Dakar Rally 2008
The Dakar Rally 2008 was to be the 30th edition of the Dakar Rally .
The rally was to start on January 5th, 2008 in Lisbon and end on January 20th, 2008 in Dakar , the capital of Senegal .
Cancellation of the rally
The Amaury Sport Organization , organizer of the rally, came to the decision on January 4th, 2008, after discussions with the French Foreign Ministry, to cancel the event due to "direct threats to the race by terrorist groups". This was preceded by several terrorist-triggered attacks in Mauritania in which four French tourists and three soldiers were killed.
Attendees
570 teams wanted to compete in the 2008 Dakar Rally. These included 245 motorcycles, 20 quads, 205 automobiles and 100 trucks.
route
The rally was to start in Lisbon and lead through Spain , Morocco , Western Sahara and Mauritania to Dakar . The distance covered by the rally would have been 9273 kilometers, of which 5732 kilometers would have been included in the rating. A day of rest in Nouakchott was planned for January 13th .
Planned stages
stage | date | From | To | connection | Rating | connection | total | ||||
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1 | January 5th | Lisbon | Portimão | 104 km | 120 km | 262 km | 486 km | ||||
2 | 6th January | Portimão | Málaga | 15 km | 60 km | 460 km | 535 km | ||||
3 | January 7th | Nador | Errachidia | 182 km | 372 km | 16 km | 717 km | ||||
4th | January 8th | Errachidia | Ouarzazate | 29 km | 356 km | 199 km | 584 km | ||||
5 | January 9th | Ouarzazate | Guelmim | 188 km | 498 km | 148 km | 834 km | ||||
6th | 10. January | Guelmim | Smara | 66 km | 454 km | 105 km | 625 km | ||||
7th | 11th January | Smara | Atar | 198 km | 619 km | 12 km | 829 km | ||||
8th | January 12th | Atar | Nouakchott | 44 km | 450 km | 37 km | 531 km | ||||
13th January | Rest day in Nouakchott | ||||||||||
9 | January 14th | Nouakchott | Nouadhibou | 37 km | 525 km | 86 km | 648 km | ||||
10 | 15. January | Nouadhibou | Atar | 111 km | 552 km | 22 km | 685 km | ||||
11 | January 16 | Atar | Tidjikja | 35 km | 524 km | 133 km | 692 km | ||||
12 | January 17th | Tidjikja | Kiffa | 131 km | 398 km | 2 km | 531 km | ||||
13 | January 18th | Kiffa | Kiffa | 25 km | 484 km | 6 km | 515 km | ||||
14th | January 19th | Kiffa | Saint-Louis | 326 km | 301 km | 130 km | 757 km | ||||
15th | January 20th | Saint-Louis | Dakar | 239 km | 23 km | 42 km | 304 km |
consequences
As a consequence of the terror threats and the subsequent cancellation of the rally, the Dakar Rally 2009 and the subsequent ones did not take place in Africa, but in South America (from Argentina via the Andes to Chile).
The Central Europe Rally was held in 2008 as a replacement event for the Dakar Rally.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ov / kle / dpa: Desert race 2008: Terrorists prevent the Dakar Rally. In: Focus Online . January 4, 2008, accessed October 14, 2018 .