Dakar Rally announces 2010 route in Argentina and Chile

Sands of time: the 2010 rally begins in Buenos Aires on Jan 1 Photo: GETTY IMAGES

The route for the 32nd edition of the Dakar Rally begins in Buenos Aires on Jan 1 and ends in the Argentine capital on Jan 16.
Held over approximately 9,000 km the race passes through Chile and will spend seven days in the Atacama desert, known by experts as the driest desert in the world.


Dakar Rally route:

In brackets total distances/specials.

Jan 1: Buenos Aires - Colon (317 km)
Jan 2: Colon - Cordoba (652km/219km special for motorbikes, 684km/251km special for cars)
Jan 3 : Cordoba - La Rioja (626km/294km special for motorbikes, 687km/355km special for cars)
Jan 4: La Rioja - Fiambala (441km/182km special)
Jan 5: Fiambala - Copiapo (629km/203km special)
Jan 6: Copiapo - Antofagasta (670km/483km special)
Jan 7: Antofagasta - Iquique (598km/418km special)
Jan 8: Iquique - Antofagasta (641km/600km special)
Jan 9: rest day
Jan 10: Antofagasta - Copiapo (568km/472km special)
Jan 11: Copiapo - La Serena (547km/338km special)
Jan 12: La Serena - Santiago (586km/238km special)
Jan 13: Santiago - San Juan (434km/220km special)
Jan 14: San Juan - San Rafael (796km/476km special)
Jan 15: San Rafael - Santa Rosa (725km/368km special)
Jan 16: Santa Rosa - Buenos Aires (707km/206km special)

The good news is that the Dakar race will be coming south in Chile as I'm heading north, so I should run into the Dakar this year.

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