The 2024 Africa Eco Race was the 15th edition of the rally raid in North Africa travelling through Morocco, Mauritania, and finishing in Senegal after departing initially from Monaco and travelling by boat from France.
The 15th Edition was originally scheduled to run in March 2023 but in January 2023 the organization announced its cancellation due to major flooding in Senegal. The new start date for the 15th Edition was announced as a "return to its historical dates, and will start on December 30th 2023 to finish on the shores of the Lac Rose on January 14th 2024".
Entry list 72 vehicles lined up at the start of the event which included 47 motorcycles (1 quad) and 25 cars, SSVs, and trucks.
55 vehicles finished the event with 33 motorcycles and 22 cars, SSVs, and trucks.
Competitor list
No. Driver Make Type Team CategoryClass103 Alessandro BotturiYamahaTénéré 700Yamaha Tenere World Raid Team650m105 Juan Garcia PedreroHarley-DavidsonPan America 1250Harley Davidson1000m107 Stefano ChiussiHusqvarnaFE 501Offroad Crew +450111 Jacopo CeruttiApriliaTuareg 660 RallyAprilia Racing Gcorse650m113 Pol TarrésYamahaTénéré 700Yamaha Tenere World Raid Team650m114 Alessandro RuosoYamahaTénéré 700Twinsbike Racing Team650m115 Angelo TazzariYamahaTénéré 700Twinsbike Racing Team650m119 Pietro Peila Ugo DomenicoKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaOffroad Crew -450120 Nicolas BottuKTMEXC-F 450United We Trace -450122 Francesco MontanariApriliaTuareg 660 RallyAprilia Racing Gcorse650m123 Robert Van OlstHusqvarnaFE 450Wood Bv -450124 Nicolas CharlierYamahaTénéré 700Yamaha Tenere World Raid Team650m125 Guillaume BorneHusqvarnaFR 450 Rally ReplicaCasteu Trophy -450127 Giovanni StiglianoHusqvarnaFE 501Jbrally Asd +450128 Nicola QuintoHusqvarnaFR 450 Rally ReplicaJacque De Molay Team Solarys -450131 Alexandre VaudanKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaCasteu Trophy -450133 Andrea GavaBeta430 RRNsm Racing Team +450134 Thierry CostardKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaLdz56 -450135 Bruno ArcuriHondaCRF 450Orobica Raid -450136 Attilio FertKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaFrance Road Book -450137 Nicola DuttoKTMEXC-F 500Offroad Crew +450138 Julian Garcia VillaRRubiaKTMEXC-F 500Offroad Crew +450139 Ruben Goni SaldanaKTMEXC-F 500Offroad Crew +450140 Antoine DetourbetHusqvarnaFE 450Antoine Detourbet -450141 Alessandro RigoniHusqvarnaFR 450 Rally ReplicaSolarys Racing -450142 Francesco TognatoHusqvarnaFR 450 Rally ReplicaOffroad Crew / Team Ice -450143 Kevin DurandHondaCRF 450 RxRs Moto -450144 Marco Aurelio FontanaHondaCRFHonda Genuine Oil -450145 Nuno SilvaKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaOld Friends Rally Team -450146 Jan Hendrik ErbachKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaSolarys Racing -450148 Patrice CarillonKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaSarl Hotel Des Sources -450157 Vanessa RuckKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaThe Girl On A Bike -450Female163 Paolo CaprioniDucatiDesert XTeam Kapriony650m165 Rafael Gomez CuestaKTMEXC-F 450Offroad Crew -450171 Massimiliano GuerriniHusqvarnaHusqvarna FE 450Solarys Racing -450174 Francesco MuratoriBetaRR450Nsm Racing Team -450177 Ai TanakaHusqvarnaFE 501Ai78 +450178 Gunter SchmutzKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaMale Moto -450179 Pierpaolo VivaldiKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaTwinsbike Racing Team -450181 Marco MenichiniHusqvarnaFR 450 Rally ReplicaSolarys Racing -450185 Joachim HellstenKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaA4pluss -450186 Richard SkarpaasKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaA4pluss -450190 Francesco PuocciKTM450 Rally Factory ReplicaTeam PuocciOP193 Giovanni GrittiHondaCRFRsmoto Racing Team Honda Oil -450195 Timothy BradshawHusqvarnaFR 450 Rally ReplicaMoto Joe #BecauseicanOP196 Amine EchiguerKTMEXC-F 450Echiguer Amine -450199 Laurent HellemansYamahaRaptorHellauQ
