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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vasiliev and Yevtyekhov earn the Northern Forest Baja win]]></title>
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You'd be forgiven thinking that rally-raids are about deserts and dust but the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies and Bajas kicks off here in the snowy forests near St Petersburg, in the aptly named Northern Forest Baja. Missing from the full calendar for the last two years the popular event was run as a candidate round with the aim of being restored to its rightful place to the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/vasiliev-and-yevtyekhov-earn-the-northern-forest-baja-win/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Al-Mutaiwei takes Pharaons win and Cross Country World Cup title]]></title>
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After yesterday's chaotic stage the dust has settled at the foot of
the pyramids for the crowning of a new world champion. Kalifa
Al-Mutaiwei cruised through the 308km stage in his MINI All4, just a
slight navigation mistake the only worry, and duly took victory in the
30th anniversary Pharaons Rally as well as the FIA Cross Country World
Cup.

“Today felt like the longest stage ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/al-mutaiwei-takes-pharaons-win-and-cross-country-world-cup-title/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chaotic day of Pharaons Rally changes the leaderboard]]></title>
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Pharaons Rally, Egypt
Day 5 Abu Mingar-Tibniya. 405Km

Saeed swept his hand across the desolate landscape in front of us, the
dusky skin of his fingers pointing towards the barely discernible
horizon. “This is an old land,” he said. “So old that the sand is the
bones of stones.” He was right. Hardly a scrub of grass to be seen, no
flowers or signs of animal tracks. The only thing that ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/chaotic-day-of-pharaons-rally-changes-the-leaderboard/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schlesser excluded from the Pharaons Rally]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/schlesser-excluded-from-the-pharaons-rally/</link>
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We were winding up to a thrilling final of both the 30th edition of
the Pharaons Rally as well as the 2012 World Cup but it seems that
both have been decided thanks to a routine inspection of the Sonangol
Buggy. 

During a routine check, a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) technical steward found that the restrictor was
fractionally larger than allowed by the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/schlesser-excluded-from-the-pharaons-rally/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schlesser takes the Pharaons Rally lead after Al-Mutaiwei struggles]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/schlesser-takes-the-pharaons-rally-lead-after-al-mutaiwei-struggles/</link>
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Pharaons Rally, Egypt
Day 4 Abu Mingar-Abu Mingar. 215km and 245km

The organisers said that the hardest stage was over and that today's
would be the most beautiful. “Pretty?” Jean-Louis Schlesser scoffed.
“It was too hard to be pretty. Much harder even than yesterday!” And
Kalifa Al-Mutaiwei would probably agree if he was in the mood to talk.

When Jean-Louis got out of the car next ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/schlesser-takes-the-pharaons-rally-lead-after-al-mutaiwei-struggles/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The fight back falters  as Al-Mutaiwei extends Pharaons Rally lead on stage 3]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pharaons Rally, Egypt
Day 3 Tibniya-Abu Mingar 426km


The battery problem that put Jean-Louis Schlesser on the back foot on
Day 1 meant that basically his options were limited to going flat out
for the rest of the rally. Yesterday's leg saw him do just that,
taking a huge 16 minutes back from World Cup rival Kalifa
Al-Mutaiwei... Today he needed to do the same again and the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/the-fight-back-falters-as-al-mutaiwei-extends-pharaons-rally-lead-on-stage-3/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schlesser the "Desert Fox” fights back on day 2 of Pharaons Rally]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pharaons Rally, Egypt
Day 2 Tibniya-Tibniya 346km

After losing some 20 minutes with a technical problem yesterday there
was only one thing that Jean-Louis Schlesser could do today and that
was to go flat out... and with a time almost 10 minutes faster than
anyone else that's exactly what he did. “All the way, very fast,” he
said as the mechanics blew the layer of dust that covered ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/schlesser-the-desert-fox-fights-back-on-day-2-of-pharaons-rally/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Highs and lows on the opening day of Pharaons Rally]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pharaons Rally, Egypt
Day 1 Cairo-Tibniya 330km

I don't know what the requirements for being able to call an event a
legend, but I think the Pharaons Rally should be on the list as it is
older than some of the competitors. Held in the empty wastes of Egypt
the event is now in its 30th year!

