Lafuente: 1st Uruguayan to win a stage on the Dakar
Sergio Lafuente is a fast learner. On his first Dakar last year, he managed to make it to the finish, albeit in 14th and last place, with the impression that hurried preparations had prevented him from featuring in a higher position. By winning the first stage of the 2012 edition,...[more]
A word from David Castera
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1979: Reconnoitring in Mali with Thierry Sabine
A second edition of the Paris-Dakar was being prepared during autumn 1979. For the reconnoitring carried out to write up the road-book, Thierry Sabine led a small expedition that did not look up to much, with a Citroën CX and three Meharis. In spite of this, the group succeeded in...[more]
Smulevici & Sugawara: 30-all!
Between them, Etienne Smulevici and Yoshimasa Sugawara have tales of 60 Dakars to tell. The two longest-serving participants on the rally started their Dakar career together... [more]
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