La Mussara rally stage map

by Sidney van den Boogaard

Ten hairpins, stacked one above the other, carry this stage up the Serra de la Mussara above Vilaplana. Before them comes a twisting, almost Corsican opening; after them, the plateau and the ruins of La Mussara, a deserted village at about 990 metres where every building has fallen into ruin. Then the character changes completely: after a junction the road turns smoother and very fast, with long straights, a pair of square bends and one last long hairpin before the flying finish. These 20.7 kilometres in the hills of Tarragona served as the power stage of the Catalan rally in 2019. For the fan who counts hairpins for fun.

This work is part of the Rally Stages collection: legendary special stages on tarmac, gravel and snow, each drawn from the real road and finished in the same calm, graphic style. The map reads from start to finish, with the stage's elevation profile below and, along the bottom, the length, the surface and the facts that made the stage famous.

The road is drawn from OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the profile from Copernicus elevation data. A great gift for any rally fan, for the workshop, the garage or above the desk.