RALLYE D`ORIENT
02 July 2005 - KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG

6th stage SIVAS / URGUP

David Casteu was delighted to win a special, especially after having opened the piste. For his part Cyril Despres admitted to not having wanted to take any risks, logical given that he leads Casteu by nearly 40 minutes! Carlo De Gavardo was hoping to finish second but his plans unravelled: The Chilean crashed and lost another 20 minutes to slip down to fourth place. Michel Gau is now third. In the quads, the Portuguese rider Santos ran out of petrol, which took the pressure of the class leader Christophe Declerck.

Cyril Despres (1st): « I rode like an old man, sitting down the whole time as it still hurts to stand up following my crash. The good news is that I watched my friend Michel Gau catch us and ride as fast as us over the mountains. Unfortunately he made a mistake with the compass heading and got lost.»

David Casteu (winner of the special): « Excellent, I’ve won another special. I navigated well and am happy I was able to stay concentrated for 300 km. There was some amazing scenery and I recognised the spot where I broke my engine last year.»

Carlo De Gavardo (4th overall): «This morning I started really motivated – I wanted to retake my second place. But things started to go wrong on the liaison when I had a small electrical problem, fortunately fixed by my assistance. I went fast right from the start of the special and slide off into a ravine. Fortunately neither myself or the bike were too damaged but it was difficult to get out of. I waited for the other bikes but nobody could see me! »

Lee Palmer (7 overall): « I suffered today, I couldn’t keep the pace of the others and felt as if I didn’t know how to ride a bike. »

Stage result

1 CASTEU David KTM SP +450 04h10’49 00h00’00 00h00’00
2 DESPRES Cyril KTM SP +450 04h13’41 00h02’52 00h00’00
3 GAU Michel KTM SP +450 04h21’20 00h10’31 00h00’00
4 CZACHOR Jacek KTM M +450 04h23’04 00h12’15 00h00’00
5 DABROWSKI Marek KTM SP +450 04h23’26 00h12’37 00h00’00
6 DE GAVARDO Carlo KTM SP 450 04h31’32 00h20’43 00h00’00
7 PALMER Lee KTM SP +450 04h32’23 00h21’34 00h00’00
8 LICHTENSTEIGER Jacques KTM M +450 04h33’47 00h22’58 00h00’00
9 POLLI Oscar KTM M 450 04h37’29 00h26’40 00h00’00
10 DECLERCK Christophe YAMAHA Q Q 04h45’43 00h34’54 00h00’00

Overall standing after 6 stages

1 DESPRES Cyril KTM SP +450 18h52’31 00h00’00 00h00’00
2 CASTEU David KTM SP +450 19h31’20 00h38’49 00h05’00
3 GAU Michel KTM SP +450 19h55’07 01h02’36 00h00’00
4 DE GAVARDO Carlo KTM SP 450 19h58’02 01h05’31 00h12’30
5 DABROWSKI Marek KTM SP +450 20h14’25 01h21’54 00h00’00
6 CZACHOR Jacek KTM M +450 20h25’54 01h33’23 00h00’00
7 PALMER Lee KTM SP +450 20h31’14 01h38’43 00h00’00
8 TIXADOR Gilles KTM PR 450 21h07’15 02h14’44 00h00’00
9 POLLI Oscar KTM M 450 21h25’54 02h33’23 00h00’00
10 LICHTENSTEIGER Jacques KTM M +450 21h49’00 02h56’29 00h31’00

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