Africa Eco Race

Africa Eco Race
Category	Rally raid
Country	Europe and Africa
Inaugural season	2009
Drivers' champion	Gautier Paulin (Cars); Jacopo Cerutti (Bikes); Tomáš Tomeček (Trucks)
Constructors' champion	Apache(Cars); Aprilia (Bikes); Tatra (Trucks)
Official website	www.africarace.com
	Current season

Last updated December 17, 2024

Passage of Jan de Rooy's truck through the Tijirit zone of Mauritania during the 2009 Africa Race. Africaracederooy.jpg — Passage of Jan de Rooy's truck through the Tijirit zone of Mauritania during the 2009 Africa Race.

Africa Eco Race is an annual rally raid, organised in France and run in North and West Africa, launched after the cancellation of 2008 Dakar Rally, and the subsequent moving of the rally to South America.

History

The Africa Eco Race Rally, intended for amateurs and professionals, lasts for more than 6500 km over 11 stages. The race crosses the territories of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal.

Editions

2009 1st Edition

The 1st edition of the so-called Africa Race sailed from Marseille on December 26, 2008. The technical and administrative checks occurred on 26 and 27 December, the prologue took place on December 28, followed by embarkation and arrival in Nador, Morocco on 30 December.

2010 2nd Edition

The second edition of the Africa Eco Race started from Portimão, Portugal where administrative and technical verifications took place on 27 and 28 of December 2009, preceded by a shakedown, in which the contestants could show and test their vehicles.

2011 3rd Edition

The third edition took place from 27 December 2010 to 9 January 2011. The start was at Châteaux de Lastours and the arrival, as usual, was in Dakar, Senegal. This edition was the third victory in three editions for Jean-Louis Schlesser in cars, Willy Jobard with a hybrid ZONGSHEN in bikes and Czech Tomáš Tomeček in a Tatra truck.

2012 4th Edition

The fourth edition made its departure on December 27, 2011 in Saint-Cyprien and arrived in Dakar on January 8, 2012. A fourth victory was claimed by Jean-Louis Schlesser in a buggy built by himself. The motorcycles title was won by Oscar Polli with a KTM and the trucks category was won by Tomáš Tomeček who got a second place in the overall ranking.

2013 5th Edition

The fifth edition made its departure on December 28, 2012 in Saint-Cyprien and arrived on the shores of Lac Rose in Dakar on January 9, 2013. A fifth victory was taken by Jean-Louis Schlesser in a buggy built by himself. The motorcycles title was won by Martin Fontyn and the trucks category was won by Anton Shibalov with his Kamaz truck who finished second overall, ahead of Tomáš Tomeček and his Tatra truck.

2014 6th Edition

The sixth edition made its departure December 29, 2013 in Saint-Cyprien and arrived on the shores of Lac Rose in Dakar on January 11, 2014 . A sixth consecutive victory was achieved by Jean-Louis Schlesser in a buggy built by himself, co-driven by Thierry Magnaldi. The motorcycle title was won by Michael Pisano with a Honda 450cc and Tomáš Tomeček took the trucks title with a Tatra.

2015 7th Edition

The first edition without Jean-Louis Schlesser and with the return of the Kamaz official team, including an Hybrid truck. Jean Antoine Sabatier won the cars category with his Bugga One, the former Rally Dakar driver Pål Anders Ullevålseter won the bikes category while Anton Shibalov led his conventional Kamaz to the victory.

2016 8th Edition

Departure from Monaco. Kanat Shagirov won the cars category with his Toyota Hilux Overdrive, while Pål Anders Ullevålseter and Anton Shibalov dominated completely motorcycles and truck categories.

