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    Transorientale 2008

    Instead of this year's Dakar we now have this. Set up by Rene Metge, Transorientale 2008 will start in St.-Petersberg on June, 12 and finish in Peking on 28th. Thus, more than 10000 kilometers through Russia, Kazakhstan and China.
    In the end of February more than 300 entrants were registered, having a $10000 for entering in mind. About 120 will ride quadricycles, more than 100 - cars, as for trucks - it is still unknown. The registration is not yet over and will last till March, 31.
    I'll try to catch them when they'll pass through Moscow province, though they won't visit Moscow itself, AFAIK. At least, the route map shows they won't.
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    Sounds awesome. I think one oughtta be held in the North America going from Anchorage for Panama City.
    .....likes NASCAR

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    I thought they were running it in South America instead this year?
    "It's the only car I've ever driven that'll spin the wheels at 200 mph."
    -Mark Donohue, talking about the Penske 917/30 twin-turbo Porsche Can-Am car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sutton4481 View Post
    I thought they were running it in South America instead this year?
    Well, actually, any new rally-raid could be dropped 'instead of Dakar'.
    I meant a bit another thing South American rally lasting about 6000km was quite short and for me couldn't be a truly Dakar successor, while this one is much longer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sutton4481 View Post
    I thought they were running it in South America instead this year?
    They are, that one is actually "Dakar" this is just another long race I guess. You'd have to do a search on the forums to find the SA one, I posted about it.

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    Sooo, things are going well now... On June, 12 all the cars should arrive to Rogachevo, Moscow province where I hope to catch them.
    What is interesting is that Jean Louis Schlesser will drive Porsche Cayman S. At least, this is what the sources read. Very impatient to know what does this Cayman look like.

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    Today was a really black day for Transorientale.
    Yesterday in the morning Xu Lang, Chinese driver, suffered a very serious injury - as he tried to help the other car which got stuck. The towing cable has torn and hit Xu Lang in his head. Unfortunately, Chinese driver died today in a hospital.
    Moreover, today in the morning on a 6th rally stage an accident occured involving #42 KTM motorcycle driven by Philippe Tonin and #401 Kamaz truck. Philippe Tonin became a second victim of this bloody day.

    My deepest condolences.
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    Have you got any pictures of the new Schlesser machine?

    Did all the planned Dakar entrants enter this race?

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    Ooooh found a day one highlight
    YouTube - Transorientale : Day 1

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    Schlesser's machine turned out to be a standard Cayman.

    Jean-Louis Schlesser to follow Transorientale in a Porsche Cayman S

    The two time Dakar winner and world endurance champion will have the chore of driving a Porsche Cayman S from St. Petersburg to Beijing and the winner of the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation.



    This idea is very dear to race organiser René Metge. The relationship between Metge and Porsche is along standing affair, which took off when the Frenchman took top honours in the firm’s 959 four wheel drive car on the
    Dakar. “I would like to organise a Rally Raid for GT cars beginning in 2009. It will not be an easy task to complete but I love a challenge”, said Metge.

    Behind the wheel of the absolutely standard Porsche Cayman GT, Jean Louis Schlesser will serve two roles. First he will have to do everything it takes to make sure the car makes it to the finish line in China but he will also have to run his team with José-Luis Montverde given the job as driver.

    Schlesser’s passenger in the Cayman will be Marc Victor who won the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation award, which rewards up and coming talent from the world of cinema, photography and literature. And thus Marc Victor will get to live the Rally Raid experience in the company of one of the sport’s all-time greats.

    motorstv.com

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    And the provisional entry list looked like this (from May, 22).

