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Wales GB Rally 2011 sets off at the Great Orme Llandudno

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Drivers line up before the start of the race.

Wales GB Rally 2011 sets off at the Great Orme Llandudno

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Picturesque Llanduno from the Great Orme, the first stage of the Wales GB Rally.

Wales GB Rally 2011 sets off at the Great Orme Llandudno

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Spectators ignore safety advice and sit near the cliff edge to watch the action.

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Driver Elfyn Evans, whose father Gwyndaf is a former Rally GB champion.

Wales GB Rally 2011 sets off at the Great Orme Llandudno

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Ford was a preferred car for WRC Academy drivers.

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A driver prepares for the start of the race.

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A driver prepares for the start of the race.

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Drivers wait while a crashed vehicle is recovered.

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Australia's Molly Taylor was one the many female drivers

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A navigator prepares for the start of the race.

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The drivers line up at the start of the race.

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A driver taking the bend opposite the Llandudno Pier.

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A driver taking the bend opposite the Llandudno Pier.

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A driver taking the bend opposite the Llandudno Pier.

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A driver taking the bend opposite the Llandudno Pier.

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A driver taking the bend opposite the Llandudno Pier.

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A driver taking the bend opposite the Llandudno Pier.

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The start of the Great Orme stage of the Wales GB Rally 2011.

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Drivers tackle the narrow road with steep cliffs and sheer drops.

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Drivers tackle the narrow road with steep cliffs on their left and sheer drops on their right.

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The steep cliffs provide spectators with a bird's eye view.

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Drivers tackle the narrow road with steep cliffs on their left and sheer drops on their right.

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Drivers tackle the narrow road with steep cliffs on their left and sheer drops on their right.

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Drivers tackle the narrow road with steep cliffs on their left and sheer drops on their right.

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Drivers tackle the narrow road with steep cliffs on their left and sheer drops on their right.

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The Wales GB Rally got off to a roaring start for the first stage, with seventy four drivers tackling the Great Orme section featuring towering cliffs on one side and a sheer drop to the sea on the other. Wales, UK. 10th November 2011

The first stage of the Wales GB Rally got off to a roaring start around the Great Orme in Llandudno on Thursday.

Andrew Coe the chief executive of Wales GB Rally said the road around the Great Orme was one of the "most spectacular roads in the UK".

Seventy four drivers tackled the course which is flanked by towering cliffs on their left and sheer drops to the see on their right.

The 350-mile (563km) rally over four days will continue through forests in mid-Wales finishing in Cardiff on Sunday.

As the drivers lined up at the start they were stunned to hear French driver Sebastien Ogier crashed his Citroen one mile into the stage losing a wheel.

Former British Rally champion Gwyndaf Evans was on hand to advise his driver son Elfyn and also stood in as one of the team's mechanics

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Geoff-Abbott

Thanks Steve, viewing was

Submitted by Geoff Abbott on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 10:05.

Thanks Steve, viewing was very restricted and it's lucky the limestone was dry and the VS grass

Stephenford

Good set interesting

Submitted by Stephen Ford on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 08:14.

Good set interesting viewpoints Geoff.
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