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/highs-and-lows-on-the-opening-day-of-pharaons-rally/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Through the rain the locals shine - Silk Way Rally]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/through-the-rain-the-locals-shine-silk-way-rally/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Moscow to Gelendzhik. Unless you have a Masters in Russian geography that might not mean too much to you. Yet if you are a rally-raid driver ready to take on the wilds of the Russian wilderness you know that it's the 3700km route of the 2012 Silk Way Rally, an event that has gone from strength to strength over the past few years. 

For its fourth edition a grand total of 132 crews in ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/through-the-rain-the-locals-shine-silk-way-rally/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Glorious day for Coma in Sardinia as he notched his fifth world title]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/glorious-day-for-coma-in-sardinia-as-he-notched-his-fifth-world-title/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cross County Rally competitor Marc Coma rode his MRW bike to his fifth title today by taking a podium finish in the 2012 CCR World Championship penultimate round. The Sardinia Rally had two difficult stages, and when the Catalan rider experienced a brake problem, he handled his KTM bike like a champion to place third, and take home the main prize.

“I am very satisfied. It was a very ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/glorious-day-for-coma-in-sardinia-as-he-notched-his-fifth-world-title/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Day of the Desert Fox - Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/day-of-the-desert-fox-abu-dhabi-desert-challenge/</link>
      <guid>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/day-of-the-desert-fox-abu-dhabi-desert-challenge/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the toughest rally raid of them all? Many reflective bathroom pieces would hasten to reply, “Why, the Dakar of course,” but there are a few in FIA offices, race team workshops and UAE hotel rooms that would say something different... Dakar takes intrepid teams across some of the most amazing landscapes in the world but there is a strong element of ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/day-of-the-desert-fox-abu-dhabi-desert-challenge/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vasiliev takes FIA World Cup by storm in Italy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/vasiliev-takes-fia-world-cup-by-storm-in-italy/</link>
      <guid>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/vasiliev-takes-fia-world-cup-by-storm-in-italy/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Looking through the entry list for the 19th Italian Baja you'd be forgiven for thinking that this was a Race of Champions. Jean-Louis Schlesser probably needs no introduction; ex-F1 driver, 2-time Dakar winner, 4-time Africa Eco Race winner was in his stunning Schlesser Original Buggy. All the way from Russia was 2-time FIA Baja Champion Boris Gadasin in his 7 litre V8 G-Force Proto ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/vasiliev-takes-fia-world-cup-by-storm-in-italy/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vasiliev takes first rally-raid victory]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/vasiliev-takes-first-rally-raid-victory/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[White Hills Baja Russia
2012 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, Candidate event.
23rd - 26th February 2012

Images of a bright-orange Hummer chasing a pea-green Mini across the
South American landscape are still fresh in our minds but the Dakar
isn't the only rally-raid event in the world. The FIA World Cup for
Cross Country Rallies takes place all over Europe and the Middle ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/vasiliev-takes-first-rally-raid-victory/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schlesser scores the Africa Eco Race victory]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/schlesser-scores-the-africa-eco-race-victory/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[STAGE 10: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Kebemer - Dakar (Senegal) – Pink Lake Special
Liaison: 130.96 km – SS: 23.83 km – Liaison: 41 km

It was 2 weeks ago when, clean-shaven, we all met in St Cyprien, a few
familiar faces in the crowd of strangers. Now through Spain, the
freezing mountains of Morocco, the plateaus of Western Sahara, wastes
of Mauritania and funny trees of Senegal the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/schlesser-scores-the-africa-eco-race-victory/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Loomans earns Africa Eco Race penultimate stage nine win ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/loomans-earns-africa-eco-race-penultimate-stage-nine-win/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[STAGE 9: Thursday, January 7, 2012
Tenadi (Mauritania) - Kebemer (Senegal)
SS: 280 km - Liaison: 394.76 km

