Heroes Legend

After a first trip to Mauritania in February, the "recce" team comes back from  Morocco. In spite of a 'catastrophic' weather there,  snow, heavy rain and a mud in abundance, they validated the first 4 stages. Day 1- Nador-Fez, Day 2 Fes-Marrakech, Day 3 Marrakech-tan Tan, Day 4 Tan Tan - Tan Tan in buckle.

Next trip is  planned in May.
 

The first reconnaissance trips have been made and a number of routes has been prepared. In the next months the Heroes Legend reconnaissance team with Anne-Marie Gerandi and Dominique Rochette will headoff to Africa to prepare roadbooks, look for bivouac locations and make appointments with local authorities to valid the route.

A new  route for this 6th edition which will bring the participants in Fes for the first bivouac and then in Marrakech for the second. A selectif route  on the West of Morocco to arrive faster in the 'big' desert, far fromwell  known tracks( very used already  by the numerous rallies in Morocco.

After the crossing of Morocco, 5 stages in Mauritania which will cross incredible dunes and which should be the scene of the most beautiful stories of the 2011 rally .

The difficulty to draw a rally is to find a compromise which can satisfy as well 'pro' as the novice amateurs. Dominique Rochette, who is the person in charge of this challenge, opted for a "spicy" route, " tehnical " and "virile" but always faithful to the tradition of Heroes Legend, the biggest difficulty can be by-passed for the beginners with penalties.

Details of the route in the next Newsletter

Get advantage of the early birds fees entering the rally before april 30th. Just send an entry form (available on the website or by email : info@heroeslegend.com) and confirm with a down payment of 1500€ per vehicle. (calendar of payments available on the website)

Recently Roel den Braven en Anne-Marie Gerandi payed a visit to Montauban to reveal the plans for 2011 during a presentation at the city hall with the local press and TV. Just as in 2010 all Heroes Legend competitors will gather in the atmospheric Montauban just north of Toulouse for the technical scrutineering,  on Friday and the prologue on Saturday before boarding for Morocco. After a very hospitable reception in the beautiful historic centre of Montauban the scrutineering will again take place at the town square where also the parc fermé will be situated. The enthusiasm in the region of Montauban is big and quit a few local teams are expected at the start !

A new category is born for the SSV and ATV. This category is rapidly growing and needs a quite particular attention. The rally Heroes Legend offers  a customized and adapted race respecting  the specificities of its machines : fractionned stages, assistance points accessible in 4x2, bivouacs accessible for any type of truck, van  or camper...