Hello and welcome. 280 teams – 132 bikes and quads, 93 cars and 55 trucks – have been granted the right to start today's 13th stage... The total amount of official withdrawals has been brought to 219 including 98 bikes, 84 cars, 11 quads and 26 trucks... On the side of the race, French rider Cyril Despres (KTM), the winner of yesterday's 12th stage, has opened the day's special stage at 11:35 AM, as per new schedule set after the route change, followed 2’ later by the leader in the general standings, Spanish biker Marc Coma (KTM).