14.03.2013

From March 15th – 17th in Italy, Pordenone district will be held 20th edition of cross-country competition „Italian Baja” that will be also first stage of FIA Cross - Country Rally World Cup 2013. „Italian Baja” reaches 122 entries from 21 country this year in car, bike, quad and truck classification.

International team „RE Autoclub” will participate with sportsmen from Russia – Alexander Terentyev and Alexander Terentyev Jr. with starting No. 222. Terentyevs team have participated in numerous Russian cross-country championship stages, FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup rounds and in the most prestigous marathonrally in Argentina, Chile and Peru - Dakar 2012. 

Among all 122 entries we will be able to find such world famous drivers as polish cross-country pilot from Monster Energy X Raid Team - Krzysztof Holovczycs, Russian cross-country leaders from G-Force Motorsport – Vladimir Vasilyev and Boriss Gadasin, as well 11th time winner of Dakar - Stephane Peterhansel. This time he won’t be piloting a car, but will participate with bike „Yamaha WR 450F”. 

The organisers of „Italian Baja” have planned very interesting competitions like Super Special Leg with a race course very similar to the Selective Sections but reduced to 8 km, to be repeated once on Friday March 15th. The race course with a lenght of about 80 km runs along the dirt roads of Zoppola, San Giorgio della Richinvelda and Spilimbergo and along the riverbed of Cosa and Tagliamento river. Race course very technical and difficult in some way, very fast and sliding in others. To be repeated in 5 times.