    200 Eric VIGOUROUX Alexandre WINOCQ CHEVROLET TROPHY TRUCK FR Pro-system Racing
    201 Jose Luis MONTERDE Jean Marie LURQUIN SCHLESSER DSC16 ESP Team SCHLESSER
    204 Jerome PELICHET Eugenie DECRE BOWLER FR Team Pelichet
    206 Nicolas GIBON Antoine Gibon TOYOTA FR TECHNORAID
    207 Ronan CHABOT Gilles PILLOT TOYOYA FR Toys Motors sports Paru vendu
    208 Ronn BAILEY Kellon WALCH JIMCO CHEVROLET BUGGY US Ronn Bailey Motorsports
    210 Matthias KAHLE Thomas SCHUENEMANN HONDA BUGGY PROTO GER HS-Hamburger Software
    211 Etienne SMULEVICI Gilles TIXADOR BUGGY GACHE FR Team SMG
    212 Bernard ANDRIEUX Marc AIVAZIAN TOYOTA HDJ80 PROTO FR Team ANDRIEUX
    214 Maris SAUKANS Didzis ZARINS OSC OSCAR LET Riga Rally Raid Team
    215 Gerard DUBUY J-G DE FRANCE DE TERSANT NISSAN FR Sarl MD Rallye Sport
    216 Bernard ANQUETIL Philippe GODET NISSAN FR Sarl MD Rallye Sport
    217 Philippe VANDROMME Frederic VIVIER BAT BUGGY FR Motorsport Evenements
    218 Christian BARBIER Odile BARBIER MITSUBISHI FR Team Trucks rallye africa
    220 Arnaud DUBRISAY Dominique GIBON BOWLER FR TECHNORAID
    222 Patrick MARTIN Jean METZ BOWLER FR TECHNORAID
    223 Yves FROMONT Francois FROMONT BOWLER FR TECHNORAID
    225 Jean Louis JUCHAULT Xavier ROLET TOYOYA FR Toyota team
    224 Yves MORIZE Raynald PRIVE MERCEDES ML FR Team Autodistribution
    226 Herve TOSCANO Philippe BOCANDE NISSAN FR Sarl MD Rallye Sport
    227 Eric MORIN Mayeul BARBET BOWLER FR Team MORIN
    228 Dominique BAS Didier HAQUETTE MITSUBISHI FR XDUNES SUDEXPE
    229 Jean-Francois LE ROCH Shariff JOHER TOYOTA FR XDUNES SUDEXPE
    231 Alain RAYNAL Christophe FIGARET TOYOTA FR Paray Aventure
    232 Christophe GIRARD Eric SIMONIN TOYOTA FR Team Girard
    233 Jeroen BROUWERS Jan van DE BOR TOYOTA NDL Dutch Team Dakar
    234 Jerome BONFILS Pierre-Paul CHANOINE DESERT WARRIOR BUGGY FR Rally raid 34
    235 Jerome HARDY Philippe LECOMTE MITSUBISHI FR Hardy Racing Team
    236 Carlos OLIVEIRA Jean Paul FORTHOMME ZHENGZHOU OTING ANG Team DESSOUDE
    237 Jose Carlos MADALENO Jean BRUCY ZHENGZHOU OTING ANG Team DESSOUDE
    238 Zhou YONG Sylvain PONCET ZHENGZHOU OTING chine Team DESSOUDE
    239 Xu LANG Fabian LURQUIN ZHENGZHOU OTING chine Team DESSOUDE
    240 Georges LANSAC Clement LANGLOIS MERCEDES ML FR Team Lansac
    242 Niek GOVERTS Chris SOMSEN LAND ROVER DISCOVERY NDL Holland Cranes RallyTeam
    243 Vadim NESTERCHUK Yuriy KONDRATIYEV MITSUBISHI L200 UKR Optima Leasing Ukraine
    244 Michele DE NORA Lorenzo RAVIZZA NISSAN PATROL ITA Motortecnica di Calzi
    245 Stephane PINARD Samuel ANNEE KAP OUTLAW FR MORY Team
    246 Philippe GALLOIS Lionel BOCH VOLKSWAGEN BUGGY FR Team Nj Motorsport
    248 Laurent CHARBONNEL Christian BOULET TOYOTA FR Team Charbo-Kiki
    249 Rudy ROQUESALANE Vincent DECHAUD RR CONCEPT FR RRCONCEPT
    250 Bernard DUC Dominique DURAND RR CONCEPT FR RRCONCEPT
    251 Junkun MA Jun GUO MITSUBISHI chine Hongue Rally Team of China
    252 Qingxian HUA Chuannan TIAN HRT MITSUBISHI chine Hongue Rally Team of China
    253 Zhou YUANDE Yao JIANPING/Wang HAIYANG MITSUBISHI chine Sichuan Chengdu Zhouyuande
    254 Xudong HE Huijan JIANG CHANGFENG chine CHINA LIEBAO TEAM
    255 Min LIAO Bin LIU CHANGFENG chine CHINA LIEBAO TEAM
    256 Kachun YU Weiyuv XU CHANGFENG chine CHINA LIEBAO TEAM
    257 Arnould BOURGUIGNON d'HERBIGNY Amaury BOURGUIGNON d'HERBIGNY TOTOTA FR Parfums d'aventure
    258 Jean Philippe THEURIOT Patrick PROT BOWLER FR TECHNORAID
    259 Jean Pierre TOURNIER Samuel GOETGHEBEUR TOYOTA FR Haute Savoie Aventures
    260 Patrick ROBERT Michel MATHEZ TOYOTA120 FR Aventure 25
    261 Alain LEPLAT Pierre DOMICENT BOWLER FR ID Rallye

