Stage 8

Star Wars - Star Wars

29 April - 300 KM

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#1 Position

Motorbike & quad

Neels THERIC 04h 12’ 45’’

SSV

Maarten Kanters 00h 02’ 00’’

Car & buggy

Simon Vitse 03h 37’ 28’’

Truck

Steven Rotsaert 04h 06’ 54’’

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Live blog

16:46

That’s it folks!

This is the end of Tunisia Desert Challenge. Thank you for following and see you next time!

15:59

#350 engine trouble

Car #350 from Jean François Ryo & Marie Aline is having engine trouble and they are making their way back to the ravitaillement.

15:50

#348 received assistance

#348 Yves Huysmans & Hans Van den Moortel needed assistance from their team and are now continuing the stage.

15:46

#207 returns to the bivouac via asphalt

#207 Janus Jr van Kasteren has quit the stage and is making his way back to the bivouac via the asphalt.

15:08

Crash for #229

#229 Janus Sr van Kasteren & Hans Meulendijks got in a car crash. #301 Ronald Schooldermans & MarK Salomons stopped to help. Navigator Hans Meulendijks has been taken to hospital by helicopter for a medical check-up.

14:58

Broken engine for #358

#358 Ghilene Baaziz & Celim Kanzari, the only Tunisian team at the start, have to abandon the race in the last stage with a broken engine.

14:55

#314 out of the race

#314 Guy Housset & Loic Minaudier have asked for the sweeper truck

14:15

Mister Sandman part 2

The Star Wars version

13:44

Looking for that perfect photo opportunity

Our photographers in the field, looking for the best pictures!

Have a look at the photo gallery here!

11:18

#230 broken gimbal

#230 Tom De Rycker & Steve De Schildre have stopped with a broken front gimbal. They are waiting for the sweeper truck.

10:58

#312 out with a broken clutch

Car #312 Thierry Bunel Gourdy & Jean Michel Polato is out of the race with a broken clutch. They have called for the sweeper truck

10:37

Do we need more sand

Logistics had one hell of a job putting up the bivouac. Shovelling sand the old fashioned way

09:15

Mister Sandman

How to protect yourself from all the dust and sand in the bivouac? Copy the locals!

Daily news

16:46

Congratulations to the winners of the Tunisia Desert Challenge 2022 🥇 🏍 🇮🇪 #101 Alessandro Botturi 🛺 🇪🇸 #210 Fernando Alvarez & Xavier Panseri 🚙 🇫🇷 #319 Simon Vitse & Frederic Lefebvre 🚛 🇧🇪 #503 Igor Bouwens, Syndiely Wade & Ulrich Boerboom 👉 the complete results can be found on www.tunisiadesertchallenge.com #TDC2022 #WeAreRally

09:55

Stage 8 starting lists 🚀 We're off for the final stage!

09:46

➡️ Stage 8: Star Wars - Star Wars 🏁260km ⏱️Start at 8AM CET We are already at final stage of the Tunisia Desert Challenge 2022. 260km of fast WRC style tracks, hard gravel, stony piste and tricky navigation, with the Rommel road and a few oueds in the mix. #TDC2022 #WeAreRally

Day results - Top 10

As soon as a vehicle finishes, it will be published here.
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Position	#	Members	Scratch
1	122	Neels THERIC	04h 12’ 45’’
2	103	Mathieu Doveze	04h 13’ 55’’
3	144	Nick Janssens	04h 14’ 27’’
4	110	Bertrand Gavard	04h 15’ 22’’
5	101	Rodney Faggotter	04h 15’ 57’’
6	125	Nick Delafontaine	04h 21’ 54’’
7	102	Duong Nguyen Khoa	04h 24’ 30’’
8	142	Julien Stas	04h 32’ 09’’
9	113	Pol Tarres	04h 32’ 23’’
11	141	Justin Stevenson	04h 36’ 38’’
12	139	lois dabbadie	04h 38’ 12’’
14	124	Thomas Lebeurre	04h 42’ 03’’
15	128	Dreyer van Niekerk	04h 47’ 50’’
16	109	Dasse Philippe	04h 52’ 38’’
17	131	Pascal Pouguet	04h 52’ 49’’
18	147	Stefan NORDSTRÖM	04h 53’ 14’’
19	108	Frantz Roquesalane	04h 56’ 01’’
20	119	Aleksander Piorczyniski	04h 57’ 28’’
21	132	Gilberto Facco	04h 58’ 00’’
22	123	MIKOŁAJ KRYSIK	04h 58’ 27’’
23	107	christophe verna	04h 58’ 42’’
24	130	Martin Lourens	05h 02’ 38’’
25	135	John Comoglio	05h 06’ 35’’
26	148	Pieter Van Mechgelen	05h 13’ 58’’
27	137	Joakim Hultqvist	05h 21’ 20’’
28	157	Jeremy Halter	05h 25’ 46’’
29	146	CHRISTIAN ABOUD	05h 26’ 39’’
30	105	Mitchel van den Brink	05h 36’ 59’’
31	118	STEPHANE BOUVIER	05h 43’ 01’’
32	158	YOANN DECRESSONNIERE	05h 44’ 01’’
33	159	FREDDY DE OLIVEIRA	05h 44’ 01’’
34	136	Erick Blandin	05h 47’ 35’’
35	138	Carlos Silveira	05h 48’ 16’’
36	140	Vanessa Ruck	05h 49’ 08’’
37	150	Koen Maria J Maes	05h 49’ 41’’
38	126	Hugh Mackay	05h 51’ 38’’
39	134	pierre prin	06h 10’ 25’’
40	151	Dennis Mildenberger	06h 14’ 23’’

