The Dakar Rally: A legendary past in pictures Competitors are gathered in the Trocadéro Gardens next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ahead of the inaugural Paris-Dakar Rally, which was renamed the Dakar Rally in 2009. The race originated in December 1978, a year after Thierry Sabine got lost in the Ténéré desert whilst competing in the Abidjan-Nice Rally and decided that the desert would be a good location for a regular rally. 182 vehicles took off from the start in Paris, with 74 surviving the 10,000 km (6,200 mile) trip to the Senegalese capital of Dakar A well-prepared motorcyclist at Trocadéro Esplanade in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris ahead of the start of the 1980 Paris-Dakar Rally The Rolls Royce driven by Thierry de Montgorge and Jean-Christophe Pelletier during the 1981 rally A motorcycle rider seems to be in a spot of bother during the 1982 Rally Race fans check out some of the competing vehicles ahead of the 1983 rally A rider has a bit of trouble with a water hazard on the 1984 rally A competitor drives through some moonscape-esque desert dunes in the 1985 Rally Most of the locals seem unimpressed with this competitor’s wheelie A competitor takes a break from the 1987 rally and lays down to rest on the side of the road Locals look on as a competitor passes their village during the 1988 race Locals collect together the wreckage of destroyed vehicles from the desert A Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 deals with the dunes as the Sun sets in the 1988 edition of the race The rolled-up Mitsubishi belonging to Japanese drivers Akao and Terashima lies on the sand in the Tripoli-Ghadames leg of the 1989 race A pilot walks through the Libyan desert during the Gadhames-Ghat leg of the 1989 rally Team-mates Fencl and Lozano drive their Liaz truck over a bridge during the leg between Nema and Tidjika, Mauritania in the 1990 Rally A motorycle rider checks out a stuck truck during the N’Gourti-Dirkhou, Niger leg of the 1990 Rally We are all just flies on the windscreen (or grill) One Response Yenifer February 19, 2015 beautiful pics. I was ther sept 7,12. the lake was not pink. I believe it denepd also on the sun light, which we did not have much of that day. Dakar is one of the most beautiful places in the world. beautiful photos.
Yenifer February 19, 2015 beautiful pics. I was ther sept 7,12. the lake was not pink. I believe it denepd also on the sun light, which we did not have much of that day. Dakar is one of the most beautiful places in the world. beautiful photos.