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 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.
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.
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 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.
^Edge, Alex. . MotorcycleDaily.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^(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.
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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 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 Contents 1 History 2 Winners 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe 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 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 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 editYear Cars driver co driver Motorcycles Trucks driver co driver Quads 1982 nbsp Andre Trossat Eric Briavoine nbsp Edi Orioli 1983 nbsp Jean Claude Briavoine Catherine Plessis nbsp Patrick Drobecq 1984 nbsp Christian Avril Gerard Trouble nbsp Gaston Rahier 1985 nbsp Saeed Al Hajiri nbsp John Spiller nbsp Gaston Rahier nbsp Kovar Brzobohaty nbsp Heritier 1986 nbsp Miguel Prieto Ramon Termens nbsp Franco Picco nbsp Bonvin Jacquerod Missilliez 1987 nbsp Ari Vatanen nbsp Bruno Berglund nbsp Alessandro De Petri nbsp Groine Ferri 1988 nbsp Ari Vatanen nbsp Bruno Berglund nbsp Gaston Rahier nbsp Francesco Perlini G Belotti Claudio Vinante 1989 nbsp Ari Vatanen nbsp Bruno Berglund nbsp Alessandro De Petri Not held 1990 nbsp Hubert Auriol Philippe Monnet nbsp Alessandro De Petri nbsp Gueguen Damereu 1991 nbsp Ari Vatanen nbsp Bruno Berglund nbsp Danny LaPorte nbsp Pelichet Pelichet Musitelli 1992 nbsp Jean Louis Schlesser nbsp Franco Picco nbsp Maurizio Traglio Del Prete 1993 nbsp Timo Salonen nbsp Fred Gallagher nbsp Edi Orioli nbsp Maurizio Traglio Pio 1994 nbsp Jean Louis Schlesser nbsp Heinz Kinigadner 1995 97 Not held 1998 nbsp Giorgio Beccaris Roberto Ferrari nbsp Fabrizio Meoni 1999 nbsp Gerard Marcy Jean Paul Cottret nbsp Fabrizio Meoni 2000 nbsp Gregoire De Mevius nbsp Alain Guehennec nbsp Fabrizio Meoni 2001 nbsp Jose Luis Monterde Rafael Tornabell nbsp Fabrizio Meoni nbsp Gilberto Sandretto Corrado Pattono 2002 nbsp Balazs Szalay Aladar Lakloth nbsp Richard Sainct nbsp Giuseppe Panseri Giacomo Vismara Marco Sangalli 2003 nbsp Yves Loubet Jacky Dubois nbsp Nani Roma nbsp Teruhito Sugawara Masahiro Saiki 2004 nbsp Alain De Mevius nbsp Emmanuel Eggermont nbsp Pal Anders Ullevalseter nbsp Giacomo Vismara Mario Cambiaghi 2005 nbsp Stephane Henrard Antonia De Roissard nbsp Marc Coma nbsp Giuseppe Panseri Marco Piana Oscar Mor 2006 nbsp Sergey Shmakov Konstantin Meshcheryakov nbsp Marc Coma nbsp Giacomo Vismara Mario Cambiaghi Paola Bellina 2007 nbsp Christian Lavieille Francois Borsotto nbsp Marc Coma nbsp Matteo Paccani Attilio Brevi 2008 nbsp Christian Lavieille Francois Borsotto nbsp David Casteu nbsp Matteo Paccani Attilio Brevi Luca Baschenis 2009 nbsp Jerome Pelichet Eugenie Decre nbsp Cyril Despres Not held nbsp Camelia Liparioti 2010 nbsp Jean Louis Schlesser Arnaud Debron nbsp Marc Coma nbsp Luisa Trucco Corrado Pattono nbsp Marcos Patronelli 2011 nbsp Jean Louis Schlesser Arnaud Debron nbsp Marc Coma nbsp Marco Piana Christophe Troesch nbsp Jaroslaw Kazberuk nbsp Lilian Lancelevee 2012 nbsp Khalifa Al Mutaiwei nbsp Andreas Schulz nbsp Joan Barreda Bort Not held nbsp Lukasz Laskawiec 2013 Not held 2014 nbsp Yazeed Al Rajhi nbsp Timo Gottschalk nbsp Juan Carlos Salvatierra Not held nbsp Rafal Sonik 2015 nbsp Nasser Al Attiyah nbsp Mathieu Baumel nbsp Jakub Piatek nbsp Artur Ardavicius Alexey Nikizhev nbsp Jakub Hrava nbsp Mohamed Abu IssaReferences edit 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 amp Kingdoms 2018 08 13 Retrieved 2020 11 20 External links editRallye des Pharaons Website Archived 2021 12 16 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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