2017 9th Edition

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Total (km)	Special (km)
Technical Check	26-27 December 2016	Menton	Monaco	-	-
Boat Boarding	31 December 2016	Monaco	Sète	-	-
Boat Travel	1 January	Sète	Nador	-	-
1	2 January	Nador	Domaine Moulay	610.43	85.89
2	3 January	Domaine Moulay	Tagounite	393.1	369.94
3	4 January	Tagounite	Assa	525.35	433.07
4	5 January	Assa	Remz El Quebir	409.22	409.22
5	6 January	Remz El Quebir	Dakhla	696.31	456.67
Rest Day	7 January	Dakhla		-	-
6	8 January	Dakhla	Tiwilit	744.42	172.54
7	9 January	Tiwilit	Tiwilit	439.54	414.27
8	10 January	Tiwilit	Azougui	453.69	425.44
9	11 January	Azougui	Akjoujt	464.35	390.96
10	12 January	Akjoujt	Akjoujt	482.31	423.65
11	13 January	Akjoujt	Saint-Louis	546.53	208.02
12	14 January	Saint-Louis	Dakar	291.97	21.93
Total				6,057.22	3,811.6

Departure from Monaco.^[3] Russian Mini driver Vladimir Vasilyev won the cars' category, his fellow countryman Andrey Karginov captured the victory in the trucks' section, while 17-year-old Gev Sella from Israel claimed the bikes' title ahead of last year's winner Pål Anders Ullevålseter from Norway.^[4]

2018 10th Edition

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Total (km)	Special (km)
Technical Check	29-30 December 2017	Menton	Monaco	-	-
Boat Boarding	31 December 2017	Monaco	Sète	-	-
Boat Travel	1 January	Sète	Nador	-	-
1	2 January	Nador	Dar Kaoura	639	92
2	3 January	Dar Kaoura	Agdal	479	443
3	4 January	Agdal	Assa	421	400
4	5 January	Assa	Fort Chacal	501	499
5	6 January	Fort Chacal	Dakhla	632	436
Rest Day	7 January	Dakhla		-	-
6	8 January	Dakhla	Chami	650	211
7	9 January	Chami	Chami	508	486
8	10 January	Chami	Amodjar	478	439
9	11 January	Amodjar	Amodjar	486	34
10	12 January	Amodjar	Akjoujt	453	408
11	13 January	Akjoujt	Saint-Louis	558	219
12	14 January	Saint-Louis	Dakar	292	2
Total				6,097	3,669

Departure from Monaco. French driver Mathieu Serradori and Fabian Lurquin won the car category for the first time as well, Paolo Ceci for Bike category and Gerard de Rooy, Darek Rodewald, Moi Torrellardona in truck category.

2019 11th Edition

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Total (km)	Special (km)
Technical Check	28-29 December 2018	Menton	Monaco	-	-
Boat Boarding	30 December 2018	Monaco	Monaco	-	-
Boat Travel	31 December 2018	Monaco	Nador	-	-
1	1 January	Nador	La Momie	648.68	90.57
2	8 January	La Momie	Agdal	433.89	431.22
3	9 January	Agdal	Assa	415	400.71
4	10 January	Assa	Fort Chacal	494.57	492.75
5	11 January	Fort Chacal	Dakhla	638.4	419.37
Rest Day	12 January	Dakhla		-	-
6	13 January	Dakhla	Chami	559.93	383.36
7	14 January	Chami	Chami	500.99	480.98
8	15 January	Chami	Amodjar	506.85	445.12
9	16 January	Amodjar	Amodjar	482.82	374.37
10	17 January	Amodjar	Akjoujt	519.86	471.58
11	18 January	Akjoujt	Saint-Louis	556.2	217.69
12	13 January	Saint-Louis	Dakar	299.75	21.93
Total				6,056.94	4,229.65

2020 12th Edition

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Total (km)	Special (km)
Technical Check	3-4 January	Menton	Monaco	-	-
Boat Boarding	5 January	Monaco	Monaco	-	-
Boat Travel	6 January	Monaco	Tangier	-	-
1	7 January	Tangier	Tarda	754.24	23.18
2	8 January	Tarda	Mhamid	333.13	329.47
3	9 January	Mhamid	Assa	516.31	497.44
4	10 January	Assa	Smara	404.53	385.39
5	11 January	Smara	Dakhla	686.1	473.17
Rest Day	12 January	Dakhla		-	-
6	13 January	Dakhla	Chami	559.93	176.57
7	14 January	Chami	Aidzidine	477.95	477.95
8	15 January	Aidzidine	Tidjikja	450.83	429.01
9	16 January	Tidjikja	Tidjikja	469.11	415.07
10	17 January	Tidjikja	Idini	600.59	499.46
11	18 January	Idini	Saint-Louis	473.65	187.16
12	19 January	Saint-Louis	Dakar	299.75	21.93
Total				6,026.12	3,915.8

