Final of the 7th Portugal de Lés-a-Lés Off-Road took animation to Vila Real de Santo António – MotoNews
A space to rest and chat, where we find Miguel Farrajota and António Oliveira. Big rivals in motocross as in enduro and raids, where they have a total of 35 national titles, are now friends. As it could not be otherwise than the endurance trails of all levels that were praised “the very demanding technical trails of the stage, with climbs that were not the first evil in a National Endurance event, and the very fluid on the second day”. And, in unison, they recognize that “even knowing the difficulties in the Alentejo, it was too much asphalt, especially for endurance motorcycles”. Go there and, shortly afterwards, you will still be able to enjoy moments of great driving, in the heart of the Vale do Gua Natural Park.
A place where the drama of drought, where the water is already visible in the Alque 3 or 4 meters below the artificial lake of Europe by the very clear area greater the dimension of the water we cross. The organization of the Federation of Motorcyclists of all the participants of the Federation of Motorcycling Event Organizer that attracted the participants of the Federation of Motorcyclists of the Organization of Events Portugal.
As the German Marcel Driessen, Yamaha Country Manager in the German market, who, after “a lot of fun, joy and also a lot of fatigue in the first two days, especially due to the demand for a motorcycle like the Yamaha Ténéré 700 World Raid” did not hide “some annoyance ” on the Alentejo crossing. “But it’s the landscape, after two days of mandasas landscape and rewarded with fabulous landscapes, with these landscapes it was impossible to go up-and-down”, which had been outside Portugal from Lés-a-Lés before without first praising the last curves of the Algarve mountains, “slippery and very fun”.