A big thank form the Motoclub Iglesias to all the participants at the race!

Moto Club Iglesias ringrazia tutti i partecipanti e collaboratori!

FIM - MAXXIS WORLD ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP - APRIL 17th-18th-19th 2009
Grand Prix SURFLEX of Italy – Sardinia

FINAL STANDINGS - RISULTATI FINALI

Opinions:

Race 1 - Day 1 - Friday (courtesy of WEC - ABC)
Race 1 - Day 2 - Saturday (courtesy of WEC - ABC)

Race 2 - Sunday (courtesy of WEC - ABC)

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MAPS AND PHOTOS

!! RACE PHOTOS - FOTO DELLA GARA !! courtesy of / grazie a BrunoXT (Polverosi-Ichnusa) Motoclub Villasimius e Team Over Forty + 40

Map of Italy - Sardinia including the ferry boats ports of departure and arrival - click HERE

Map of Sardinia with the route to Iglesias - from Cagliari click HERE ; from Porto Torres click HERE ; from Olbia click HERE

Map of the town of Iglesias area and to the main neighbour localities - click HERE

Map of the town of Iglesias with the site of the phonometric trial, Parc Fermé, Start of first day of April 18th 2009 - click HERE

Map of Iglesias with hotels, restaurants, petrol pumps - click HERE

Map of the paddock of WEC VILLAGE - coming soon

Map of the main tourist attractions of the area - click HERE

Photos of the main tourist sea attractions of the neighbour of Iglesias - click HERE

Watch the video presenting Motoclub Iglesias

HOW TO ARRIVE

Coming fron northern parts of Sardinia (Alghero, Olbia, Porto Torres) on the SS130 highway, head for Cagliari and after Sanluri exit take the next exit for Samassi, head for Vallermosa, pass through and drive until arriving on the SS130 highway. Once on the SS130 highway, drive until the end of the four lanes and follow the right lane towards Iglesias. Drive along a two-lane road with trees for ca. 1km, then turn right following the street signs installed for the race.

Coming from Cagliari, take the SS130 highway towards Iglesias, drive until the end of the four lanes and follow the right lane in direction Iglesias. Drive along a two-lane road with trees for ca. 1km, then turn right following the street signs installed for the race. You will reach the paddock.

DOVE SIAMO - COME ARRIVARE

Per chi arriva dal nord Sardegna, dirigersi verso Cagliari, 3km circa dopo l'uscita per Sanluri prendete l'uscita per Samassi, attraversate il paese di Vallermosa e imboccate la ss130. Una volta sulla ss 130, percorrerla fino alla fine del tratto a 4 corsie e svoltare a destra direzione Iglesias. Seguite il viale alberato e le indicazioni stradale per arrivare al paddock.
Per chi arriva da Cagliari, prendete la SS130 verso Iglesias. Una volta sulla SS 130, percorrerla fino alla fine del tratto a 4 corsie e svoltare a destra direzione Iglesias. Seguite il viale alberato e le indicazioni stradale per arrivare al paddock.
Tutti i percorsi della gara sono indicati sulle strade principale di arrivo per Iglesias. Seguite le indicazioni Google Maps .

WHERE WE ARE

The Moto Club Iglesias is located in Iglesias Via Siracusa snc, tel. +39 0781-32444 office – fax +39 0781 40980

Iglesias is a town with 30,000 inhabitants on the south west coast of Sardinia, at 10 km from the sea. Main distances: 54 km from Cagliari, 50 Km from Elmas-Cagliari Airport, 220 km from Porto Torres, 250 km from Olbia .
The town lies at the foot of the Marganai massif (peak 900 m), which together with the mountains Linasia creates one of the green lungs of Sardinia. Iglesias is oriented towards the planes, which stretches towards Cagliari; the other side stretches towards the sea among beautiful hills covered by mediterranean maquis while the Marganai part is covered with rocks and woods.
The peculiarities of the town are the “Four M”: Mines, Sea (Mare in Italian), Mountains and Middle Age. The city owes its origins to the mines already exploited by ancient Romans till the middle age times, still visible on the old part of the town. The mines have been closed for economical reasons in the ’90s and the town is now focused on tourism, services and trade.
Near Iglesias the metallurgical activities are still active in the industrial area of Portovesme (aluminium - zinc).
The sea is 11 km far, Funtanamare Beach and many other beautiful sand beaches are at your disposition. Sea temperature on April is near 16 °C.
Wild cliffs which are unspoilt and free of facilities, our mountains are yet not exploited, on the Marganai Mountains there is a regional park, where you can find cork and oak trees. The wild boar rules unless the hunting season is opened.
The middle age is one of the peculiarities of Iglesias as touristic attractions: the revaluation of historic town centre and the presence of many ancient churches (Iglesias= is cresias = the churches in Spanish languages) give the chance to visit this sites and to organize three summer events: The Candelieri parade, Middle-Age parade and the Crossbow shooting competition.

WHO WE ARE

The Moto Club Iglesias was founded on 1974, March 13th and since then with no interruption has developed activities of Enduro Motocross Tourism, Gimkana, Supermotard, Endurbiker, social life and Trial.
The president is Carlo Piccardi, in charge since 1975 with no interruptions. The board is made up of 9 people but whoever wants to participate usually joins the board’s meetings, which are often very crowded.
The main activity is the Enduro, both because it was our first activity and because the mountains around Iglesias help us in this sport. We are however open to whatsoever discipline our members want to practice.
Our “Moto Dispersion” yearly meeting is really very appreciated because very aggregating, and bikers are coming from all Sardinia. We leave on Saturday afternoon, using “all-terrain” motorbikes, we stay and have dinner in the mountains (possibly not in hotel) and come back home the day after.
During these last years the sports results have not been as good as they were in the 80s, 90s and 2000, but our main source of satisfaction is the presence of some young members who constitute the second generation of founder members (Binetti, Cubadda) and other promising young people.
One of the aspects which characterizes us is the collective Sunday trip for the mountains: “elderly” and young facing the extraordinary difficulties of our territor: sand, rock, hill, wood, uphill and downhill.
The Moto Club Iglesias is considered the leader group of Enduro in Sardinia.
We are organizing since 2004, the national Enduro race, after 30 years of experience of Regional Championships races.

We already organized:

. On Feb 2004 first race of Italian Championship “Assoluti d’Italia” (two days race)
. On March 2005 first race major Italian Championship (one day race)
. On April 2006 second race European Championship (two day race)

We are cooperating from the early beginnings with all motorbike events in Sardinia, like World TT Raid, Rally of Sardinia, Assoluti d’Italia Enduro, ensuring all main technical positions (Race Director, Passage Controls, radio links, Medical Assistance etc) .

Two of our members are licensed as International Race Directors by FIM. One of our members is licensed as Chief Medical Officier (CMO) by FIM.