A banal damage to the starter motor relais force Lopez to stop in the desert for two hour and a half, when Franco Picco attain to restart it. Zanotti is fifth on stage today, followed immediately by Paolo Ceci. Paolo Ceci, from San Marino, is hard-and-fast thirth and first of the Overall 450, while Ceci is fifth. Lopez skids in fourteenth position.

Abu Mingar – The Pharaons Rally 2009 thirth day stage was begin in a perfect way for Francisco Lopez. The Chilean gained more than one minutes in the CP3 on Cyril Despres, who was starting in front of him. Than, after jumping a dune, he had a bad landing and his motorbike turned off. In spite of the checks and of Zanotti and Ceci's help that in the while reached him, he couldn't restart it. Lopez was almost resigned, when Franco Picco came and, making bridge among his battery and Chaleco Aprilia's starter motor, managed to made Chaleco take the round again.

In reality was the relais of the starter motor that didn't work, at that point Chaleco loosed more than two hours and the only thing he could make was ending the stop. Now he slides on fourteenth position, with two hours and a half of delay from Despres, but for sure he will not save oneself during the next stops, having a perfect feeling with Aprilia Africa.

Surely has gone better to the other two bishop of Aprilia crew Giofil, Alex Zanotti and Paolo Ceci. The first one, in spite he loose time driving for 60 Kilometres with one hand due to the break of the stirrup used to bring the instrumentation, ended anyway hard-and-fast fourth and first in the 450. In Overall is thirth behind Despres and Manca and also first in the 450.

Excellent trial for Paolo Ceci too: although a few minute lost tryng to help Lopez, he classify immediately behind Zanotti and in occupies the fifth position in the Overall league and the second in the 450.

Tomorrow the fourth Pharaons stage will bring the Rally again in Baharija. From Abu Mingar Bivoac there will be a spectacular start of all the motorbikes, the Pharaons Rally Grand Prix.

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