The prologue emigrates to the beach of Bibione and the race is the first Baja without the Citroen which at the end of 1997 withdrew from racing, thus giving way to Jean-Louis Schlesser finally on the top step of the podium in Pordenone.
The Mitsubishi ride was splendid, with the Japanese Kenjiro Shinozuka behind the winner.
In the debut of the two wheels, the winner was announced the world champion Fabio Farioli, who puts Roberto Benasciutti on Yamaha and a revived Massimo Chiesa, brilliantly recovered from his accident in Sardinia.
