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The Event

This month, the organisers have unveiled the major lines of the Dakar 2008 course that will be held from the 5th to the 20th of January. The conclusive experience of the previous two years, during which the Dakar caravan had started in Portugal, will continue with a new stay in Lisbon for the technical and administrative scrutineerng followed by two stages before crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

 

Once in Africa, the competitors will take on a long journey towards Dakar, that only the best will reach after exploring Morocco and Mauritania where they will enjoy a rest day in Nouakchott on the 13th of January.

 

For the 30th anniversary of the Dakar, the sport teams that work on establishing the course have a first goal to accomplish. The objective is to offer the riders and crews an amount of special kilometres close to 6000 kms, in other words the longest timed distance since 2002.

 

With more specials and less liaison, the emphasis is to focus on the founding values of Rally-Raid and the Dakar in particular: the taste for competition, the passion for the desert. The competitors will therefore find a lot of sand and dune crossings on their road.

 

It is also to develop the confrontation in the race lead that a series of technical measures applying to the vehicles registered by the professional teams has been decided for the 2008 edition. The new rules will slightly reduce the performances.

Media Coverage

The Dakar is a famous, highly televised and published event throughout the world. Eurosport televises the events worldwide, while SuperSport, and TV Africa bring it to the African continent. In Kenya, it is televised via the Nation and  KTN. It is also comprehensively covered in all the international daily newspapers and motor sport magazines.

The ASO's facts about Media coverage for the Dakar Rally

  • 81% of motorsports fans watch the Dakar on TV everyday
  • 1 Billion TV Contacts (Combined audiences)
  • 150 hour of transmitted programs
  • 87 TV channels with dedicated programs
  • 29 TV channels with news coverage178 countries covered
  • 579 hours of broadcast in the world
  • 38 Million pages viewed on the internet in one month

For more information about the Dakar Rally you can also refer to their official website: www.dakar.com

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