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MG TD TF 1500 - OT - Rally The Hague > Beijing

Start on May 5th:
A true test for those with a love of adventure. This rally, with the Chinese capital city as its’ final destination, will cover 11.000 kilometers (7000 miles) and pass through the Siberian steppes as well as the Gobi Desert. The participants will be raising money for Terre des Hommes.

When the starting gun is fired by Mr. Frans Weisglas – ambassador for Terre des Hommes and former speaker of the Dutch House of Commons – it will signal the start of a special rally. Over a period of 4 weeks, 15 classic cars will make their way through Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Mongolia to finally reach Beijing in China.There will be little time to sit back and enjoy the scenery as the schedule is very tight. Added to this, the poor quality of the roads in Siberia and Mongolia means that the few rest days will be taken up with maintenance and repair of the vehicles...

Not only an MG B but also an mg td (drivers Jos en Gerrie Rooswinkel, members of MGTTO) are on the list of participants.

Jasper



JL Nederhoed

Jasper,

This rally/race/event sounds exciting! Thank you for the "heads-up" alert. Do you know if there will be a way in which we may keep up with the itinerary, participants' daily results - as in text, photos, film clips, etc?

Regards,

Jerry
Jerry Chandler

Jerry,

This rally will be broadcasted in a weekly programme on the Dutch TV channel RTL7 while The Hague reporter Gert-Jan Gerlach will be giving report for regional TV channels.

No doubt video's will appear on YouTube.

I'll try to keep you and this BBS posted!

Jasper

JL Nederhoed

Enter e.g. 'The Hague Beijing' on YouTube and already several video's about preparation and sponsoring do pop up.

Jasper
JL Nederhoed

Not out to steal anyone's thunder, but I think I just finished reading in the MGCC 'Safety Fast' about a TC that just finished virtually the same route. Bud
Bud Krueger

Thank you, Jasper. I look forward to keeping up with the rally as best I can.

Jerry
Jerry Chandler

Hallo Jasper, great idea to bring this tour on the BBS.
There is a website, partly in dutch and partly in english: www.hbc2012.com
They just announced the programme for the departureday. We will go to the Hague to see them starting and to good-beye Jos and Gerrie (the TD drivers) who we know well. Programme looks exciting like the whole tour. Groetjes, Huib
Huib Bruijstens

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