SBS - Dakar

ARGENTINA // CHILE // 2009

ON SBS // Jan 4 - Jan 19

HIGHLIGHTS AT 6PM FROM JAN4

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Current Stage: Cordoba > Buenos Aires

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Connection: 80 km | Special: 419 km | Connection: 317 km | Total: 816 km

Course Overview

The variety of terrains and landscapes, a constant given for the Dakar 2009, is evident once again on this stage, where, in addition to a change of country, most of the competitors will get to know the Cordillera of the Andes. Before measuring themselves with the mountains, they must cross over a series of dunes and endure a session of fesh fesh, which is identical to Saharan sand, but which the inhabitants of the region call “guadal”. Concerning the mountains, this will be the only special to include passageways at 3,000 meters on technical routes that will sometimes allow a glimpse of the Aconcagua, the highest point in the Andes (6,959 m). Then, competitors will cross the border on the link section to reach the sea at Valparaiso.