    Assistance - Transorientale 2008

    500 Jean Francois VIGOUROUX Jeremy WITT Roland FRANCONVILLE NISSAN PRO SYSTEM RACING
    501 Angelo CASCINO Sandro DI PIERI DAIMLER PRORACE
    502 Hedi BEN ATTIA Eric EL KHEZAMI TOYOTA PARAY AVENTURE
    503 Vladimir TABAKA Rastislav KATRIOAK Frantisek MIEKO NISSAN ENVIRON TEAM
    504 Philippe HEYNDEREYCX Hans FORTUIN John VAN RATINGEN TOYOTA TECHWORK-EUROTECH RACING
    505 Johnny HAKVOORT Paul HEINEN Olaf KREISS FORD HS-HAMBURGER SOFTWARE
    506 Emilio BOSSER Joaquin TRYOL Antonio HERRERO AUBANELL TOYOTA RUMBOZERO
    507 Benjamin COUPECHOUX Dominique CADEI Henri Jean WILSON TECHNORAID
    508 Heike LABINSKY Thorsten KAISER ROAD STAR
    509 Norbert Leicheter MITSUBISHI TEAM NJ MOTORSPORT
    510 Maryse MOREL David ANGER Cedric BRAGA NISSAN MD RALLYE SPORT
    511 Semen YAKOUBOV Vasily KVACHEV Eugeny SKRYLEV KAMAZ TEAM
    512 Guy van Der SYPT Pierre DE FRENNE MITSUBISHI DE ROOY 2008
    514 Xuejun HU Nan LIU Xianfeng LIU TEAM DESSOUDE
    515 Andre DESSOUDE Geraldine DESHAYES Michel TARGEZ NISSAN TEAM DESSOUDE
    516 Jean Louis SCHLESSER Arnaud MOUNIER TEAM SCHLESSER
    517 Ling LIU Jing YOU Changfend CHINA LIEBAO TEAM
    518 Guang Long RU Gang Xian Changfend CHINA LIEBAO TEAM
    519 Jiyu WANG Yuenhoi CHAN Changfend CHINA LIEBAO TEAM
    520 Gang DAI Yi SU Yunkun ZHENG CHEVROLET HONGUE RALLY TEAM OF CHINA
    600 Gilles LEGUAY Bernard PERRAULT Julien GOUREAU PRO SYSTEM RACING
    602 Yves TARTARIN Jacques PLUCHON Stephane LAGRANGE AUTODISTRIBUTION
    603 Jean Paul DESBOEUF Remy MARSOLAT Dominique RICHARD TEAM LUR o DAKAR
    604 Linley SULLIVAN -PAVEY Bernie WRIGHT Herbert SCHEK TEAM PAVEY
    605 Andreas RENNER Martin BRANDL KRT RACING
    606 Michel CHARAT Marc DUFLAUT Radim PUSTEJOVSKI XDUNES SUDEXPE
    607 Christian BEILLES Michael NAUDET Alain HOPPE XDUNES SUDEXPE
    608 Olivier RICHARD Pierre HERBERT MOTORSPORTS EVENEMENTS
    609 Pascal BEUROIS Jean Louis RAIMONDI HARDY RACING TEAM
    610 Ed WIGMAN Gerardus VAN DEN BERG Martin ROESINK DUTCH TEAM DAKAR
