After Thursday evening’s start in Monte-Carlo’s famous Casino Square, two tough late-night stages in darkness in the southern Alps provide the opening competition en route to the service park in Gap.
Two loops of three geographically distant tests south-east and east of Gap form a tiring and difficult Friday. Curbans – Venterol is a variation of a 2019 test, while Avançons – Notre Dame du Laus was also tackled last year. They add up to 122.58km, more than a third of the rally’s competitive distance.
A Saturday double loop of the well-known Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes – La Bâtie-Neuve and La Bréole – Selonnet stages around Gap are identical to last year. After the rally’s final service in Gap, a long journey south takes competitors back to Monaco.
As is traditional, Sunday’s finale runs in the Alpes Maritimes mountains above the Principality and is identical to last year. Two passes over the legendary Col de Turini feature in La Bollène-Vésubie – Peïra-Cava, while the second pass of La Cabanette – Col de Braus forms the event-closing Wolf Power Stage.
Iconic Stage
Col de Turini. One of the sport’s iconic locations, where enormous crowds gather to watch competitors cross the mountain summit in Sunday’s La Bollene Vesubie – Peira Cava test. An incredible atmosphere, especially if there is snow, and a ‘must-do’ for visitors.
