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Africa Race 2017 - Stage N°12 : SAINT LOUIS / DAKAR
Press release N°12
Saturday JANUARY 14th 2017
SAINT LOUIS / DAKAR
STAGE : 292 km
Liaison SAINT LOUIS / NIOKHOB
Special Stage NIOKHOB / LAC ROSE : 22 km
Liaison LAC ROSE / DAKAR : 40 km
As always, there was a friendly atmosphere in Saint Louis on the last bivouac as the participants were joined by their friends, partners and family. After a night under the magnificent starry sky of Senegal, at 8:00 today, Saturday January 14th 2017, the first motorcycle took the start for the last liaisons of the 2017 AFRICA ECO RACE® long of 292 km to Niokhob, a fishing village on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.
It was from the beach that the start of the final stage was launched. A sprint, for the glory only since the classification were frozen from the previous day, in Bikes, Norway's Pal Anders ULLEVALSETER won, just in front of the Israeli Gev SELLA at 9 '', both on KTM. The Italian Paolo CECI places his HONDA in 3rd position at 1'12 ''.
In Cars, by being performant since the beginning of the Rally, Guillaume GOMEZ did not miss the opportunity to shine one last time. The Frenchman won with his OPTIMUS Buggy ahead of Pascal THOMASSE, also on OPTIMUS at 30 '' and Jean Antoine SABATIER at the wheel of his BUGGA ONE at 46 ''.
At the end of this special, all the winners of this edition of AFRICA ECO RACE® were rewarded, celebrated and photographed under the finish arch. A ceremony that was organized with the presence of members of the Senegalese Auto and Moto Federation, representatives of the Ministries of Sports and Tourism, local elected representatives and partners of the 2017 AFRICA ECO RACE®.
Everyone agreed that this 2017 edition was an absolute success and of course promised to return in 2018 for the 10th edition of the AFRICA ECO, the one and only race to Dakar!
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You dream of dunes and beautiful landscapes, follow us to the Lac Rose !
René METGE
AFRICA ECO RACE is also mutual help and friendship between the competitors
Jean Louis SCHLESSER
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
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
Competition and sharing define the spirit of the Africa Eco Race
Xavier Flick - Winner Motul Extreme Rider 2022
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
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
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
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
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