Etienne Lavigne, Director of the Dakar, Officially Presents 2009 Dakar Route
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Dakar 2009 - Etienne Lavigne, director of the Dakar, officially presented to the press this morning the detailed route of the Dakar Argentina Chile 2009.
After more than a hundred days of reconnaissance, the sporting team invites participants to evaluate their skills on over 9500km 100% Dakar including 5650 km of special. Dunes, fesh fesh sand, limitless roads, mountains...all the ingredients will be there to remind competitors that the arrival in Buenos Aires on January 17 will be hard-won. The plains of Patagonia, the Atacama Desert and the passageway through the Andes Mountains – all in the heat of the austral summer – will provide an ideal setting for testing the endurance of pilots committed to the Dakar 2009.
And many have responded to the call. On the morning of January 3rd, 530 teams will take off from Buenos Aires: 230 motos, 30 quads, 188 cars and 82 trucks, representing 49 nationalities. The figures for this South American Dakar are amazing.
In addition, the elite of worldwide rally-raiding will meet to fight it out over these new territories. Mitsubishi’s title will be up for grabs against their major rivals at Volkswagen, BMW and Team Gordon. In T2, we will find Toyota and Nissan looking for a highly coveted victory. On the two-wheeler side, KTM will turn out in force to maintain its domination of the discipline. All the best truck teams will be there, too: Kamaz, Tatra, Hino, Mercedes, Ginaf, and the title-holder Man will vie for first place.
The enthusiasm emanating from the Dakar 2009 contestants finds an even greater echo in the Argentinians and Chileans, who show exceptional eagerness for the rally.
The Dakar exists above all because of a longing for discovery and a capacity to confront the unknown. By crossing the ocean, the rally is ready for an experience that is true to its values and temperament. 100% Dakar : it is the quality of the challenge offered to the competitors with one idea always in mind: human adventure, extreme adventure.
DATE |
START |
FINISH |
CONN |
SPECIAL |
CONN |
TOTAL |
| 03/01/09 |
Buenos Aires |
Sta Rosa de la Pampa |
196 km |
371 km |
166 km |
733 km |
| 04/01/09 |
Sta Rosa de la Pampa |
Puerto Madryn |
0 km |
237 km |
600 km |
837 km |
| 05/01/09 |
Puerto Madryn |
Jacobacci |
70 km |
616 km |
8 km |
694 km |
| 06/01/09 |
Jacobacci |
Neuquen |
4 km |
459 km |
25 km |
488 km |
| 07/01/09 |
Neuquen |
San Rafaël |
173 km |
506 km |
84 km |
763 km |
| 08/01/09 |
San Rafaël |
Mendoza |
76 km |
395 km |
154 km |
625 km |
| 09/01/09 |
Mendoza |
Valparaiso |
80 km |
419 km |
317 km |
816 km |
| 10/01/09 |
Rest day |
| 11/01/09 |
Valparaiso |
La Serena |
245 km |
294 km |
113 km |
652 km |
| 12/01/09 |
La Serena |
Copiapo |
88 km |
449 km |
0 km |
537 km |
| 13/01/08 |
Copiapo |
Copiapo |
20 km |
666 km |
0 km |
686 km |
| 14/01/08 |
Copiapo |
Fiambala |
20 km |
215 km |
445 km |
680 km |
| 15/01/08 |
Fiambala |
La Rioja |
4 km |
253 km |
261 km |
518 km |
| 16/01/08 |
La Rioja |
Cordoba |
161 km |
545 km |
47 km |
753 km |
| 17/01/08 |
Cordoba |
Buenos Aires |
224 km |
227 km |
341 km |
792 km |
| 18/01/08 |
Buenos Aires |
Buenos Aires |
0 km |
0 km |
0 km |
0 km |
| TOTAL |
1,361 km |
5,652 km |
2,561 km |
9,574 km |
