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Rallye des Pharaons
Former rally-raid event
Former rally-raid event
The Rallye des Pharaons (French for "Pharaohs Rally") was a rally-raid event that took place in Egypt between 1982 and 2015. Cairo was both the starting and finishing point at the foot of the pyramids of Giza, and the rally covered roughly around 3100 km. It was similar in format to the Dakar Rally in that it took place in desert conditions and cars, trucks, and motorcycles were all permitted to compete.
History
The first Pharaohs Rally was held in 1982 from an idea of Jean-Claude Morellet. In 1998 the organization was taken over by JVD, a company managed by Jacky Ickx, Vincenzo Lancia and Daniele Cotto, and the name was changed to Pharaons International Cross Country Rally.
The competition is valid for the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship since 2000 and for the FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup since 2005.
Tragedy struck on September 29, 2004, when three-time Dakar Rally winner Richard Sainct was killed when his motorcycle ran off the course. KTM, who Sainct rode for, pulled all other factory racers from the rest of the rally in respect for Sainct.
2015 marked the last year that the event was run due to difficulties in receiving support from the FIA and the Egyptian government. Rally des Pharaons restarted in 1998 after it wasn't held for 1 year in 1997 under the name of Rally of Egypt with joint organisation of Siag Travel with JVD and has stayed with this name in 1998-1999-2001-2002, and then JVD changed the name to Rally des Pharaons crosscountry.
Winners
| Year | Cars (driver / co-driver) | Motorcycles | Trucks (driver / co-driver) | Quads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | FRA André Trossat / Eric Briavoine | ITA Edi Orioli | – | – |
| 1983 | FRA Jean-Claude Briavoine / Catherine Plessis | FRA Patrick Drobecq | – | – |
| 1984 | FRA Christian Avril / Gérard Troublé | BEL Gaston Rahier | – | – |
| 1985 | QAT Saeed Al-Hajiri / GBR John Spiller | BEL Gaston Rahier | CZE Kovář / Brzobohatý / CHE Héritier | – |
| 1986 | SPA Miguel Prieto / Ramon Termens | ITA Franco Picco | CHE Bonvin / Jacquerod / Missilliez | – |
| 1987 | FIN Ari Vatanen / SWE Bruno Berglund | ITA Alessandro De Petri | FRA Groine / Ferri | – |
| 1988 | FIN Ari Vatanen / SWE Bruno Berglund | BEL Gaston Rahier | ITA Francesco Perlini / G. Belotti / Claudio Vinante | – |
| 1989 | FIN Ari Vatanen / SWE Bruno Berglund | ITA Alessandro De Petri | Not held | – |
| 1990 | FRA Hubert Auriol / Philippe Monnet | ITA Alessandro De Petri | FRA Gueguen / Damereu | – |
| 1991 | FIN Ari Vatanen / SWE Bruno Berglund | USA Danny LaPorte | FRA Pelichet / Pelichet / Musitelli | – |
| 1992 | FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser | ITA Franco Picco | ITA Maurizio Traglio / Del Prete | – |
| 1993 | FIN Timo Salonen / GBR Fred Gallagher | ITA Edi Orioli | ITA Maurizio Traglio / Pio | – |
| 1994 | FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser | AUT Heinz Kinigadner | – | – |
| 1995-97 | Not held | |||
| 1998 | Italy Giorgio Beccaris / Roberto Ferrari | Italy Fabrizio Meoni | – | – |
| 1999 | Belgium Gerard Marcy / Jean-Paul Cottret | Italy Fabrizio Meoni | – | – |
| 2000 | Belgium Grégoire De Mévius / FRA Alain Guehennec | Italy Fabrizio Meoni | – | – |
| 2001 | Spain José Luis Monterde / Rafael Tornabell | Italy Fabrizio Meoni | Italy Gilberto Sandretto / Corrado Pattono | – |
| 2002 | Hungary Balázs Szalay / Aladár Laklóth | France Richard Sainct | Italy Giuseppe Panseri / Giacomo Vismara / Marco Sangalli | – |
| 2003 | France Yves Loubet / Jacky Dubois | Spain Nani Roma | Japan Teruhito Sugawara / Masahiro Saiki | – |
| 2004 | Belgium Alain De Mevius / FRA Emmanuel Eggermont | Norway Pål Anders Ullevålseter | Italy Giacomo Vismara / Mario Cambiaghi | – |
| 2005 | Belgium Stéphane Henrard / Antonia De Roissard | Spain Marc Coma | Italy Giuseppe Panseri / Marco Piana / Oscar Mor | – |
| 2006 | Russia Sergey Shmakov / Konstantin Meshcheryakov | Spain Marc Coma | Italy Giacomo Vismara / Mario Cambiaghi / Paola Bellina | – |
| 2007 | France Christian Lavieille / François Borsotto | Spain Marc Coma | Italy Matteo Paccani / Attilio Brevi | – |
| 2008 | France Christian Lavieille / François Borsotto | France David Casteu | Italy Matteo Paccani / Attilio Brevi / Luca Baschenis | – |
| 2009 | France Jérôme Pélichet / Eugénie Decré | France Cyril Despres | Not held | Italy Camelia Liparioti |
| 2010 | France Jean-Louis Schlesser / Arnaud Debron | Spain Marc Coma | Italy Luisa Trucco / Corrado Pattono | Argentina Marcos Patronelli |
| 2011 | France Jean-Louis Schlesser / Arnaud Debron | Spain Marc Coma | France Marco Piana / Christophe Troesch / POL Jarosław Kazberuk | France Lilian Lancelevee |
| 2012 | United Arab Emirates Khalifa Al Mutaiwei / GER Andreas Schulz | Spain Joan Barreda Bort | Not held | Poland Lukasz Laskawiec |
| 2013 | Not held | |||
| 2014 | Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi / GER Timo Gottschalk | BOL Juan Carlos Salvatierra | Not held | POL Rafal Sonik |
| 2015 | QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah / FRA Mathieu Baumel | POL Jakub Piątek | KAZ Artur Ardavicius / Alexey Nikizhev / CZE Jakub Hrava | QAT Mohamed Abu Issa |
References
References
- Edge, Alex. "Richard Sainct Killed in Egyptian Rally Crash".
- (30 September 2004). "Richard Sainct". FIM.
- (2018-08-13). "Militant threats, red tape, vast deserts: rally racing in Egypt".
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