A look back at the 1ST edition of THE TRANS-ALPS RALLY
Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Kitzbühel in Austria, took place the traditional day of administrative checks for the 1st edition of the Trans-Alps Rally, the latest Cyril Neveu Promotion event, in partnership with the famous “hyper-watchmaker” Roger Dubuis. It is at the foot of the “Streif”, renowned as being the most prestigious downhill skiing on the world circuit, that the crews and their cars have donned the rally colors to face the 1000km to cover in the heart of the Tyrolean Alps. and the Dolomites.
The first stage around Kitzbühel, led first of all to Zell am See, stronghold of the Porsche dynasty and starting point of the “Hochalpenstrasse” and its peaks at over 3500m altitude to climb the highest pass. Austria: the Grossglockner. A passage control was organized there and the competitors were able to compete for a few kilometers on occasion in the first of the seven regularity stages on the rally program. As this climb took place in the clouds, the blue sky and the rays of the sun would accompany us until lunch, organized around a very welcoming village called Heiligenblut. The afternoon offered just as many “impeccable” landscapes bordered by beautifully maintained chalets, which only Austrians have the secret to returning to Kitzbühel.
The second stage was set to be a journey from East to West, in the heart of Austrian Tyrol, with a course made of valleys and dotted with numerous winter sports resorts. A new regularity test was organized, in the pouring rain, at the start of the famous Krimml waterfalls, before joining the lunch planned not far from Innsbruck and which sounded like a moment of respite before resuming the road towards Sölden. We no longer present this ski resort gazed at by the famous Rettenbach Gletscher where a short event was organized on this route leading to the majestic glacier, the usual scene of the opening round of the ski season. A “champagne” stop was planned at the top, before reaching the Bergland Design hotel, the very place where “James Bond himself” stayed for his last production (Spectre)…
Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Kitzbühel in Austria, took place the traditional day of administrative checks for the 1st edition of the Trans-Alps Rally, the latest Cyril Neveu Promotion event, in partnership with the famous “hyper-watchmaker” Roger Dubuis. It is at the foot of the “Streif”, renowned as being the most prestigious downhill skiing on the world circuit, that the crews and their cars have donned the rally colors to face the 1000km to cover in the heart of the Tyrolean Alps. and the Dolomites.
The first stage around Kitzbühel, led first of all to Zell am See, stronghold of the Porsche dynasty and starting point of the “Hochalpenstrasse” and its peaks at over 3500m altitude to climb the highest pass. Austria: the Grossglockner. A passage control was organized there and the competitors were able to compete for a few kilometers on occasion in the first of the seven regularity stages on the rally program. As this climb took place in the clouds, the blue sky and the rays of the sun would accompany us until lunch, organized around a very welcoming village called Heiligenblut. The afternoon offered just as many “impeccable” landscapes bordered by beautifully maintained chalets, which only Austrians have the secret to returning to Kitzbühel.
The second stage was set to be a journey from East to West, in the heart of Austrian Tyrol, with a course made of valleys and dotted with numerous winter sports resorts. A new regularity test was organized, in the pouring rain, at the start of the famous Krimml waterfalls, before joining the lunch planned not far from Innsbruck and which sounded like a moment of respite before resuming the road towards Sölden. We no longer present this ski resort gazed at by the famous Rettenbach Gletscher where a short event was organized on this route leading to the majestic glacier, the usual scene of the opening round of the ski season. A “champagne” stop was planned at the top, before reaching the Bergland Design hotel, the very place where “James Bond himself” stayed for his last production (Spectre)…
