Amatoerene for dog i 2010 lov til at koere med motorer op til 660 cc.
Aprillia har jo klaret sig fint med deres nye 450 V2, saa mon ikke, at der kommer en del af dem til start + en masse Honda'er og Yamaha'er.
KTM har jo ogsaa en 450EXC, saa der vil nok stadigvaek blive orange i oerkenen....
- men der vil jo nok lave lidt ravage i KTM lejren.03-06-2009 - DAKAR 2010: ATOUT ATACAMA
The organisers unveiled this morning the stage cities of the 2010 Dakar that will be welcomed for the second consecutive year by Argentina and by Chile. The two countries have decided to start the year of the festivities of the bicentennial of their independence with the Dakar that will precisely take off from Buenos Aires on the 1st of January for an 8600km journey (around 5200kms of specials).
The 2010 course, designed in an anti clockwise loop, will rapidly set to the north: the first act will value the competitors more suited to hard soil. After crossing the Andes, the stay of the rally in Chile will be mainly focused on a wide discovery of the Atacama Desert, with five sand stages, almost no liaisons and a journey all the way to the city of Iquique. The return trip towards the Argentinean capital will allow appreciating the diversity of mountains and territories of the continent: in this third act, the terrains offered will finish off testing the resistance of the competitors and the vehicles.
On this ideal theatre for an eventful confrontation, the new regulations set up will contribute in putting talent forward. In the car race, the reduction of the air arrival bridle for the petrol vehicles will normally give the best amateurs the means to compete with the diesel technology that has had better results these last few years. On two wheels the measure was expected by many for a long time, indeed only bikes with engines of under 450cc will be accepted on the race for 2011. For 2010, an adjustment is kept for the amateurs owning 660cc allowing them to compete with a bridle. The professionals will compete on 450cc as soon as the next Dakar.
Hilsen
Torben - kinesien
