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It is under a magnificent autumn sun and with more than 25 degrees on the thermometer that the 14th edition of the AFRICA ECO RACE began this Saturday, October 15, 2022, from the French Mediterranean coast.
Join us very soon in Menton for the adminstrative and technical checks, as well as in Monaco for the big departure ceremony of the 2022 Africa Eco Race. We look forward to this memorable race from Monaco to Dakar. We are BCAK IN AFRICA !!
Only a few days after the registration closing of the Africa Eco Race 14th edition, Jean-Louis SCHLESSER announces the dates of the 15th edition taking place in March 2023.
The official start will take place on the 11th of March 2023 with a Lac Rose arrival ceremony on the 26th of March 2023.
Stay tuned for more details about the 2023 edition.
In the meantime, follow the 2022 race taking place from the 15th to the 30th of October.
That is it, registrations are closed. Jean-Louis SCHLESSER's team is tackling the final straight and is hard at work in the final stages of the preparation for the return of the AFRICA ECO RACE which will take place from October 15th to 30th.
Entries are booming, demonstrating the enthusiasm for this event organized in the purest tradition of the great off-road rallies, in a friendly atmosphere, with a minimum of restrictions for maximum pleasure!
All participants of the AFRICA ECO RACE 2022 are eager to know the route that awaits them from October 14 to 30. Jean-Louis SCHLESSER and his team are happy to reveal the main lines of this 14th edition which will mark the big return to Africa.
From 15th to 30th of October 2022. For all adventure lovers in need of a change of scenery and a wish to escape with its own cross-country vehicle, the AFRICA ECO RACE organizes, in parallel to the race, the RAID.
RE-OPENING OF THE FRANCE / MOROCCO MARITIME LINES. All Morocco lovers have been waiting for this news for a long time! It was confirmed a few days, the boats will finally be able to embark passengers and vehicles from France for Morocco!
However, the AFRICA ECO RACE team has not stopped working and is now speeding up to organize for its participants, a 14th edition full of emotions, from October 15 to 30, 2022.
Indeed, after unfortunately 18 months of interruption due to the pandemic, the true enthusiasts of African off-road rallies will be eager to meet again and satisfy their thirst for freedom and wide-open spaces by participating in the only rally starting from Europe and crossing 3 countries.
There are more and more women in the world of cross-country rallying, both as pilots, co-pilots, team managers, in the organization etc... To celebrate this, we have put in place an exceptional discount of 10% which will be granted on the registration, all categories combined (race, raid, assistance) until June 30, 2022.
Less than two months from the start of the 14th edition of the AFRICA ECO RACE supposed to take place on March 12 in Monaco, the borders with Morocco are still closed and no decision has yet been announced as to whether or not they will reopen on February 1st, 2022.
While the participants continue to register to the AFRICA ECO RACE 2022, the reconnaissance team has just departed, heading for Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal to create a route in the purest tradition of the greatest off-road rallies.
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 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
You dream of dunes and beautiful landscapes, follow us to the Lac Rose !
René METGE
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
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
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.
Fabrice PINET - Ville de Menton
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.
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