Rallye des Pharaons

Template:Short description 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 Template:Convert. 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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

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

External links

• Rallye des Pharaons Website Template:Webarchive