Desafio Ruta 40 Programme

December 1

Registrations opening

February 12

Media registrations opening

March 16

Closing date of entries at reduced fee

May 4

Closing of Registrations 

May 12

Closing of Media Registrations

Publication of entry list (Sportity)

May 22

9 – 17hs 

Bivouac opening

10 -15hs

Administrative Checks for Open and Desafío Ansenuza (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

Pre Administrative Checks available for FIM crews upon request (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

11 – 16hs

Scrutineering for Open and Desafío Ansenuza (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

Pre-scrutineering available for FIM crews upon request (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

May 23

8 – 17hs

Administrative checks for FIA (Optional for W2RC crews) & FIM (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

Collection of material and documents (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

Collection of rally safety tracking system (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

8:30 – 18hs

Scrutineering for FIA (Optional for W2RC crews) & FIM (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

Pre-scrutineering available for W2RC crews upon request (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

9 – 17hs

HQ opening (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

Media Center and Media Accreditation opening (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

10 – 17hs 

Private Test for FIM (optional) (Albardón)

Private Test for FIA / OPEN (optional) (Albardón)

18:30hs

First FIM Jury meeting (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

20hs

General Briefing and photo team (compulsory) (Centro Cívico – Salón Eloy Camus)

Publication of list of FIM riders authorized to start (Sportity)

Publication of start list for FIM Prologue (Sportity)

Welcome cocktail for competitors (Centro Cívico – Salón Eloy Camus)

May 24

7 – 11hs

Administrative Checks for FIA W2RC crews (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

7:30-11:30hs

Scrutineering for FIA W2RC crews (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

11hs

Team Managers meeting (by invitation only) (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

12-13hs

Re-Scrutineering for FIA vehicles which did not pass scrutineering (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

12 – 14hs

PROLOGUE (For FIM competitors, OPEN -after the last bike- and Ansenuza -after the last OPEN (Albardón)

13:30hs

Publication of list of FIA crews authorized to start (Sportity)

Publication of starting order list for Stage 1 for FIA (Sportity)

Publication of ceremonial start order for FIA / FIM (Sportity)

14 – 16hs

Shakedown (For FIA competitors – Optional) (Albardón)

16hs

Publication of Prologue provisional classification (Sportity)

17:30hs

Pre-Start holding area opens (Centro Cultural Conte Grand)

18hs

Autograph session (Centro Cultural Conte Grand)

18:30hs

Pre-Start holding area closes (Centro Cultural Conte Grand)

Pre-Event Press Conference (Centro Cultural Conte Grand)

19:10hs

FIM Selection of starting order for Stage 1 (Centro Cultural Conte Grand)

19:20hs

Ceremonial start-ramp (Centro Cultural Conte Grand)

20hs

Publication of starting order for FIM Stage 1 (Sportity)

May 25

Stage 1: San Juan-San Juan

19hs

Publication of stage classification (Sportity)

20hs

Competitors Briefing (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

W2RC Medal Ceremony (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

20:30hs

Publication of starting list Stage 2 (Sportity)

May 26

Stage 2: San Juan-San Rafael (Mendoza)

19hs

Publication of stage classification (Sportity)

20hs

Competitors Briefing (Centro de Congresos y Exposiciones – San Rafael-)

W2RC Medal Ceremony (Centro de Congresos y Exposiciones – San Rafael-)

20:30hs

Publication of starting list Stage 3 (Sportity)

May 27

Stage 3: San Rafael-San Rafael

19hs

Publication of stage classification (Sportity)

20hs

Competitors Briefing (Centro de Congresos y Exposiciones – San Rafael-)

W2RC Medal Ceremony (Centro de Congresos y Exposiciones – San Rafael-)

20:30hs

Publication of starting list Stage 4 (Sportity)

May 28

Stage 4: San Rafael-San Juan

19hs

Publication of stage classification (Sportity)

20hs

Competitors Briefing (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

W2RC Medal Ceremony (Autódromo San Juan Villicum)

20:30hs

Publication of starting list Stage 5 (Sportity)

May 29

Stage 5: San Juan-San Juan

16:30hs

Post-Event Press Conference (Plaza 25 de mayo)

Publication of the provisional classification (Sportity)

17hs

Prize Giving Ceremony (Plaza 25 de mayo)

*Subjet to modifications. Last update: May 5, 2026