Tá tudo tratado, não te preocupes, quando das inscrições para o Lés a lés o Luisvis tratou logo de te inscrever para o Lisboa Dakar de 2007.
como vez com a comunidade não tarda nada estás em Dakar.
ès um dos 90........

STAGE 1 - 06/01/2007
Lisboa > Portimão

Connection: 115 km | Special: 120 km | Connection: 260 km
Total: 495 km
Sand already

The first stage, and the first surprise – this is still only Europe, yet we can already see sand, without even going to the beach. The start of the special promises a few not too serious mishaps… just a foretaste of Africa. Then the technicians will be free to snatch back a few seconds in the bends through the forests of pines and corks. Going after the scratch time, trajectories are worked out to the nearest millimetre.


STAGE 2 - 07/01/2007
Portimão > Málaga

Connection: 15 km | Special: 60 km | Connection: 425 km
Total: 500 km
Warning: ravines!

This terrain could lend itself to trekking or a heat of the world mountain-bike championships: welcome to the mountains! The course is tortuous, the ground quite hard. Drivers will prudently slow the pace, just in case the course may be glistening wet. One false move on this “WRC type” route, and the drop can be a severe one. Safer to err on the slower side. After the long liaison to Málaga, tired bodies will benefit from the night of the crossing.

On entering the African continent, the rally becomes a long-distance trek. All those ingredients that go to make the Dakar difficult are there, and in respectable quantities already. The competitors have still got their freshness, but the less experienced run the risk of not keeping it for long. The subtleties of navigation can soon make your head spin, and good dune-climbing technique is already indispensable. One little extra for 2007: a sporting visit to the Atlas Mountains.


STAGE 3 - 08/01/2007
Nador > Er Rachidia

Connection: 205 km | Special: 252 km | Connection: 192 km
Total: 649 km
Head-spinning

The start of the business is very serious, particularly in terms of navigation. On the first part of the special, there are very many navigation changes. This is a real maze of tracks. But even once out of this labyrinth, no lapses of attention will be tolerated. And though the rocky trails seem ideal for speed, the many wades will soon bring the drivers back to reality. Take care!


STAGE 4 - 09/01/2007
Er Rachidia > Ouarzazate

Connection: 96 km | Special: 405 km | Connection: 178 km
Total: 679 km
Dunes all round the horizon

A first lesson in endurance. The second Moroccan special is a long one, and above all very varied – just like the whole of the Dakar 2007. For the novices, this is where the full-scale apprenticeship starts as they discover the dunes and experience their first thrills. This is also the moment to confronter the multiple traps in Africa. The priority of the moment: don’t get carried away.


STAGE 5 - 10/01/2007
Ouarzazate > Tan Tan

Connection: 170 km | Special: 325 km | Connection: 280 km
Total: 775 km
The wheels in the Atlas Mountains

Dakar regulars will have rallied from Ouarzazate to Tan Tan on three occasions in recent. Yet despite this, they’ll never have taken the 2007 route on a long-distance trek before. On this special, the drivers are going to be getting a taste of the Atlas Mountains, a feast for the eyes that means the trucks will have to take a slightly different route, a few kilometres shorter. On average, the scenery is dramatic, lunar: for the connoisseurs, a mixture of the Ventoux and the Izoard.

National specialities: sand, pebbles, dunes. Crossing Mauritania will be a determining factor for the result in the hierarchy of the rally. Those who arrive here in full possession of all their faculties have every chance of shining here, but here is where you can also lose everything. This kingdom of dunes and off-roading in the heart of the Sahara is the spot if ever there was one where the navigators can make their mark.


STAGE 6 - 11/01/2007
Tan Tan > Zouérat

Connection: 414 km | Special: 394 km | Connection: 9 km
Total: 817 km
Navigation by heading

Here’s the longest stage of the rally – by the end of the day, almost a thousand kilometres will have been clocked up! To set off on this long preliminary liaison leading to the Mauritanian border, you have to get up extremely early in the morning. Then you need to apply yourself to navigation by heading and off-road, yet more techniques for drivers and co-drivers to get to grips with again. At this stage in the rally, just one piece of advice: play for economy.


