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El desierto marroquí, el escenario de la odisea de 612 intrépidos guerreros y sus bicicletas

La decimotercera edición de la Gaes Titan Desert, arranco el 29 de abril, con 612 ciclistas, un 25% más que en el año pasado, que desafiarán los parajes montañosos de Marruecos y su inhóspito desierto, donde durante seis jornadas las condiciones climáticas y de terreno pondrán a prueba a los participantes.Entre ellos el colombiano Diego Tamayo, ganador en el 2015.

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03 de mayo de 2018 - 07:01 p. m.

Competitors settle down in the bivouac on April 28, 2018, on the eve of the start of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 around Boumalne Dades, Marocco. Titan desert 2018, a mountain bike race (600km) snakes through between Boumalne Dadès, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

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TOPSHOT - Competitors push and carry their bikes up a sand dune during Stage 5 of the 13th edition of Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race around Merzouga in Morocco on May 3, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors push their bikes up a sand dune during Stage 5 of the 13th edition of Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race around Merzouga in Morocco on May 3, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

TOPSHOT - Competitors push their bikes up a sand dune during Stage 5 of the 13th edition of Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race around Merzouga in Morocco on May 3, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

A competitor rides his bicycle along a sand dune during the Stage 5 of the 13th edition of Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race around Merzouga in Morocco on May 3, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

A competitor pushes his bicycle up a sand dune during the Stage 5 of the 13th edition of Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race around Merzouga in Morocco on May 3, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors ride their bikes during Stage 5 of the 13th edition of Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race around Merzouga in Morocco on May 3, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors run in the sand pushing their bikes during Stage 4 of the 13th edition of the Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race between Boumalne Dades and Merzouga in Morocco on May 2, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors push their bikes up a sand dune during Stage 4 of the 13th edition of the Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race between Boumalne Dades and Merzouga in Morocco on May 2, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors ride their bikes during Stage 4 of the 13th edition of the Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race between Boumalne Dades and Merzouga in Morocco on May 2, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

A competitor rides a bike during Stage 4 of the 13th edition of the Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race between Boumalne Dades and Merzouga in Morocco on May 2, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors push their bikes up a sand dune during Stage 4 of the 13th edition of the Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race between Boumalne Dades and Merzouga in Morocco on May 2, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors ride their bikes during Stage 4 of the 13th edition of the Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race between Boumalne Dades and Merzouga in Morocco on May 2, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

A competitor pushes his bike along a sand dune during Stage 4 of the 13th edition of the Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race between Boumalne Dades and Merzouga in Morocco on May 2, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

A competitor drinks water at the bivouac after the end of the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on May 1, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

A competitor stretches at the bivouac after the end of the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on May 1, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

A competitor rests at the bivouac after the end of the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on May 1, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

A competitor hangs her clothes at the bivouac after the end of the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on May 1, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Comnpetitors rest at the bivouac after the end of the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on May 1, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Comnpetitors rest at the bivouac after the end of the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on May 1, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Comnpetitors rest at the bivouac after the end of the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on May 1, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Comnpetitors rest at the bivouac after the end of the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on May 1, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

A competitor gets help from children as he rides his bike during the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on May 1, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors ride their bikes as a Moroccan man walks during the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on April 29, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

TOPSHOT - A competitor rides his bike during the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on May 1, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors ride their bikes during the Stage 3 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Alnif and Rissani, central Morocco, on April 29, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors ride their bicycles past a small child during stage two of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 between Boulmane Dades and Alnif on April 30, 2018. Titan Desert 2018, a 600 kilometer mountain bike race in Morocco, snakes between Boumalne Dadès - at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits and Erfoud - spread around the last oasis before the desert from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

TOPSHOT - A competitor rides his bike during the Stage 1 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 near Boumalne Dades, central Morocco, on April 29, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors ride their bikes during the Stage 1 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 near Boumalne Dades, central Morocco, on April 29, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors ride their bikes during the Stage 1 of the 13rd edition of Titan Desert 2018 near Boumalne Dades, central Morocco, on April 29, 2018. Titan desert 2018, a 600 kilometers mountain bike race, snakes through between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, spread around the last oasis before the desert, from April 29 to May 4. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

Competitors push their bikes along a sand dune during Stage 5 of the 13th edition of Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race around Merzouga in Morocco on May 3, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

A competitor reacts after crossing a sand dune during Stage 4 of the 13th edition of the Titan Desert 2018 mountain biking race between Boumalne Dades and Merzouga in Morocco on May 2, 2018. The Titan Desert 2018 is 600 kilometre mountain bike race completed over six days, snaking between Boumalne Dades, at the foot-slopes of the High Atlas summits, and Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE

AFP - FRANCK FIFE

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