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Peru: Pure adrenaline: world’s most extreme 15-day competition takes off in Lima

2013/01/05

he race will have segments in Chile, with riders arriving from Arequipa in Peru formerly moving on through Arica and Calama again crossing the border to Salta in Argentina. The race returns to Chile through Copiapó, again travels to La Serena and finishing in downtown Santiago.
Next injury to Marc Coma, the motorcycle race will not see the usual battle between the Spaniard and Cyril Despres. Chilean Francisco “Chaleco” Lopez, who has won different stages, will hope for a podium finish on arrival in Santiago.


Despres and Lopez tested their KTM bikes together in the dunes outside of Lima.
The Chilean rider finished third in 2010, but suffered a heavy crash to put him out of the race in the 2012 edition. An extra motorcycle rider, Josefina Gardulski will be the prime Chilean female to take on the challenge of finishing.
Additional than 8.000 kilometres will be covered over the 15 days. Riders will pass through the Atacama Desert, the driest in the world, formerly crossing over the Andes and into Argentina. Midway through the race, there will be a rest day in San Miguel de Tucumán, allowing the competitors to recover formerly returning to Chile.
A huge finish is expected in Santiago with authorities hoping to attract 1 million people to see the end of the race. Last year 800.000 people hit the streets of Lima to see the last day of action.
The race has a total of 8.574 kilometres, with 4.146 of them appropriate stages, which require expert navigation.
Some other facts about the Dakar rally: 4 is the number of categories competing: motorcycles, squads, autos and trucks. The record of victories goes to Stephane Peterhansel who has titles in motorcycle and in car. Vladimir Chagin has wins in the trucks category.
The youngest competitor is 19 years and the oldest, 73. Likewise 53 different nationalities are registered with the French team the major with 123 competitors.
Some 190 nations will be transmitting the rally with the collaboration of 70 television stations. 1.800 journalists and support crews are registered to cover the event.
Dakar twitter has 57.600 followers and in Facebook the number soars to 600.00.
The 2012 edition web www.dakar.com received 4.3 million visitors and a total 4.5 million spectators were estimated at the departure and arrival of the rally in Argentina, Chile and Peru. A billion television spectators saw images of the rally’s last edition.
The organization has a fleet of support vehicles which average 210, and includes eleven helicopters and twelve aircraft.
According to Argentine authorities the Dakar rally represented an input of 294 million dollars to the Argentine economy in 2012.
The prime rally took off in January 1979.  

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