2021 13th Edition

The race was cancelled due to health risks associated with the Covid-19 pandemic.^[5]

2022 14th Edition

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Total (km)	Special (km)
Check In	14 October	Menton	Monaco	-	-
Technical Check	15 October	Monaco	Monaco	-	-
Boat Boarding	16 October	Monaco	Sète	-	-
Boat Travel	17 October	Sète	Nador	-	-
1	18 October	Nador	Bousaid	605.18	93.97
2	19 October	Bousaid	Tagounite	466.33	447.95
3	20 October	Tagounite	Assa	526.34	465.89
4	21 October	Assa	Remz El Quebir	455.42	455.42
5	22 October	Remz El Quebir	Dakhla	691.77	450.82
Rest Day	23 October	Dakhla		-	-
6	24 October	Dakhla	Chami	634.68	204.63
7	25 October	Chami	Akjoujt	514.66	470.16
8	26 October	Akjoujt	Akjoujt	447.85	423.80
9	27 October	Akjoujt	Ouad Naga	435.56	411.77
10	28 October	Ouad Naga	Ouad Naga	478.18	456.04
11	29 October	Ouad Naga	Mpal	456.18	122.21 65.48
12	30 October	Mpal	Dakar	271.08	21.93
Total				5,983.23	4,090.07

A later start date in the year than normal due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic. The event started in Monaco before travelling overseas to Nador, Morocco. The route took the participants through Morocco, Mauritania, and finally Senegal where the event finished in Dakar.

This was the first year for the "Raid" category which is a non-competitive class for motorcycles over 650cc.^[6]

2024 15th Edition

2025 16th Edition

Environment and sustainable development

Both the participants and the organization make a commitment to take care not to leave harmful traces of their passage through countries. A series of projects will aim to use renewable resources to a long-term contribution to the lives of people in remote areas of several countries that the race will cross. These actions are tangible and lasting.

The organization is leading the way, giving all participants reusable flatware kits for any event. Some organization vehicles are equipped with solar panels to use the energy stored during the day to carry out their missions.

The organization of the Africa Eco Race also created two projects for power generation using photovoltaic panels in Mauritania to power a school in Nouakchott and a library in Chinguetti.

For the environment, was created a category for experimental vehicles powered by renewable energy, designed to test at large scale and under extreme conditions, the reliability, power, strength and endurance of these vehicles. In 2011 Africa Eco Race funded the planting of 3000 eucalyptus in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

However, the race organisation has refused to create any dialogue with the Polisario over rally access to Western Sahara.

Vehicles, Categories, and Classification

There are four ways of participating in the AER with the full race, the classic race, and the two non-race raid events for bikes and cars.

Race

Motorcycle Category

The categories for the motorcycles and quads follow the French Motorcycle Federation Sporting Codes and the Supplementary Regulations. They differ between the website^[7] and the full regulations.^[8]

As of the 2025 event, the categorisation changed it's numbering scheme.^[9]

2025 Onwards				Up to 2024
Category	Class	Identifier	Description	Category	Class	Identifier	Description
1		450cc	Up to 450cc	2	Group 1	-450	Up to 450cc
2		+450cc	Over 450cc	2	Group 2	Q	Quad
3			Multicylinder: +650 to 1000 cc	4		+450	Over 450cc
4			Multicylinder: +1000 cc	5		OP	Open
5			Experimental	6		650m	Over 650cc and under 1000cc multicylinder
6	G		Competition Quad: Powered by the action of two wheels (2-wheel drive)	6		1000m	1000cc and over multicylinder
6	H		Competition Quad: Powered by the action of four wheels (4-wheel drive)	7		EXP	Experimental
	1		Female		1		Female
	2		Junior (under 25 years)		2		Junior
	3		Veteran (over 45 years)		3		Veteran
	4		Malle Moto (Motul Xtreme Rider)		4		Malle Moto (Motul Xtreme Rider)
	5		Rookie Rider (by Acerbis)		5		Rookie

