OiLibia Rally of MOROCCO May the best team win!

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All the NPO Events staff, always smiling welcomes each individual team members with the appropriate word of welcome.

1 PRESS RELEASE, 03 OCTOBER 2014 OiLibia Rally of MOROCCO May the best team win! Erfoud : Hotel Bellere, Zero hour! The vast interior reception room is for one day only the centre stage of the administrative Verifications where a long string of men and women go through their administrative checks. All the NPO Events staff, always smiling welcomes each individual team members with the appropriate word of welcome. The first steps of this journey are simple to do, but essential: get your stamp card, stamped with : ERTF, Astrium, license control, water provisions, medical check and putting on the bracelet showing that you are "Fit for service." Once these formalities endorsed, in the front of the hotel it s a traffic jam :. Sticking panels, ckeck of each engine, weighing vehicles... and the panel 'end of stage zero' is crossed, the first race is scheduled for tomorrow, 6.45 am for the bikes, 8.13 am for the cars, between Erfoud and Damia.

So many languages! The most impressive during the verifications, is the variety of languages spoken (31 nationalities attending) as varied as the race itself!

2 So many languages! The most impressive during the verifications, is the variety of languages spoken (31 nationalities attending) as varied as the race itself! Other highlights include the smiles, the humour, the joy of each person ahead of the week. During this first contact, the competitors almost wished it to continue... the euphoria is palpable, tomorrow morning actually lives in the here and now as they are eager to get into the nitty-gritty of what the Oilibya Rally of Morocco is all about.

3 BIKES : Between Coma and Gonçalves, the heart dangles What is at Stake in this final of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, is the title of 2014 world champion, and its being played out between two champions, wit just 10 units between them.how tantalising can it get? This morning they high fived : "may man the best win! " In 2013, Paulo Gonçalves won the Oilibya Rally of Morocco at the same time pocketing world champion title and now putting it back into play this season. They are not the only ones two to have a chance at glory.joan Barreda is considered the fastest driver, Helder Rodrigues won here in 2012, (both on Honda.) Alain Duclos and Joan Pedrero Sherco want it! badly Not to mention 'Chaleco' Lopez, Sam Sunderland, Jordi Arcarons, Ruben Faria, Jakub Przygonski (back in the saddle after his accident in Abu Dhabi) all KTM Red Bull experienced riders. Cars: It s a match between: X-Raid - Toyota Hilux! If in the bike category all scenarios can be imagined for the final victory, the Car teams can really get their hands dirty! Between the Mini All4 and the Toyota Hilux, the match should be a beauty. Nani Roma / Michel Perin, Nasser Al-Attiyah / Matthieu Baumel, Orlando Terranova / Rolando Graue, the current leaders of the FIA World Cup, Vladimir Vasilyev / Konstantin Zhiltsov... have in their grip real powerful engines that have been dominating the Dakar for three years. To counter them, Giniel de Villiers / Dirk von Zitzewitz (South African winner of the 2009 Dakar) with Volkswagen should calm the ardour of the German company just as the Polish duo Marek Dabrowski / Jacek Czachor, holders of the World Cup and and currently ranked 4th overall with only 2 rounds to go. The arrival of Dutchman Bernhard Ten Brinke in the Team Overdrive Racing and the return of Argentinean Lucio Alvarez banana put pressure on the boss JeanMarc Fortin.

Patrick Sireyjol / François Beguin (Buggy Cummins), Boris Garafulic who now rides with the Portuguese Filipe Palmeiro (Mini All4), the return on the Italian Miki Biasion after a short stint in the

4 Patrick Sireyjol / François Beguin (Buggy Cummins), Boris Garafulic who now rides with the Portuguese Filipe Palmeiro (Mini All4), the return on the Italian Miki Biasion after a short stint in the truck category, Thierry Magnaldi / François Borsotto on the Juke of Team Dessoude but also the great Bugga'One and Jean-Antoine Sabatier winner of four stages on the last Africa Eco Race will be navigated by Alexandre Winocq; Eric Morin / Didier Haquette on the BV 6 Sodicars Racing, Philippe Boutron / Franck Maldonato stearing a Touareg... not to mention the two official Toyota Land Cruiser (Auto Body) teams Jun Mitsuhashi / Alain Guehennec and Nicolas Gibon / Akira Miura competing in the T2 category.

In the Open category. A mix of the best in cross country rally raiding lead this category specifically created for cars teams not participating in the FIA World Cup.

.. have much to do on the track in the face of competitors eager for results but also some fun! Trucks, it s going to be spectacular!

5 In the Open category. A mix of the best in cross country rally raiding lead this category specifically created for cars teams not participating in the FIA World Cup. In this jungle of particularly strong competitors, Jerome Pélichet / Eugenie Decré (Toyota Hilux), Pascal Boutet / Bruno Seillet (Trio)... have much to do on the track in the face of competitors eager for results but also some fun! Trucks, it s going to be spectacular! There are many Faithful to the competition and still driven by the same passion, the Portuguese Elisabete Jacinto loves the Oilibya Rally of Morocco.Faced with this popular lady, Gerard De Rooy an Iveco driver, a second Petronas Team De Rooy is entrusted to Johannes Stacey. In this rich gathering, all brands are represented: Tatra Ginaf, Unimog, DAF, Renault, MAN, Scania Mercedes. Let the show begin.

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