Africa Eco Race

Africa Eco Race
Category Rally raid
Country Europe and Africa
Inaugural season 2009
Drivers 362
Drivers' champion France Jean Antoine Sabatier (Cars)
Norway Pål Anders Ullevålseter (Bikes)
Russia Anton Shibalov (Trucks)
Constructors' champion KTM (Bikes)
Kamaz (Trucks)
Official website www.africarace.com
Current season
Passage of Jan de Rooy's truck through the Tijirit zone of Mauritania during the 2009 Africa Race.

Africa Eco Race 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]

History

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.

Editions

2009 - 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.

2010 - 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.

2011 - 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 .

2012 - 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.

2013 - 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.

2015 - The first edition without Jean-Louis Schlesser and with the return of the Kamaz official team, including an Hybrid truck. Jean Antoine Sabatier won the cars category with his Bugga One, the former Rally Dakar driver Pål Anders Ullevålseter won the bikes category while Anton Shibalov led his conventional Kamaz to the victory.

2016 - Departure from Monaco. Kanat Shagirov won the cars category with his Toyota Hilux Overdrive, while Pål Anders Ullevålseter and Anton Shibalov dominated completely motorcylces and truck categories.

Environment and sustainable development

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.

Vehicles and categories

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

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.

List of winners

Year Route Cars Bikes Trucks
Driver Constructor Driver Constructor Driver Constructor
2016 MonacoMonaco
MoroccoNador
SenegalDakar
Kazakhstan Kanat Shagirov
Kazakhstan Vitaliy Yevtyekhov
Toyota Hilux Overdrive Norway Pål Anders Ullevålseter KTM Russia Anton Shibalov
Russia Robert Amatych
Russia Almaz Khisamiev
Kamaz
2015 FranceSaint-Cyprien
MoroccoNador
SenegalDakar
France Jean Antoine Sabatier
France Jean-Luc Rojat
Bugga One Norway Pål Anders Ullevålseter KTM Russia Anton Shibalov
Russia Robert Amatych
Russia Almaz Khisamiev
Kamaz
2014 FranceSaint-Cyprien
MoroccoNador
SenegalDakar
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
France Thierry Magnaldi
Schlesser-Renault Buggy France Michael Pisano Honda Czech Republic Tomáš Tomeček
Czech Republic Vojtěch Morávek
Tatra
2013 FranceSaint-Cyprien
MoroccoNador
SenegalDakar
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
France Cyril Esquirol
Schlesser-Renault Buggy Belgium Martin Fontyn KTM Russia Anton Shibalov
Russia Evgeny Yakovlev
Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Kamaz
2012 FranceSaint-Cyprien
MoroccoNador
SenegalDakar
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
France Cyril Esquirol
Schlesser-Renault Buggy Italy Oscar Polli KTM Czech Republic Tomáš Tomeček Tatra
2011 FranceChateau Lastour-
SenegalDakar
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
France Cyril Esquirol
Schlesser-Renault Buggy France Willy Jobard KTM Hybrid Czech Republic Tomáš Tomeček MAN
2010 PortugalPortimão
MoroccoAgadir-
SenegalDakar
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
France Cyril Esquirol
Schlesser-Renault Buggy Italy Marco Capodacqua KTM Hungary Miklos Kovacs Scania
2009 FranceMarseille
SenegalDakar
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
France Cyril Esquirol
Schlesser-Renault Buggy Spain Josè Manuel Pellicer BMW 450 X Netherlands Jan de Rooy Iveco

See also

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