Dakar 2027 – Loulé-Faro in Portugal to Marrakech in Morocco

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 9^th and 23^rd 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.