By opposition to the FIA WRC Monte Carlo rallye who is a real race on closed to traffic roads, the historical Monte Carlo is a regularity competition with competitors due to respect an average speed they have choosen betwen 3 levels
Low
Average
High
The competitors have also to choose their start city between 6 European cities
Glasgow in Scotland
Lisboa in Portugal
Copenhagen in Denmark
Bad Hambourg in Germany
Barcelona in Spain
and Reims in France
and from there to arrange to be in Monaco by Saturday January 28th evening
This morning all the cars still in the race started their first race day toward Valence along the Rhone river
Around 500 kilometers with several "specials stages" on closed roads
To night the cars spend the night in Valence
Low
Average
High
The competitors have also to choose their start city between 6 European cities
Glasgow in Scotland
Lisboa in Portugal
Copenhagen in Denmark
Bad Hambourg in Germany
Barcelona in Spain
and Reims in France
and from there to arrange to be in Monaco by Saturday January 28th evening
This morning all the cars still in the race started their first race day toward Valence along the Rhone river
Around 500 kilometers with several "specials stages" on closed roads
To night the cars spend the night in Valence
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