GILBERT RICHARD, a French lorry mechanic with the Paris-Moscow-Peking Rally who was injured in a crash on Monday, died in a Paris hospital yesterday.
PARIS TO PEKING RALLY: Cars: Stage: 1 B Saby (Fr) Mitsubishi 1hr 21min 4sec penalties; 2 K Shinozuka (Japan) Mitsubishi +7min 02sec; 3 H Auriol (Fr) Citroen +9:58; 4 P Lartigue (Fr) Citroen +11:52; 5 B Waldegard (Swe) Citroen 12:48. Overall: 1 Saby 5:48:12; 2 Lartigue +14:38; 3 Waldegard +23:45; 4 Auriol +24:23; 5 E Weber (Ger) Mitsubishi +26:14; 6 Shinozuka 58:04. Motorcycles: Stage: 1 S Peterhansel (Fr) Yamaha 5:01:06; 2 T Magnaldi (Fr) Yamaha +1:05; 3 F Cultrera (Fr) Honda +27:35. Overall: 1 Magnaldi 26:32:58; 2 Peterhansel +3:58.
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