Reli Dakar, untuk pertama kalinya diadakan Thierri Sabine yang berkebangsaan Prancis dan kini dilaksanakan Amaury Sport Organisation, dimulai di Portugal, Sabtu, dan direncanakan tiba di Mauritania pada 11 Januari.
The Dakar, founded by the late Frenchman Thierry Sabine and organised by Amaury Sport Organisation, starts in Portugal on Saturday and is due to arrive in Mauritania on Jan. 11. Many of the competitors are French.