-The Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc is the only 100% female off-road Rallye-Raid in the world. Unique in its kind and since 1990, it brings together women aged 18 to 71 and of different nationalities every year in the Moroccan desert. Since its creation, the Rallye has developed another vision of motor racing: no speed, no GPS but old-fashioned navigation, only off-track. The Rallye celebrated its 30th anniversary this year.
Two crews from Côte-d’Or
Among the crews of Côte-d’Or, and followed by Info-Dijon, there were the Fa-Na of the Desert. The crew 117 of Fabienne Labussière and Nadine Zunigo from Lusigne on Ouche and Nesle and Massoult on a 4X4 Isuzu D-Max, and the crew 221, the Kat’Rose des Sables of Katia Perrotin-Enciso and Roselyne Nivois from Magny Saint Médard aboard a Nissan Navara 4X4. Two crews who highlighted the colors of our region (view the photo)
An unprecedented rally for the Kat’Roses des sables
Unpublished for by Katia Perrotin-Enciso and Roselyne Nivois, but also for the organization during the second stage. After an engine failure, the crew were towed by a truck which overturned itself along with the Nissan Navara SUV. Everyone slept under the stars, the crew and the staff. But more boring, the Kat’Rose out of classification resumed the rally without knowing whether or not the organization was going to reinstate them in the classification. (Read HERE)
Fun for the Fa-Na of the desert
Less worries for Fabienne Labussière and Nadine Zunigo from the Ouche Valley. “We’re having a lot of fun,” Team 117 announced on social networks. “Step by step we are improving and our Fana Mobile is getting better and better. She is very courageous too ”The Côte-d’Oriennes also ensured when the 100,000th maps were stored in the cupboard and replaced by 250,000th maps which made navigation more complex, the scale making the relief less precise. (Read HERE)
Classification
– The Kat’Rose des Sables, Team 221 with Katia Perrotin-Enciso and Roselyne Nivois from Magny Saint Médard on 4X4 Nissan Navara was finally reinstated in the classification despite a long uncertainty and finished 112th out of the 141 remaining crews.
– the Fa-Na of the Desert. Team 117 of Fabienne Labussière and Nadine Zunigo from the Vallée de l’Ouche on 4X4 Isuzu D-Max is 119th and 83rd out of 96 participants in the 1st participation category
The return of the Gazelles to French territory is scheduled for Tuesday, October 5 around noon after 37 hours by boat. The arrival in Côte-d’Or should take place late Tuesday evening.
Norbert Banchet
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