Savoie-Chautagne Rally – Mathis Bonfils the mountain man

Mathias Bonfils can look at the results of the event to better realize the extent of his feat on this Rally Savoie-Chautagne. The Haut-Savoyard Michel Giraldo hung it on his hunting board in 2016, just like the Vosges Eric Mauffrey in 2018, Romain Guillerot in 2019 or the Savoyard Sylvain Michel (French asphalt champion 2016 and dirt 2018) in 2017.

Between Lake Bourget, the Rhône, and facing the Grand Colombier which causes cyclists so much suffering, the pilots must overcome Mont Clergeon and the Col du Sapenay, departing from Serrières (Ardèche). “With a small car like mine, in the long stretches of the Sapenay, we reach 160 km/h, the R5s not far from 200. On this event, you need a reliable machine to withstand the shock”, specifies Thibault Joram (Citroën Saxo). “Even on the second pass, the ropes remained fairly clean, with little degradation. THE