Evia Rally Raid 2012 - Greece

[michael1968]

Originally Posted by RuckedUp

Nice! Any more pics of this one?

Thanks for the pics.

[Gian]

Thanks to my friend from Greece, Emmanouil, a couple of photos from today's prologue






yesterday at the paddock, photo courtesy from Giovanni Uliana


and my friends who are in the race, Giampietro Dal ben, Massimo Storti and Giovanni Uliana


any result available for the prologue?

[Brodovitch]

Just got back from the briefing for tomorrow,
I will try and post results early tomorrow morning,
The prologue overall was won by an Italian on a wr450, my class
(m2- 450 to 600) was won by Ugo Filosa on a husky 511,
I got fifth...

Tomorrow the real racing starts, I thought today was a bit silly,
just two runs of 5kms straight down a beach, it was a bit of a drag
race with no navigation (or even turns) ha ha

[Deadly99]

Give her heck Angelo

[Gian]

Prologue results (thanks to Disodbediente!)

http://www.eviarally.com/prologue.pdf

[RuckedUp]

Found a few shots in the drop box this morning. I'm sure glad I signed up for the photo service I don't see much time for taking pics along the way.

I have a 0854 start and I'm looking forward to the ride and naving with a RB. This will be my first attempt. Some friendly Austrians gave me tips for the RB install last night. Also thanks to Brodovitch for all the help yesterday with marking said RB.

[Brodovitch]

a quick pic before I'm off to load the roadbook and start the first Liaison in an hour...

[Gian]

Originally Posted by michael1968

Nice! Any more pics of this one?

Thanks for the pics.

[GZPainter]

Bring some more pictures...
I really like this Rally...



The message on the car is as we call it in Greece... "all the money!!!!"

Originally Posted by Brodovitch

[Brodovitch]

Today was brutal. Only 280kms but lots and lots of loose fist sized rocks, many people dnfed,
no results yet but I have a feeling my day went well, no crashes and no errors, managed to pass about 15 bikes,
was 9th bike to roll into finish

This rally is finally starting to feel like one,
heading to riders briefing now, hope to be able to upload
some pics later on

[Deadly99]

[Brodovitch]

At breakfast now, a few pics from yesterday







today is longer but supposedly easier, faster terrain. Yesterday was probably the nastiest special (the 2nd one) in terms of terrain I have ever ridden. At some point I counted 40kms of non-stop, downhill, winding stones and loose rocks. One guy on a 990 shredded a brand new michelin Desert front

off to the bivvy to find out starting time, results came out very late last night as most riders got penalties by not understanding the concept of a target time in the liaison, they would rush in without looking at the time

more tonight hopefully

[Brodovitch]

Day 2 results here

I take off in less than an hour

[Brodovitch]

I'm out. Broken gear box just 1km into the first special test after a 70km liaison,
I nursed the bike back to the bivvy in 3rd gear, inmate ruckedup is also out after
an exhausting 12 hours in the saddle yesterday (plus a flat), I am going to stick
around and provide support for my pals, but feeling very grumpy,
I guess I got too stoked from my result yesterday and forgot how rallies
have a tendency of jumping up and biting you in the ass at any given moment



Organization wise, there were some minor problems with a few competitors results, but other than that
the race is awesome, my bad luck only strengthens my resolve to give it a go next year again

[Balkan Boy]

That's a shame. How many kilometers on your bike?
On the bright side, you're going to have a lot more time for pictures.