SSV, Car, Truck Category

The cars and trucks are organized in accordance with the FIA International Sporting Code and its Annexes, the FFSA Sporting Regulations and the current Supplementary Regulations.^[10]

Cars			Truck
Category	Class	Description	Category	Class	Description
T1	T1.+	Prototype Cross-Country Cars Thermic	T5	T5.1	10L or over
	T1.U	Prototype Cross-Country Cars "Ultimate"	T5	T5.2	Under 10L
	T1.1	4x4 Petrol Prototype Cross-Country Cars
	T1.2	4x4 Diesel Prototype Cross-Country Cars
	T1.3	4x2 Petrol Prototype Cross-Country Cars
	T1.4	4x2 Diesel Prototype Cross-Country Cars
	T1.5	Vehicles complying with SCORE regulations
T2	T2.1	Petrol Series Production Cross-Country Cars
T2	T2.2	Diesel Series Production Cross-Country Cars
T3	T3.1	Lightweight Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles
T3	T3.U	Lightweight Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles
T4		Modified Production Cross-Country Side-by-Side Vehicles
SSV Xtreme	SSV.1	SSV with atmospheric engine: 825 kg
	SSV.2	SSV without turbo engine and over 1000cc with engines up to 2 litres: minimum 1150 kg and outer diameter of tyres: 32 inches maximum
		SSV with turbo engine: 925 kg
Experimental	EXP	Alternative energy vehicles
Open		Cross-Country vehicle with rigid axles
AER Open		Cross-Country vehicle with an AER Passport

Classifications

The categories are in accordance with the FFM Sporting Codes and the Supplementary Regulations and differ from the full regulations and FIM.

Bikes			Cars			Truck
Category	Class	Positions	Category	Class	Positions	Category	Class	Positions
2	-450		General			T5	T5.1
4	+450		T1	T1.+		T5	T5.2
5	OP			T1.U
6	650m			T1.1
6	1000m			T1.2
7	EXP			T1.3
	1			T1.4
	2			T1.5
	3		T2	T2.1
	Senegalese		T2	T2.2
			T3
			EXP
			Open
			AER Open
			Solo
			Car -2L
			Senegalese
			SSV

Non-race

Classic

Introduced for the 15th Edition in 2024. These vehicles run on a regularity rally point scoring system.


Generations			Groups		Engines
Generation	Year of Construction	Description	Group	Description	Engine
1	1970 - 1986		2x4	2-wheel drive vehicles	Petrol
2	1987 - 1996		4x4	4-wheel drive vehicles	Diesel
3	1997 - 2007		6x6+	6-wheel drive and more vehicles
SCORE	- 2007	Comply with SCORE USA regulations
Truck	1970 - 2007

Competitors choose at the start of the rally an average speed category to cover the Regularity Zones: low, intermediate, high. The choice for the first stages must be made during the technical checks and may be reviewed from the rest day for the final stages. The High average is the reference base defined by the organization.


Gen.	Group	Engine	Average High Base	Average Intermediate Base-10%	Average Low Base-20%
1	2x4	Petrol	✔	✔	✔
	2x4	Diesel
	4x4	Petrol
	4x4	Diesel
2	2x4	Petrol	✔	✔	✘
	2x4	Diesel
	4x4	Petrol
	4x4	Diesel
3	2x4	Petrol	✔	✔	✘
	2x4	Diesel
	4x4	Petrol
	4x4	Diesel
SCORE	2x4	Petrol	✔	✔	✘
	2x4	Diesel
	4x4	Petrol
	4x4	Diesel
Truck	4x4	Diesel	✔	✔	✔
Truck	6x6+	Diesel	✔	✔	✔

Bike Raid

The Bike Raid is a non-competitive event for solo riders on bikes considered trail or maxi-trail from 450cc with a minimum range autonomy of 300 km.

