Tricky navigation for the Cross Country, hard obstacles for the Extreme players
The first full-scaled racing day of Breslau Rally 2024 offered to the competitors everything they want from the race. There were hard 150 kilometer to cover for the Cross Country category with deep sands, dust and sometimes difficult navigation in the military polygons around Zagan. For the Extreme category, beside the forementioned sands, there were several mudholes and deep-water crossings to pass, where the winches worked non-stop.
Starting with the CC cars, Julien Leroy with Bowler claimed the stage win. The pilot from France set the best time with 7 minutes advance to Mindaugas Povilaitis (Toyota) from Lithuania. The daily top 3 was completed by Harry Ossting (Nissan) from Netherlands, who finished far behind the leader with more than 22 minutes passive.
In the SSV class, Jan Van Gerven (Can Am, Netherlands) was the fastest, finishing with 2 minutes advance to Jacek Zak (Polaris) from Poland. Third for the day was Marius Damavicius (Can Am) from Lithuania, slightly less than 4 minutes behind the stage winner.
Moving on 2 wheels, Bartolomiej Tabin (KTM) repeated his success from the prologue and won the first stage. The rider from Poland manage to beat two Dutch pilots of Husqvarna – Ties Hellegers and Luc Dumore. In the ATV class Tomasz Luberda (Can Am) won the battle against the Frenchman Gaetan Martinez (CF MOTO) with 2 minutes and 23 seconds’ advance. Third for the day was another Polish pilot - Tymon Baszczynski (Polaris), some 8 minutes behind the leader.
In the truck CC class, William Van Groningen (Iveco, Netherlands) also repeated his win and finished with almost 24 minutes advance to Benjamin Kittler (Ginaf) from Germany. Another German trucker - Tom Heuer (Tatra) completed the daily podium, finishing 33 minutes behind the fastest.
It was Estonian duel in the Car Extreme Class, won by the “usual suspect“ Hardo Mere. Mere finished with 15 minutes advance to Rainer Ruutli, after a day full of sun, dust and mud. Third place for the day went to Remigiusz Wutkowski from Poland, who finished some 22 minutes behind the leader. It was German domination in the two truck EX classes. In the “big boys” category the stage win was for Oliver Leyh (MAN KAT) and among the smaller trucks the fastest was Felix Muellenheim.
The second leg of Breslau Rally 2024 will offer another “walk” in the military polygons near Zagan. In the menu there are around 170 km including the liaisons.
Source: Breslau Rally
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