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Details: The 9th Rallye de Luxembourg will have a spectacular array of drivers for its 2013 edition this week-end, as announced this morning at Espace Namur in Hamm.
The toal distance is 378 km (165 km of special stages and 214 km of public roads) with 15 special stages and 76 drivers and cars participating. This Saturday, 20 July at 11:00, there will be a special event at the Place du Glacis in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg, with the drivers and cars participating in the rally stages. The general public will be able to meet the drivers. An autograph session with Thierry Neuville is being organised between 11:30 and 12:30, and various stands will sell gadgets incorporating the rally's logo, food and drink. The first stage will then start at 13:00 from the Glacis.
The rally starts with administrative and technical controls from 08:00 on Friday in Bettborn, followed by a series of reconnaissance missions for Saturday's and Sunday's stages.
The winners will be presented on Sunday 21 July at 18:00 at the end of the event, in Bettborn.
The 9th annual event is being organised by the Rally Supporter Club Luxembourg (RSCL), in collaboration with ATC Merzig, with the start and finish at Bettborn. Building on the success of the 2012 edition, this year the rally hosts a remarkable list of international drivers.
The organisers have managed to present a new table of top drivers for Luxembourg, from Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Austria - all will begin competing for tackling ambitious circuits at the heart of Europe, from Friday to Sunday 19-21 July. Mark and Sandro Wallenwein from Germany, as well as Ruben Zeltner of Switzerland, are the top three drivers which the organisers have attracted to this event.
The first Luxembourg Rally was held in 1998, with the second the following year. In 2001 and 2002 it was not held due to swine flu and in 2004 there was an accident (which also stopped the 2009 rally due to legal issues), with it was held in 2006, 2007 & 2008; from 2010 it has been held annually following the succession of George Michels as president of the RSCL.
The general public will be able to see the drivers in no less than nine towns: Bissen, Boevange, Colmar-Berg, Grosbous, Luxembourg,Mersch, Préizerdaul, Redange and Tuntange.
The event is being supported by various sponsors, icnluding Total Luxembourg, Hotel International, Arendt, Etoile Garage, Occasiounmaart, Engelberg, Grand Garage Paul Wengler, Enterprise Jacques Streff, Autopolis, Garage R&C Boewer, Garage Jang Blom, Raceshop.lu, Bofferding, Eldoradio and Schilling.
Venue: Bettborn, etc
Organiser: RSCL
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