Car Raid

The Car Raid is a non-competitive event for either production or specially prepared cars, SSVs, and trucks with a minimum of two crew and a minimum range autonomy of 400 km.

List of winners

Cars, bikes, trucks

Year	Route	Cars		Bikes		Trucks
Year	Route	Driver	Constructor	Driver	Constructor	Driver	Constructor
2009	Marseille– Dakar	Jean-Louis Schlesser Cyril Esquirol	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Josè Manuel Pellicer	BMW 450 X	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Darek Rodewald	Iveco
2010	Portimão– Agadir- Dakar	Jean-Louis Schlesser Cyril Esquirol	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Marco Capodacqua	KTM	Miklós Kovács Péter Czeglédi Tomas Toth	Scania
2011	Chateau Lastour- Dakar	Jean-Louis Schlesser Cyril Esquirol	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Willy Jobard	ZONGSHEN Hybrid	Tomáš Tomeček Vojtěch Morávek	Tatra
2012	Saint-Cyprien – Nador– Dakar	Jean-Louis Schlesser Cyril Esquirol	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Oscar Polli	KTM	Tomáš Tomeček Vojtěch Morávek	Tatra
2013	Saint-Cyprien – Nador– Dakar	Jean-Louis Schlesser Cyril Esquirol	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Martin Fontyn	KTM	Anton Shibalov Evgeny Yakovlev Dmitry Sotnikov	Kamaz
2014	Saint-Cyprien – Nador– Dakar	Jean-Louis Schlesser Thierry Magnaldi	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Michael Pisano	Honda	Tomáš Tomeček Vojtěch Morávek	Tatra
2015	Saint-Cyprien – Nador– Dakar	Jean Antoine Sabatier Jean-Luc Rojat	Bugga One	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Anton Shibalov Robert Amatych Almaz Khisamiev	Kamaz
2016	Monaco – Nador– Dakar	Kanat Shagirov Vitaliy Yevtyekhov	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Anton Shibalov Robert Amatych Almaz Khisamiev	Kamaz
2017	Monaco – Nador– Dakar	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini	Gev Sella	KTM	Andrey Karginov Andrey Mokeev Dmitrii Nikitin	Kamaz
2018	Monaco – Nador– Dakar	Mathieu Serradori Fabian Lurquin	LCR 30	Paolo Ceci	KTM	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Moi Torrallardona	Iveco
2019	Monaco – Nador– Dakar	Jean Pierre Strugo François Borsotto	Optimus MD	Alessandro Botturi	Yamaha	Elisabete Jacinto José Marques Marco Cochinho	MAN
2020	Monaco – Tangier– Dakar	Patrick Martin Lucas Martin	Mercedes	Alessandro Botturi	Yamaha	Miklós Kovács Péter Czeglédi Laszló Ács	Scania
2021	Not held due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2022	Monaco – Nador– Dakar	Philippe Gosselin Christophe Crespo	Optimus MD	Štefan Svitko	KTM	Tomáš Tomeček	Tatra
2023	Not held due to flooding in Senegal
2024	Monaco – Nador– Dakar	Gautier Paulin Remi Boulanger	Apache	Jacopo Cerutti	Aprilia	Tomáš Tomeček	Tatra

SSV, Motul Xtreme Rider

Year	Route	SSVs		Motul Xtreme Rider
Year	Route	Driver	Constructor	Driver	Constructor
2017	Monaco – Nador– Dakar	Frederic Pitout Hervé Lavergne	Polaris
2018	Monaco – Nador– Dakar	Jean Hugues Moneyron Thierry Maury	CFMoto
2019	Monaco – Nador– Dakar	Rudy Roquesalane Vincent Ferri	Can-Am
2020	Monaco – Tangier– Dakar	Benoit Fretin Cédric Duplé	Can-Am
2021	Not held due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2022	Monaco – Nador– Dakar	Jean Dagher-Hayeck^{[note 1]} Patrick Antoniolli	Can-Am	Xavier Flick	Filière Sports
2023	Not held due to flooding in Senegal
2024	Monaco – Nador– Dakar

