge added 66 new photos.

18:45

The Art of rally by XREPO - episode 8

13:44

🏁 Le français 🇫🇷 Philippe Pinchedez et son co-pilote 🇫🇷Jean Brucy ont remportés le MDC 2019 🏆 en SSV 🎉 🏁 De Fransman 🇫🇷 Philippe Pinchedez en z'n teamgenoot 🇫🇷Jean Brucy winnen de MDC 2019 🏆 bij de SSV's 🎉 🏁 French driver 🇫🇷 Philippe Pinchedez and his co-driver 🇫🇷Jean Brucy win the MDC 2019 🏆 in the SSV category 🎉 #WeAreRally #MDC2019 Rymax Lubricants

13:31

🏁🇧🇾De Wit-Rus Siarhei Viazovic en z’n team van Mazsport Racing hebben de MDC 2019 🏆 bij de racetrucks gewonnen🎉 🏁🇧🇾Siarhei Viazoviz from Belarus and his team Mazsport Racing won the MDC 2019 🏆 in the racetruck category🎉 🏁🇧🇾Le Biélorus Siarhei Viazoviz et son équipe de Mazsport Racing team gagnent le MDC 2019 🏆 dans la catégorie camions de course.🎉 #WeAreRally #MDC2019 Rymax Lubricants

13:26

🏁🇨🇭Rémy Vauthier et son co-pilote 🇫🇷Jean-Michel Polato ont remporté le MDC 2019 🏆 dans leur buggy Optimus. 🎉 🏁🇨🇭Rémy Vauthier and his co-driver 🇫🇷Jean-Michel Polato have won the MDC 2019 🏆 in their Optimus buggy.🎉 🏁🇨🇭Rémy Vauthier en 🇫🇷Jean-Michel Polato hebben de MDC 2019 🏆 gewonnen in hun Optimus buggy.🎉 #WeAreRally #MDC2019 Rymax Lubricants

11:44

🏁🇺🇸American Husqvarna rider Skyler Howes wins the MDC 2019 🏆 for motorbikes in his first appearance on African soil. 🎊 🏁🇺🇸 De Amerikaan Skyler Howes heeft op z'n Husqvarna de MDC 2019 gewonnen 🏆 in zijn eerste deelname op Afrikaanse grond.🎊 🏁🇺🇸Le motard Américain Skyler Howes a remporté le MDC 2019 🏆 sur sa Husqvarna.🎊

11:10

Race report SS7: Relive the penultimate stage from Merzouga to Bouarfa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l96Kqgsn3-0

