Following the choice to maneuver Dakar 2027 away from Saudi Arabia as a result of instability within the area, the ASO has confirmed the brand new route which is able to begin in Portugal and finish in Morocco between 9th and 23rd January.
Administrative and technical scrutineering will happen in Loulé-Faro from 6 to eight January. The sporting motion will start with the Prologue in Portugal on 9 earlier than the primary particular stage the next day.
The stage will proceed with a switch to the port of embarkation for Nador, Morocco. The Mediterranean crossing will happen in a single day.
The route, designed over latest weeks primarily based on the information amassed by the organising groups and a collection of reconnaissance missions, meets the standard requirements of the season’s largest rally-raid occasion, with 4,341 km of particular levels, a determine near the format of latest editions.
Every day, most particular levels will vary between 350 and 500 kilometres, a considerable common. Morocco’s deserts are among the many most demanding on the earth, for drivers and co-drivers in addition to for his or her machines.
