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Paris Dakar Rally History. First years 1979 to 1997. The Complete History Of The Dakar Rally. In 1984 and 1985 BMW sent a factory team armed with desert-proof modifications to the Paris-Dakar. The official start was at the Esplanade of the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower and the race finished in the Senegalese capital of Dakar.
The Dakars history AN ENDURING CHALLENGE The adventure began back in 1977 when Thierry Sabine got lost on his motorbike in the Libyan desert during the Abidjan-Nice Rally. The story goes that Thierry got lost in the Tenere Desert while. First held on the day after Christmas of 1978 the Paris To Dakar Rally better known today simply as The Dakar is an endurance rally raid event thats widely recognized as being one of if not the most grueling off-road motorsport event in the world. A dream for those. His motto then would be. Since then the routes were changed several times so the event was commonly referred not as Paris-Dakar but just as The Dakar.
The Complete History Of The Dakar Rally.
In December of 1978 a young man from France named Thierry Sabine came up with a plan and opened the doors to a world of adventure. At the finish in Jeddah Kevin Benavides has also written himself into the. The event was first organized in 1978 as the Paris-Dakar Rally because the start of the race was in France and finish was in Senegal. The film tells the story of Thierry Sabine a French motorcycle racer who played a pivotal role in founding the Dakar Rally. The Paris - Cape rally comprised 22 stages and passed through 10 countries on a route stretching 12427 km. Peterhansel and Benavides enter the history books.