Position	#	Members	Scratch
1	243	Maarten Kanters Toine Verkooyen	00h 02’ 00’’
3	210	Fernando Alvarez Xavier Panseri	03h 49’ 02’’
4	204	Sébastien Delaunay	03h 50’ 22’’
5	211	Kees Box Hein Verschuuren	03h 51’ 12’’
6	209	Michiel Becx Edwin Kuijpers	03h 52’ 40’’
7	215	Max Delfino	03h 54’ 52’’
8	225	Jan Van Gerven caspar schellekens	04h 00’ 43’’
9	214	Xavier Lormand Guillaume Jorda	04h 00’ 56’’
10	222	Pelle Moens Karana Moens	04h 03’ 32’’
11	245	Renaud Niveau Joël Labille	04h 07’ 36’’
12	205	Rudy Verheyen Bob Geens	04h 07’ 42’’
13	202	Marc Lauwers Wout Lauwers	04h 07’ 55’’
14	218	Ruud Vollebregt Gert Traa	04h 08’ 22’’
15	240	Patrick Hillewaere Nikolas Dejonckheere	04h 10’ 22’’
16	203	Gert Huzink Rob Buursen	04h 12’ 39’’
17	251	Jeroen van Kasteren Rik Vaessen	04h 13’ 44’’
18	206	Phillipe Illiano Jean Charles Roche	04h 14’ 49’’
19	208	Sylvain Mautret Delphine Delfino	04h 14’ 54’’
20	241	Marcel Huigevoort Bart Huigevoort	04h 20’ 15’’
22	237	Jan van Miltenburg Sicco de Vries	04h 20’ 41’’
23	227	Bert Millenaar Bert Van Druten	04h 23’ 12’’
24	234	Lisette Bakker	04h 26’ 50’’
25	212	Monny Krant Rudolf Meijer	04h 28’ 09’’
26	261	Frank Wilschut Jeffrey Otten	04h 29’ 13’’
27	255	Pascal Rollet Stéphane Denecheau	04h 30’ 53’’
28	239	Claude Fournier Veronique Blandin	04h 31’ 55’’
29	254	Janick Lelan CHRISTIAN POTHIER	04h 31’ 59’’
30	217	Delphine Crosse Gabriel Pemeant	04h 36’ 04’’
31	246	Edwin Opstelten Henny Van Kouwen	04h 37’ 13’’
32	244	Eytan Ben Zaken Doron Winter	04h 38’ 01’’
33	252	Toon Van Poucke Antoon Van Poucke	04h 38’ 09’’
34	221	Thierry Pitavy Gilles Colombet	04h 41’ 08’’
35	249	Patrice Benoit MARIE OCEANE BENOIT	04h 41’ 57’’
36	228	Henk Schnackers Maurice Geraards	04h 42’ 35’’
37	231	Eric Frey Bernard Nanchen	04h 44’ 10’’
38	258	Harrie Van Empel Stefan Van Ras	04h 49’ 35’’
39	238	Simon Van Acker Laurent Delens	04h 49’ 45’’
40	220	David Caulier Sebastien Briand	04h 52’ 05’’
42	235	Pierre Bourdeau Bruno Domy	05h 04’ 49’’
43	242	Taro Mitsujima Laurent Magat	05h 14’ 37’’
44	260	Nirina Ramanandraibe Vincent FRINGELI	06h 08’ 52’’
45	236	Dario De Lorenzo Aldo De Lorenzo	06h 21’ 00’’
46	232	Jean Claude Pla Cyril Pla	06h 42’ 08’’
47	201	Martin van den Brink Erwin van Voskuilen	26h 21’ 00’’
48	250	Riza Okan Schmidt Joel Ebbers	26h 21’ 00’’
49	253	Shinsuke Umeda Maurizio Dominella	26h 21’ 00’’
50	256	Jaroslaw Kalinowski Michal Pieluzek	26h 21’ 00’’
51	259	Patrycja Brochocka Karolina Zysnarska	26h 21’ 00’’
52	248	Pascal Seite Marouane Idrissi Oukili	26h 21’ 40’’
53	247	Hans den Ouden Dirk Goris	26h 26’ 00’’
54	229	Janus Sr van Kasteren Hans Meulendijks	26h 33’ 00’’
55	207	Marcel Snijders	46h 21’ 00’’

