2025 Africa Eco Race

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Host country Monaco,  Morocco,  Mauritania and  Senegal
Dates run28 December 202412 January 2025
Start Monaco
FinishSenegal Dakar
2025 Africa Eco Race
Part of the Africa Eco Race
 Previous eventNext event 
Host country Monaco,  Morocco,  Mauritania and  Senegal
Dates run28 December 202412 January 2025
Start Monaco
FinishSenegal Dakar
Stages11 (3,564 km; 2,215 mi)
Stage surfaceGravel, sand
Overall distance5,979 km (3,715 mi)
Results
Moto winnerItaly Jacopo Cerutti
Aprilia
Autos winnerFrance Benoit Fretin
France Cedric Duple
Century
Historic winnerBelgiumÉric Claeys
Belgium Tom Claeys
Toyota
Crews89 at start, 69 at finish

The 2025 Africa Eco Race is the 16th edition of the rally raid in North Africa. Departing from Monaco on 28 December 2024 it travelled through Morocco, Mauritania, and finished in Senegal after travelling by boat from France.[1]

Stage 7 was neutralized after the 241 km refuel point because the organization's plane had a technical fault and crashed into a fuel truck while it was refuelling Andrea Perfetti's bike. Perfetti was seriously injured, airlifted to hospital, and suffered a concussion.[2]

Stage 9 was cancelled due to a sandstorm from the night of Wednesday 8th through Thursday 9th. The starting location was moved 50 km from the original location, but it was decided it is still too high risk.[3] Race director Manfred Kroiss stated the safety concerns including the competitors not being able to be rested enough, and low visibility. The Historic and Raid categories continued with a shortened stage due to their lower speeds and lower risks.[4]

Stage 12 is a ceremonial special stage to celebrate reaching Lac Rose and, while timed, does not add any time to the general classification.[5]

Entry list

89 vehicles lined up at the start of the race event which include 78 motorcycles (1 quad) and 11 SSVs, cars, and trucks. These were accompanied by 9 cars and 1 truck in the historic category.[6][7]

69 vehicles finished the event, including 60 motorcycles, 4 cars, 3 SSVs, and 2 trucks. 8 historic vehicles finished the event.


Stages

Stage[8] Date Start Finish Connection (km) Special (km) Connection (km) Total (km)
Technical Check 27 December Italy Bordigheria Italy Camporosso - - - -
Start Ceremony 28 December Monaco Monaco France Menton - - - -
Boat Boarding 29 December France Menton - - - - -
Boat Disembark 31 December - Morocco Tangier - - - -
1 31 December Morocco Tangier Morocco Tarda 708 47 755
2 1 January Morocco Tarda Morocco Tagounite 19 320 19 358
3 2 January Morocco Tagounite Morocco Touizgui 15 452 79 546
4 3 January Morocco Touizgui Morocco Laayoune 92 485 14 591
5 4 January Morocco Laayoune Morocco Dakhla 74 431 124 629
Rest 5 January Rest day in Morocco Dakhla
6 6 January Morocco Dakhla Mauritania Benichab 368 172 137 677
7 7 January Mauritania Benichab Mauritania Amodjar 7 392 69 468
8 8 January Mauritania Amodjar Mauritania Amodjar 0 351 5 356
9 9 January Mauritania Amodjar Mauritania Amodjar 0 401 48 449
10 10 January Mauritania Amodjar Mauritania Nouakchott 54 409 11 474
11 11 January Mauritania Nouakchott Senegal Mpal 317 82 8 407
12 12 January Senegal Mpal Senegal Dakar 203 22 44 269
Totals 3564 5979

Stage winners

Stage Bikes Cars SSV (T4) Trucks Historics
Stage 1 Italy Jacopo Cerutti Poland Magdalena Zajac France Pierre Lafay Netherlands William Van Groningen Belgium Éric Claeys
Stage 2 Italy Alessandro Botturi France Benoit Fretin France Pierre Lafay Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Belgium Éric Claeys
Stage 3 Italy Jacopo Cerutti France Benoit Fretin France Pierre Lafay Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Belgium Éric Claeys
Stage 4 Italy Jacopo Cerutti France Benoit Fretin France Pierre Lafay Netherlands William Van Groningen Belgium Éric Claeys
Stage 5 Belgium Nicolas Charlier Czech Republic Tomas Ourednicek Netherlands Martijn Van Den Broek Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Belgium Éric Claeys
Stage 6 Italy Alessandro Botturi France Benoit Fretin Netherlands Martijn Van Den Broek Netherlands William Van Groningen Belgium Kurt Dujardyn
Stage 7 Italy Jacopo Cerutti France Benoit Fretin France Pierre Lafay Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Belgium Éric Claeys
Stage 8 Italy Francesco Montanari France Benoit Fretin Netherlands Martijn Van Den Broek Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Belgium Éric Claeys
Stage 9 Stage cancelled Stage cancelled Stage cancelled Stage cancelled Belgium Kurt Dujardyn
Stage 10 Italy Jacopo Cerutti France Benoit Fretin France Pierre Lafay Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Belgium Éric Claeys
Stage 11 Italy Jacopo Cerutti France Benoit Fretin France Pierre Lafay Netherlands William Van Groningen Belgium Éric Claeys
Stage 12 Italy Alessandro Botturi Poland Magdalena Zajac France Pierre Lafay Netherlands William Van Groningen No stage
Rally Winners Italy Jacopo Cerutti France Benoit Fretin France Pierre Lafay Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Belgium Éric Claeys

Stage results

Final Standings

References

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