He gives us the strength to keep on going!
As they stroll around the Copiapó bivouac in awe, they really regret having left their motorcycles back at the hotel. "We could have compared our machines with those of the pilots," smiles Henriette Thiim "since ours are in an only slightly better condition!" It must be said that...[more]
1992: Destination, Cape Town, via Angola
In 1992, and for the first time, the Dakar changed its route. The rally did not finish in Senegal but in Cape Town in South Africa. Another new element for this edition was the arrival of GPS. The rally included 22 stages and visited 10 countries, over a distance of 12,427 km in...[more]
Copiapó, a land of the Dakar
Throughout its 34-year history, the rally has created legendary places, passes and bivouacs. Copiapó has hosted the rally every year since it came to South America and is gradually earning a prestigious reputation and a place in the history of the Dakar, much in the same way that its region has earned a place in the country's economic history. [more]
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