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Le Raid 4L Trophy ?

The 4L Trophy ™ is an Adventure Rally for students in the Moroccan desert at the wheel of a Renault 4L. Young people in search of adventure will experience a unique mix of sporting challenge, exoticism and sense of solidarity.
A sense of solidarity, because one of the aims of the 4L Trophy ™  is to provide some of the most disadvantaged children in Morocco with essential sports and classroom equipment. Over the years, this approach has made the 4L Trophy ™
Europe’s leading sporting and humanitarian event for students!

L'ésprit

Thursday, 18th February 2010 will see the launch from Paris and Bordeaux of a unique student event. Hundreds of 4Ls with their adventurers at the wheel, carrying a universal message, will attempt to cover the 6,000 km of this 2010 event. They will have in their sights the dunes of Merzouga where almost 60 tonnes of school equipment will be distributed as part of the humanitarian initiative which has been an integral part of the Rally since its inception.

The sporting element will also be an integral part of the 4L Trophy ™ , with this Adventure Rally incorporating various driving and navigational challenges - the only navigation aids being a compass, a road-book and a map! A positional ranking is posted every evening, the stage-winning team being the one that has negotiated the difficult parts with the greatest ease and which has covered the fewest kilometres, while having passed through all the hidden checkpoints.

But driving fast is to be avoided under all circumstances and the highway code must be respected at all times.

The 4L Trophy ™ is fundamentally about giving, excelling oneself and respecting the environment.

Giving

Morocco is very conscious today of the importance of developing its education system. We support this commitment by providing essential sports and classroom equipment.





Excelling oneself

The 4L Trophy ™ is a journey on a par with all the great rallies. But, above all, it’s an extraordinary adventure in human terms. Mountains, dunes, oueds, water and sand are just some of the many challenges to be overcome.







Respecting the environment

The Raid 4L Trophy ™ is also about respecting the host country Morocco and, in particular, its environment. That’s why the organisers engage in a variety of initiatives aimed at conserving the country’s beautiful natural environment. Participants are obviously involved in these initiatives too. They are aware of the importance of picking up litter and of driving ‘smoothly’ in order to reduce their fuel consumption. Competitors can get more involved in these initiatives by signing up to the Deloitte 4L Eco Challenge.
 

L'Organisation

Inaugurated in 1997 by Désertours, the Raid 4L Trophy ™ is organised in partnership with students from the ESC Rennes
 

L'assistance et la sécurité sur le Raid

 To ensure that the event is properly supervised, the 4L Trophy ™ has a team of 200 adventure rally adepts. Safety is the overriding priority.

The organisers are in charge of safety on the 4L Trophy ™  routes.

To ensure the safety of hundreds of participants, the 4L Trophy ™ draws on the skills of a group of professional organisers and advisors, including :
 

L'historique

The 4L TROPHY ™ is already 13 years old!

In the winter of 1996, Jean-Jacques Rey and some Paris-Dakar friends were in Mali to map out some new trails to the Senegalese capital.

As everyone knows, when friends with a common passion get together, they start putting the world to rights and imagining where their passions, in this case for adventure and for Africa, will lead them next.

During a bivouac in the Sahel, over the inevitable evening aperitif around the fire, Jean-Jacques said à propos of nothing: ‘I really wish I’d had the opportunity to discover the desert and to experience such an exceptional adventure when I was 20.’ But at the time, none of us could afford a 4WD.

It was more of a dream than something we thought could actually be done. After dinner, the bivouac conversation continued. Some said:

 

Les 13 commandements

List of the 13 commandments of 4L Trophy :
  1. Thou shalt create a good atmosphere and sing at the bivouac.
  2. Thou shalt respect the other participants and the organisers.
  3. Thou shalt listen to the briefings.
  4. Thou shalt be prudent on the road.
  5. Thou shalt not litter the desert.
  6. Thou shalt respect your 4L.
  7. Thou shalt screw up in the dunes.
  8. Thou shalt cherish the mechanics.
  9. Thou shalt assist the other participants.
  10. Mutual aid shall be thy law.
  11. Thou shalt wear your college colours.
  12. Thou shalt give unto the children with all your heart
  13. Thou shalt be calm when it all goes pear-shaped.
And above all, thou shalt have fun!
 

Le 4L Trophy raconté par les équipages

Copy of the email sent by Crew 749 of the 11th Rally on 5 August 2008

Hi, Elodie here – driver for Crew 749 in the 2008 Rally.

Just a quick message from students who participated in the Raid 4L Trophy™ 2008.

I really think you ought to put it on the website. Firstly, to conjure up all those unforgettable memories for those who have already done it. And secondly, to let future participants know that once they’ve done the rally, their life will never be the same again ...

Nearly six months after the 2008 rally, I’d like to thank you again for this amazing and unforgettable adventure!

Elodie

’You know you’ve taken part in the Raid 4L Trophy™ when:

- you really jam on the breaks the first time you drive something other than a 4L…
- you put the windscreen-wipers on full in your parents’ car when in fact you meant to use the indicator… and meanwhile you’re trying to figure out how to switch on the headlights!
- you start getting used again to indicators being on the left… and you want to switch them off after the bend!
- you really have been to Larache – you toot your horn madly when you see another 4L + flash your headlights, do the police siren, sing the cucaracha and all the rest of it!

 

Deloitte Eco Challenge
 
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