No. Driver Co-driver Make Type Team Group Class200 Varga Imre Jozsef TomaToyotaHiluxVarga Racing TeamT11.1204 Bernard Andrieux Jean-Pierre ArmandetNissanBuggyTTPOP205 Stefano Rossi Jacopo CasiniNissanPatrol Y61Rossi 4x4 AsdEXP206 Willem Alexander Taale Servaas Van HerkToyotaRav4Wuta RallysportOP207 Teun Stam Rene BargemanToyotaRally CruiserSchijf RallyT11.2208 Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko RoquetSuzukiJimny JB64Equipe SugawaraOP209 Eric Coquide Gregoire CoquideNissanProto AtacamaRenault Trucks Rallye RaidOP210 Pascal Feryn Kurt KeysersToyotaHiluxFeryn Dakar TeamT11.1220 Koen Wauters Kris SteenToyotaHiluxFeryn Dakar TeamT11.1250 Eric Schiano Camille PourchierPolarisPro RHarmat'team RacingSSVS.2252 Rui Oliveira Bernardo OliveiraBRPMaverick XRSOld Friends Rally TeamT33.1253 Heatcliff Zingraf Gregory RevestCan-AmX3Casteu TrophyT4254 Frederic Henricy Eric BerseyPolarisRzr Turbo RAT4RSSVS.3255 Philippe Champigne Bruno RobinCan-AmMaverick XRSTeam Aventure 79SSVS.3256 Carlos Vento Carlos Ruiz MorenoCan-AmMaverick XRSOld Friends Rally TeamT4257 Ricardo Sousa Jorge BrandaoCan-AmMaverick X3Old Friends Rally TeamT33.1259 Souad Mouktadiri Frederic Villers D'arbouetCan-AmMaverick X3SouadT4260 Gautier Paulin Remi BoulangerApacheApacheT33.U261 Pierre-Louis Loubet Francois BorsottoApacheApacheT33.U
No. Driver Co-driver Technician Make Type Team Group Class400 Tomáš TomečekTatraT815 2T0R45Promet Czechoslovak Group TeamT55.1401 Aad Van Velsen Michel Van Velsen Marco SiemonsScaniaP 380 Lb 4x4 HnaVan Velsen Rally SportT55.1403 Cedric Feryn Bjorn Burgelman Tom De LeeuwGINAFM2223Feryn Dakar TeamT55.1409 Franck Coquide Jean-Francois Delaval Daniel PenkallaRenaultK520Renault Trucks Rallye RaidT55.1433 Antonio Cabini Carlo Cabini Raffaella CabiniMercedes-BenzUnimog 400Orobica RaidT55.2435 Verzeletti Giulio Giuseppe FortunaMercedes-BenzUnimog 400Orobica RaidT55.2
Stages StageDateStartFinishConnectionSpecialConnectionTotalCheck In29 December Menton Monaco - - - - - - -Technical Check30 December Monaco Monaco - - - - - - -Boat Boarding31 December Monaco Sète - - - - - - -Boat Travel1 January Sète Nador - - - - - - - 1 2 January Nador Boudnib 185 173.56 238 596.56 Jacopo Cerutti Carlos Vento Tomáš Tomeček 2 3 January Boudnib M'Hamid 424.9 382.72 30.96 838.58 Jacopo Cerutti Pierre-Louis Loubet Aad Van Velsen 3 4 January M'Hamid Assa (Oued Draa) 5 462.70 55.18 522.88 Alessandro Botturi Gautier Paulin Tomáš Tomeček 4 5 January Assa (Oued Draa) Port Chacal 0 467.36 5.05 472.41 Jacopo Cerutti Gautier Paulin Aad Van Velsen 5 6 January Port Chacal Dakhla 20.55 404.06 167.99 592.6 Alessandro Botturi Koen Wauters Tomáš Tomeček Rest7 JanuaryRest day in Dakhla 6 8 January Dakhla Chami 429.15 204.62 0 633.77 Pol Tarrés Pierre-Louis Loubet Aad Van Velsen 7 9 January Chami Chami 20.02 453.12 0 473.14 Alessandro Botturi Pierre-Louis Loubet Tomáš Tomeček 8 10 January Chami Amodjar 20.02 390.01 68.42 478.45 Pol Tarrés Ricardo Sousa Aad Van Velsen 9 11 January Amodjar Amodjar 36.16 363.32 67.04 466.52 Jacopo Cerutti Pierre-Louis Loubet Tomáš Tomeček 10 12 January Amodjar Akjoujt 0 387.88 25.33 413.21 Alessandro Botturi Gautier Paulin Aad Van Velsen 11 13 January Akjoujt Saint-Louis 13.87 247.61 255.96 517.44 Pol Tarrés Pascal Feryn Aad Van Velsen 12 14 January Saint-Louis Dakar 240.49 22.91 48.15 311.55 Nicola Dutto Pascal Feryn Tomáš TomečekTotals3959.876317.11
Summary Bikes
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Classic
