Euromilhões Lisboa Dakar: The Dakar

NUMBERS

Since 1979, more than 13 000 men and women have competed in the Dakar.

In 2007: 39% are "rookies" on motorcycles - 27 women will start the rally - 70 % of the competitors are not French

Last year, 45% of the competitors in motorcycle, 39% in cars, and 48% in trucks have arrived in Dakar.

550 journalists (written press, radio and photographers) at the start (Portugal) and finish (Dakar) representing almost 300 media
160 permanent journalists (written press, radio and photographers) followed the rally
A 26 minutes feed is produced everyday by the ASO production team and sent all over the world
580 hours of TV broadcast in 178 countries
More than 150 million television viewers in Europe

38 millions pages read on www.dakar.com in a month (January 2006)
2,3 million unique visitors on the four sites (French, English, Spanish, Portuguese)

6 countries crossed (Portugal - Spain - Morrocco - Mauritania - Mali - Senegal)
7915 km including 4309 of speciale
21 African countries crossed in 29 editions

45 000 comic strips summarizing the safety rules distributed to the local population
6 vehicules in the road security patrols deployed all along the rally to signal danger
15 people in the patrols dedicated to the security of the populations
30 ou 50km/h: the maximum speed allowed in the villages

28 organisation vehicules (10 vehicules "Contrôle de Passage", 2 vehicules "d’Ouverture", 10 vehicules medicalised "Tangos", 6 TV vehicules)
9 trucks in the organisation: (2 trucks "Atelier", 1 truck "d’Ouverture", 4 trucks "Balais", 2 trucks "Atelier" Euromaster)
10 helicopters: (1 helicopter "Direction de Course", 1 helicopter "organisation", 1 helicopter "Photographes", 3 helicopters "Médicaux", 4 helicopters "TV")
20 planes
54 doctors including 6 in helicopters, 20 in cars, 24 at the bivuac and 4 coordinator