32th Raid de l'Amitié 2019

9-step race
Agadir - Ait Benadou - Middelt - Merzouga - M'hamid - Chegaga - Tata - Guelmin - Agadir

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The front start

The loading of motorcycles and equipment in Crépy went well. Our carriers departed at 22:00 and are on their way to the other relay points,

IMPORTANT: We ask participants who have forgotten to leave us STRAPS suitable for loading their motorcycle, to provide them for the return.
Thank you for all your donations and the balloons collected!

A big THANK YOU to all our volunteers for their valuable help.

D-2 before departure

All the vehicles have arrived safely and are waiting for their owner at the Hotel Le Tivoli in Agadir.
The organization is looking forward to this 32nd edition of the Raid de l’Amitié.

D-1 before departure

veryone's arrived safely. How exciting to be together! What a joy to meet the newcomers... the first briefing was given, tomorrow we attack hard, departure 7:00am, direction AIT BENHADDOU, the machines are ready, you can already feel the excitement of the start

Let's go, we are on our way to the 32nd edition of the Raid de l’Amitié !

Step 1

AGADIR -> BENHADDOU (470,72 km)

Agadir, April 30, 2019
Departure 7:00 a.m.
A long stage for a first, 470 km of small roads and winding tracks await us to reach Benhaddou.
As we move forward, the Atlantic fog escapes to make way for the heat.
Each track encountered is different, the landscapes are fantastic, mixing powdered ochre, almond green and silver grey.

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Step 2

AIT BEN  HADDOU -> MIDDELT (491,80 km)Ait Ben Haddou, May 1, 2019
Departure 7:00 a.m., The festivities start with a small road, the bikes heat their tires, the 4X4s check their Trip. The caravan tunes its violins.
We see before us an intense light, so pure, a perfect white, a kind of lighthouse in broad daylight in the middle of nowhere. It is the heart of Africa's largest solar power plant, this lighthouse will be visible for many kilometers on the track we are attacking, On the agenda of the day, Troglodythe villages and typical sublime villages, spectacular gorges and trails Rolling. What a joy!

Ranking: Steve #13 has broken the records again, it's hard to take a picture of him : The last ones arrived very late in the evening... a great BRAVO to all for this long and difficult step!

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Step 3

MIDDELT -> MERZOUGA (390 km)Middelt, May 2, 2019
Departure 8:00 a.m., given the late hour of the last arrivals last night, the briefing did not take place until this morning. Even if the stage is 100km shorter than yesterday's, it is still long because the tar will be very little present today.
Many notebooks, pens and clothes will still be distributed today, we will pass in many schools and remote villages.

Ranking: Still late arrivals but much less than yesterday, the group organizes itself and all begin to live at the time of the Raid.

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Step 4

MERZOUGA -> MERZOUGA (38 km)In the dunes, May 3, 2019
Departure 8:30am, The last 3 days have been difficult, so the organization decided to shorten the stage and opt for a second round of dunes for the fastest.
In the erg, maximum security! Over 38 km, 2 CPs have been set up and a helicopter flies over the entire troop. The D's, meanwhile, are on the alert to come to the rescue of the participants in case of mechanical failure.

Ranking: The first bikes arrived at 9:30, the last cars 14:00, the shovels were the part:

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Step 5

MERZOUGA  -> M'HAMID
Still in the dunes, May 4, 2019
Departure 8:00 a.m., today rolling tracks at the rendezvous! What joy!

Ranking: Congratulations to Aurélie #33 for her performance!

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Step 6

MHAMID -> CHEGAGA (172 km)
Mhamid, May 5, 2019
Departure 8.30am, Hard to leave the Hotel Le Pacha, a pure moment of relaxation and calm... It's going to be very hot! We're on our way to the desert. 3 possible choices for this stage, depending on the level or shape of the participants, the course can be adapted. For the more discerning, the large dunes are the agenda, for others the tour of the Erg is very nice and sandy too!

Ranking: Congratulations to all participants and especially those who tasted the erg.

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Step 7

CHEGAGA -> TATA (260km)
In the erg, May 6, 2019
Departure 8:00 a.m., We leave Naji's camp. It's already very hot, one last lap in the erg and on the way to Tata. Lots of rolling tracks today and a canyon still unexplored. 

