Starting on a Sea Camp on the shores of the Red Sea and ending on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula, where the competitors will discover the coast of the Arabian Gulf after a four-day adventure through the Empty Quarter, including the marathon stage, the 45th edition of the Dakar is the toughest one since the rally came to Saudi Arabia. Packing almost 5,000 kilometres of specials into a prologue and 14 stages, the route is a true test of extreme endurance.
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More information:
https://www.dakar.com
https://www.facebook.com/Dakar
https://www.twitter.com/Dakar
https://www.instagram.com/DakarRally
#Dakar2023
© Amaury Sport Organisation - https://www.aso.fr
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00:00 1979, and the first Paris-Dakar rally.
00:10 Among the 182 brave souls and 92 wheelers, a biker like no other.
00:16 From the capital to Marseille before crossing the Mediterranean for Algiers, a pure amateur,
00:22 Philippe Jambert readies his road bike for the challenge of a lifetime.
00:28 In a way an easy rider, the journalist challenging the African plains on his standard BMW R65
00:36 series.
00:37 The only alterations?
00:40 Widened handlebars and the suspension slightly improved.
00:45 Oh, the sand.
00:50 I'll never get used to it.
00:55 I hate the sand.
00:58 The road ahead wouldn't get any easier with 10,000 kilometers of the first edition still
01:04 to ride.
01:05 The amateur rider and his bike suffering during this truly immense challenge.
01:12 I just broke a shock absorber.
01:17 How long since you broke it?
01:19 I didn't notice immediately.
01:20 It had stopped just as I was riding alongside a truck and they noticed the problem.
01:25 I was fortunate because it was about to break off completely.
01:28 I could have seriously broken my face.
01:31 This is hell, yeah?
01:32 It's really a journey to destroy man and machine.
01:35 Philippe Jambert battling with no assistance, his tool kit attached to his bike.
01:42 The stages follow one after another, only getting harder.
01:53 I don't know sub-Saharan Africa, so I'm a bit apprehensive, but it should be okay.
01:57 Of course, this is a tourist bike.
02:00 It was always a gamble without assistance on terrain like this.
02:03 It's really tough because the bike is so heavy.
02:09 Sadly, the bike would never see the Dakar finish.
02:14 The engine and other parts broke down.
02:17 Jambert abandoning the race between Gao and Mokhty with three stages to go.
02:22 [00:05:00] [music]
02:28 (whooshing)