The Impossible - DEMOmaniacs and more Prolog treats at the hill climbs finish - 2023 grand opening ceremony and press gathering.
Nations city ride, 2022
The '55 Nations city ride" is one of the largest gatherings of the hard enduro community in the world. This colourful motorcycle parade kicks off the opening ceremony of Red Bull Romaniacs and will see the historical Sibiu city centre come to life with high spirited competitors carrying their nations flag on their motorcycles lead by founder and organiser, Martin Freinademetz and Prolog director, Andy Fazekas.
Competitors from 55 nations will ride their motorcycles adjacent to some of the most iconic landmarks of this mediaeval European cultural capital. Passing under the Bridge of Lies, through Piata Mica square under the Tower of the Council into the Piata Mare square and onto the Bulevardul Coposu. This will provide outstanding and unique backdrops for photography and videography opportunities.
Gold class competitors, Prolog 2022
Competitors ranging from 55 nations come from all corners of the world, the highest numbers are represented by Germany, Austria and Great Britain but also from as far a field as Honduras, Aruba, Mongolia, India and Columbia.
55 Nations attending The Impossible, 2023
The 'Nations city ride' will descend upon the site of the In-city Prolog where the DEMOmaniacs obstacle testing will take place.
Aptly named the DEMOmaniacs, refers to the Gold class 'Romaniacs' who will lap the Prolog for fifteen minutes to test its flow and difficulty, while making mental notes of the best line choices in preparation for the real thing. If necessary they will give feedback to Andy Fazekas on the Prolog track.
DEMOmaniacs is a bonus opportunity for press and media to capture their first images up close. Following a competitors presentation with Martin Freinademetz there will be a media and public meet, greet and autograph session with the world famous competitors which will bring the opening ceremony to a close.
Trystan Hart flying with the nations flags, 2022 Prolog
The Red Bull Romaniacs notorious mother of all Prologs will not end after the first day this year. Competitors will be required to conserve some energy for the final push on Offroad Day 4. The famous hill climb finish will receive a special facelift for the Edition 20, stepping things up a notch. In true 'go big or go home' Romaniacs fashion the tough will get tougher in front of thousands of spectators and global online fans via the the daily 2023 ONLINE LIVEstreaming
The renowned hill climbs finish
In 2009 Andy Fazekas built and organised the first motorcycle hillclimbing competition in Romania with his motorcycle club, the Crazy Bike Club. It was located at the Gusterita hillclimb site and Martin Freinademetz was even a competitor at the event. The idea of including a hillclimb in the Red Bull Romaniacs stemmed from this competition. Previously the finishing arch was situated in some 'interesting' locations for example; on top of industrial buildings, on a rooftop and in the city centre, but both Martin and Andy realised the great potential of the hillclimb site as the perfect arena for spectators and a smorgasbord of tricky sections and chicken lines to incorporate into the final tracks, bringing a crowd pleasing end to the 5 day rallye. It was the ideal venue and competitors would be greeted by thousands of cheering fans as they achieved their goal of reaching the finish of Red Bull Romaniacs.
2009 rooftop finish
Competitors will have to dig deep for the 2023 Hillclimb finish as it becomes the next level, extended 'multi-hillclimbing' volume 2!
Final hill climbs challenges, 2022
LIVEmaniacs was initiated in 2022 and provides daily live streaming with professional commentary delivered directly to the viewers, a game changer for viewing capabilities. The In-city Prolog and hill climbs finish are streamed as well as three Offroad stages where Gold class competitors will have to complete three loops of a technical section of terrain in front of the cameras each day, bringing the action live and raw from the Romanian wilderness directly to global online viewers. The LIVEmaniacs broadcasts can be replayed throughout the year from the website.
The next media report will be released in 2 weeks:
BEHIND THE SCENES - what it takes to pull off the longest and toughest rallye on the hard enduro calendar.
Round 3 of 6 in the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship.
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