FRANCE: ROUTE UNVEILED FOR 2003 PARIS-DAKAR RALLY.

Record ID: 215433

  • Title: FRANCE: ROUTE UNVEILED FOR 2003 PARIS-DAKAR RALLY.
  • Date: 20th November 2002
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (NOVEMBER 20, 2002) (REUTERS TV - ACCESS ALL) 1. EXTERIOR OF PAVILLON GABRIEL (WHERE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS TAKING PLACE) WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE 2. POSTER READING 25TH EDITION OF DAKAR-TELEFONICA 3. FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE 4. DECOR WITH SMALL TABLE AND DAKAR-TELEPHONICA POSTER 5. BMW MOTORBIKE WHICH P
  • Embargoed: 5th December 2002 12:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVADI1KWBMOV7C9M4KXRVVI5LRRP
  • Story Text: Dakar 2003 will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a
    route crossing five countries from France to Egypt via Spain,
    Tunisia and Libya.



    The 2003 edition of the Dakar, the most famous
    cross-crountry rally in the world, will start on January 1 in
    Marseille, southeastern France, with a night prologue and will
    end on January 19 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

    Four hundred and forty competitors --155 motorbikes, 125
    cars, 45 trucks and 115 assistance vehicles-- will participate
    in this new edition which will celebrate its 25th anniversary.

    Competitors including professional drivers, stars, top
    level athletes but also amateurs, will have to cross five
    countries including Spain, Tunisia, Lybia and Egypt with a
    finish at the Sinai Point.

    For its 25th anniversary, the Dakar will be exceptional
    and original with spectacular landscapes, said Hubert Auriol,
    director of the Dakar Rally.

    In total, competitors will have to cover 8,552 kilometres
    of which 3,306 kms of liaison and 5,216 km of special. From
    Tunis to Sharm El Sheikh, the route will include a wide range
    of tracks as well as desert stages on a wide variety of
    terrain.

    Finland's Ari Vatanan, a former world rally champion, will
    make his comeback in the race which he will be trying to win
    for the fifth time. He won the Paris-Dakar rally in 1987,
    1989, 1990 and 1991.


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