Either Van Dejine raced beyond his limits in the prologue, or Gadasin went on the accelerator. Doubt is legitimate, because yesterday the Russian driver literally wiped out the Dutch driver, and more. The Nissan Pick-Up driver won all three special stages of the second day of the Italian Baja, finished first and now has a lead of 3'15 over the Czech Zapletal (Mitsubishi L200) and 4'46 on the 'tulip' of the 'Mitsu' Pajero Did. In short, the driver from St. Petersburg, favorite on the eve, just need not make mistakes today to celebrate the second victory in the race valid for the Fia cup for Cross country bajas and for the Italian championship. Where at the moment Angelo Montico (Fornasari Rr450) from Pordenone is in command, fifth overall.
First round. In the first repetition of the only stage scheduled - shortened to just over 78 kilometers after the briefing on Friday evening - Gadasin immediately makes a big voice and leaves Zapletal at 1'18. Sufficient Montico (fifth at 3'38) who has some navigation problems. This is a problem that leads one of the favorites, Paolo Larini, to suffer a delay of 7'40 '' from Gadasin. Withdrawal at the end of the test for Manfrinato: fatal for him the breakage of the windshield wiper and the engine. The engine failure also forced Lorenzo Codecà to forfeit: the Italian champion was unable to leave the service park yesterday morning. The mechanics of his Suzuki Grand Vitara were unable to repair the damage in the available service hour.
Second round. Gadasin again in front of everyone, who trims 1'05 '' in Zapletal and 1'52 '' in Van Deijne. The Russian driver is too strong for everyone, taking his advantage over the 'Mitsu "L200 driver in the general at 2'27' '. The Dutchman is behind at 4'18. Montico slips to tenth place overall: the problems electric cars in his Fornasari also led him to lose the leadership among the Italians, where he was overtaken by Colombo and Bernazzato. Among the Italian drivers, Larini retired (clutch failure). Pordenone weekend unlucky for the driver Mitsu.
Third round. Gadasin wins again (second Van Deijne at 28 '' and third Zapletal at 48 '') and stretches. Behind the trio is Montico: fourth fastest time and leap to sixth place in the general. Not only that: he returns to first place among the Italians, with Colombo who takes 11'18 '' from Gadasin for a puncture.
Motorcycles and Quads. Claudio Mana is the first of two wheels on Aprilia. Despite the problems accused in the second stage, the Italian leads with 2''11 on Stefano Bosio (Ktm) and 3'26 '' on Dutto (Husqvarna). Among the quads, domination by the Czech Machacek, who won both tests and leads the ranking with a good 7'14 '' out of Seven (Polaris). He closes. Today the second and last stage. The 'usual' ps will be repeated twice by off-road vehicles (passages at 8.05 and 11.50) and only once by motorcycles and quads (10.05).
