In Argentina, January 1 started the famous "Dakar-2012"

In Argentina, January 1 started the famous "Dakar-2012", which is already the fourth time held in South America. The competition was in 2009, moved from North Africa to the South American continent for safety reasons.





The first stage of the Dakar Rally 2012 - is 57 km away. special stages and 763 km. road section. In the first section, according to the organizers, the team expects the simple route. During a brief warm-up on the Road Section, participants will ride along the promenade. A first obstacle will be the small dunes.



the first phase



At the rally "Dakar-2012" to start out 443 vehicles - 178 motorcycles, 161 cars and 74 trucks.
For 14 days the riders overcome 8373 kilometers.



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