Rallye des Pharaons
The Rallye des Pharaons (French for "Pharaohs Rally") was a rally-raid event that took place in Egypt. Cairo was both the starting and finishing point at the foot of the pyramids of Giza, and the rally covered roughly around 3,100 kilometres (1,900 mi). 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 . 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.[1][2] 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.[3] Rally des pharaons restarted after 1 year of stop 1997 in 1998 under the name of rally of Egypt with joint organisation of Siag Travel with JVD and is stayed with this name 1998-1999-2001-2002 , and then JVD change the name to Rally des pharaons crosscountry
Winners[]
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1983 | ![]() |
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1984 | ![]() |
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1986 | ![]() |
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1987 | ![]() ![]() |
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1988 | ![]() ![]() |
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1989 | ![]() ![]() |
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1990 | ![]() |
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1991 | ![]() ![]() |
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1992 | ![]() |
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1993 | ![]() ![]() |
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1994 | ![]() |
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1995-97 | Not held | |||
1998 | ![]() |
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– | – |
1999 | ![]() |
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– | – |
2000 | ![]() ![]() |
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2001 | ![]() |
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2002 | ![]() |
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2003 | ![]() |
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2004 | ![]() ![]() |
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2005 | ![]() |
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2006 | ![]() |
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2007 | ![]() |
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2008 | ![]() |
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2009 | ![]() |
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2010 | ![]() |
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2011 | ![]() |
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2012 | ![]() ![]() |
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2013 | Not held | |||
2014 | ![]() ![]() |
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2015 | ![]() ![]() |
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References[]
- ^ Edge, Alex. "Richard Sainct Killed in Egyptian Rally Crash". MotorcycleDaily.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "Richard Sainct" (PDF) (Press release). FIM. 30 September 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "Militant threats, red tape, vast deserts: rally racing in Egypt". Roads & Kingdoms. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
External links[]
- Rallye des Pharaons
- Rally raid races
- Motorsport in Egypt
- Cross Country Rally World Cup races