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 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 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
Year Cars (driver / co-driver) Motorcycles Trucks (driver / co-driver) Quads
1982 André Trossat / Eric Briavoine Edi Orioli – –
1983 Jean-Claude Briavoine / Catherine Plessis Patrick Drobecq – –
1984 Christian Avril / Gérard Troublé Gaston Rahier – –
1985 Saeed Al-Hajiri / John Spiller Gaston Rahier Kovář / Brzobohatý / Héritier –
1986 Miguel Prieto / Ramon Termens Franco Picco Bonvin / Jacquerod / Missilliez –
1987 Ari Vatanen / Bruno Berglund Alessandro De Petri Groine / Ferri –
1988 Ari Vatanen / Bruno Berglund Gaston Rahier Francesco Perlini / G. Belotti / Claudio Vinante –
1989 Ari Vatanen / Bruno Berglund Alessandro De Petri Not held –
1990 Hubert Auriol / Philippe Monnet Alessandro De Petri Gueguen / Damereu –
1991 Ari Vatanen / Bruno Berglund Danny LaPorte Pelichet / Pelichet / Musitelli –
1992 Jean-Louis Schlesser Franco Picco Maurizio Traglio / Del Prete –
1993 Timo Salonen / Fred Gallagher Edi Orioli Maurizio Traglio / Pio –
1994 Jean-Louis Schlesser Heinz Kinigadner – –
1995-97 Not held
1998 Giorgio Beccaris / Roberto Ferrari Fabrizio Meoni – –
1999 Gerard Marcy / Jean-Paul Cottret Fabrizio Meoni – –
2000 Grégoire De Mévius / Alain Guehennec Fabrizio Meoni – –
2001 José Luis Monterde / Rafael Tornabell Fabrizio Meoni Gilberto Sandretto / Corrado Pattono –
2002 Balázs Szalay / Aladár Laklóth Richard Sainct Giuseppe Panseri / Giacomo Vismara / Marco Sangalli –
2003 Yves Loubet / Jacky Dubois Nani Roma Teruhito Sugawara / Masahiro Saiki –
2004 Alain De Mevius / Emmanuel Eggermont Pål Anders Ullevålseter Giacomo Vismara / Mario Cambiaghi –
2005 Stéphane Henrard / Antonia De Roissard Marc Coma Giuseppe Panseri / Marco Piana / Oscar Mor –
2006 Sergey Shmakov / Konstantin Meshcheryakov Marc Coma Giacomo Vismara / Mario Cambiaghi / Paola Bellina –
2007 Christian Lavieille / François Borsotto Marc Coma Matteo Paccani / Attilio Brevi –
2008 Cristian Lavieille / François Borsotto David Casteu Matteo Paccani / Attilio Brevi / Luca Baschenis –
2009 Jérôme Pélichet / Eugénie Decré Cyril Despres Not held Camelia Liparioti
2010 Jean-Louis Schlesser / Arnaud Debron Marc Coma Luisa Trucco / Corrado Pattono Marcos Patronelli
2011 Jean-Louis Schlesser / Arnaud Debron Marc Coma Marco Piana / Christophe Troesch / Jarosław Kazberuk Lilian Lancelevee
2012 Khalifa Al Mutaiwei / Andreas Schulz Joan Barreda Bort Not held Lukasz Laskawiec
2013 Not held
2014 Yazeed Al-Rajhi / Timo Gottschalk Juan Carlos Salvatierra Not held Rafal Sonik
2015 Nasser Al-Attiyah / Mathieu Baumel Jakub Piątek Artur Ardavicius / Alexey Nikizhev / Jakub Hrava Mohamed Abu Issa

References
  1. Edge, Alex. "Richard Sainct Killed in Egyptian Rally Crash". MotorcycleDaily.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. "Richard Sainct" (PDF) (Press release). FIM. 30 September 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. "Militant threats, red tape, vast deserts: rally racing in Egypt". Roads & Kingdoms. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
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