Rallye de Monte-Carlo – Preparations are underway here on the port of Monaco in front of our studios for this year’s 91st edition of the Rallye de Monte-Carlo which will take to the roads of Provence Alpes and the Côte d'Azur this week. This Thursday 19th January the starting line is scheduled, as last year, on the Place du Casino in Monaco. In all, the participants will cover 1,523 km including "18 special stages with a total length of 325.02 km".
Race details - Starting at 6:30pm, participants will start with a first night race at 8:05 p.m. for La Bollène-Vésubie/Col de Turini (SS1, 15.12km) then at 9:03 p.m. La Cabanette/Col de Castillon (SS2, 24.90km). The second stage will start on January 20th at 09:09 at Roure-Roubion-Beuil 1 (SS3, 18.33km) then at 10:22 at Puget-Théniers/Saint-Antonin 1 (SS4, 19.79 km), the morning will end with the Briançonnet-Entrevaux 1 route at 11:25 (SS5, 14.55km). It will resume at 2:23 p.m. for Roure-Roubion-Beuil 2 (SS6, 18.33km), at 3:36 p.m., Puget-Théniers/Saint-Antonin 2 (SS7, 19.79km). The end of this stage will be at 4:39 p.m. for Briançonnet/Entrevaux 2 (SS8, 14.55km).
On January 21, the start will be at 08:24 for the Le Fugeret/Thorame-Haute 1 course (SS9, 16.80km), then course at 10:05 for Malijai-Puimichel (SS10, 17.31 km). To end the morning, the meeting is given at 12:17 p.m. for Ubraye/Entrevaux (SS11, 21.78km). The resumption for the afternoon will be at 2.31 p.m. for Le Fugeret/Thorame-Haute 1 (SS12, 16.80km) then at 4.05 p.m. for Malijai/Pulmichel 2 (SS13, 17.31km). The day will end with the last line at 6:23 p.m. Ubraye/Entrevaux 2 (SS14, 21.78km).
For the last stage of the rally on Sunday January 22nd, you will have to get up early since the start is launched at 07:57 for the Luceram / Lantosque 1 course (SS15, 18.82km), then meet at 09:05 for La Bollène- Vésubie/Col de Turini (SS16, 15.12km), they will then return to Luceram/Lantosque (SS17, 18.82km) at 10:40 a.m. to finish with this last stage at 12:18: La Bollène-Vésubie/Col de Turini 3 ( SS18, 15.12km)
Road closures
Traffic will be prohibited on the race route as well as on the roads leading to this route as follows:
Thursday, January 19th: Closed from 4:05 p.m. to 10:35 p.m.: on the RD 68 and 2566 and RM 70, between La Bollène-Vésubie and Le Moulinet, via the Col de Turini.
Closed from 6:03 p.m. to 11:23 p.m.: on the RD 21, RD 54 and RD 2204 between La Cabanette and Col de Castillon.
Friday January 20th: Closed from 6:09 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: on the RD 30 and RM 30, between Roure and Beuil. Closed from 7:22 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.: on the RD 27, RD 427 and RD 2211A, between Puget-Théniers and Saint-Antonin. Closed from 8:25 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.: on the RD 2211, from the Briançonnet town exit to the limit of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department.
Sunday January 22nd: Closed from 4:57 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: on the RD 2566, RD 73 and RM 73, between Lucéram and Lantosque via the Col St Roch and the Col de Porte.
For more information, visit the event website https://acm.mc/homepage/
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