Ranking: Antoine #11 unfortunately broke his engine, the end for him, very hard so close to the goal!

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Step 8

TATA -> GUELMIN (265km)
Tata, May 7, 2019
Departure 8:00 a.m., A final goodbye to the south, to the sand, the track will become windy. Indeed, after some beautiful sharp turns, we fall into a wadi in which some will leave some bolts!

Ranking: We raise our hats to all those who have suffered the hellish wadi! A great greeting to Fathallah #67 and farewell to all those who leave us today.

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Step 9

GUELMIN -> AGADIR (218km)
Guelmin, May 8, 2019,
For this last stage, start at 9:00 a.m. Today track interspersed with small tar, the return to the city is very hard and the first red light amazing ... Fortunately, to cheer us up, the CPs have prepared a snack in the middle of the slopes! A big THANK YOU to the CP teams.

Ranking: Everything is played on this 9th stage... discover the ranking by clicking on the link -> RANKING

Greetings

AIO thanks His Majesty King Mohamed VI, the Kingdom of Morocco, all the provinces crossed and the cities stages. We also thank all participants in the 32nd Raid de l’Amitié : FRANCK ALLARD; HICHEM ALLEL; JULIO ANO; DOUNIA ARROUB; DAMIEN AUBOURG; JEAN-CHARLES AUBOURG; GAUTIER AUBOURG; SYLVAIN BAILLEUX; MARC BEATEN; DIDIER BEDELE; ERIC BELLIARD; ANNICK AND CHRISTIAN BERTHE; JEROME BOCAERT; ALAIN BOCQUET; GILBERT BONIN; CHRISTOPHE BONNAIRE; JACQUES BRAUD; JEAN-LUC BRIERE; ANTOINE CARAYON; RICARDO CARDOSO; DENIS CHERION; JOHN CITERIN; MURIEL - PIERRE-YVES CLINCHART; LAURENT COMTE; ERIC CORNU; JEAN-CLAUDE DAGAND; DARLET JACQUES; LINE - ERIC DECORDE; OLIVIER DEFLANDRE; JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DELBAERE; AMANCIO - MAXIME DESOUSA; JEAN-MARIE DUVAL; JEAN-PIERRE FAUSSART; ANTONIO FORTE; OLIVIER GABIN, ARTHUR WELSH; FABRIC GARCIA; CHRISTIAN GIRIBALDI JOSIANNE - ROBERT GOULAS; ARMELLE GRANDIN; ROLAND GROISON; REMI HANON; ALAIN HAUSER; JEAN-PAUL HIGY; LOUBNA IDELKHEIR - ILYASS; The super team of the garage IRIKI (Zagora), SAID, SALIM, ABDU - ZIED; NICOLAS LAMOTTE; THIERRY LASSUS; JACKY LEBECQ; ARNAUD LEBERGER; AURELIE LECOINTRE; JEAN-MARC LECOMTE; CECILE - STEPHANE LEGRENZI; JEAN-MARC LEGROS; ALEXIS - XAVIER MARRE BONIFACE; BENOIT MASSOC; RALPH MAURICE; ARTHUR - MAXIME MENDES; ALAIN MEUCCI (Diego); FATHALLAH MHAMEDI; VINCENT MOLINA; VINCENT OLIVER; THIERRY PANIVELLO; OLIVIER PASTUREL; VALERIE PEREA; MICHEL PINTEAU; HUBERT POIXBLANC; JEAN YVES POULIZAC;DANIEL QUIGNAUX; STEVE - JEAN-PIERRE REDING; KEVIN RENIE; OLIVIER ROUS; DALILA SALHI; LAURENT SELLIER; CHRISTINE - STEPHANE TEINTURIER; GISELE - PATRICE TESTARD; HERVE THEURIOT; CECILE - CLAUDE TRINQUET; STEPHANIE TROEL; CLAUDE VALION; FREDERIC VILLY; JEAN-FRANCOIS VOUGA, NOUR ZMANTAR and GREGORY ZULIANI.

Kathy, Karine, David and Jean-Michel.... next year :)

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