Presentation of the Turkmen rally "Amul-Hazar" was held in Moscow
Numerous profile specialists and representatives of the press participated in the presentation of the rally "Amul-Hazar", which took place on May 16th at the International Trade Center of the Russian capital.
The head of the international rally project "Africa Eco Reis", the legendary French racer Jean-Louis Schlesser announced to the audience the new race "Amul-Hazar" (international classification - "Turkmen Desert Race"), which will be held this autumn in Turkmenistan with the organizational support of the French side.
The Turkmen delegation, who arrived for the presentation, included officials of the ministries and departments of Turkmenistan responsible for conducting a large-scale international competition. The separate hall of the complex of the World Trade Center carried an exposition telling about the peculiarities of the new rally route, included this year in the calendar of the world's major motor sport events.
The international rally "Amul-Hazar" is a large-scale sports project initiated by President Berdimuhamedov personally. The race will be held along a complex route through the Karakum Desert and other regions of the country. The finish of the competition will take place on the shore of the Caspian Sea.
The sports program of the new international rally "Turkmen Desert Race" includes two days of checks - September 9th and 10th, and five full stages of the race - from 11th to 15th September from Amul-Turkmenabat to Hazar-Caspian Sea through the sands of the largest and hottest desert in Central Asia .
Laying and approval of the route will be completed in June, after which the route of the forthcoming race will be officially promulgated. 1500 km of the race route and serious sand dunes will reveal the strongest in sports battles, and the "Turkmen Desert Race" caravan will everywhere have an escort of local residents and foreign visitors, jigits on Ahalteke horses, helicopters and airplanes. The participants also await the exquisite Turkmen dishes: shurpa, manti, shish kebab from fish and lamb, black caviar, olives and a refreshing chal from camel milk ...
Beginning of acceptance of applications for participation in the races "Amul-Hazar" is May 30th, 2018.
Test categories: SSV, SUVs, trucks. Entry fee: 2500 Euro, including transportation, fuel, visa.
As for the whole sports organization, these powers are transferred to the team of the organizers of the marathon "Africa Eco Reis" under the leadership of Jean-Louis Schlesser. His team received a contract for three years to organize a "turn-key" race.
The project "Turkmen Desert Race" was also presented to the commission of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for rally-raids, which considers its inclusion in the world series of status races.
The Moscow presentation was attended by journalists from dozens of well-known print, television and Internet media, including Forbes, Peace and Politics, Russian News, My Planet, Echo of Moscow, Eurosport, Olympic panorama, "Championship.com ", etc.
From the experience of the past: in 1992 four stages of the supermarathon "Paris Moscow Beijing - The West-East raid" ("Paris-Moscow-Beijing") passed through the territory of Turkmenistan. Then the first bivouac stretched in Nebit-Dag (now Balkanabat). Then, through the sands of the Karakum desert, the course was taken to Darvaza, known for the gas crater "Gates of Hell." And the final 686-kilometer section led the participants to Uzbekistan. The route of the supermarathon was laid by the French specialist René Metge, who is currently the sports director of the marathon "Africa Eco Reis".
The next time an off-road marathon already called "Master rally" was in the sands of Turkmenistan in 1997. Rene Metge again laid out his route. The caravan-rally arrived to Turkmenbashi from Venice. Then there was a 60-kilometer prologue called Last Flight, the 628-kilometer stage of The Revived Sea, 662 kilometers to Darwaza and The Oxus to Turkmenabat (ancient Amul).
In 2009, the country hosted the participants of the international Silk Way rally, the stage of the prestigious ASO series "Dakar Serie", which started in the Russian capital - Moscow and, passing through the territory of Kazakhstan, finished in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan.
It is significant that 2018 marks the 85th anniversary of the Kara-Kum race, the first motor race of the Soviet Union, in the geography of which there was also a start in Moscow, and then - the Karakum desert, the Amul and the Caspian - Hazar.