I grew up in Europe so can't help assuming that over the next ridge
there will be a fence and some fields or a little village. My mind
just can't comprehend the absolute vastness of the Sahara, and only
from the air can it be full appreciated. It was my turn in the
helicopter ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/loomans-earns-africa-eco-race-penultimate-stage-nine-win/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eighth stage of Africa Eco race canceled due to windy conditions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/eighth-stage-of-africa-eco-race-canceled-due-to-windy-conditions-415813/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[STAGE 8: Thursday, January 6, 2012
Akjoujt - Tenadi
CANCELLED

Desert racers are a hardy bunch and those that take on the challenge
of the Africa Eco Race from the south of France to Dakar are some of
the toughest riders and drivers there are. The glaring African sun,
extreme hot and cold temperatures, hours in the saddle or behind the
wheel, for day after day on the most difficult ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/eighth-stage-of-africa-eco-race-canceled-due-to-windy-conditions-415813/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jacinto ends up with Africa Eco Race’s stage 7 victory]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/jacinto-ends-up-with-africa-eco-race-s-stage-7-victory/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[STAGE 7: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Akjoujt - Akjoujt (Mauritania)
SS: 412.34 km

The fallout of yesterday's monster stage only became truly apparent
this morning. Last night, looking at the living timing screen in the
organiser's truck, some car tracking spots were packed together in
what we guessed were makeshift camps while others were humorously far
off the course trying to head ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/jacinto-ends-up-with-africa-eco-race-s-stage-7-victory/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schlesser and Tomecek pull away in hectic sixth stage of Africa Eco Race]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/schlesser-and-tomecek-pull-away-in-hectic-sixth-stage-of-africa-eco-race/</link>
      <guid>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/schlesser-and-tomecek-pull-away-in-hectic-sixth-stage-of-africa-eco-race/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[STAGE 8: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Boulanouar – Akjoujt (Mauritania)
SS: 425.89 km – Liaison: 9.66 km

Contrary to popular belief God isn't omnipotent and didn't endow this
world of ours with paradise over absolutely every part. He forgot
about, or for some reason didn't bother with, the strip of devastated
wasteland between Western Sahara (or southern Morocco, if you prefer)
and ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/schlesser-and-tomecek-pull-away-in-hectic-sixth-stage-of-africa-eco-race/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schlesser keeps Africa Eco Race lead after stage 5]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/ccr-schlesser-keeps-africa-eco-race-lead-after-stage-5/</link>
      <guid>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/ccr-schlesser-keeps-africa-eco-race-lead-after-stage-5/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[STAGE 5: Monday, January 2, 2012
As Sakn – Dakhla (Morocco)
SS: 376.67 km – Liaison: 348.18 km

Early this morning thick fog blanketed the desert and the low sun only
illuminated a small patch of forsakeness around the camp. Moroccans
call it Morocco, but there are half a million people who call this
sandy chunk of Earth Western Sahara. Morocco annexed this region but
the problem for ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/ccr-schlesser-keeps-africa-eco-race-lead-after-stage-5/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leader status remains the same in Africa Eco Race fourth stage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/ccr-leader-status-remains-the-same-in-africa-eco-race-fourth-stage/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[STAGE 4: Sunday, 1 January 2012
Assa – As Sakn (Morocco)
Liaison: 10.76 km – SS: 290.23 km – Liaison: 14.75 km

The line of jet black mountains was outlined against the cobalt glow
of the false dawn... and such a sight meant that I had had a lie in!

I was again with the Belgorod Offroad team and we headed off into the
stage looking for a good spot to take photos and 20km in we came ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/ccr/news/ccr-leader-status-remains-the-same-in-africa-eco-race-fourth-stage/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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