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El Morabity gained the overall classification with a time of 21h17min32sec, adopted by his youthful brother, Mohammed who gained this stage forward of Frenchman Mathieu Blanchard, with 21h32min12sec and Frenchman Merile Robert (22h39min02sec).
The Moroccan Aziz Yachou, revelation of this thirty fifth version, failed on the foot of the rostrum impacted by a 1 hour penalty inflicted in the course of the third stage. He completed with a time of 22h41min46sec total.
That is El Morabity’s eighth coronation on the Marathon des Sables and the seventh in a row. With this victory, the native of Zagora strikes a bit of nearer to Lahcen Ahensal’s document with 10 victories to his identify.
In an announcement to the press, El Morabity stated he was proud of this victory which brings him nearer to the document of the legend Lahcen Ahansal, noting that the hole he had towards his opponents, particularly his brother Mohammed, allowed him to attenuate your effort.
He indicated that the coronavirus pandemic impacted his preparations for competitions, notably after the postponement of this version, “a tough blow to morale after a lot effort invested”, including that his continued work allowed him to win his eighth coronation on the Marathon des sables.
Aziza Raji (30h30min24sec total) obtained the higher of the Japanese Tomomi Bitoh with a time of 34h39min17sec and the French Aicha Omrani (35h47min48sec).
In the same assertion, the Moroccan athlete burdened that this feat is a dream that’s lastly coming true after 4 unsuccessful makes an attempt, including that her important lead within the normal classification allowed her to steer the race serenely with a tempo of medium to low tempo. .
She additionally expressed her pleasure in seeing Moroccan girls change into extra concerned in excessive sports activities, noting that by this version, Moroccan members honored their homeland, like Hassna Hamdouch, 4th within the normal rating.
In complete, 351 members took the beginning of this fifth stage, the final to be timed, and 321 others deserted the competitors, a determine by no means recorded on the Marathon des sables.
The sixth untimed solidarity stage will hyperlink Jebel Irhfelt N’tissalt to Bou Dib over 8.5 km.
– Beneath is the overall classification on the finish of the fifth stage:
Males:
1- Rachid El Morabity (Maroc) 21h17min32sec
2- Mohamed El Morabity (Maroc) 21h32min12sec
3- Merile Robert (France) 22h39min02sec
4- Aziz Yachou (Morocco) 22h41min46sec
5- Mathieu Blanchard (France) 25h01min23sec
6- Antonio Alongi (Italy) 25h15min21sec
7- Patrick Kennedy (United Kingdom) 25h16min14sec
8- Abdelhadi Elmoustahli (Maroc) 25h27min28sec
9- Pierre Meslet (France) 25h38min27sec
10- Jens Kramer (Italy) 27h26min11sec
Dames :
1- Aziza Raji (Maroc) 30h30min24sec
2- Tomomi Bitoh (Japanese) 35 h47min48sec
3- Aicha Omrani (France) 34h39min17sec
4- Hassna Hamdouch (Maroc) 36h01min59sec
5- Elise Caillet (France) 36h27min15sec
6- Séverine Cailliez (France) 37h30min21sec
7- Lotte De Vet (Belgium) 39h16min42sec
8- Lauren Gregory (Royaume-Uni) 40h23min33sec
9- Maud Broussier (France) 40h38min57sec
10- Olivia Durocher (France) 42h57min43sec.
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