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■ETAP-1　12 AUG. 2018　ULAANBAATAR⇒IHTAMIR
L：295.11km S：198.80km L：8.48km TOTAL：502.39km
「A 1000 DAYS AND NIGHTS」

This could be the road that Genghis Khan took driven by his dreams when heading westward on his campaign to capture Samarkand and later far-away Europe hundreds of years ago! Now after those 1000 nights and days, the rally once again the rally heads westward crossing this land. That’s right, the rally heads westward. We chase the sun sinking lower over the grass prairies aiming for the farthest reaches of the Eurasian continent.
On Day 1 of the rally, we leave Ulaanbaatar and head along a paved road section of the liason, The SS or special stage crosses the great grasslands and takes us over a bridge. We then drive through a village. Finally we come upon a tree-lined road spanning tranquil mountains ahead of us along with a river flowing along this beautiful land. Our goal lies just ahead of the town. We finish refueling and take the liason to the nice looking camp just in time to catch a beautiful sunset.

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It is a picture of a briefing on the day before the start.

■ETAP-1　12 AUG. 2018　ULAANBAATAR⇒IHTAMIR

L：295.11km S：198.80km L：8.48km TOTAL：502.39km

「A 1000 DAYS AND NIGHTS」

This could be the road that Genghis Khan took driven by his dreams when heading westward on his campaign to capture Samarkand and later far-away Europe hundreds of years ago! Now after those 1000 nights and days, the rally once again the rally heads westward crossing this land. That’s right, the rally heads westward. We chase the sun sinking lower over the grass prairies aiming for the farthest reaches of the Eurasian continent.
On Day 1 of the rally, we leave Ulaanbaatar and head along a paved road section of the liason, The SS or special stage crosses the great grasslands and takes us over a bridge. We then drive through a village. Finally we come upon a tree-lined road spanning tranquil mountains ahead of us along with a river flowing along this beautiful land. Our goal lies just ahead of the town. We finish refueling and take the liason to the nice looking camp just in time to catch a beautiful sunset.

■ETAP-2　13 AUG. 2018　 IHTAMIR⇒KHAR NUUR

L：437.89km S：96.71km TOTAL：534.60km

「REALLY ENJOYABLE VIEWS, FORESTS AND LAKES, AND AN UNEXPECTED SWEDISH-TYPE MONGOLIA!」

Though still only the initial phase of the rally, this is a tour route like none ever seen before including valleys covered by beautiful forests of pine trees and magnificent lakes. This is a mostly paved route extending straight through the heart of Siberia. You might almost think of it as a liason route made for enjoying the scenery. The SS or special stage prepared for ETAP-2 is not very long. After next finally reaching beautiful Khar Nuur, the scenery shifts to a lakeside bivouac at the lake reflecting a spectacular starry sky.

■ETAP-3　14 AUG. 2018　KHAR NUUR⇒KHAR NUUR

SS-1：114.03km L：1.27km SS-2：87.07km TOTAL：202.37km

「RING WANDERING IN THE SAND DUNES」

Khar Nuur is both the start and goal. It is a one day trip only a slight distance across the sand dunes. It starts with a fun group of small sand dunes along a lake side and then transitions to a mountain area where a second small lake can be seen. The route then lures you into a large dune area. The sand there is soft and staying with the route is difficult. If you are careful and get past that point you eventually encounter a strange and surprising spring gushing up from the sand. The route then winds to the left and if you can cross the mountain a village next appears. This is the SS-1 goal. Next, the SS2 course takes you along a sandy piste, and if you keep trying and make it through a rocky area where the driving is tough, you will find yourself back at Khar Nuur which for some reason looks much more appealing on the way back. There you can enjoy a small party at the lake side under the vast expanse of outer space where the boundary between the heavens and the starry sky reflecting from the lake seem to blend into each other.