    611 Guy MANIVELAZ Michel TICHET CHARBO-KIKI
    612 BOIS Olivier Xavier THIBAULT PELICHET
    614 DUIZENDSTRA Frits Frank FAERBER Louis BORGELINK HS-HAMBURGER SOFTWARE
    615 BRIEDIS Gunars Kaspar OZOLINS Haralds ULMIS RIGA RALLY RAID TEAM
    616 LAUBEAU stephane Christian PANTALACCI TEAM TRUCKS RALLYE AFRICA
    617 DELIMBEUF FRANCIS Jerome BROEKS ylvain LOHOU TEAM SCHLESSER
    619 DUBOIS Frederic Eric DUTHEIL Alain PRUVOST TECHNORAID
    620 CALZI Stefano Luigi Antonio VANNI Pascal ROSOLEN MOTORTECNICA DI CALZI STEFANO
    621 HAHLE Martin Hakan HAMMARSTEDT Sten Ake LIEN TEAM SCANDINAVIA
    622 GAMBILLON Emmanuel Michel GAMBILLON Jean Paul VINCENDEAU MD RALLYE SPORT
    623 ANTHONY Gerad [email protected]
    625 SHAFFNER Fabien Denis SENET Thierry HENRIOT TOYS MOTORS SPORT
    626 Nail BAGAVETDINOV Rafail ILYASOV Igor DEVYATKIN KAMAZ TEAM
    627 Sergey RESHETNIKOV Akhmet AKBERDIN Idar SHAYSULTANOV KAMAZ TEAM
    628 Foat BIGASHEV Mikhail MYASOEDOV Vladimir MIKHAYLOVSKIY KAMAZ TEAM
    629 Fred van PUTTEN Bert Jan RICHTERS Rob LOEFFEN MAN FACTORY
    630 Peter OCKER Robert WALMANN Alexander SCHMUCK MAN FACTORY
    631 Edwin van DOOREN Frank DEENEN Jan van DE LAAR MAN FACTORY
    632 Toine van OORSCHOT Marcel van MELIS DE ROOY 2008
    633 Mickael ANNEE Hubert CHEDALEUX Genevieve HESPEL MORY TEAM
    634 Damien FARGEAS Pascal LAFARGE Bret Robert LEEF RONN BAILEY MOTORSPORT
    635 Aleksandre BOICHENKO Volodymyr GRISHCHENKO Anatoly MAYSTRENKO OPTIMA LEASING
    637 Jerome LAMOUREUX Dominique SEGUIN Eric SCHWILDEN TEAM DESSOUDE
    638 Gerard ROBIOLLE Ludovic BARBOT Jerome BUSCHMANN TEAM DESSOUDE
    639 Donald KUIJS Eric van GEMERT Bert van DE EIJNDE HANS BEKS TEAMSPORT
    640 Paul AUBER Didier LELONG SMG/GACHE
    641 Hendricus VERCOELEN Liudmila GUBINA Otto DOLSTRA HOLLAND CRANES RALLYTEAM
    643 Chris COLAERS Dick SPRUIJT Clim SMULDERS DE ROOY 2008
    642 Harry SCHUURMANS Paul WILLEMS Willem OOMS MAN FACTORY
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