Tue 15 October 2013

Carlos Gracida participating in Oilibya Rally, Morocco

Carlos Gracida is participating in the Oilibya Rally from October 13th till 19th, as the ultimate Dakar test for next year.

This year he already participated with HT Honda Rally Raid in the Abu Dhabi Challenge, but as perfectionist as he is and as driven as he is to finish the Dakar, he wanted to have a last rally training in the dunes before the Dakar.
On the first day of the rally he finished 23rd of the 70 riders, so doing good.
Second day was a hard track with lots of stones, but Carlos finished 29th!
The Oilibya rally is really a good preparation for the Dakar, difficult stages, lots of dunes and rocky tracks. Carlos is doing good and we have good hope for his result in the Dakar in January, after 4 days (4th day 17/10) he was overall on a 21st position.
Next two days went well too, he fell down once but not too bad and bike ok. After 6 days of intensive rally he finishes in a 20th position overall, great succes!

Carlos also met in Morocco his new team rider, Thierry Traccan, photo below:

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