Original Paris Dakar Rally Route

The event launched in 1979 with its original route between paris and the senegalese capital dakar moved to saudi arabia this year after a decade in south america a decision which sparked an angry reaction from human rights organisations.

Original paris dakar rally route. The original dakar rally route. Unfortunately after four french tourists were murdered in mauritania in december 2007 the event was suspended in 2008. Route map for the 2021 dakar rally. Skill over speed the sporting teams in charge of preparing the 2021 edition of the rally have focused on fleshing out the new navigation system introduced last january and slowing down the vehicles to make the race even.

Though only 74 riders would complete the roughly 6 200 mile journey the dakar was born. But the route is still there waiting to be explored. In december 1979 182 vehicles braved it for the very first time. The 2020 dakar rally was the 42nd edition of the event and the first edition held in saudi arabia the event started in jeddah on 5 january and finished in al qiddiya 17 january after 12 stages of competition.

Traditionally the paris dakar rally began in paris and crossed andalucia to north africa and you can read more about this below in our history of the dakar rally. Visiting the original dakar route a decade after the rally left africa the dakar rally hasn t passed through its namesake city since 2005. Formerly known as the paris dakar rally is an annual rally raid organised by the amaury sport organisation most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from paris france to dakar senegal but due to security threats in mauritania which led to the cancellation of the 2008 rally events from 2009 to 2019 were held in south america. 1979 dakar rally also known as the 1979 paris dakar rally was the first running of the dakar rally event.

The tragedy together with direct terrorist threats against future rallies had the organisers looking for a new. Official website of dakar ex paris dakar 314 van loon erik nld toyota hilux overdrive toyota auto car portrait during the dakar 2020 s administrative and technical scrutineering in jeddah saudi arabia from january 2 to 4 2020 hybrid vehicules pictures during the dakar 2020 s administrative and technical scrutineering in jeddah saudi arabia from january 2 to 4 2020 riwald team. Sabine devised a 10 000km 6 214 mile route from paris to dakar via algeria and niger. The core of saudi riders and drivers formed around ha il whose annual rally is the major event of the rally raid community.

The rally began on 26 december 1978 from paris france and finished on 14 january 1979 in dakar senegal interrupted by a transfer across the mediterranean. The dakar rally or simply the dakar. Used in the first 13 years of the rally the paris dakar route took around two weeks to complete but in 1992 the route was altered with cape.