Position	#	Members	Scratch
1	319	Simon Vitse Frederic Lefebvre	03h 37’ 28’’
2	304	Jérôme Pelichet Pascal Larroque	03h 45’ 15’’
3	305	Erwin Imschoot Olivier Imschoot	03h 51’ 35’’
4	326	Gintas Petrus Povilas Valaitis	03h 53’ 11’’
5	309	Mike van Eikeren Wouter de Graaff	03h 54’ 54’’
6	302	Philippe Lambilliotte Maxime Lambilliotte	03h 57’ 32’’
7	320	Dave Willem Klaassen Tessa Rooth	04h 00’ 40’’
8	310	Ronald van Loon Erik Lemmen	04h 01’ 36’’
9	330	JImmy De Breucker Christian Verhaeren	04h 05’ 22’’
10	301	Ronald Schoolderman Mark Salomons	04h 06’ 10’’
11	308	Foudil Alahoum Jean Brucy	04h 06’ 31’’
12	306	Patrick Martin Romuald Grimaud	04h 06’ 44’’
13	339	Stefan Carmans Arjan Antonius Johannes Van Tiel	04h 09’ 06’’
14	324	Cédric Rivet Mathieu Jaumard	04h 10’ 43’’
15	303	Vincent Thijs Tom De Leeuw	04h 11’ 15’’
16	332	Hugues Moilet Antoine Galland	04h 11’ 44’’
17	327	Vincent Vroninks Kris Hendrickx	04h 18’ 10’’
18	344	Magdalena Zajac Jacek Czachor	04h 18’ 42’’
19	318	Christian Femont Christophe Van Dessel	04h 19’ 13’’
20	328	Pal Lonyai Matyas Somfai	04h 23’ 26’’
21	311	Agostino Rizzardi Umberto Fiori	04h 28’ 09’’
22	322	Simon Tacx Ed Wigman	04h 30’ 37’’
23	337	Herman Jasper Evert Blaauw	04h 32’ 21’’
24	325	Anne Schol Pieter-Jan Matthys	04h 34’ 48’’
25	316	Imre Varga Jozsef Toma	04h 35’ 55’’
26	315	Yvan Pierre Dard Veronique Dard	04h 40’ 21’’
27	317	Lieven De Brabant Donald Desmet	05h 00’ 19’’
28	334	Jan De Vos David Jansen	05h 04’ 14’’
29	335	Raf Van der Steen Kris Van der Steen	05h 05’ 20’’
30	340	Johan Jongen Bart Mignolet	05h 10’ 04’’
31	345	Timo Derikx Sander Derikx	05h 13’ 43’’
32	321	Bart De Paepe Frank De Doncker	05h 14’ 57’’
33	323	Grzegorz Brochocki Grzegorz Komar	05h 22’ 35’’
34	350	Jean-Francois Ryo Marie-Aline Ryo	06h 14’ 17’’
35	353	Herve Morvan frederic mahe	06h 19’ 32’’
36	357	Amine Trabelsi Karim Marrakchi	06h 21’ 00’’
37	343	Stéphane Gandreau Patrick Aliot	06h 28’ 23’’
38	355	Hendrik De Nys Sven Goossens	26h 21’ 00’’
39	312	Thierry Bunel Gourdy Jean Michel Polato	46h 21’ 00’’
40	358	Ghilene Baaziz Selim KANZARI	46h 21’ 00’’

Position	#	Members	Scratch
1	506	Steven Rotsaert Benny Raes Lise Rotsaert	04h 06’ 54’’
2	503	Igor Bouwens Syndiely Wade Ulrich Boerboom	04h 14’ 35’’
3	509	Adwin Hoondert Jasper Riezebos Erwin de Vos	04h 28’ 41’’
4	507	Claudio Bellina Mauro Longa Andrea Bellina	04h 35’ 33’’
5	512	RAFAEL TIBAU MAYNOU RAFAEL TIBAU ROURA MARIO RODRIGUEZ SASTRE	04h 51’ 14’’
6	502	Paul Verheyden Kurt Keysers Bjorn Burgelman	04h 54’ 42’’
7	514	Andrew Wicklow Simon Armstrong Joe Peake	05h 08’ 17’’
8	510	Dave Ingels Johannes Schotanus Jeroen Stoppini	05h 18’ 28’’
9	511	Mike Panhuijzen Jan Van der Vaet Pieter Kuypers	05h 24’ 05’’
10	515	Giuseppe Fortuna Paolo Scalzotto	06h 06’ 00’’
11	501	Eimbert Timmermans Co de Wit Koen Hendriks	26h 21’ 00’’
12	504	Miklós Kovács Péter Czeglédi László Ács	46h 21’ 00’’
13	505	Valerio Rosario Mariani Loris Calubini	46h 21’ 00’’