06:00

Presentation of SS8. The Final stage from Bouarfa to the finish line. 180 km

Day results - Top 10

As soon as a vehicle finishes, it will be published here.
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Position	#	Members	Scratch
1	104	Joan Pedrero	02h 11’ 56’’
2	106	Skyler Howes	02h 12’ 00’’
3	155	Zbynek Olmer jun.	02h 28’ 41’’
4	154	Bertrand Gavard	02h 29’ 10’’
5	103	Philippe Heraud	02h 31’ 55’’
6	108	Jan Van Gerven	02h 39’ 34’’
7	105	Paul Spierings	02h 39’ 46’’
8	101	Harite Gabari	02h 41’ 44’’
9	119	Antoine Vitse	02h 56’ 34’’
10	152	Robbie Wallace	02h 58’ 40’’
11	166	Asgeir Runarsson	02h 59’ 57’’
12	163	Pierre Peyrard	03h 00’ 53’’
13	132	Gee Motzkin	03h 02’ 01’’
14	121	Guillaume Barthelemy	03h 04’ 22’’
15	120	Dasse Philippe	03h 05’ 09’’
16	148	Romain Muraton	03h 06’ 57’’
17	165	Martin Novotny	03h 07’ 47’’
18	137	matt tisdall	03h 07’ 52’’
19	115	Richard Dors	03h 08’ 15’’
20	122	Chris Hamer	03h 09’ 49’’
21	110	Ad Hofmans	03h 11’ 14’’
22	160	Pascal Pouguet	03h 12’ 22’’
23	107	Gilad Gotfried	03h 13’ 44’’
24	131	Jeroen Ramon	03h 13’ 59’’
25	146	Dirk Boerboom	03h 14’ 20’’
26	129	Pascal de Baar	03h 15’ 10’’
27	151	Eduardo Iglesias	03h 15’ 49’’
28	136	Roch Wolville	03h 16’ 12’’
29	138	Robert Bouvy	03h 16’ 44’’
30	156	Zbynek Olmer	03h 17’ 46’’
31	159	Marian Stary	03h 17’ 48’’
32	123	Juan Campdera	03h 17’ 49’’
33	118	Peter Karpati	03h 19’ 24’’
34	102	Laurent Weibel	03h 19’ 29’’
35	114	Per Enochsson	03h 19’ 32’’
36	142	Jarko Metsis	03h 22’ 10’’
37	140	Nicolas Albarede	03h 24’ 29’’
38	141	Gary Pitchford	03h 47’ 25’’
39	116	Gilles Roupieoz	03h 48’ 23’’
40	171	Bob Peeters	03h 56’ 12’’
41	128	Ben Morley	04h 00’ 49’’
42	112	Nicolas Monnin	04h 05’ 23’’
43	130	James Embro	04h 10’ 03’’
44	127	Johan Wiertz	04h 11’ 01’’
45	162	Bertrand Lecourtois	04h 33’ 19’’
46	147	Pat Priestley	04h 35’ 44’’
47	126	Björn Magnusson	04h 40’ 33’’
48	167	Barak Dudai	04h 42’ 39’’
49	169	Zlil Vanderhoren	04h 43’ 40’’
50	170	Jaffe Wilde	04h 45’ 14’’

Position	#	Members	Scratch
1	225	Kees Box Hein Verschuuren	02h 09’ 41’’
1	233	Manuel Lima Hervé Posnic	00h 03’ 00’’
2	206	Rudy Verheyen Bob Geens	02h 09’ 46’’
3	208	Jeremy Halter Tony Ferault	02h 12’ 03’’
4	239	Felipe Fernandez Jonathan Lurquin	02h 13’ 11’’
5	203	Philippe Pinchedez Jean Brucy	02h 13’ 36’’
6	223	Janus sr van Kasteren Erwin van den Bosch	02h 14’ 45’’
7	218	Axel Alletru François Xavier Beguin	02h 15’ 19’’
8	224	Sander Derikx	02h 17’ 41’’
9	204	Stephane Zosso Caroline Zosso	02h 18’ 13’’
10	205	Joris Brosens Koen Slegers	02h 19’ 32’’
11	232	Ákos Jobbágy Péter Krajnyák	02h 22’ 16’’
12	207	Herman Peene Marnix Deibert	02h 22’ 22’’
13	231	Jan Wit de Thijs Randel Hofstede	02h 24’ 39’’
14	226	Juan Manuel Maña Benarroch Giovanna Di Blasi	02h 25’ 10’’
15	250	Danny Pearl Omer Pearl	02h 25’ 24’’
16	210	Sylvain Mautret Louise Mautret	02h 26’ 15’’
17	244	Gerrit Meijer Rudolf Meijer	02h 26’ 26’’
18	212	Vincent Gonzalez Stéphane Duplé	02h 27’ 25’’
19	242	Janick Lelan Thierry Rativet	02h 29’ 18’’
20	238	Jack Derks Teun Derks	02h 29’ 21’’
21	227	Laurens Meyer Robbert Visser	02h 30’ 24’’
22	230	Ruud Vollebregt Gert Traa	02h 34’ 42’’
23	236	Jonathan Rieu Hugo Rieu	02h 35’ 46’’
24	229	Job Theuws Mitchell van Osch	02h 36’ 17’’
25	237	Stephane Chambon Antoine Paque	02h 37’ 02’’
26	217	David Caulier Sebastien Briand	02h 37’ 30’’
27	258	Franck Thomas Maxime Thomas	02h 37’ 49’’
28	251	Tom Luyckx Wouter Roels	02h 38’ 05’’
29	261	Peter De Rycke Walter Hendricks	02h 39’ 56’’
30	249	Ulrich Caradot Ludovic Raymond	02h 43’ 00’’
31	243	Frederik Meijer Willem Meijer	02h 44’ 00’’
32	246	Patrice Benoit Laurent Lelimouzin	02h 44’ 21’’
33	259	Luc Versantvoort Paul Versantvoort	02h 44’ 38’’
34	211	Ricardo Vela Ibañez Sergio Molins	02h 45’ 08’’
35	221	Hans van Hal Angelique van Hal	02h 46’ 19’’
36	214	Onno Paulich Mario Dops	02h 46’ 35’’
37	252	Jose-Manuel Fernandez Denis Habran	02h 50’ 37’’
38	216	Gianernesto Astori Francesco Tarricone	02h 50’ 38’’
39	209	Javier Herrador Manuel Navarro Dominguez	02h 52’ 56’’
40	220	Jean Luc Pisson-Ceccaldi Thomas Gaidella	02h 54’ 01’’
41	240	Peter Goossens Guy Verhavert	02h 55’ 30’’
42	201	Marc Lauwers	02h 58’ 14’’
43	245	Bert Millenaar Bert Van Druten	02h 58’ 18’’
44	234	Rene Van Eerd Erik Van Eerd	03h 01’ 54’’
45	222	Frank van Berlo Stef van Berlo	03h 02’ 20’’
46	255	Éric Sanchez jean BORRIELLO	03h 08’ 18’’
47	260	Graham Knight David Watson	03h 11’ 19’’
48	257	Gerard Spelt Dennis van Rossenberg	03h 19’ 55’’
49	228	Geoffroy Noel de Burlin	03h 26’ 12’’
50	241	Miguel Hillewaert Kris Hillewaert	03h 44’ 07’’

