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25 teams for the Legend of Heroes

Legend of Heroes - 25 teams for Legend of Heroes -

The 25 teams of the Legend of Heroes, the first edition of this raid to Dakar reserved for Yamaha 500 XTs, will leave the Eiffel Tower on February 18 for an arrival scheduled for March 4. Roadbook.

The 25 teams entered for the first edition of the Legend of the Heroes, this new raid to Dakar reserved for Yamaha 500 XTs organized by Hubert Auriol (read), will leave the Eiffel Tower on Saturday February 18 to arrive – in principle! – in Dakar on March 4.

Each crew consists of three people, a Yamaha 500XT and a 4×4 assistance. Hubert Auriol thus understands "reconnect with the traditional values ​​of raids: the technical arms race is not necessary, only the desire to experience an extraordinary event will lead the competitors to the finish in an atmosphere that aims to be friendly, in the heart beautiful landscapes", specifies the organizer.

Dutch, French, Germans and Americans are already registered with a common goal: to take their 500XT to Dakar by writing "a new page of the raiding ledger".

First edition of the Legend of Heroes
February 17 – March 4, 2006
February 17 Administrative and technical checks : Yamaha Motor France: 5 avenue du Fief, Saint Ouen l’Aumone (95)
February 18 3:00 p.m .: Departure Place du Trocadero, Paris
Liaison to Olivet (45)
February 19 Prologue to Olivet (military field on the D168 opposite the Maison Fort district)
Liaison Olivet – Perpignan (722 km)
February 20 Special at Château Lastour
Link Château Lastour – Valencia (Spain) – 665 km
the 21st of February Special 86 km from Valencia – Aras de Los Olmos on private land, the Aras Rural domain
Valence link – Almeria (548 km)
Boarding the boat
February 22 Arrival by boat at Nador. Stage Nador – Yaa Koub (415 km) including 2 specials in the Moroccan Middle Atlas.
February 23 Stage Yaa Koub – Tinherir (407 km) including two specials with an arrival in the High Atlas at 2,800 m and a detour through the splendid Jaffar Circus where there may be snow !
February 24 Stage Tinherir – Akka (531 km): arrival in the Anti Atlas with a special punctuated by wadis and crossing the vertiginous gorges of Aguinane
February 25 Akka Stage – Ocean View (505 km) including two specials with navigation, sand and a bivouac with breathtaking views of the ocean. Competitors will taste grilled sardines
February 26 Stage Ocean View – Boujdour (495 km) including two specials with sand and navigation. Bivouac on a magnificent white dune, on the beach, at the foot of the Boujdour cliffs
February 27 Stage Boujdour – Dakhla (289 km) including a small handling special on the beach
February 28 Dakhla – Bir el Gareb stage (459 km). Liaison to leave Morocco and crossing the Mauritanian border
1st of March Stage Bir el Gareb – Faidherbe (369 km). A few kilometers on the beach before the Banc d’Arguin park, then a special in the dunes to follow on a sandy and fast track where you must not lose the course !
March 2 Faidherbe – Bango stage (419 km) The sand gives way to vegetation and birds with the crossing of the Diama Natural Park to arrive at the dam of the same name which marks the crossing of the Senegalese border
3rd of March Stage Bango – Saint Louis – Lac Rose (264 km).
Since M’Boro, special on the beach to Lac Rose that the competitors will reach after having crossed the famous dune massif of Lac Rose. Still a lot of sand !
March 4 Last step of 47 km around the Lac Rose
Finish podium

Information: Heroes Legends, 55 rue Le Marlois, 75016 Paris
Phone. : +33 (0) 1.53.84.25.19 – Email:

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