This Wednesday, Pol Tarres once again won in the Africa Eco Race. In the eighth stage, he surpassed the overall leader, Jacopo Cerutti, to give another victory to the Yamaha Ténéré World Raid Team.
The route between Chami and Amodjar had a 390.01km special stage. Tarres took 4h12m50s to cover the distance, being 5m48s faster than Cerutti (Aprilia Racing GCorse). Yesterday’s winner, Alessandro Botturi (Yamaha Ténéré World Raid Team) was third at 7m51s, followed by Giovanni Gritti (RSMoto Racing Team Honda Oil) and Francesco Muratori (NSM Racing Team/Beta).
In the overall classification, there are no changes in the top eight positions, but Cerutti solidified his lead – he now has a 3m03s advantage over Botturi. Tarres is third, with the top five completed by Gritti and Alexander Vaudan (Casteu Trophy/KTM). Among the top ten, Botturi is the only one who has not yet received any penalties.
Top ten of Stage 8:
Top ten overall:
