Dakar Rally to be held in Bolivia for third time

Dakar Rally to be held in Bolivia for third time

IANSUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 08:31 PM IST
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(From L to R) Dakar Rally director Etienne Lavigne speaks next to Salta Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey, Argentine Tourism Minister Carlos Enrique Meyer and Dakar sport director Marc Coma during a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to present the 2016 Dakar Rally on November 26, 2015. The rally will start on January 2 in Buenos Aires and will run until January 16, covering 9,000 km through Argentina and Bolivia. AFP PHOTO/Eitan Abramovich |

La Paz (Bolivia): Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has officially announced that the Dakar Rally – the world’s toughest cross-country race – will be held in Bolivian territory next January for the third time.

On Friday, Morales thanked the organisers for including Bolivia in the route as this decision will promote the South American country among foreign visitors, reported Xinhua. The event was attended by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) director Etienne Lavigne, and its executive director Marc Coma, who said the rally will meet the Bolivian people’s expectations.

“We are looking for endurance, mechanical knowledge and good preparation in the 2016 edition. Dakar 2016 promises to be an odyssey,” said Coma, adding that “for the first time in the rally’s history, we will mix all the categories at the start line”.

Drivers from the five continents will participate in the 2016 edition which begins on January 3 in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city. Next, between January 7 and 9 the race will cross over to Bolivia and it will end on January 16 in the Argentinian city of Rosario.

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