The last battles in Zagan before the transfer to Drawsko
The second leg of Breslau Rally 2024 offered another portion of tracks in the military polygons near Zagan. In the menu there were 170 km including the liaisons, full of dust for the Cross Country class, and filled with mudholes for the Extreme participants.
In the bike class we saw double stage podium for the Dutch HT Rally Raid team. The stage win went to Ties Hellegers, who finished with 4 minutes and a half in front of Luc Dumore. Third for the day was Krzysztof Jarmus (KTM) from Poland, 5:35 min. behind the fastest and only 14 seconds faster than his compatriot Bartolomiej Tabin (KTM).
In the ATV class it was triple daily success for Poland and Polaris, as Marcin Wilkolek was the fastest, finishing with more than 2 minutes adavance to Adam Krysiak and 8:22 to Grzegorz Wlodarczyk.
Moving to the CC cars, the second day of Breslau 24 was marked by Toyota battle. Jerry Van Langen from the Netherlands set the best time in the dusty track, stealing just 33 seconds from Jaroslaw Andrzejewski from Poland. The daily podium was completed by another Dutch pilot - Tonnie Van Der Hoeven, who finished with 3 minutes passive from the winner.
Netherland was the dominant country also in the SSV class, as Jan Van Gerven (Can Am) claimed his second consecutive stage win. Second for the day was his fellow countryman Janus Van Casteren (Arcane) with 3 minutes and a half difference. Top 3 for the day was completed by Daniel Radzio (Polaris) from Poland, 5:25 minutes behind the leader.
William Van Groningen (Iveco) continues his domination in the truck CC class with one more daily win. The trucker from Netherland took 4 minutes advance to Benjamin Kittler (Ginaf) and one more to Tom Heuer (Tatra).
Britain’s offroad legend Jim Marsden and his Defender were the stars in the Extreme car class. Marsden managed to cross the hard obstacles with the fastest time, beating Hardo Mere from Estonia with some 4 minutes. Third for the day was Vallo Sassi, also from Estonia.
Oliver Leyh (MAN KAT) triumphed among the big EX trucks, beating his compatriot from Germany Kay Messner (MAN KAT) with 7 minutes. In the small EX trucks class, Felix Muellenheim (Unimog) clamed another stage win, in front of Urmas Uffert (C22) from Estonia.
The third leg of Breslau Rally 2024 is marked with the big transfer to the second camp in Drawsko. Well, more interesting is the famous Hannibal stage which will start with a 135 km selective section. After the transfer to the new area, there will be a second timed section, 55 kilometers long.
Source: Breslau Rally
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