Aprilia Will Back Team Giofil’s Dakar Rally 2010

The Aprilia RXV 4.5 race bikes have already won the Rally of the Pharoahs in both 2008 and 2009. Now, with the factory support of Aprilia, Team Giofil will have a real chance at winning the Dakar Rally in 2010. Their team consists of proven racers Paolo Ceci, Gerard Farres, Francisco Lopez and Alex Zanotti. It will be an interesting race in the South American backroads next year.

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Update from Pharaons Rally in Egypt - Seventh and Final Stage

Yeah, this is also late...it is increasingly tough to get English language updates from the Pharaons Rally. So, without any more excuses, here we go. Paolo Ceci has won the 450c.c. class at the rally, coming in fourth place overall against many larger machines. Francisco Lopez finished 46 seconds after Ceci and that gave him second in class; if not for an electrical gremlin back in Stage 3, he very well might have finished first overall! Alex Zanotti, who won this class last year, crashed out in Stage 4. If only we had TV coverage...

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From Stage 6: http://tinyurl.com/yjymlog

Update from Stage 4 of the Pharaons Rally in Egypt

It seems that many of the competitors had some issues in this stage - even the solid Aprilia team has had their issues. But, rider Francisco Lopez managed to win an important test in the event - and beat the larger KTM 690 machine with his 450c.c. Aprilia in the process...

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Better Update from Egyptian Pharaons Rally

From a series of press releases comes some solid news about the Pharaons Rally running currently in Egypt. We hear more about Francisco Lopez and his troubles with his bike. Also, there is news of Alessandro Zanotti, leader Cyril Despres, Paolo Ceci and more! This is the latest news that I have found on the rally as press coverage is oddly missing from many front-line moto news sites.

http://tinyurl.com/yeaxrza

Update from Pharaons Rally in Egypt

This article is not the best as far as grammar and spelling - I think it was just translated using software - but it at least gives us an update of the Egyptian Pharaons Rally. It seems that Cyril Despres is making up time lost early in the rally and is closing on leader Francisco Lopez. For more info, just click the link and see if you can understand it...

http://tinyurl.com/ydu4j76

Team Aprilia to Tackle Pharaons Rally in Egypt

The Giofil Team Aprilia will run well-known rally champion Francisco "Chaleco" Lopez on their Aprilia RXV 450 Africa twin. He will ride alongside Alex Zanotti and Paolo Ceci. This is an important race for them as they are very likely to ride in the Dakar rally next year and they need to get some racing done first!

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