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Monday 1 January 1996

Special stage = 328 km
Liaison-sections = 224 km
Total = 552 km

50% new !
Last of the three days of running-in : a 328km stage with big, rocky plateaux, with alternating fast tracks and then twisting, car-breaking tracks, churned up by the rain.

The day's difficulty : the continuing need to change rhythm between super-fast sections and real car-breakers.

TODAY

Happy New Year !

A stage led and won by the favourites.
Motos : Peterhansel, before Roma and Kinigadner.
Cars : Vatanen, before Lartigue and Saby.