Podiums

Cars

Year	1st		2nd		3rd
Year	Crew	Make	Crew	Make	Crew	Make
2009	Jean-Louis Schlesser Arnaud Debron	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Artem Varentsov Roman Elagin^[12]	Toyota Landcruiser	Abdelhamid Abouyoussef Hervé Cotel	Toyota Cotel Buggy
2010	Jean-Louis Schlesser Arnaud Debron	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Jerome Pelichet Eugenie Decre	Bowler	Francoi Lethier Jean Marie Lurquin	Buggy
2011	Jean-Louis Schlesser Céline Merle-Beral	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Stéphane Hernard Francois Beguin	Buggy	Jerome Pelichet Eugenie Decre	Bowler
2012	Jean-Louis Schlesser Cyril Esquirol	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Jacques Loomans Frits Driesmans	Toyota	Salim Kamoun Sofiane Driss	Toyota
2013	Jean-Louis Schlesser Cyril Esquirol	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Yves Fromont Jean Fromont	Buggy	Joost Van Cauwenberge Jacques Castelein	Toyota
2014	Jean-Louis Schlesser Thierry Magnaldi	Schlesser-Renault Buggy	Jacques Loomans Frits Driesmans	Toyota	Stéphane Hernard Bruno Barbier	Buggy
2015	Jean Antoine Sabatier Jean-Luc Rojat	Bugga One	Kanat Shagirov Alexandr Moroz	Toyota	Yuriy Sazonov Arsian Sakhimov	Hummer
2016	Kanat Shagirov Vitaliy Yevtyekhov	Toyota	Pascal Thomasse Pascal Larroque	Optimus MD	Mathieu Serradori Didier Haquette	Optimus MD
2017	Vladimir Vasiliev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini	Miroslav Zapletal Marek Sýkora	Hummer	Dominique Housieaux Cristophe Crespo	Optimus MD
2018	Mathieu Serradori Fabian Lurquin	LCR 30	Vladimir Vasiliev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini	Pascal Thomasse Pascal Larroque	Optimus MD
2019	Jean Pierre Strugo François Borsotto	Optimus MD	David Gerard Pascal Delacour	Optimus MD	Julien Jean Noel Julien Rabha	Optimus MD
2020	Patrick Martin Lucas Martin	Mercedes	Yves Fromont Jean Fromont	VW Tarek Buggy	Alexey Titov Dmitry Pavlov	Ford Raptor (T2)
2022	Philippe Gosselin Christophe Crespo	Optimus MD	Irme Varga Jozsef Toma	Toyota	David Gerard Pascal Delacour	Optimus MD
2024	Gautier Paulin Remi Boulanger	Apache (T3)	Pascal Feryn Kurt Keysers	Toyota (T1)	Carlos Vento Carlos Ruiz Moreno	Can-Am (T4)

Bikes

Year	1st		2nd		3rd
Year	Rider	Bike	Rider	Bike	Rider	Bike
2009 ^[13]^[14]	Josè Manuel Pellicer	BMW 450 X	Arnaud Jaquart	KTM	Thomas Schattat	Yamaha
2010	Marco Capodacqua	KTM	Alberto Dottori	KTM	Only two riders classified
2011	Willy Jobart	KTM Hybrid	Norbert Dubios	KTM	Bruno N'Diaye	KTM
2012	Oscar Polli	KTM	Norbert Dubios	KTM	Xavier Moreau	KTM
2013	Martin Fontyn	KTM	Guillaume Martens	KTM	Patrick Arnoult	Honda
2014	Michael Pisano	Honda	Dominique Robin	KTM	Joris Van Dyck	KTM
2015	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Robert Theuretzbacher	KTM	Ingo Waldschmidt	KTM
2016	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Andrew Newland	KTM	Stéphane Hamard	Husqvarna
2017	Gev Sella	KTM	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Martin Benko	KTM
2018	Paolo Ceci	KTM	Luis Miguel Anjos Oliveira	Proto	Rui Oliveira	Yamaha
2019	Alessandro Botturi	Yamaha	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Simone Agazzi	Honda
2020	Alessandro Botturi	Yamaha	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Lyndon Poskitt^[15]	KTM
2022	Stefan Svitko	KTM	Maurizio Gerini	Husqvarna	Xavier Flick	Husqvarna
2024	Jacopo Cerutti	Aprilia	Alessandro Botturi	Yamaha	Pol Tarrés	Yamaha

