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AFRICA RACE 2020 - STAGE #12 : ST LOUIS / DAKAR
Press release N°12
A MAGNIFICENT FINISH FOR THE AFRICA ECO RACE® AT LAC ROSE
As is the tradition at the AFRICA ECO RACE®, the 12th and final stage consisted of a 230km morning liaison between Saint-Louis and the fishing village of Niokob, followed by a 22km special stage between the beach and Lac Rose, where the podium was set-up.
There was an incredible atmosphere on the shores of Lac Rose, about 10 meters from the monument erected in honor of Thierry SABINE.
Indeed, never since the first edition of the AFRICA ECO RACE® in 2009 had there been so many people and such an atmosphere at Lac Rose. It was a unique moment worthy of the world’s great sporting events.
Pal Anders ULLEVALSETER had decided it was a point of honor to take the win on this particularly poignant final special stage, since it only ran for fun and incorporate an in-line start. Riding a KTM, the Norwegian overtook Yamaha rival Alessandro Botturi – the winner of the 12th edition of the event.
As for Lyndon POSKITT – the Briton was the late winner of the final place on the motorcycle podium following his complaint against Paolo LUCCI over a tyre conformity issue on the Italian’s HUSQVARNA, Although he was heckled at the start by several disgruntled Italian riders, the Briton did not appear to be affected and took third place on the day.
On four wheels, a truck stood out again with the IVECO of Igor BOUWENS, Ulrich BOERBOOM and Frits DRIESMANS winning the stage. The Belgians completed the special in front of the Tarek MERCEDES Buggy, crewed by Yves and Jean FROMONT.
The SSV CAN AM X3 of Kamil RAHAL and Thierry SANCHEZ climbed on to the third step of the day’s podium with the stage win. Needless to say, the Senegalese duo were happy to confirm their first victory in the SSV XTREM RACER category of the 2020 edition on home ground.
Once all the winners and finishers had been arranged by the organizing team in the order of passage over the podium installed by the Senegalese Federation of Motor Sport and Motorcycle (FSSAM), friends, families, assistants and motorsport enthusiasts were able to applaud the heroes of the event one-by-one for more than three hours.
Each competitor celebrated their podium in a different way. There was solidarity with donations given to good Senegalese causes and smiles all round, particularly for the various teams made up of parents and children, like the father and son team of Patrick and Lucas MARTIN - winners of the AFRICA ECO RACE® on four wheels. Also for Alain and Agnès BIARD – they were lower down the general classification but happy to have endured the adventure together nonetheless.
There was elation for Miklos KOVACS, Lazlo ACS and Peter CZEGLEDI - winners of the truck category in their SCANIA - and there were screams of joy and a lot of noise from the many Italians present on the rally for Alessandro BOTTURI, the motorcycle winner.
There was emotion when Nicola DUTTO - the Italian paraplegic biker who had taken the crazy gamble of arriving in Dakar - hoisted his KTM on to the podium accompanied by his supporters after completing the entire 6,026km route.
In short, it was a magnificent ceremony to celebrate the hosts of this fabulous 12th edition of the AFRICA ECO RACE® which, once again, was a complete success.
After the party, the entire AFRICA ECO RACE® caravan headed swiftly to Dakar to end the day at the port. All the vehicles were loaded directly on to a cargo ship supplied by GRIMALDI for the return voyage to South of France.
The unloading and recovery of vehicles is planned for early next week and that will mark the final stage of this 2020 edition.
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WE TALK ABOUT THE "RACE TO DAKAR 2021"
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This event created by Jean Louis SCHLESSER and René METGE is a precise cocktail where the pleasure of racing bonds with the beauty of the landscapes and the nice atmosphere between everyone on the bivouacs
Franck ALLARD - AMV assurances
The enthusiam and passion of the team as well as their constant research of bringing eco-responsable actions to their event, make the AFRICA ECO RACE one of the unmissable events of the Principality and we are proud to welcome them every year. We encourage everybody to buy a maximum of solar lamps provided by AMADE and AFRICA ECO RACE. More than a daily use, they will enable senegalese and mauritanian children to walk safely home after dark and will contribute to reducing the racing vehicules' carbon footprint.
Kate & Didier - STARS'N'BARS
We congratulate AFRICA ECO RACE for their support AMADE and enabling Mauritanian and Senegalese students to have access to solar lamps. A child with light at home, is a child able to do his homework when night comes.
Jérôme FROISSART - Directeur AMADE Mondiale
You dream of dunes and beautiful landscapes, follow us to the Lac Rose !
René METGE
The AFRICA ECO RACE is a true human organisation, you really fell that you're a part of a global project with an open and very initimate feeling. So you sleep with very simple thoughts while you reach your goal: Dakar
Franco Acerbis - ACERBIS
For us as service-team, the AER feels like going on a road-trip with the whole family ! Together we follow the ancient African trails. Together with the complete organization of the AER we give it all to bring our teams to the legendary Lac Rose ! Being true fans of the AER we enjoy the whole concept as you find in no other race, as one of our SSV pilots reminded me, there is only one real race to Dakar !
Wil THEUWS - Team Manager QFF Racing
AFRICA ECO RACE is also mutual help and friendship between the competitors
Jean Louis SCHLESSER
I am glad that I was standing at the finish line of AER 22 in Dakar at the Pink Lake. It is the goal and dream of all racers who do cross-country races all over the world.
Team Barth Racing
It is always a pleasure for the population of Menton to witness the arrival of all these vehicles: trucks, cars, buggies, motorbikes… It is also all about the human and convivial aspect of this race which races through the city of Menton.
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