First rally 2013: Julien Toniutti, l’As des Garrigues !
Let’s go for the rally season! A start to the French championship which looks rather well for the site and official KTM France pilot, Julien Toniutti, who wins his first race of the year riding a KTM 990 SMT. Report
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The n ° 1 of the 2012 championship, the third edition of the Garrigues rally. A superb rally, irreproachable course and specials: a big congratulations to the DRAC motorcycle club and to its president Bernard Boilot !
However, it was not won: (concern which got the better of this same event in 2012, read) did not discourage the organizers of a race which can be considered, at least in sporting terms, as one of the most beautiful in the championship !
It was bitterly cold but under a bright sun that the 82 entered in this opening round of the 2013 French road rally championship found themselves in Laverune (34), after these long months of off-season.
Administrative and technical checks on Friday evening – it’s not really hot hot – and Julien Toniutti, like a far-sighted tourist, arrives on his "official" KTM 990 SMT, with which he has chosen to participate in this first rally of the championship, equipped with sleeves heated Tecno Globe !
"There is indeed the Tourist Trophy, I’m going for the Tourist Trophy", jokes the official KTM France rider during the technical queue, alongside his first 2013 motorcycle prepared" postman "style. !
Out of the seven events scheduled for the championship this year, Julien intends to participate in each of the races on a different model from the KTM range. A challenge that will be fun to follow throughout the season on the internet motorcycle journal…
The reconnaissance of the stages being prohibited on motorcycles (sine qua non of the public authorities for the rally to take place) did not allow the pilots to meet on the stages the days preceding the race, a moment usually appreciated by the majority of the competitors. to be able to test their new mounts and immerse themselves live in the character of the stages of the event…
In short, the recce is done by car or van, just to memorize the key points of the stages. The two sections of the route where the times will decide the rankings are the Montesquieu special (2 km) and that of Neffies (3 km).
Both located about sixty kilometers north of Laverune, these two specials are closer to Clermont l’Herault where the "noon" assistance point is provided. The rest of the route is a "typical rally" route made up of small departmental and local roads.
The route runs in the middle of the Garrigues, at the foot of the Cevennes: start and finish in Laverune, and nearly 340 km for the day stage, shortened to around 150 km for the night stage.
Three passages in each of the two specials are scheduled during the day, only one at night, making a total of eight specials on the program for this third edition of the Garrigues rally..
Marcus HIMSELF – Photos MH, Wilfried MARCON and Cedric HOUZET
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