D10 and D off

22/09

- Last day in Belarus with a 96-kilometer stage that brought Team 1 right before the border between Belarus and Russia. The team even performed a cumulative distance of 110+ kilometers.

- Succession of long straight roads for about 40 kilometers until Jean-Pierre’s turn. The navigation skills of two members in the team led him to perform an additional 8 kilometers – i.e. we took a wrong turn as we were trying to go around a city that we were passing by. In the end, Jean-Pierre had the opportunity to run on nice hills as the sun was rising early in the morning.

- We passed the Russian border in about 5 minutes. This was really surprising, but Belarus officials explained that there were some agreements in the region.

- We had a nice gathering with all the teams in a restaurant next to the hotel as we were kicking-off the rest day.

 

23/09

- Rest day for all teams with a visit of Briansk with city officials. Unfortunately, the pouring rain made the tour shorter than expected with only a few pictures taken here and there.

 

- Lada dealer event at midday with press conference and cocktail. Nice atmosphere with salesmen showing Lada models, etc.

 

- Team 1 went back to the hotel to rest as the rest of the team went for some activities with city officials.