Dream Raid 2007 - New Caledonia
Four countries represented so far, for third edition of the Dream Raid
Jacqueline Windh / 20.08.2007
Winners of previous editions are:
2002 : Eden Park Team (FRA/NC) - Philippe Lepoul, Sylvain Mougin, Martine Limozin, Karl Girold
2005 : Milie Team (AUS) – Toby Cogley, Zoe King, Matt Blundell, Jason Wilson
Race organizer Mattias Balagny is enthusiastic about the calibre of competitors who will be racing this year, and provides us with a sneak preview of who they are :
Sylvain Mougin, first place in the ‘Raid Gauloises’ in Vietnam who was also ex-orientation national champion in France will team up with Gael Hansen winner of ‘La Boliviana’ and ‘La Transmarocaine’ in 2006’. Both of them have now completed their team with a local couple under the name of Martine and Olivier Limozin also winners of the first Dream Raid edition. Their team is now called: The SOCAFER Team.
Milie Team, The Australian team, winner of the Dream Raid in 2005, directed by
Matt Blundell, will proudly represent the Surf Hotel ‘l’Hôtel Le Surf’ one of the finest hotels of New Caledonia, Grands Hôtels de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
New Zealand will be represented by Jim Hawkridge (winner of la Routeburn Classic Race as well as finishing fifth of the Southern Traverse in 2007) He will team up with the talented Emiliye Miazza and the well-known Eric Billioud. Their team consisting of different international members from New Caledonia and New Zealand, sponsored by Socafer, has the potential to be powerfully competitive. Philippe Lepoul, the winner of the first edition has equipped himself with some authentic specialists.
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