■ETAP-4　15 AUG. 2018　KHAR NUUR⇒BAYANHONGOR

L：158.09km SS-1：247.56km L：4.59km SS-2：256.25km L：6.77km TOTAL：673.26km

「THE RALLY GETS FULL-SCALE AND SERIOUS FROM HEREON!」

After leaving Khar Nuur we continue on the liason route to the city of Uliastai once a flourishing trading center up until the early days of the 20th Century and also the regional governor’s office during the Quing Dynasty rule of Mongolia. Passing right alongside the wooden bridge there called the Azure Dragon Bridge from the days of the Quing Dynasty makes us want to imagine what it was like in those times.
The rally now shifts to a full-scale course. This is two SS of more than 500 kilometers and a total distance of nearly 700 kilometers. This middle stage of the rally takes both caution and fighting spirit. We have to somehow get through this stage.

■ETAP-5　16 AUG. 2018　 BAYANHONGOR⇒BAYANHONGOR

L：18.03km SS-1：245.25km L：2.22km SS-2：270.07km L：6.80km TOTAL：542.37km

「REACHING THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE GOBI DESERT AND PLAYING ON THE GREAT PLAINS」

Today is a loop course and we proceed carefully by navigation to the east and then to the south. The grassy plains gradually give way to the Gobi Desert and you can see a shimmering heat haze. A strange and surprising lake appears in the Gobi and the SS-1 goal is nearby. We next head to the west. We cross a river with a village nearby, proceed through a valley and once through it, drive along a high-speed piste. We keep steadily going north along the great plains heading for the finish line. Our machine is running superbly. This was definitely a super-fine day.

■ETAP-6　17 AUG. 2018　 BAYANHONGOR⇒BAYANGOBI

L：11.00km SS-1：230.00km L：8.61km SS-2：273.98km L：24.42km TOTAL：548.01km

「GOING THROUGH THE BLUE SKIESOF SUGAWARA PASS」

Sugawara Pass is a name given by SSER to a mountain pass that had no previous name. Yoshimasa Sugawara said, “This place is terrific!” after traveling through the pass on his first rally here. At 3000 meters above sea level this is truly the high latitudes and seeing the ultramarine blue sky at 5000 meters or higher is enough to make you shiver. Besides Sugawara Pass, today’s SS-2 takes us toward a beautiful river and sand dunes amidst the greenery. Today is a long distance run with a rather low average time. It really pushed our caution button to the limit.

■ETAP-7　18 AUG. 2018　BAYANGOBI⇒SAYHAN OVOO

SS-1：246.00km L：3.36km SS-2：249.30km L：18.28km TOTAL：516.94km

「REMAINS OF A CITY OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM」

Leaving the bivouac we start out on the SS heading towards the dunes. The goal of today’s course was once a city of Tibetan Buddhist learning that was formerly sacred religious grounds. Over the past several years the rally has always headed to this area and is within easy walking distance yet it seems impossible to find the time to go see it. These remains are a stark reminder of religious oppression in the times since the Russian revolution. Today we face the ever-changing Gobi Desert route. This is the final phase of the rally.

■ETAP-8　19 AUG. 2018　 SAYHAN OVOO⇒ULAANBAATAR

L：24.38km S：210.00km L：309.43km P：17.88km TOTAL：561.69km

「DAY OF OUR TRIUMPHANT RETURN—A DEEP AND REMAINING MEMORY」

Today is a mass group start. We race towards the shimmering heat of the great plains where our happy goal awaits! Do our lives up to now, our course up to now, and all kinds of objects and things, all add up to some kind of special feeling? On these grassy plains we probably sense and experience our own lives under the perfect starry skies of the desert.

