On Saturday March 19th in SETE on the Mediterranean coast of France, the administrative and technical verifications take place for the 21st edition of the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc. 220 Gazelles and 150 organizers work together to complete the preparations for the competition.
PROGRAM:
The Gazelles start to arrive in Place Stalingrad, Sète at 06:00. Administrative and technical verifications.
Wellwishers come to Place Stalingrad to support the Gazelles from 9:00 on. The offical start takes place along Quai Léopold Suquet at 15:00.
We would like to thank François Commeinhes: Mayorof Sète, and the Sète Tourist Office for their warm welcome.
At 16:00 - The teams and many members of the organization board Le Marrakech, ferry of Rallye partner La COMANAV.
Departure for Tangiers. The Gazelles will be at sea for two days and two nights... plenty of time to revise navigation concepts and swap stories and information with the experienced Gazelles. They will arrive at Tangiers Med Port at noon on Monday March 21st. On the road to Meknès, they will attend a general and competition briefing before the dinner.
Meanwhile, other Organizers are already in Erfoud, coordinating the various tasks to be done in preparation for the arrival of the Gazelles: setting up the bivouac, placing the CPs for the prologue, positioning the radio relay team, installing technical systems, satellites... All of the logistics will take shape to finalise a project that began several months ago.