Lisbon Dakar 2008
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Euromilhões Lisboa Dakar 2008
It will start at January the 5th 2008 and once more Lisboa (Lisbon - capital of my country) have been chosen to be the starting point of the major and toughest rally in the world.
The event will end in Dakar, Senegal, by the 20 th after crossing south Portugal, Marocco, Mauritania and Senegal.
Year after year the competition it is getting better and the number of participants is growing bigger. The reason for that must be the beauty of the desert and the personal achievement of reaching the end of the rally!
History of the competition
This rally has 28 years of history, it began back in 1978 after Thierry Sabine almost get lost in the Libyan desert while riding his motorcycle (1977). After this Thierry decided that he was going to show the world the beauty of the desert sands.
After all this time people from all over come to race against them selfs and others, in one of the 3 types of vehicles allowed: motorbikes, cars and trucks. It is great that after several editions were wars and other political problems who have troubled the good relations between the rally and the African populations to see that this 28 years old relationship has now mature and it is now a great partnership.
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Dakar 2007
Everyone wants to finish in Dakar
The same rally where professionals race themselfs it is the one where you can find "normal" people trying to arrive Dakar but with much less prepared vehicles. I supose this is what maked the rally became this enormous event.
Little FIAT PANDA getting ready for Dakar 2007
Unfortunately 2008 Dakar never take place. Check out why:
Bicycle challenge
Parallel to the rally has born the idea to make the same but using bicycles (Bike Dreams - Paris/Dakar by Bike).
You may think they are crazy but it is probably the beste way to contemplate the great beautys of Africa Nature.
The 10th week of the 10 weeks bicycle journey "Paris-Dakar by Bike".
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Blog Lisbonne Dakar 2008 - Luc Alphand - Par Sandy Divelec
- ARGENTINA AND CHILE : FROM AN OCEAN TO ANOTHER
On the occasion of the official presentation that was held late in the afternoon at the Théâtre Marigny in Paris, Patrice Clerc, President of Amaury Sport Organisation and Étienne Lavigne, director of the Dakar, have unveiled the main lines of the course of the next edition in the presence of...
- Monday 28th of April : Great visit at the Valeo Veszprem factory
Luc Alphand, Gilles Picard, Dominique Serieys, and several members of the Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart team had the privilege to visit the Valeo Veszprem production site in Hungary. They discovered the factory and spent time for pictures and signature sessions. The team was warmly welcomed...
- On Sunday, April 27th: Co-drive on the military base of Veszprém
A magnificent sunny day welcomed 70 guests of the team Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart. Members of Valeo, Repsol and journalists came from 9 am till 12 am to the army ground of Veszprém for a co-drive in one of the MPR13 racing cars. Luc, Stéphane and Nani gave much pleasure creating strong...
- Sunday 26th of April : Tests of the MPR 14
Mitsubishi Pajero 14_2704 Vidéo envoyée par Sandy_Dakar During the Sunday morning co-drive, Hiroshi Masuoka continued to work and test the MPR 14 diesel car. The Veszprem military camp served as the training base for the Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart team as the diesel engine still requires...
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That´s true and I just remember about some marathons also on desert! lol
And yes, Lisboa is portuguese for Lisbon ;-)
Cool Hub. We have desert races like this here in America also, but one of the best is the Baja 1000 held in Mexico. Same kinds of obstacles these guy faced, like cattle in the road, of people strategically placing tree trunks in the road to ruin cars. Lots of fun!
Unfortunately there are bad news http://hubpages.com/hub/Dakar-2008-cancelled :-(
I have been watching the Dakar Rally for years.....Its so funny to see little motorcycles and huge trucks in the same race......but cancelled?
It has passed almost a year and I still haven´t understand how could it be possible :(
Abhinaya says:
2 years ago
All these competitions on desert funride!Thanks for the informative article.:)Is Lisboa portuguese for Lisbon?