We are delighted to announce that Tour de Force has been asked to provide a team to join the support crew for this exciting event at the beginning of 2011.
At exactly midnight New Years Eve 2010, the teams will be flagged away from Big Ben on an epic journey, arriving in Cape Town some 28 days later. For more information, check out the website:
London to Capetown Rally
More news to follow...
November 2010
Unfortunately the rally has been cancelled in it's present form. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office invited Tour de Force and The Endurance Rally Association to a meeting, at which they outlined the terrorism threat for the Sahara Region. They explained there is now a high level threat of kidnap in certain areas of the Sahel, some of these areas the rally would be travelling through.
Obviously organising such an event does have inherent risks involved, but one has to draw a line somewhere and when the Counter Terrorism Dept of the FCO says it's too risky, you tend to listen!
However, all is not lost and we are currently looking into other possible routes which would bypass the danger areas. More details to follow...
January 2011
It's back on! Not to be outdone, The Endurance Rally Association is exploring other routes down to Cape Town and Tour de Force will be there to assist. Jim Allen from TDF will travel with rally director Philip Young on an epic recce of a new route through Africa.
London to Cape Town Recce Report
Jim will be responsible for keeping the ex-Camel Trophy Freelander on the road and up to the rigours of Africa life. Pictures to follow...
The recce is now well under way, after taking the new ferry from Venice to Alexandria, the team head south through the deserts of Egypt
