2026 Africa Eco Race

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Host country Morocco,  Mauritania and  Senegal
Dates run25 January 20267 February 2026
Start Morocco
FinishSenegal Dakar
2026 Africa Eco Race
Part of the Africa Eco Race
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Host country Morocco,  Mauritania and  Senegal
Dates run25 January 20267 February 2026
Start Morocco
FinishSenegal Dakar
Stages12
Stage surfaceGravel, sand
Results
Bike winnerGermany Kevin Gallas
Yamaha
SSV winnerNetherlands Martijn Van Den Broek
Netherlands Mike Daas
Can-Am
Car winnerFrance David Gerard
France Pascal Delacour
MD Optimus
Truck winnerNetherlands Gerrit Zuurmond
Netherlands Tjeerd Van Ballegooij
Netherlands Klaas Kwakkel
MAN
Historic winnerArgentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Ezequiel Perez Companc
Toyota
Crews172 at start, 124 at finish

The 2026 Africa Eco Race was the 17th edition of the rally raid in North Africa. Departing from Tangier on 25 January 2026 it travelled through Morocco, Mauritania, and finished in Senegal. This is the first event that started the race on the African continent rather than Europe.[1]

Due to unfortunate weather conditions the event started with difficulties. The crossing from Marseille to Tangier was affected because of rough seas, the beach Prologue was cancelled due to rain, and Stage 1 had to be cancelled because of heavy snowfall resulting in a diversion liaison of nearly 1,000 km.[2]

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

The bike category was won by a margin of only 41 seconds by rookie Kevin Gallas in only his third ever rally raid.[3] Gerrit Zuurmond retained his title with a second consecutive win in the trucks.

This event welcomed two octogenarians. Noël Essers (82), a three-time podium finisher in the event, made a return in the trucks after a six year hiatus[4] and Yoshimasa Sugawara (84) returned in a race category after being in the raid category the previous year.

Entry list

Stages

Stage winners

Stage Bikes SSV (T4) Cars Trucks Historics
Stage 1 Stage Cancelled
Stage 2 Italy Alessandro Botturi France Pierre Lafay Belgium Nicolas Delencre Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Stage 3 San Marino Thomas Marini France Pierre Lafay Belgium Pol Van Pollaert Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Belgium Drik Van Rompuy
Stage 4 Italy Jacopo Cerutti Netherlands Sander Derikx Belgium Nicolas Delencre Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Stage 5 Germany Kevin Gallas France Pierre Lafay France Guy Housset Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Germany Dr. Erik Brandenburg
Stage 6 France Paulin Gautier France Pierre Lafay Belgium Christian Femont Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Germany Dr. Erik Brandenburg
Stage 7 Germany Kevin Gallas France Pierre Lafay Belgium Pol Van Pollaert Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond
Stage 8 France Paulin Gautier Slovakia Martin Benko Belgium Christian Femont France Franck Coquide
Stage 9 France Jean-Loup Lepan Netherlands Martijn Van Den Broek Belgium Christian Femont Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond
Stage 10 France Paulin Gautier Netherlands Martijn Van Den Broek Italy Andrea Schiumarini Netherlands Mike Panhuijzen
Stage 11 France Jean-Loup Lepan Italy Enrico Gaspari Poland Magdalena Zajac Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond
Stage 12 France David Frétigné Netherlands Martijn Van Den Broek Italy Andrea Schiumarini Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond
Rally Winners Germany Kevin Gallas Netherlands Martijn Van Den Broek France David Gerard Netherlands Gerrit Zuurmond Argentina Jorge Perez Companc

Stage results

Final Standings

References

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