The fiercest opponent anyone will face at the Dakar is the route itself – there is nothing easy about the fourth edition of the rally to be hosted by Saudi Arabia.
A Prologue Stage gets things underway on December 31 in Yanbu, on the shores of the Red Sea.
Then comes 5000 racing kilometres – spread over 14 timed special stages – before the chequered flag falls at Dammam on the Arabian Gulf on January 15.
