SS 8/SS 11 • Querol - Les Pobles Special stage guide

19,17 km

Saturday, 16 october 2021 • First car due: 9:37h y 15:07h

General description

The great novelty of the second day of the RallyRACC. The stage leaves behind one of the most distinguished areas of the event, the passage through Santa Perpètua de Gaià. This year the stage starts a few meters before Esblada and reaches Querol, this is the only area like the stage of other editions.

Once you get to Querol, the stage enters the town on an asphalted road with a steep slope that enters a dense forest and continues on a steep ascent until it reaches the crest of the mountain. This middle part of the stage becomes pure speed and ends up in a very steep descent on cement, with two hairpins and the 90º crossing to Les Pobles on cement.

The last part, after the Les Pobles junction, is a very narrow road with very good tarmac and a good camber. The switchbacks continue downhill towards Les Pobles, where the stage ends.

Spectator Area ZP-1

Start of the stage where the speed is very high, but with good visibility. The competitors will arrive a few metres after the start of the special stage. The bends are wide and there is plenty of space for the public on the mountain surrounding the road.

Access: via T-201 from Seguer and Santa Perpètua de Gaia.

Parking: limited on the road itself. Be careful, the road is very narrow, always leave one lane free, all the accesses are escape routes in case of emergency.

Spectator Area ZP-2

This is a very interesting area which is reached at high speed and where the stage passes over a few metres of concrete, which will complicate the grip even more. Downhill hairpins with good visibility and a safe place on the mountainside. When you get to the junction you change from concrete to tarmac at a 90-degree downhill angle. Very good visibility outside in the fields near the road.

Access: from Pontons or El Pla de Manlleu reach Rantxos de Bonany, follow the TV-2441 road towards Les Pobles / Santes Creus.

Parking: Very limited, on the access road. Be careful, the road is very narrow, always leave one lane free, all the accesses are escape routes in case of emergency.

Spectator Area ZP-3

End of stage where the bends are linked one after the other and where there are areas to cut back. Good location for the public on the raised banks near the road.

Access: on foot once you have parked your car in Les Pobles. Arrive in advance as parking is limited and it is the end of the stage. Take the rural path that leaves from the junction of carrer Nou and carrer del Forn. The stage is just over twenty minutes' walk away.

Parking: limited in the village of Les Pobles.