Rally-raid

A rally-raid (also called cross-country rally ) is a mechanical discipline of sport, which approaches the traditional rally, but which is different from it by the duration from the stages (a special test per day, often of several hundred kilometers), by the duration of the race in itself (from five to fifteen days compared with three days for the rallys WRC), like by special tests generally disputing in out-track, on extents without traced ways (deserted, etc). These races call upon the navigation, which is done via simple a Boussole, a GPS, or a Road-book provided by the organizers, according to the payment of the race.

The majority of the races of this type is held on the African Continent , in particular longest and most famous of all: the Dakar . There also exists of other rally-raid, such as the rally of the Morocco , the rally of the Pharaons (Egypt), the rally of Tunisia .

Let us note that there exist also tests derived from the rally-raid, but not including/understanding the concept speed. See the article Raid motorized.

With beginning of the year 1990 was held the “ Paris Moscow Beijing ”, great rally raid, which, as its name indicates it, crossed the Europe then the Asia of west in east.

Also let us quote the existence of the Bajas , races born with the E. - U. in the desert extents, and whose principle is rather similar to the rally-raid, unlike the less significant number of stages and of the least place left with navigation. There exist also European Bajas , such as the Baja of Portugal .

Lastly, the list of the participants of a rally raid is often varied, because the stars and the anonymities can there côtoyer. Even if, with final, are always the professionals who fight for the victory.

Vehicles

3 types of vehicles generally take part in rally-raid, namely the motor bikes, the cars, and the Camion S. In each one as of these types of vehicles, there exist categories:

Motor bike : 0 to 450 cm ³, 450 to 650 cm ³; production (motor bikes of series), spectacular (modified motor bikes) and quad.

Cars : T1 (prototype cross-country vehicles), T2 (cross-country vehicles of series); 2WD (vehicles 2 driving wheels); vehicles Diesel.

Trucks : trucks 2 Axle X, 3 Axle X; trucks of less than 6 tons, 8 tons.

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