For this ninth stage, the Africa Eco Race left Aïdzidine to reach Ouad Naga over a 490-kilometre route, including 426 kilometres of timed special. A stage with a set pace, where pure speed was not enough: everything was decided by consistency and the ability to establish the right rhythm and maintain it until the finish.
The Africa Eco Race reached a major milestone today with Stage 7 from Chami to Aït Aidzidine. An extraordinary stage of 462 kilometers, run entirely as a timed special with no liaison, making it the longest special of this 17th edition. A demanding day, entirely focused on navigation, through typically Mauritanian landscapes of sand, camel grass, and vast off-track areas, interspersed with particularly tricky sections.
La troisième étape de l’Africa Eco Race s’est disputée aujourd’hui entre Tagounit et Assa, sur un parcours total de 514 kilomètres, dont une spéciale chronométrée de 440 kilomètres. Une longue étape éprouvante, alternant pistes rapides et cassantes, dunes de l’erg Chegaga et secteurs très empierrés en fin de parcours.
The second stage of the Africa Eco Race took place today between Boussaïd and Tagounit, covering a total distance of 425 kilometers. Although this is the second stage of the rally, today marked the first timed special of this edition, as the stage initially planned yesterday was canceled due to winter conditions and snow.
The entry list for the 2026 Africa Eco Race is now online! 🔥 Discover the registered competitors: drivers, teams, vehicles, and categories. This 17th edition promises to be legendary.
For this 17th edition, the Africa Eco Race is proud to announce an exceptional partnership: Baltic, an independent French watchmaking brand, becomes the rally’s Official Timekeeper.
International TV broadcasts, digital reach, audiences, media partners...
The Africa Eco Race continues to spread its influence around the world.
Take a look at the full media report and see how the adventure has been received!
The AFRICA ECO RACE is a true human organisation, you really fell that you're a part of a global project with an open and very initimate feeling. So you sleep with very simple thoughts while you reach your goal: Dakar
Franco Acerbis - ACERBIS
It is always a pleasure for the population of Menton to witness the arrival of all these vehicles: trucks, cars, buggies, motorbikes… It is also all about the human and convivial aspect of this race which races through the city of Menton.
Fabrice PINET - Ville de Menton
We congratulate AFRICA ECO RACE for their support AMADE and enabling Mauritanian and Senegalese students to have access to solar lamps. A child with light at home, is a child able to do his homework when night comes.
Jérôme FROISSART - Directeur AMADE Mondiale
Solidarity and unity, the AFRICA ECO RACE is a rally at the origin of our values and this must remains...
Abdou THIAM - Président de la FSAM
You dream of dunes and beautiful landscapes, follow us to the Lac Rose !
René METGE
This event created by Jean Louis SCHLESSER and René METGE is a precise cocktail where the pleasure of racing bonds with the beauty of the landscapes and the nice atmosphere between everyone on the bivouacs
Franck ALLARD - AMV assurances
The enthusiam and passion of the team as well as their constant research of bringing eco-responsable actions to their event, make the AFRICA ECO RACE one of the unmissable events of the Principality and we are proud to welcome them every year. We encourage everybody to buy a maximum of solar lamps provided by AMADE and AFRICA ECO RACE. More than a daily use, they will enable senegalese and mauritanian children to walk safely home after dark and will contribute to reducing the racing vehicules' carbon footprint.
Kate & Didier - STARS'N'BARS
For us as service-team, the AER feels like going on a road-trip with the whole family ! Together we follow the ancient African trails. Together with the complete organization of the AER we give it all to bring our teams to the legendary Lac Rose !
Being true fans of the AER we enjoy the whole concept as you find in no other race, as one of our SSV pilots reminded me, there is only one real race to Dakar !
Wil THEUWS - Team Manager QFF Racing
Competition and sharing define the spirit of the Africa Eco Race
Xavier Flick - Winner Motul Extreme Rider 2022
It's a race with values , human values, eco-responsable values… A true and efficient aid for the Children of Africa and that is important !
