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2020
NEW BLOOD IN TOP RANKING OF THIS SPECIAL MAURITANIAN
After a pleasant day of rest in the sun, on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in Dakhla and the traditional dinner composed of steaks and roasted potatoes, a short night awaited the participants of the AFRICA ECO RACE ® since it was at 4:30 am that breakfast was served. An unusual schedule for a day punctuated with a 350 km link to the Mauritanian border and then a 176 km special between Arzmeila and Chami, a village on the road to Nouakchott. A big day for everyone, organization, assistance and competitors and ultimately new faces under the cameras of the AFRICA ECO RACE ® TV production team.
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2020
FULL THROTTLE DOWN TO THE SOUTH !
Friday evening, during the briefing at the Smara bivouac, Jean Louis SCHLESSER had announced the special to Wad Assag as being very fast. The boss of the AFRICA ECO RACE ® wasn’t wrong since it took 03:36:03 for the winner on four wheels, at 131 km / h on average, to complete the 473 km. A special course which is not very selective in the heart of monotonous landscapes, but a must to reach the city of Dakhla in the far south of Morocco where the rally caravan will be able to rest tomorrow Sunday.
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2020
FOCUS ON NAVIGATION ON THE AFRICA ECO RACE
It is an entirely new special stage on the AFRICA ECO RACE ® that awaited the competitors of this 4th stage full south towards Smara. As expected, navigation was the key to success in this selective sector of 385 km, both by car and motorbike. Apart from that and a specific track fatal to many tyres, there was no major difficulty and the last competitors should not get out of the special too late. A good thing after the long 3rd stage where some have already burned the joker that allows him to give up once on a special before being disqualified.
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2020
INTENSE STAGE WITH VARIED LANDSCAPES!
The third stage between Mahmid and Assa was expected extremely versatile in terms of landscapes and challenges. This special stage of nearly 500km, one of the longest of the 2020 Africa Eco Race, held its promise, especially near Erg Chegaga, first real dune cord of this 12th edition. Indeed, if the motorbikes, which left at sunrise, rode a solid enough sand, it was not the same for the autos, many of which will be arriving late today at the bivouac.
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2020
THE RACE IS WELL ON AT THE AFRICA ECO RACE
The first night on the bivouac in Tarda, halfway between Er-Rachidia and Goulimine was extremely cold as temperature went down to -3 degrees at sunrise. Needless to say that after a long day yesterday and a complicated night for the majority of the participants of the AFRICA ECO RACE, the faces were marked on the starting line directly installed at the bivouac.
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2020
A FIRST DAY FULL OF SURPRISES FOR THE AFRICA ECO RACE
After a peaceful Mediterranean cruise aboard the SMERALDA FERRY, the caravan of the AFRICA ECO RACE disembarked this morning, Tuesday January 7th in the port of Tangier.
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2020
DESTINATION MOROCCO FOR THE AFRICA ECO RACE
It was approximately 5AM, Sunday 5th of January, when the first vehicles of the AFRICA ECO RACE 2020 arrived on the Ferry terminal in Savona, situated in northern Italy, 150km from Monaco. After having done the administrative and customs formalities, the 266 vehicles and 688 people of the caravan embarked in the SMERALDA cruise ship from the maritime company GRIMALDI, long term logistics partner of the AFRICA ECO RACE.
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2020
THE 12th EDITION OF THE AFRICA ECO RACE IS ON !!
For the 4th year in a row, once again with ideal weather up to 20 degrees, the city of Menton hosted on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th, the administrative and technical checks of the Africa Eco Race 2020.
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2020
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2020
A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR – A NEW PARTNER
SUNREEF YACHTS: a partner 100% committed
SUNREEF YACHTS, the world's leading manufacturer of custom-made luxury catamarans is the main partner of the 2020 AFRICA ECO RACE.
EDITION 2020: THE KEY NUMBERS
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2020
THE NEW ROUTE TO DAKAR
We had announced it last month, the 2020 edition is going to be full of surprises, should it be on the competitors or route side.
The recce team have just travelled back after finalizing the 2020 AFRICA ECO RACE route. We can now unveil some of the novelties of this edition… but not all…
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2020
A 12th EDITION FULL OF SURPRISES !
The summer season is over and the AFRICA ECO RACE team is on track for the creation of the 12th edition, from the 5th to 19th of January 2020, which will be full of surprises and unexpected novelties !!
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