Dakar 2018 Preliminary report on the 40th anniversary of the rally that starts today.
Report also in video form (bottom)
Premeliminary Report – Dakar 2018
[sam id=”2″ codes=”true”]From 6 to 20 January, the Dakar 2018 will take place. This is the 40th edition of the Rally for Cars, Motorcycles, Quads and Trucks. It goes through 14 stages and almost 9,000 km through terrain that is not ideal for motorsport. After five years, the Dakar returns to South America for the tenth time. The start is in Peru. An easy entry is not the desert parts and the big dunes. Then it goes via Bolivia to Argentina.
- 7 stages will be 100 percent dunes/off-piste
- 1 marathon stage for all categories
- 1 extra marathon stage exclusively for bikes and quads
- Over 4,500km of timed special stage
- Nearly 4,500km of liaison sections
- 5 days at an altitude of more than 3,000 metres above sea level.
Last year’s winner Sam Sunderland will start with the number 1 and is looking forward to the race. He and vice-champion Matthias Walkner compete with the new KTM 450 Rally. It should be faster, more powerful and easier to drive than the old model. Walkner does not want to settle for second place this year but has been struggling with health problems in recent days.
There will be no live broadcast of the Dakar 2018. Eurosport will show a summary. Of course you will be informed regularly in the motorcycles news here.
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STAGES
SS = Special Stage, C = Car, B = Bike, T = Truck, Q = Quad
- 06/01/18 – Stage 1 / Lima – Pisco: 272 km (SS: 31 km)
- 07/01/18 – Stage 2 / Pisco – Pisco: 278 km (SS: 267 km
- 08/01/18 – Stage 3 / Pisco – San Juan de Marcona: (C,T), 502 km (SS: 295 km) / (B,Q), 501 km (SS: 295 km)
- 09/01/18 – Stage 4 / San Juan de Marcona – San Juan de Marcona: 444 km (SS: 330 km)
- 10/01/18 – Stage 5 / San Juan de Marcona – Arequipa: (B,Q), 770 km (SS: 264 km) / (C,T), 932 km (SS: 267 km)
- 11/01/18 – Stage 6 / Arequipa – La Paz: 758 km (SS: 313 km)
- 12/01/18 – Day off in La Paz
- 13/01/18 – Stage 7 / La Paz – Uyuni: 726 km (SS: 425 km) / (T), 669 km (SS: 368 km)
- 14/01/18 – Stage 8 / Uyuni – Tupiza: 584 km (SS: 498 km) / (T), 558 km (SS: 380 km)
- 15/01/18 – Stage 9 / Tupiza – Salta: 754 km (SS: 242km)
- 16/01/18 – Stage 10 / Salta – Belén: 795 km (SS: 372 km)
- 17/01/18 – Stage 11 / Belén – Chilecito: (B,Q), 484 km (SS: 280 km) / (C,T), 746 km (SS: 280 km)
- 18/01/18 – Stage 12 / Chilecito – San Juan: (B,Q), 722 km (SS: 375 km) / (C,T), 791 km (SS: 522 km)
- 19/01/18 – Stage 13 / San Juan – Córdoba: (B,Q), 904 km (SS, 423 km) / (C,T), 927 km (SS: 368 km)
- 20/01/18 – Stage 14 / Córdoba – Córdoba: 284 km (SS: 119 km)
Preliminary report on the Dakar 2018 in video form:
https://youtu.be/qxnfWSfkC2w
