Dakar Diary 巴黎達卡日誌

本年度最撼動人心的 Paris to Dakar 大賽即將於明天開始。來自前線某個人參戰車手(Chris Emerson)的感人日誌：

http://www.dakardiary.com/(One man’s diary of this gruelling event)

Chris 在十年前曾經為跑過倫敦馬拉松，游過英吉利海峽，而且他在 2001 年才拿到英國摩托車駕照。今年他又再度的為當地的兒童安寧機構募得將近十萬英鎊。

比次比賽共有十七個分站，為期十八天。另有一組女子隊伍參加 ATV 級距：www.paris-dakar.ca 十七個分站：

* Europe: 3 stages
* Morocco: 4 stages
* Mauritania: 6 stages
* Mali: 2 stages
* Burkina Faso: 1 stage
* Senegal: 1 stage

總距離：11 163,5 km

* 5 428,5 km of specials
* 5 735 km of liaisons

非洲部分：

* 9 339 km, of which 5 393 are specials
* 8 798 km of parallel route for the back-up vehicles
* 1 stage partiallythe same for competitors and assistance (Tan-Tan > Atar)
* 2 Marathon stages: Atar > Tidjikja et Ayoûn El Atroûs > Tidjikja
* 2 stages without GPS: Nema > Mopti et Nouakchott > Dakar
* the longest stage: Tan-Tan > Atar (1 055 km)
* the shortest stage: Dakar > Dakar (106 km)
* the longest special: Tidjikja > Nema (736 km)
* the shortest special: Dakar > Dakar (27 km)

延伸：www.dakar.com