日本語での情報はこちら

 [NEWS] We posted a route information. (Aug 11, 2018)

[NEWS] We posted an entry list. (July 30, 2018) 

 Go Beyond – TAKING THE ROAD TO ULIASTAY AND KHAR NUUR

Sand dunes appear extending west of Uliastay. There you find a lake so beautiful that it doesn’t even seem to belong to this world. This is truly a strange and wonderful spectacle. Are the sand dunes sinking into the lake or are they rising from the lake?
The view seems to change from moment to moment. Seen from far away it glistens with the color of an emerald but seen from close up it shines like platinum that is transparent enough to make you gasp in surprise.
There you will find gushing water purified by the sand dunes and this wonderful Khar Nuur is also the place that the SSER chose as the rally bivouac.
Khar Nuur will now play the role of the Zoumod start point set up in 2017.
The ETAP-5 stage will cross these mysterious sand dunes.
In earlier times, people like Gaston Rahier and Loiseau crossed these sand dunes in what was the early forerunner to Rally Mongolia.
Rally riders and drivers will likely be surprised at the sight of water gushing from the sand.
SSER also thinks that this place along with Zoumod is an area most likely to win your heart with its beauty and mystery.
The upcoming “Go Beyond” 2018 will also head for this other sacred place.

Summary

NAME OF EVENT

FA-coat RALLY MONGOLIA 2018
INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RALLY

DATE OF EVENT

Aug 12,2018（sun）- Aug 19,2018（sun）8etaps

ORGANISATION

SSER ORGANISATION

URL http://www.sser.org 　E-Mail　support@sser.org

OFFICE

SSER ORGANISATION
1992-4 Minamikata, Toon, Ehime, 791-0301 Japan
Tel +81-89-960-6905 / Fax +81-89-960-6906
E-Mail:  support@sser.org

TOKYO OFFICE

JAPAN RACING MANAGEMENT
2-29-6, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0013 Japan
Tel +81-3-3440-5581 / Fax +81-3-3440-5583
E-Mail:  teru@j-r-m.co.jp

MONGOLIA

MONGOLIA AUTO MOTO FEDERATION

Correspondent

Schedule

*The cruising distance is 280km

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Overall look at the Rally
2017 Motorcycle Division Awards Shared by Korea, Japan and Mongolia

Rally Mongolia 2017 has returned to the holy grounds of Zoumod.
This is a truly strange and surprising place that makes you think you are seeing a mirage of a desert island far off in the ocean. Whatever route you take the course is never flat and smooth and the hot wind from the desert sucks up the strength from the rider’s bodies. Yet on the other hand, the amazing sights amidst the desolate landscape give a kind of spiritual lift that sharpens the five senses.

This is exactly the kind of experience that enhances your memories of Zoumod.

This marathon stage included 2 courses to Zoumod. The Etap 1 bivouac was a night of deep stillness without even a cough to break the silence. After reaching the goal the cars were placed in “parc ferme” or namely a closed park where no servicing of the vehicles was allowed until the next day. The rally vehicle mechanics set off from Ulaan Bataar heading out on the long drive to Zoumod.

This stage is the power focus of the first half of the rally. Taking overall first and second place by auto manufacturer for a while were the Can-Am Maverick X3 cars making their very first rally appearance. These machines have superb stability and running performance. They get a further boost from the 900cc turbo 3-cylinder Rotax engine that delivers 170 horsepower in a vehicle body weighing less than 700 kilograms (1543 pounds).
These two vehicles maintained their 1st and 2nd race positions up to the final stage of the rally, with the Toyota Tacoma team in hot pursuit. However, Toyota ultimately grabbing the 2nd and 3rd race positions which was an interesting turn of events.
People had a hunch that the rally competition from hereon would involve big changes in vehicle designs.

In the motorcycle division on the other hand, #7 Yoshio Ojima gave a great performance from the very start of the rally. However, after finally pulling away from 2nd place he was extending his ample lead when he crashed in the final stage. He got right back in the race but he and the machine lost their 30 minute margin while also dealing with the mental stress. The final victor was #19 Ryu Myung Gul showing overwhelming speed and world-class navigation skills. However, Mongolia’s top rider #1 Battur Baatar who was victorious last year and this year converted to the auto division, was delayed by mechanical trouble from the early stages of the rally. Yet he still did superbly, making it to the trophy stand as one of the winners from three countries.

The year 2017 saw a good response to the new directions tried by the SSER Organisation that also helped make us newly aware of how great Mongolia really is. Our overall view is that this is a truly epoch-making rally and we give it high ratings as a place for people to again gather and compete.

RM2017 Results