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BFGOODRICH
BFGoodrich and the Dakar - 15 years of passion
On December 26, 1978, a convoy of 170 adventurers set off from the Place du Trocadero, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, for a 10,000 km trek across Algeria, Niger, Mali and Upper Volta to the Senegalese capital Dakar. On January, 2009, many hundreds of crews will line up for the 30th anniversary Dakar Rally. After securing its first success on the event in 1993, the tyre brand BFGoodrich is proud to be an official supplier of what has become the world’s most famous rally-raid.
The paths of the Dakar Rally and BFGoodrich first crossed fifteen years ago and have continued together for half the event’s 30-year history. The relationship dates back in fact to 1993 BFGoodrich has since made the Dakar its own Grail, going on to claim eight outright wins between 1999 and 2007, including six in a row with Mitsubishi.
The Dakar and BFGoodrich have so much in common. The marathon event was dreamt up by French adventurer Thierry Sabine when he was lost in the Libyan desert in 1977. That same year saw the BFGoodrich tyre brand – which was founded by the American pioneer Benjamin Franklin Goodrich – take its first laurels in the Baja 500 and the Baja 1000, the USA’s best-known off-road competitions.
For almost thirty years, the Dakar Rally has been synonymous with adventure, effort and endurance, all values shared by BFGoodrich whose tyres are acclaimed for their performance and robustness over all types of surface and in all conditions. For the past fifteen years, BFGoodrich and Dakar have shared a common passion, so it comes as no surprise to see BFGoodrich mark the event’s 30th anniversary as an official supplier.
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Euromaster at competitors service
For the eleventh year, in 2009 Euromaster will provide their assistance and support to the competitors.
With our team of team 15 people, Euromaster will be present at each bivouac providing every tyre fitting, removal and repair for free. For this, 2 trucks are fully equipped to work in complete autonomy.
Each year, our technicians do an incredible job. The increasing rate of participation is also resulting in record numbers of interventions: 2,800 interventions in 2007.
Euromaster is the leader in its market with more than 10 millions tyres sold in Europe every year. Euromaster is present in 10 countries with 1,650 centres and 11,800 employees.
In France, Euromaster has an integrated network of 370 centres with 3,100 employees.
Contact
André Dumas - Team Manager - andre.dumas@fr.euromaster.com
Agnès Ledru - Euromaster PR - a.ledru-conseil@orange.fr
WYLER GENÈVE
Wyler Genève’s timepieces are built around the industry’s only shock-absorbing watch case, in which the movement is housed in a titanium container that is held in place in a carbon-fibre resin frame. The upper and lower metal plates of the case are fixed to the frame on sprung polished titanium screws, allowing the movement holder to move up and down like a shock absorber.
The brand offers a selection of chronograph models in a variety of materials and colours. The Wyler Genève GMT watch is the world’s first CarbonNeutral® watch, borne of the brand’s commitment to voluntarily offset its greenhouse gas emissions. At the top end of luxury watchmaking, Wyler Genève produces a 10-day power reserve model and a tourbillon, both of which use a manufacture movement. The brand also has a design partnership with Zagato to produce exclusive timepieces bearing the hallmark of the Italian atelier.
Wyler Genève is passionate about travel when it brings together different cultures, where the travelling itself is more important than the destination. Following its association with the centenary of the 1907 Peking to Paris and its novel take on the historic El Camino Real route in the US, the company is proud to be the official timekeeper of the Dakar