Trucks

Year	1st		2nd		3rd
Year	Crew	Make	Crew	Make	Crew	Make
2009	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Darek Rodewald	Iveco	Hans Bekx ^[16] ? ?	DAF	Miklós Kovács ^[17] ? ?	Scania
2010	Miklós Kovács Peter Czegledi Tomas Toth	Scania	Noel Essers Hans De Pauw Richard Baeten	MAN SE	Stéphane Olivier Xavier Turlais Frederic Vivier	Renault
2011	Tomáš Tomeček Vojtěch Morávek	Tatra	Elisabete Jacinto Jose Marques Marco Cochinho	MAN SE	Michel Salvatore Raymond Louin	Mercedes-Benz
2012	Tomáš Tomeček Vojtěch Morávek	Tatra	Elisabete Jacinto Jose Marques Marco Cochinho	MAN SE	Noel Essers Marc Lauwers Peter Belmans	MAN SE
2013	Anton Shibalov Robert Amatych Almaz Khisamiev	Kamaz	Tomáš Tomeček Vojtěch Morávek	Tatra	Elisabete Jacinto Jose Marques Marco Cochinho	MAN SE
2014	Tomáš Tomeček Vojtěch Morávek	Tatra	Miklós Kovács Peter Czegledi Laszlo Acs	Scania	Elisabete Jacinto Jose Marques Marco Cochinho	MAN SE
2015	Anton Shibalov Robert Amatych Almaz Khisamiev	Kamaz	Sergey Kuprianov Alexander Kuprianov Anatoly Tanin	Kamaz	Tomáš Tomeček Ladislav Lála	Tatra
2016	Anton Shibalov Robert Amatych Almaz Khisamiev	Kamaz	Tomáš Tomeček Ladislav Lála	Tatra	Elisabete Jacinto Jose Marques Marco Cochinho	MAN SE
2017	Andrey Karginov Andrey Mokeev Dmitrii Nikitin	Kamaz	Jaroslav Valtr Rostislav Pilný Filip Škrobánek	Tatra	Tomáš Tomeček Ladislav Lála	Tatra
2018	Gérard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Moi Torrellardona	Iveco	Tomáš Tomeček	Tatra	Johannes Van De Laar Ben Van De Laar Adolphus Huijgens	DAF
2019	Elisabete Jacinto Jose Marques Marco Cochinho	MAN SE	Noel Essers Marc Lauwers Johan Cooninx	MAN SE	Johan Elfrink Dirk Schuttel	Mercedes-Benz
2020	Miklós Kovács Peter Czegledi Laszlo Acs	Scania	Karoly Farekas Albert Horn Peter Csakany	Scania	Tomáš Tomeček	Tatra
2022	Tomáš Tomeček	Tatra	Giulio Verzeletti Giuseppe Fortuna	Mercedes-Benz	Only two trucks classified
2024	Tomáš Tomeček	Tatra	Aad Van Velsen Michel Van Velsen Marco Siemons	Scania	Cedric Feryn Bjorn Burgelman Tom De Leeuw	GINAF

