Race Schedule
3rd Raid Trans Mauritania
Last update : January 18, 2022
The 3rd edition of the Raid TransMauritania will take place from February 12 to 19, 2022.
- Saturday
- 5.30am: Reception at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, Terminal 3 – Luggage check-in
- 11.50am: Arrival in Atar (Visa) – Transfer by 4WD to Azalaye Inn (Atar)
- 1.00pm: Lunch
- 2.00pm: Assembly and testing of Fatbikes on Atar and his arounds
- 6.30pm : Registration formalities – General briefing and presentation of stages
- Meal and overnight stay at Azalaye Inn
- Sunday – Prologue – First feelings in the dunes
- Special stage of 25km + liaison of 10km – 60% sand, 40% tracks/roads
- 3.00pm: Departure from Atar in 4wd to the starting site of the 1st stage
- Meal and night in a hostel
- Monday – Stage 1 – The sea of dunes
- 55 km – 90% sand and dunes, 10% tracks
- On arrival, cold meal
- Afternoon free: walk in the dunes and rocky mountains
- Meal and night in the desert
- Tuesday – Stage 2 – The immensity of the canyons
- 55 km (slightly downhill profile) – 10% sand, 90% tracks, beware of rocks!
- On arrival, cold meal
- Afternoon free: walk in the palm grove and gardens
- Meal and night in the desert
- Wednesday – Stage 3 – From one valley to another
- 55 km – 80% sand, 20% tracks
- On arrival, cold meal
- Afternoon free: walk in the sandy plain and the village
- Meal and night in the desert
- Thursday – Stage 4 – Descending the valley
- 58 km (slightly downhill profile) – 20% sand, 80% tracks and rocks
- On arrival, cold meal
- Afternoon free: walk in the palm grove and gardens
- Meal and night in the desert
- Friday – Stage 5 – Wadis and Dunes
- 47 km – 90% sand and dunes, 10% tracks
- On arrival, meal at the hostel
- Afternoon free: Visit Atar with its traditional market
- 7pm : Closing Ceremony
- Méchoui and night at the Azalaye Inn
- Concert with the Walfadjiri band
- Saturday
- Breakfast
- 10am : Transfer to the Airport and luggage check-in
- Return to Paris in the afternoon around 6.30 pm
