Dakar – Motorcycle rally-raid: it won’t be Peru for the Dakar 2016 either … –

Motorcycle rally-raid: it won’t be Peru for the Dakar 2016 either…

Dakar - Motorcycle rally-raid: it won't be Peru for the Dakar 2016 either ... -

Things are getting seriously complicated for the organizers of the Dakar 2016: already forced to avoid Chile following the earthquakes that hit the South American country hard, ASO must now chart a new course in haste following the recent cancellation of the stages planned in Peru …

Things are getting seriously complicated for the organizers of the Dakar 2016: already forced to avoid Chile, ASO must now chart a new course in haste following the recent cancellation of the stages planned in Peru due to the threat of storms from El Nino.

"The organizers of the Dakar take note of the final decision of the Peruvian authorities to cancel the Desafio Inca (one of the six events of the Dakar Challenge, a sort of" training "formula that is also organized by ASO, Editor’s note) which was to to be held from September 11 to 13, as well as the stages of the Dakar 2016 which were presented in April at a joint press conference ", regrets the organizer of the king of rallies. 

"Due to the forecasts concerning the El Nino climatic phenomenon, which seems to be extremely violent this year, the Peruvian government has indeed decided to make this problem a national priority by ensuring that all State services be able to mobilize, if necessary, with populations that could be affected ", explain the leaders of the Dakar, who are currently trying to trace an alternative route only between Argentina and Bolivia.

This final route will be revealed during the second half of September. Hoping on the one hand that other climatic hazards do not occur by then, and on the other that this course cut off from two countries will nevertheless prove to be interesting in terms of navigation and technical passages. !

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