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.
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.
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.
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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EDITION 2020: THE KEY NUMBERS
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…
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 !!
The AFRICA ECO RACE perpetuates the Real Race to Dakar, created by racers in love with Africa, it’s landscapes and populations.
The competitors will depart on the 5th of January 2020 from Europe and will travel over 6000 kms through Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal. The arrival will be organized on the 19th of January 2020 at the Lac Rose in Dakar, following the tradition!
The organization of the AFRICA ECO RACE wants to be close to its competitors and understand the difficulties of closing a budget. This is why, not only the fees are ALL-INCLUDED (transport there and back included), but also identical to 2019 !
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
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
Africa is an happy continent with smiling people, with freedom for racing, thanks a lot to orga work to preserve classic African event based on values from first Dakars... Good luck AER!
Tomas Tomecek - Winner Truck AER 2022
Solidarity and unity, the AFRICA ECO RACE is a rally at the origin of our values and this must remains...
Abdou THIAM - Président de la FSAM
Competition and sharing define the spirit of the Africa Eco Race
Xavier Flick - Winner Motul Extreme Rider 2022
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
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
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
It's a race with values , human values, eco-responsable values… A true and efficient aid for the Children of Africa and that is important !
SAS Prince Albert II
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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