Stage 15 - Sunday 18 January 2009 | Buenos Aires
Press Releases
Celebrated like heroes
The 31st edition of the Dakar, the first one in Latin-America, is now over and has seen the victories of Marc Coma in the bike category, Josef Machacek in the quad category, Giniel De Villiers in the car category and Firdaus Kabirov in the truck category. In total, 113 bikers, 13 quad riders, 91 car teams and 54 truck teams finished the rally-raid, that was...
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Marc Coma (Esp - KTM - Winner) - 002
"This Dakar was really hard. One of the difficulties came from the fact that I was in the lead by almost 30’ from...
Josef Machacek (RTC - Yamaha - Winner) - 250
"I am really happy the race is over and I won. It was my 8th Dakar and I have now raced 7 on a quad and won 5...
Giniel De Villiers (Afs - Volkswagen - 1er) - 305
"Everything is a bit crazy right now. It’s incredible. Until the 11th stage, I was ranking third and I knew it...
Firdaus Kabirov (Rus - KAMAZ - winner) - 506
"In the last stage I was really nervous because I only had a short lead in the standings. But at the same time, the...
Portrait of the day
Gossip
Hidalgo in a place he knows well...
There are faces that one might not expect to see on a Dakar bivouac. However, the face of Michel Hidalgo is not...
Portrait of a lady
LYDIE ARPIZOU
Press attaché to André Dessoude since 2002, Lydie Arpizou started her medical studies but had an accident after 3...
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Public areas
On some special stages, special viewing areas are set aside for the public. Their location is communicated three days before the race passes by.
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