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IRC: First Yalta Rally, which will be held in June, presented in Monaco

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Khatir Soltani
From ircseries.com

Organisers of the Prime Yalta Rally took the opportunity to present their new Intercontinental Rally Challenge event during the opening round of the series in Monte-Carlo earlier this month.

Several manufacturer representatives, team managers, logistics coordinators and members of the media attended the function to learn more about this exciting addition to the IRC calendar and to meet key members of the organising team.

Evgeniy Chervonenko, the Chairman of the rally organising committee, Heorhiy Psariov, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Mikhail Loilenko, the rally’s Clerk of the Course, were all present at the function along with IRC General Manager Marcello Lotti.

The event will run from 2-4 June and will be based in Yalta on the banks of the Black Sea in Ukraine’s Crimea region. It will feature 261 competitive kilometres over 14 all-asphalt special stages in the hills above the city. Yalta’s roads have a reputation for being bumpy and slippery and are set to provide a stern test for the IRC regulars.

Organisers have pledged to assist with border crossings, logistics and accommodation and will arrange several functions and leisure activities during the event.

Yalta became famous for hosting the historic Yalta Conference in 1945 where US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin met to discuss Europe’s post-war reorganisation.

Khatir Soltani
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