19e édition - du 14 au 29 mars 2009
Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles
La référence féminine depuis 1990
Budget
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The Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles is the only rally-raid with 9 days of
off-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),
- Carbon
offsetting for your vehicle’s carbon dioxide emissions for the duration
of the event, with Yann Arthus Bertrand’s Action Carbone association.
Registration fees:
14,350 Euros for 2 women – Category: 4WD, Crossover, truck.
12,850 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 internet
users.
200 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 to locate your vehicle by satellite in real time), backed up by a Sarsat distress flare.
Mechanical assistance - 31 mechanics 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 of insurance (and no, simple travel insurance does not cover damages for this type of activity).
Fuel during the event
The bivouac for the 9 days of competition, in the middle of the desert, with hot showers and toilets (25 people set up and take down the traveling bivouac: 500m² restaurant tent, 3 press tents, 2 “Gazelles Clinic” tents with beds, a relaxation tent... Because of its event-related nature, a bivouac is three times more expensive 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 beach over a delicious lunch, closing night party in the big tent on the Saturday 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 : clik here
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