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SUPPORT FOR BRAHIM
Despite a small coronary which needed surgery, all
is well with our friend Brahim EL JAOUAL. He was
in intensive care for a few days but is now back
in his room and will soon be following a physiotherapy
programme in hospital. He’ll then return home
to rest and will hopefully be coming to say hello
to everyone at the end of the race. More information
will shortly be available on the www.darbaroud.com
web-site with a little message from the man himself.
INTERNET
RANKINGS
The rankings on our internet site will be provisional.
They'll be posted up as and when competitors come
in and will not therefore be complete straightaway.
If a runner's name doesn't appear it may simply mean
they have not yet been ranked or haven't yet arrived.
The particularly challenging conditions of working
in the desert slow up the treatment of information;
you should therefore not panic or worry but consult
the update on the site at a later time.
N.B.: 2 hour time difference between Morocco and France
(17h in Morocco = 19h in France)
PARTICIPANTS
610 participants are lined up this year including 79
women and 42 official teams.
The youngest: aged 20 - the oldest: aged 65
For this 19th edition, 26 nationalities are present
:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, Luxembourg, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan,
Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, St Vincent,
Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
and USA.
TEAMS
Typhon M8S : This Anglo-American team is made up of
E. PULLING (USA), W. PLATT (USA) and G. OLDHAM (GB)
In Salah Gas Team : Virtual beginners
in the running world, M. WOOD (GB) and T. WATKINSON
(GB) can’t
wait to take part in the adventure along with marathon
runner A. Mc CLOUD (GB)
Crumbs : 2 triathletes, D. BOCQUET
(GB) and L. MARSTON (GB) have teamed up with A. SMITH
(GB) whose father
is ill to raise a maximum of money for cancer research.
Big Island : Which island is hiding behind the name
of this team ? It turns out to be 2 Australians :
S. ADAM and S. BLISS have teamed up with an Irishman
A.
MORLEY and they all live in England …
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards : W. DAVIES, J. HANLON,
B. RIDGE and J. WILLIAMSON are 4 British officers who
are out to raise money for the fight against leukaemia.
Irish Defense Forces : This military team from Ireland
is made up of T. BARRY, K. BARRY, S. COFFEY, D. Mc
COURT and J. OTT.
29 Regt. RLC : This military team has a young woman
from the Caribbean in its ranks: Sonja SCOTT from St
Vincent. R. LUNDIE is Scottish and H. MILLAR and M.HEATLE
are both English.
Grenadier guards : Another British military team made
up of R. OWEN, B. MARSHALL, N. HENDER and S. CASTEL-NUOVO.
21 Signal Regiment : British military team made up
of T. DAY, S. Mc ILROY and M. MORGAN.
Team AON : W. GREET (GB), W. ORAM (GB) and B. DWYER
(GB).
Trailblazer : Z. RIDGEN (GB), I. RIDGEN (GB) and C.L.
CUNNIF (GB) are running to raise money in the fight
against NOMA.
Eurosport : C. GINTER (F) will be running his 16th
MDS alongside L. EVENOT (F) who specialises in 100kms
and N. BREITH (D) who likes races run in stages.
Au Petit Pierre Dunkerque : E. PLANTIN (F), 7th last
year, is back this time forming a team with P. NEUVILLE
(F) and J. VERCAMBRE (F).
Grains de Lux.: S. KAYSER (L), M. KAYSER (L) and G.
WAGENER (L) were already there in 2002 when Simone
won the women’s race.
Fondation R. Delafontaine : E. BOCHON
(SP), C. BAUMANN (CH) and P-A RACINE (CH) are backing
a special needs
school which will allow Nicolas RACINE, suffering from
a rare disease affecting less than 200 children, to
be present at the finish line.
Un défi un regard : Here again, a father is
running in the name of his disabled daughter, so that
all children receive specially adapted care. P. LAVIGNE
(F) will be backed up by R. JAUTZY (F), P. BRAQUIER
(F) and N. DADOUN (MOR).
Legendre Bretagne Ultra 2 : J.P. LEGENDRE (F) is sponsoring
2 teams but is also taking part in the race. He will
be accompanied by his wife Joëlle and E. RICAULT
(F).
Gemma : A magnificent Italian team with M. OLMO and
M. GOZZANO, both accustomed to being in the race’s
top 10. L. DI VITO, who’s a 100km specialist
completes the team a treat.
Desert friends.It : M. CALDERAN (I), A. PICCININ (I)
and M. POGGIALI (I).
Royal Air Maroc : MDS’ official transporter will
be well represented with L. AHANSAL (M) and M. AHANSAL
(M) plus 3 other good runners from the company: A.
BOUHADDIOUI (M), I. FOUADI (M) and M. BOUANANI (M).
CTM : the Compagnie des Transports Marocains will take
its place amongst the favorites with H. OULMYR (M),
M. AÏT AMAR (M), A. ZAID (M) and I. DOUL (M) -
3rd ,4th ,8th and 10th respectively last year.
Bomberos Tenerife/Transtour : this team of Spanish
firemen are back to improve on their performance. J.M.
HERNANDEZ DONIZ, J. BRAVO GONZALEZ and J.A. PEREZ LUIS
took 5th place in 2002…
Armatek : with J.J. CUELLA RICOY, P. CANALS ROUIRA
and J. SANZ MONTERO -
a homogenous Spanish team that could secure a good
place.
ERRATUM
The exact name of the team made up of A. BASTY (F),
D. VIE (F) and F. TAURINES (F) is France Telecom/APRS/INEO.
M. BASTY (F), M. TAURINES (F), S. COMMON (F) and C.
BOURNAZEL make up the France Telecom/GMF/P.DANIEL team.
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