The race offered the last challenge in Zagan, before moving to Drawsko
The second day of Rallye Breslau 2023 offered a single special stage for the competitors with 145 km route for the cross-country and 130 for the extreme category. Additionally, the bikes and quads made the timed section in the morning, and the other CC vehicles started at noon, for safety reason.
The day offered enough of everything that this part of Poland can offer to the competitors - surreal sand landscape like in the Sahara but with the typical Polish forest on the sides. Specially for the Extreme category there were walls of sand to climb and puddles of water and mud to conquer for the last goodbye that competitors received before moving on to new challenges in the Drawsko polygon.
In the bike class, it was Dutch duel, won by Ties Hellegers (Husqvarna), who made it with 10:38 minutes faster than Bas Eikelenboom (Husqvarna). Third fastest for the day was Bartlomiej Tabin from Poland, also with “Husky”.
Adam Krysiak (Polaris), who was third in Leg 1, grab his first stage win in the ATV class of Rallye Breslau 2023, beating Gaetan Martinez from France with tiny 23 seconds. Third was another raider from Poland - Rafal Jawien, who missed only 7 seconds to grab the second place for the day.
Roger Schoonbrood (Toyota) took his second consecutive stage win in the Cars Cross-Country class. The Belgium made it with huge 23 minutes advance to Stefan Goverts (Land Rover) from Nederland, and to more than Tonnie Van Der Hoeven (Toyota), also from Nederland.
Dalius Olechnavicius (Can-Am) was the fastest among the SSVs, clinching more than a minute to the Dutch pilot Michiel Becx (Arcane). Third for the day was another driver from Nederland, also with Arcane T3 proto – Janus Van Kasteren Jr., who arrived to the finish with 4:38 min. delay from the stage winner.
Pilots from Nederland were the fastest, not only in top 3, but in top 4 for the day in the Truck CC class. Wiliam Van Groningen (Iveco) had another great day, beating once again Hugo Kupper (DAF), but this time with 8 minutes. Richard De Groot was again third, almost 23 minutes behind Van Groningen, and the 4th “flying Dutchman” was Hans Van Geest (Mercedes).
Bartosz Puchowski from Poland won the second leg in the bran new Ultra4 class of Breslau. Whe managed to take advance of exactly 8 minutes to Antoine Reul from Belgium. Daily top 3 was completed by the Italian Andrea Calandri, 59 seconds behind Reul.
Hardo Mere (HM7 Proto) was once again the best car driver in the Extreme category, finished with huge 48 minutes advance to the French veteran Gilles Girousse and his famous six-wheeled Mercedes. Third for the day was another Frenchman – David Drancourt (Toyota).
Steffen Braun (Unimog) from Germany was the best in the small EX truck class, as his compatriot Marcus Hoenig (MAN KAT) took the stage win among the big trucks in the Extreme category.
Day 3 of Rallye Breslau 2023 will offer the legendary night stage, after the caravan of the race move to the second camp in Drawsko Pomorskie. There will be another separation between the lighter machines and the bigger in the CC class, and the EX will drive almost the same 80 kms route, but with some big challenges like mud holes and deep river crossings.
Source RBI / Breslau Rally
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