Stage 12: Thursday, January 12, 2006 Bamako - Labé
Liaison 197km | Special 368km | Liaison 307km | Total 872km
The river track
Mali is left in liaison. The course of this first Guinean special takes drivers and riders into highly varied configurations. Trial zones replace fast laterite tracks, and bikers will have to get their feet wet when passing through fords. From a vegetation point of view, you won’t quite need a machete knife! At the finish, as is required for a marathon stage, there will be no assistance vehicles.
