Paris Dakar Route Map

Just over a month before the racing starts the dakar rally s organizers have announced their route for 2020.

Paris dakar route map. Yamahas and hondas cobbled together at the back of the garage rubbed shoulders with thierry de montcorgé s rolls royce and the citroen cx of the f1 driver jacky ickx accompanied by claude brasseur. The aso has announced that the dakar rally will run entirely in saudi arabia for a second successive year in 2021 but on a route that is 100 percent new compared to last year s. The 2020 dakar gets underway on january 5 with hundreds of the world s best drivers navigators and riders tackling a race like no other. The dakar rally or simply the dakar.

Dakar rally 2020 saudi arabia until the dakar rally 2019 the venue was south america but the dakar rally 2020 will be set in saudi arabia. 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. 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. Starting from jeddah the second largest city in the country the dakar rally will head to qiddiya after haveing a resting day in riyadh.

Come 2021 its vast and diverse landscapes will set the stage for a new tour of the desert in which riders drivers and crews enter uncharted territory. The route has been released and here s what s in store. Paris dakar route 1979 ru svg 999 999. The dakar moved from south america to the middle east last year marking the start of the third chapter in the illustrious history of the rally raid.

Route map for the 2021 dakar rally. Arabia as never seen before while saudi arabia made a strong impression on the hearts and minds of the competitors of the 2020 dakar it was only a sneak peek of its geography. The dakar is running in saudi arabia this time moving away from south america where the past 10 rallies had been held previously it had actually earned the paris dakar name by literally running from france to senegal but threats of terrorism forced the rally to change continents. Sabine devised a 10 000km 6 214 mile route from paris to dakar via algeria and niger.

In december 1979 182 vehicles braved it for the very first time.