19e édition - du 14 au 29 mars 2009
Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles
La référence féminine depuis 1990
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The Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles is the only rally-raid with 9 days ofoff-road competition, whose registration fees include the following:
- Registration for the pilot, co-pilot and vehicle,
- Fuel during the event,
- Complete board,
- Mechanical assistance (in general, proper mechanical support costs about 7,000 Euros for an 8-day rally),
- Carbonoffsetting for your vehicle’s carbon dioxide emissions for the durationof the event, with Yann Arthus Bertrand’s Action Carbone association.
Registration fees:
14,550 Euros for 2 women – Category: 4WD, Crossover, truck.
13,050 Euros for 2 women – Category: buggy, quad, motorbike (a reduction of 1,500 Euros).
Registration fees include:
The 15-day event including 9 days of actual competition in Morocco, completely OFF-ROAD.
Sporting management:
- Study and development of the course each year – a team of 10 spends 3 weeks designing the course in Morocco.
- Provision of 1:100,000 scale topographic maps.
- During the event, daily calculation and posting of the rankings.Ranking software is used; rankings are put on-line rapidly for internetusers.
260 organisers “on location” look after you during the event, and 9 full-time organisers prepare the event throughout the year.
A security system,with 24 hour a day surveillance using an Iritrack system (able tolocate your vehicle by satellite in real time), backed up by a Sarsatdistress flare.
Mechanical assistance - 31mechanics check and repair your vehicle day and night.
Medical assistance (5 doctors, 2 nurses, 1 osteopath, a medical helicopter… a real “Gazelles Clinic”, providing care and a friendly ear…).
Sporting event liability insurance for event organisers. All motor sport events are required by law to take out this type ofinsurance (and no, simple travel insurance does not cover damages forthis type of activity),
The repatriation insurance during the event for both participants
Fuel during the event
The bivouac for the 9 days of competition,in the middle of the desert, with hot showers and toilets (25 peopleset up and take down the traveling bivouac: 500m² restaurant tent, 3press tents, 2 “Gazelles Clinic” tents with beds, a relaxation tent...Because of its event-related nature, a bivouac is three times moreexpensive than a hotel).
Complete board (traditional Moroccan meals, tea, coffee, Moroccan pastries served in a Berber tent).
Water.
The technical and administrative verifications weekend (including hotel and meals).
The prize giving celebrations at the official finish in Essaouira, Morocco: luxury hotel accommodation, meals, prize giving ceremony on the beachover a delicious lunch, closing night party in the big tent on theSaturday night.
The possibility of locating and following each team in real time on a map, accessible on the Rallye’s website (www.rallyeaichadesgazelles.com).
A webcam is set up at the bivouac to transmit live images over the internet.
7 professional photographers drive all over the desert to obtain quality photos of your team.
12 people produce video footage and put together a film for the “Gazelles”...
18 press vehicles for the 100 journalists on location...
Telephone booths in the middle of the desert, with a reasonable rate.
Free email service every evening: receive printouts of the messages you receive from your friends and sponsors, and send messages yourself.
A Team Sheet on the website including a list of sponsors for each team.
Carbon offsetting for your vehicle’s carbon dioxide emissions for the duration of the event, (from departure from Sète, France to arrival in Sète, France) with Yann Arthus Bertrand’s Action Carbone association.
A "multipocket" vest created exclusively for the Rallye by MARITHE et FRANCOIS GIRBAUD.
No unpleasant surprises during the event – the financial conditions are clearly defined from the outset. There are no extra charges.
The registration fees do not include:
The vehicle and vehicle insurance (vehicle rental with unlimited mileage and insurance (jack and pump included) – about 6,000 Euros),
Transportation of competitors and vehicles to and from the event: ferry (about 1,100 Euros); fuel (from your town of departure to Sète and back, plus for travel within Morocco (Tangiers to Erfoud and Essaouira to Tangiers), about 300 Euros); tolls...,
Rental of security system equipment (Sarsat flare and tracking system – about 1,100 Euros tax included),
Compulsory safety equipment (helmet, tents, sleeping bags… about 600 Euros),
Navigation tools (about 70 Euros),
Compulsory navigation training session for new Gazelles (400 Euros for 2 persons including hotel and meals),
4WD driving training in France (about 600 Euros for 2 days for 2 persons).
The total budget per team (2 persons) is about 24,000 Euros.
To download the list what is includes with the Rallye Registration fees : click here
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