Today is the beginning of Dakar 2019 until the 17th of January

The 41st edition of the hardest and complex rally in the world, with 5000 km- 70% sand 3000 km, 10 stages and over 500 competitors which will enter this quest.

The start will be in Lima, on the 07th of January through the Paracas desert, southern Peru, creating a 10-stage loop between Lima and Tacna. The competitors are spread between 5 classes of vehicles like motorcycles, quads, side-by-side (S x S), cars and trucks. In the motorcycle category are announced 149 motorcyclists and we are proud to announce that this year we will have female riders among the competitors.

If you want to see the female riders of Dakar from 1978 until 2018 you can find all the details: https://www.femaleriders.co.uk/single-post/2018/02/11/Female-riders-of-Dakar-1978--present

Drummm rollll And here we have the Female Riders of Dakar 2019:

Laia Sanz- Spain- No 17

Team: KTM FACTORY RACING TEAM

Motorcycle: KTM 450​

Mirjam Pol- Netherlands- No 55

Team: HT RALLY RAID HUSQVARNA RACING

Motorcycle: Husqvarna FR 45 Rally

Anastasiya Nifontova- Russia- No 56

Team: Nifontova 13 Team- HUSQVARNA RALLY TEAM

Motorcycle: Husqvarna 450RR

Gabriela Novotna- Czech Republic- No 57

Team: INDIGO RACING

Motorcycle: Husqvarna FE 450

Sara Garcia- Spain- No 98

Team: Pont Grup Yamaha- AM DESIGN

Motorcycle: Yamaha WR 450 FP

Gianna Velarde Sumary- Peru- No 130

Team: SOCOPUR

Motorcycle: KTM EXC F

The full list of all competitors here. https://www.dakar.com/en/competitors

Good luck to every competitor and may the best one to win!

Yours,

Andreea

xoxo

Credit

https://www.dakar.com/en

https://www.dakar.com/en/competitors

www.motorsport.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laia_Sanz

http://laiasanz.com/LaiaSanz/Laia_Sanz.html/

http://www.mirjampol.com/

Photo credit Google.co.uk

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