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The Amsterdam – Beijing Classic Car Endurance Rally 2006 is the most exciting and spectacular event for classic cars ever. The sports rally, where almost 200 Dutch adventurers drive from the Netherlands to China in classic cars, started on 15 July.
In total a 84 teams of two persons each will be participating in the Amsterdam – Beijing Classic Car Endurance Rally 2006 – called the Amsterdam – Beijing Rally in shortened form. This caravan will be crossing fourteen countries on two continents between 15 July and 13 August and is a tribute to historical voyages of discovery. The themes of the four weeks are sportsmanship, culture, camaraderie and adventure.
Website: www.abr2006.nl
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Although cars play a principal part, this is certainly not the only thing that the event is about. “The rally leads to countries and regions where it seems as if time has stood still. The route follows parts of the classic Silk route and crosses areas with breathtaking panoramas: from narrow mountain roads in East Turkey to the vast and sandy Gobi desert in China. En route we will pass impressive structures and locations, among which the Chinese Wall and the Yellow River. Classic cars add an extra dimension to this. However, it is going to be above all a rally that will tax everything and everyone who participates in it to the limit. Unique, exciting and memorable, those are the keywords for this event.”
The Amsterdam – Beijing Rally will be followed intensively by crews of three television producers: IdtV Cumulus (the Netherlands), North One (England) and CCTV-5 (China). In the Netherlands, RTL7 will broadcast thirty minutes of highlights every day from the current images of the rally, interviews with participants and background information. Various journalists will be travelling along with the rally and provide commentary about the progress of the teams.
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