What you need to know!
Scrutineering from Thursday
For those who don't have the patience to wait until Friday evening for the official start of the festivities, it will already be possible to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Legend Boucles @ Bastogne from this Thursday 30 January between 1.30pm and 8.30pm. The traditional technical inspection operations will begin in the morning on the Place McAuliffe. They will continue until 2.30pm on Friday afternoon.
Signing session and exhibition-parade on Friday evening
On the front line of the Legend Boucles @ Bastogne, Friday evening is synonymous with a popular festival and a not-to-be-missed event! On Place McAuliffe, under the technical control tent from 6pm, the autograph session is sure to attract a big crowd and fans eager for personalised souvenirs! Especially in the presence of Thierry Neuville, world rally champion!
An hour later, the expo-parade will see all the cars authorised to take part in the rally converge on Bastogne's main street for a grand communion with the public. Let there be no doubt, the atmosphere will be at its height in the town centre, as well as in the town's countless catering establishments! Everyone's welcome...
The official programme, on sale where and when?
More than ever, the official programme of the Legend Boucles @ Bastogne is the e
Bastogne, Place McAuliffe in the marquee and flying teams in the streets: Friday between 4.30pm and 9.30pm, Saturday between 7am and 8.30pm, and Sunday from 7.30am...
Bastogne, Station Total, route de Marche: Friday between 4.30pm and 9pm, Saturday between 6am and 8pm, Sunday from 6am.
Tenneville, Station Total, Route de la Barrière: Friday between 4.30pm and 8pm, Saturday between 7am and 8pm, Sunday between 8am and 2pm.
First RTs: where and when?
Although spectators will have to wait until 4.30pm on Friday to discover the route of the Legend Boucles @ Bastogne 2025 via the official programme and the application, the event organisers are fully aware that for practical reasons, some information needs to be circulated.
So on Saturday 1 February, the Legend/Challenger line-up will pass the podium on Place McAuliffe at 8.53am, before heading to Vaux-sur-Sûre for the first RT. The start will be at 9.18am! After that, the crews will head for Léglise and Neufchâteau.
As for the ‘Classic 65/Classic 50’ group, they will begin the festivities with the RT Les Eoliennes, starting in the hamlet of Oubourcy, north of Bastogne. Start at 9.10 am.
An ever more powerful App!
The Legend Boucles @ Bastogne may be the crème de la crème of classic car events, but they are also distinguished by the impressive resources available to followers and fans to make sure they don't miss a thing of the race. The Legend Boucles application for the 2025 edition is as effective as ever. On the first page of the official programme, on sale from Friday at 4.30pm (marquee) for 15 euros, an iOS and Android QR Code can be scanned to download the app.
You can then follow the progress of the event, check the rankings and other information, etc.
But that's not all! By entering the code also available in the official programme (please note: one code per programme purchased and per smartphone or tablet), you can access the interactive digital part of the programme, with videos of the various RTs, photos of key locations (refreshment areas, show points, etc.) taken by a drone, various information on these RTs... and their route via Google Map, giving you easier access to the locations you have chosen. A system that works like a GPS for guidance, which will take you to the chosen point in the RT, wherever you are.
Last but not least, a live timetable update for each category will allow the public to find out the actual start time of each RT, depending on the ups and downs of the race.
TV Lux more Legend Boucles than ever!
As a local television channel in the heart of the province of Luxembourg, TV Lux will of course not be missing the 2025 edition of the Legend Boucles @ Bastogne! In close collaboration with the organisers, the Royal Automobile Club de Spa, capsules will be broadcast in the form of ‘Facebook Live’, simultaneously on the Facebook pages of TV Lux and the Legend Boucles! Each clip will give an update on the standings in all the categories, feature one or two interviews and, above all, action footage from the RTs. In all, 3 ‘Facebook Lives’ will be available from Friday 31 January, 5 on Saturday 1 February and 4 on Sunday 2 February.
In addition to these capsules recorded from the heart of Bastogne, TV Lux will of course be covering the Legend Boucles @ Bastogne 2025 in its various television programmes, as well as on social networks, focusing on the many regional crews.