Position	#	Members	Scratch
1	306	Erwin Imschoot Olivier Imschoot	00h 00’ 00’’
1	307	Jean Pascal Besson Sébastien Delaunay	01h 55’ 06’’
2	315	Fernando Alvarez Sergio Lafuente	02h 03’ 19’’
3	317	Ronald Basso Jean Pierre Garcin	02h 04’ 21’’
4	310	Vincent Thijs Tom De Leeuw	02h 04’ 43’’
5	321	Henk de Jong Pieter van Kruijsdijk	02h 06’ 38’’
6	309	Hennie de Klerk Johann Smalberger	02h 09’ 27’’
7	329	Patrick Martin Lucas Martin	02h 09’ 27’’
8	305	Marc Bonnafoux Didier Chabory	02h 10’ 12’’
9	302	Tomas Ourednicek David Kripal	02h 12’ 02’’
10	311	Thomas Bell Patrick McMurren	02h 12’ 20’’
11	301	Maik Willems Robert van Pelt	02h 12’ 24’’
12	316	Jérôme PELICHET Pascal LARROQUE	02h 12’ 41’’
13	308	Remy Vauthier Jean-Michel Polato	02h 13’ 38’’
14	345	James Ford Paul Chambers	02h 15’ 09’’
15	327	Lieven De Brabant Donald Desmet	02h 17’ 22’’
16	325	Thierry Bunel Gourdy Sophie Bunel-gourdy	02h 18’ 17’’
17	332	Ronald Schoolderman Marcel Blankestijn	02h 22’ 06’’
18	346	Martijn van den Broek Edwin van der Vegt	02h 23’ 10’’
19	357	Teun Stam Rene Bargeman	02h 24’ 52’’
20	341	Christian Femont Peter Janssens	02h 25’ 22’’
21	351	Jan de Vos David Jansen	02h 29’ 08’’
22	326	Erik Loomans Hans Daniels	02h 29’ 46’’
23	338	JImmy De Breucker Christian Verhaeren	02h 29’ 57’’
24	350	Johan Jongen Philippe Pelgrims	02h 30’ 43’’
25	333	Pál Lónyai Matyas Somfai	02h 30’ 57’’
26	363	Liam Griffin Robert Daniels	02h 31’ 01’’
27	365	Jordi Queralto Petra Zemankova	02h 43’ 12’’
28	344	Willibald Boder Thomas Boder	02h 43’ 28’’
29	343	Henri Van Steenbergen Eyck Willemse	02h 44’ 00’’
30	356	Gregg Docx Cédric Van der Vecken	02h 45’ 59’’
31	318	Patrice Chevallier PHILIPPE FLORENTINO	02h 46’ 39’’
32	342	Ronald Broomans Wendy Broomans	02h 47’ 58’’
33	349	Chris Lanting Thomas Meijer	02h 53’ 06’’
34	354	Bruno Bastide Didier Chaudat	02h 53’ 18’’
35	364	Koen De Ridder Pieter Dreezen	02h 56’ 18’’
36	314	Mike van Eikeren Ed Wigman	02h 57’ 18’’
37	330	Guy Housset Jean Pierre Saint Martin	02h 58’ 42’’
38	368	Stefan Carmans Arjan Van Tiel	03h 08’ 07’’
39	358	Luca Corvaja Georges Put	03h 09’ 02’’
40	323	Alex Cole Emma Osman	03h 10’ 18’’
41	377	Eddy Bens Paul Boekel	03h 10’ 52’’
42	347	Yvan Pierre Dard Veronique Dard	03h 13’ 22’’
43	374	Yves Huysmans Hans Van den Moortel	03h 33’ 26’’
44	369	Greg Macleod Craig Bounds	03h 38’ 28’’
45	352	Jules Mautret David Leperlier	03h 56’ 27’’
46	372	Grzegorz Brochocki Patrycja Brochocka	05h 50’ 56’’
47	337	Keiko Hamaguchi Umberto Fiori	07h 46’ 00’’