Stage results Bike Stage result General classification Stage Pos CompetitorMakeClassTimeGap Pos CompetitorMakeClassTimeGap1 1 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia +70001:54:091 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia +70001:54:092 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70001:55:56 00:01:472 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70001:55:56 00:01:473 Pol TarrésYamaha +70001:55:59 00:01:503 Pol TarrésYamaha +70001:55:59 00:01:5021 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70004:11:501 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70006:06:092 Pol TarrésYamaha +70004:19:13 00:07:232 Pol TarrésYamaha +70006:15:22 00:09:133 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70004:20:20 00:08:303 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70006:16:16 00:10:0731 Alessandro BotturiYamaha+70005:37:231 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70011:47:192 Pol TarrésYamaha +70005:38:52 00:01:292 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70011:53:39 00:06:203 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia +70005:41:10 00:03:473 Pol TarrésYamaha +70011:54:14 00:06:5541 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70005:00:401 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70016:49:092 Pol TarrésYamaha +70005:00:402 Pol TarrésYamaha +70016:54:54 00:05:453 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70005:02:42 00:02:023 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70016:56:21 00:07:1251 Alessandro BotturiYamaha+70003:31:531 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70020:25:592 Pol TarrésYamaha +70003:34:10 00:02:172 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70020:28:14 00:02:153 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia +70003:36:50 00:04:573 Pol TarrésYamaha +70020:29:04 00:03:0561 Pol TarrésYamaha+70001:51:531 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70022:18:492 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia +70001:52:50 00:00:572 Pol TarrésYamaha +70022:20:57 00:02:083 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70001:53:35 00:01:423 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70022:21:49 00:03:0071 Alessandro BotturiYamaha+70004:35:201 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70026:56:092 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia +70004:37:20 00:02:002 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70026:57:09 00:01:003 Francesco MontanariAprilia +70004:51:19 00:15:593 Pol TarrésYamaha +70027:24:19 00:28:1081 Pol TarrésYamaha+70004:12:501 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70031:14:472 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia +70004:18:38 00:05:482 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70031:17:50 00:03:033 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70004:20:41 00:07:513 Pol TarrésYamaha +70031:37:09 00:22:2291 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+7004:27:141 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70011:42:012 Pol TarrésYamaha +7004:29:19 00:02:052 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70011:49:05 00:07:043 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +7004:31:15 00:04:013 Pol TarrésYamaha +70012:06:28 00:24:27101 Alessandro BotturiYamaha+7001:43:451 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70013:28:122 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia +7001:46:11 00:02:262 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70013:32:50 00:04:383 Attilio FertKTM -4501:53:39 00:09:543 Pol TarrésYamaha +70014:02:43 00:34:31111 Pol TarrésYamaha+7002:15:151 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70015:52:492 Attilio FertKTM -4502:23:18 00:08:032 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70015:59:27 00:06:383 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia +7002:24:37 00:09:223 Pol TarrésYamaha +70016:17:58 00:25:09121 Nicola DuttoKTM+4500:16:091 Jacopo CeruttiAprilia+70015:52:492 Julian Villarrubia GarciaKTM +4500:16:13 00:00:042 Alessandro BotturiYamaha +70015:59:27 00:06:383 Ruben Saldana GoniKTM +4500:16:13 00:00:043 Pol TarrésYamaha +70016:17:58 00:25:09
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