SSVs

Year	1st		2nd		3rd
Year	Crew	Make	Crew	Make	Crew	Make
2017	Frederic Pitout Hervé Lavergne	Polaris	François Cousin Stephane Cousin	Can-Am	only 2 teams finished the rally
2018	Jean Hugues Moneyron Thierry Maury	CFMOTO	Loic Bonnevie Sophie Hamys	Can-Am	Vincent Guindani Stephane Nguyen	Can-Am
2019	Rudy Roquesalane Vincent Ferri	Can-Am	Bruno Fretin Willy Charbonnier	Can-Am	Benoit Fretin Anthony Pichard	Can-Am
2020	Benoit Fretin Cédric Duplé	Can-Am	Patrice Etienne Jean Pierre Saint Martin	Can-Am	Loic Frebourg Franck Boulay	Can-Am
2022	Jean Dagher-Hayeck^{[note 1]} Patrick Antoniolli	Can-Am	Laurens Meijer Robbert Visser	Can-Am	Rudy Vollebregt Gert Traa	Can-Am

Palmares and records

	Palmares Auto
	Name	victories	Editions
1	Jean-Louis Schlesser	6	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
2	Jean-Antoine Sabatier	1	2015
	Kanat Shagirov		2016
	Vladimir Vasilyev		2017
	Mathieu Serradori		2018
	Jean Pierre Strugo		2019
	Patrick Martin		2020
	Philippe Gosselin		2022
	Gautier Paulin		2024

	Palmares Bike
	Name	Victories	Editions
1	Pal Anders Ullevalseter	2	2015, 2016
1	Alessandro Botturi	2	2019, 2020
2	José Manuel Pellicer	1	2009
	Marco Capodacqua		2010
	Willy Jobard		2011
	Oscar Polli		2012
	Martin Fontyn		2013
	Michael Pisano		2014
	Gev Teddy Sella		2017
	Paolo Ceci		2018
	Štefan Svitko		2022
	Jacopo Cerutti		2024

	Palmares Trucks
	Name	Victories	Editions
1	Tomáš Tomeček	5	2011, 2012, 2014, 2022, 2024
1	Anton Shibalov	3	2013, 2015, 2016
2	Miklós Kovács	2	2010, 2020
3	Jan de Rooy	1	2009
	Andrey Karginov		2017
	Gerard de Rooy		2018
	Elisabete Jacinto		2019

	Palmares SSvs
	Name	Victories	Editions
1	Frederic Pitout	1	2017
	Jean Hugues Moneyron		2018
	Rudy Roquesalane		2019
	Benoit Fretin		2020
	Jean Dagher-Hayeck		2022

Notes

1 2 Incorrectly labelled as Senegalese in results.^[11]

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[jeandagherhayeck-12] 1 2 Incorrectly labelled as Senegalese in results.^[11]

[1] Journal L'Equipe du 9 mai 2008 ^{[ dead link ‍]}

[2] Mototribu.com

[3] Writer, Staff (January 2017). "Africa Eco Race takes off from Monaco port | Monaco Life". www.monacolife.net. Retrieved 2017-01-03.

[4] "Teenager Sella wins Africa Eco Race". euronews. 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2017-01-15.

[5] "AER2021 - CANCELLATION | Drupal". www.africarace.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2021-01-05.

[6] "2022 Africa Eco Race: New adventure bike class added". enduro21. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

[7] "BIKE / ATV". AfricaRace. 15 January 2024. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[8] "Supplementary Regulations Bike - Quad" (PDF). AfricaRace. 15 January 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[9] "RACE". Africa Eco Race. 2024-10-12. Archived from the original on 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

[10] "Supplementary Regulations Car - Truck" (PDF). AfricaRace. 15 January 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[11] "N°255 - TEAM : GOR YOMBOUL". africarace. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[13] "Africa-Race2009".

[14] "Africa Race 2009. Vittoria finale per José Manuel Pellicer - Dueruote".

[15] "Africa Race 2009: Vince Pellicer su BMW".

[16] "Etape 12 ST LOUIS / DAKAR Classement Général - 19/01/2020". Africa Eco Race 2020 (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[17] "Iveco Trakker Victorious on Africa Rally". 2009-01-14.

[18] "AFRICA RACE 2009 c'est parti -". 3 January 2009.

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