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THE DEUS SWANK RALLY ON ICE

Motul
26 January

If you read previous article about stylish ice moto race Snowquake, you can imagine what they will do in 2018. More than that, Deus and Di Traverso add snow version of glorious Swank Rally to this event!

 

 

Read this article in Deus' blog:

 

 

Swank Rally On Ice is one of those events where yesterday and tomorrow do not exist. You leave everything behind: home, work, problems... there is only one challenge that matters, and the only friends you have are spikes screwed into your bike tyres.

 

 

53 heroic riders from all over the world are challenging on the Ice Rosa Ring ice on the unforgiving slopes of Monte Rosa at 4 634 m. The engines have been revving since this morning’s practice session: many bikes are taking their part at the track in the midst of fresh snow. While the engines were warming up, and the race was being prepared with the help of the Di Traverso school, the staff of the Deus Cafe got the first sausages sizzling and were prepared to warm minds and bodies with mulled wine.

 

 

When afternoon comes, Rock n ‘Roll counts down the minutes and fires everyone up for the self timed race, opened by the three female superheroes who were among the contenders.

 

 

From that moment till late afternoon, lawyers, workers or waiters are no longer distinguishable, there are no Germans, or French, or Italians: only riders that are hungry for more ice and more snow, taking themselves to the limit to see just how far they dare to go.

 

 

The fun begins immediately after starting the stopwatch on the icy stretch of the track, with two curves that end in a first small straight followed by a sharp bend on which the motorcycles are practically sidestepping. It then descends into three bends where some show superlative control and others just seem crazy, and then enters a long straight. From here, after a wide curve, two bends marked Hard and Soft mark the passage into fresh snow, off track in a typically Enduro stretch that puts the studs and some of the riders in serious trouble before returning to the track to stop the stopwatch.

 

 

It’s a bit like going back to childhood, where fun is the only thing that matters and the only shadow over the day is knowing that it’ll have to end.

 

There have been falls, bikes stuck in mud, riders left on foot, but most of all smiling faces, pervaded by the spirit of the Swank Rally.
After 186 laps, the snow awarded the Greek Giannis Trigas the first place, followed by Adelio Lorenzin and Sandro Tramelli.

 

 

 

Source: deuscustoms.com

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