Lisbon, January 2nd 2008
SINGING THE SONG OF THE DAKAR TO THE TUNE OF LISBON
For practical reasons, the Spaniards and the Portuguese were honored during the first day. Most of the 97 Spanish and Portuguese pilots and teams arrived this morning at the Cultural Center in Belém. The best Portuguese representatives in the bike category, Helder Rodrigues and Ruben Faria, who are used to shining in ’their’ stages on home turf and have done so over the last two years, were amongst the hot shots expected in the morning. After sorting out some last minute fine-tuning, it’s in the early afternoon that Rodrigues showed up whilst Faria had left his bike in the garage after making sure he could come back the next day for scrutineering.
Lisbon, January 2nd 2008
SINGING THE SONG OF THE DAKAR TO THE TUNE OF LISBON
The champions expected to hold center stage in the race being expected later, today’s parade allowed us to focus on a lady biker who made the headlines last year. To defend her title as best woman, Ludivine Puy has switched to a 690cc KTM. Amongst the new winners, Eric Bernard, team manager of Cyril Despres in 2007, goes back to driving a 4x4 and will be behind the wheels of a BMW prototype in the 2008 edition. Amongst the rookies of the caravan, Philippe Bernat-Salles, vice world champion in rugby in 1999, has presented to the stewards the Bowler he will be driving. Welcome to the Dakar.
Lisbon, January 2nd 2008
SINGING THE SONG OF THE DAKAR TO THE TUNE OF LISBON
Tomorrow, the Portuguese spectators should be even more numerous to welcome the great names of the raid (one million people had showed up in 2007!), starting with the title holders in the car and bike categories. In the car category, nine times winner of the Dakar Stéphane Peterhansel will lead the Mitsubishi armada and its three former winners in cars if you add Alphand and Masuoka. Awaiting the arrival of Carlos Sousa on Thursday, the local star of the day will be Tiago Monteiro. The former F1 pilot will discover the atmosphere of the Dakar behind the wheels of a one-man buggy. On the bike side, Cyril Despres will troop his new colors and meet his main rivals including Marc Coma and David Casteu. And in trucks, seeking revenge, Chagin and De Rooy will unveil machines they hope will help them triumph in Dakar in a bit more than two weeks.
Dakarworld.nl is aangevallen door een viris, daarom is de server even uit de lucht en worden er even geen updates geplaatst. We hopen dat het probleem zo snel mogelijk verholpen is.
Laatste nieuws: Reiger schokbrekers voor de vrachtwagens hebben een productiefout. Dit kwam zaterdagmiddag aan het licht. Een aantal teams zijn al vertrokken en moeten het euvel zelf zien op te lossen. In andere gevallen zijn specialisten van Reiger naar de teams gegaan en hebben de productiefout hersteld.
Weet iemand wat over Gerard Jimmink ? ik zie nergens op lijsten van de teams zijn naam staan....vraag me nu af of hij wel mee rijdt 
weet iemand waar Hendri van Vliet gebelven is bij het team van van Dijne??
Hij staat niet meer al chauffeur perswagen
GREETINGS
word niet echt bij gehouden de site jammer hoor gr
FOTO'S VAN DE PRE PROLOOG DAKAR 2008 te vinden op www.rallysportphoto.nl
Super site,
Ik heb ook wat foto's gemaakt tijdens de Dakar pre-proloog.
Check: http://www.studioknapen.nl/studioknapen_parijs_dakar_pre.htm
Groetjes
Joris
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