Sertoes Rally: Final Results

That’s it! After another 4 days of racing all the way up north to Natal, I crossed the podium in 25th position (scratch) and 6th in the production category. The Final Results were:

1st Ze Helio; 2nd Cyril Despres; 3rd David Casteu
4th Marc Coma; 5th Ruben Faria
24th Jordi Viladoms
25th Christophe Barriere-Varju
27th Ludovic Boinnard; 33rd Oscar Polli

This race is definitely a milestone for me as I managed to race the 4,975kms without a fall. The Honda CRF450 ran beautifully and was extremely reliable.

But most important than the final result is the experience gained for the upcoming 10,000kms Dakar in January – both from a racing and from a physical perspective. I can now concentrate on 6-month of intensive preparation for the grueling Dakar Rally.

We received a lot of positive feedback from the work the Dreams Do Come True Foundation did with Acao Social (Social Action) during the Rally. A lot of people came to speak with me during the race to tell me how touched they were about the bicycles we provided to the schools. The bicycles represent not only a memorable milestone in any children’s life but open the doors to the “feeling of freedom” being able to travel, it also teaches the importance of physical activities, maintenance, and repairs. All of us as kids loved to dismantle and put a bicycle back together.

This was the first charitable initiative of the Dreams Do Come True Foundation and we look forward to having a bigger impact in the 2009 programme.