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Intercontinental Rally is an annual rally raid organized in North of Africa, as an answer to the cancellation of 2008 Dakar Rally, and the subsequent moving of the rally to South America, for those who wanted to live the real Dakar spirit.

The rally has innovated to give a special focus on security issues and sustainable development. In addition to the sporting aspect, the rally aims to put emphasis on individual awareness about eco-responsibility.^[1]

Bivouacs are chosen far from cities and airport tarmac, competitors find themselves in the desert, far from everything, left to themselves. Mutual aid, solidarity and friendliness are the words that come up in the mouths of those who lived through that aventure.^[2]

Trasa závodu editovat

Both the participants and the organization as a commitment to take care not to leave harmful traces of their passage through countries. A series of projects will aim to use renewable resources to a long-term contribution to the lives of people in remote areas of several countries that the race will cross. These actions are tangible and lasting.

Historie editovat

2012 Route

The Africa Eco Race Rally, intended for amateurs and professionals, lasts for more than 6500 km over 11 stages. The race crosses the territories of Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal.

Ročníky editovat

2011 - The 1st edition of the so-called Africa Race sailed from Marseille on December 26, 2008. The technical and administrative checks occurred on 26 and 27 December, the prologue took place on December 28, followed by embarkation and arrival in Nador, Morocco on 30 December.

2012 - The second edition of the Africa Eco Race started from Portimão, Portugal where administrative and technical verifications took place on 27 and 28 of December 2009, preceded by a shakedown, in which the contestants could show and test their vehicles.

2013 - The third edition took place from 27 December 2010 to 9 January 2011. The start was at Châteaux de Lastours and the arrival, as usual, was in Dakar, Senegal. This edition was the third victory in three editions for Jean-Louis Schlesser in cars, Willy Jobard with a hybrid KTM in bikes and Czech Tomáš Tomeček in a MAN truck .

2014 - The fourth edition made its departure on December 27, 2011 in Saint-Cyprien and arrived in Dakar on January 8, 2012. A fourth victory was claimed by Jean-Louis Schlesser in a buggy built by himself. The motorcycles title was won by Oscar Polli with a KTM and the trucks category was won by Tomáš Tomeček who got a second place in the overall ranking.

2015 - The fifth edition made its departure on December 28, 2012 in Saint-Cyprien and arrived on the shores of Lac Rose in Dakar on January 9, 2013. A fifth victory was taken by Jean-Louis Schlesser in a buggy built by himself. The motorcycles title was won by Martin Fontyn and the trucks category was won by Anton Shibalov with his Kamaz truck who finished second overall, ahead of Tomáš Tomeček and his Tatra truck .

2014 - The sixth edition made its departure December 29, 2013 in Saint-Cyprien and arrived on the shores of Lac Rose in Dakar on January 11, 2014 . A sixth consecutive victory was achieved by Jean-Louis Schlesser in a buggy built by himself, co-driven by Thierry Magnaldi. The motorcycle title was won by Michael Pisano with a Honda 450cc and Tomáš Tomeček took the trucks title with a Tatra.

Charita a humanitární pomoc editovat

Both the participants and the organization as a commitment to take care not to leave harmful traces of their passage through countries. A series of projects will aim to use renewable resources to a long-term contribution to the lives of people in remote areas of several countries that the race will cross. These actions are tangible and lasting.

The organization is leading the way, giving all participants reusable flatware kits for any event. Some organization vehicles are equipped with solar panels to use the energy stored during the day to carry out their missions.

The organization of the Africa Eco Race also created two projects for power generation using photovoltaic panels in Mauritania to power a school in Nouakchott and a library in Chinguetti.

For the environment, was created a category for experimental vehicles powered by renewable energy, designed to test at large scale and under extreme conditions, the reliability, power, strength and endurance of these vehicles. In 2011 Africa Eco Race funded the planting of native 3000 eucalyptus in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

A Buggy, in Tijirit, Mauritania during the 2009 Africa Race.

Vozidla a kategorie editovat

The three main categories are the Cars, Bikes and Trucks Motorcycles: 450 cc class, up to 450 cc, Class Open (over 450 cc) and quad's; Cars and trucks: T1 (modified all-terrain vehicles), T2 (production all-terrain vehicles), Open Category and T4 (Trucks); "Experimental" group: vehicles powered by renewable energy created specifically for the rally, with its own raking by kilometers.

Seznam vítězů editovat

Ročník	Automobily		Motocykly		Buggy/UTV		Čtyřkolky
Ročník	Posádka	Vůz	Řidič	Motocykl	Řidič	Stroj	Řidič	Stroj
2015	Jacob Glad Philip Volmer Hansen	Bowler Wildcat	Victor Rivera	KTM EXC450	Jose Sanchez Tapia	Can-Am	Erik Lesák	Can-Am
2014	Rainhard Friedl Pauline Friedl	Mitsubishi Pajero	Victor Rivera	KTM EXC530	Dušan Randýsek	Arctic Cat
2013	Vlastimil Forejt Vlastimil Jenč	Bowler Wildcat	Victor Rivera	KTM EXC530
2012	Václav Hašek Jakub Výborný	Nissan Patrol	Manuel Garcia	Yamaha WR450
2011	Václav Hašek David Kodad	Nissan Patrol	James Baker	Yamaha XTZ660