Position	#	Members	Scratch
1	514	Gert Huzink Rob Buursen Martin Roesink	01h 52’ 57’’
2	511	Roeland Voerman Hugo Kupper Simon Stubbs	01h 54’ 20’’
3	516	Peter Versluis Marcel Pronk Artur Klein	01h 59’ 02’’
4	510	Aliaksei Vishneuski Pavel Haranin Vitaliy Murylev	01h 59’ 45’’
5	507	Maurik Van den Heuvel Wilko Van Oort Martijn Van Rooij	02h 05’ 07’’
6	505	Igor Bouwens Dave Berghmans ulrich boerboom	02h 05’ 42’’
7	501	Martin vd Brink Wouter de Graaff Daniel Kozlovsky	02h 06’ 03’’
8	503	Siarhei Viazovich Anton Zaparoshchanka Siarhei Sachuk	02h 06’ 24’’
9	509	Frank Tilburgs Marcel Snijders Arthur Burgmans	02h 08’ 29’’
10	508	Vick Versteijnen Teun Van Dal Andre van der Sande	02h 14’ 36’’
11	515	Karoly Fazekas Peter Csakany Albert Horn	02h 14’ 57’’
12	522	Jan van de Laar Ben van de Laar Dolf Huijgens	02h 15’ 31’’
13	523	Jos Smink Daniël Bruinsma Peter Nieuwenburg	02h 19’ 37’’
14	517	Aad van Velsen Harry Oosting Marco Siemons	02h 20’ 48’’
15	534	Patrice Garrouste Loic Minaudier Jean Jacques Martinez	02h 22’ 11’’
16	525	Patrick Hillewaere Nikolas Dejonckheere Philip Helewaut	02h 30’ 40’’
17	527	Adwin Hoondert Erwin de Vos Wilko Hoefnagels	02h 32’ 18’’
18	529	Lars Jans Serge Bruynkens Bert Uijt den Boogaard	02h 36’ 48’’
19	502	Paul Verheyden Kurt Keysers Bjorn Burgelman	02h 38’ 14’’
20	521	Miklós Kovács Péter Czeglédi László Ács	02h 39’ 34’’
21	526	Fons Jans Hans Heerema Renaldo Schrave	02h 39’ 49’’
22	531	Javier Herrero Alfonso Herrero Rodrigo de la Calle	02h 42’ 27’’
23	530	Aviv Kadshai Izhar Armony Maoz Wilder	02h 47’ 38’’
24	532	Dave Ingels Johannes Schotanus Michal Wrzos	03h 12’ 53’’
25	528	Giso Verschoor Jan Van der Vaet tonnie van Schaik	03h 19’ 08’’
26	518	Gerrit Van Werven Niek Oude Luttikhuis Matthieu Mensink	04h 11’ 50’’