STAGE 7 - 12/01/2007
Zouérat > Atâr

Connection: 4 km | Special: 542 km | Connection: 34 km
Total: 580 km
Keeping on top

A particularly full day’s programme, over 600 kilometres. No-one is likely to be left unmoved by this series of tracks, off-road sections, and dunes. This is where you find out just what “crossing the erg” means. And here too, the hierarchy can be thrown radically into disorder. After six days of racing, those who haven’t managed to avoid problems begin to feel the fatigue. Now, those moments of tiredness can cost you dear. Everybody’s going to be glad of the much-needed rest day.

REST DAY - 13/01/2007
Atâr

This is a moment for taking stock. Many have proved themselves steadfast, though some will have already returned home. If the competitors are holding up, and the vehicle is still in one piece, there’s still plenty of room for optimism. Right in the middle of the Sahara, the setting is ideal to stock up with energy and to get yourself really psyched-up for what remains. It’s still 4,201 kilometres to Dakar.


STAGE 8 - 14/01/2007
Atâr > Tichit

Connection: 35 km | Special: 589 km | Connection: 2 km
Total: 626 km
En route for the oasis

This special has several facets. The course is quite well-marked, with stony tracks at the beginning of the course; then the enthusiasts will be entitled to a dose of sand in the middle of their day. Patience will be the drivers’ best ally for finding the oasis: the final track has no hidden traps, just so long as you keep your eyes peeled. The panorama that awaits the competitors is more than worth it. Backup vehicles are not allowed in Tichit.


STAGE 9 - 15/01/2007
Tichit > Néma

Connection: 0 km | Special: 494 km | Connection: 3 km
Total: 497 km
Searching for the route

This big chunk of desert may seen hard to swallow. Here we are on one of the great classics of the Dakar, revisited and improved for the occasion. Landmarks are extremely few and far between – the finest navigators are going to have their say. For the less inspired, Plan B involves picking the right tyre-tracks to follow. Reaching Nema in daylight is a victory in itself, for after nightfall, everything seems to take twice as long.

No longer the same colours or materials, no longer the same demands. On leaving the Sahara and its strings of dunes, there’s a very noticeable increase in the average speed. In the savannah now, you can start putting away the shovels and waffle-boards. But watch out – after visiting Timbuktu there’s going to be another outing in Mauritania.


STAGE 10 - 16/01/2007
Néma > Tombouctou

Connection: 10 km | Special: 516 km | Connection: 89 km
Total: 615 km
Renewing an old acquaintance

A regular point of passage in the eighties, Timbuktu hasn’t seen the Dakar since 1999. The drivers will need to prove nimble for this incursion into Mali territory. On this special, the fesh-fesh, which wears down the mechanics, the eyes, and morale alike, is all part of the game. For the aces at the wheel up their amongst the leaders, there could be some good strokes to play here. Just as long as they can look after their machines, as the backup vehicles will be staying in Nema.


STAGE 11 - 17/01/2007
Tombouctou > Néma

Connection: 8 km | Special: 571 km | Connection: 11 km
Total: 590 km
Mauritania, Act II

Competitors will have already gotten a good preview of what will be awaiting them on this stage from the day before – except that the return leg of this loop between Timbuktu and Nema is much more demanding! On the programme today are 576 kilometres of special on a very technical, sandy marked track. So watch out for this string of challenges, which the drivers will only be able to overcome at a reduced speed. One thing is for sure, come nightfall, many of them will be meeting up at the bivouac.


STAGE 12 - 18/01/2007
Néma > Kayes

Connection: 372 km | Special: 257 km | Connection: 117 km
Total: 746 km
A change of scene

The nostalgic may shed a tear: they won’t be seeing any more dunes this year. Today’s special will be fought out on tracks alone. From the desert, we pass now to the savannah, with even a few stretches through forest. Time to get used once again to fast driving on narrow routes.


Senegal brings the euphoria of deliverance for those competitors who reach it. It’s also a lesson in humility and patience. You mustn’t allow the relief at having overcome the principal obstacles to make you lower your guard. Amongst the leaders, reversals of situation are still possible, right up till the end of the 14th stage, where the victors in the various classes will be declared. The day at Lac Rose will be devoted to celebration and spectacle.


STAGE 13 - 19/01/2007
Kayes > Tambacounda

Connection: 180 km | Special: 260 km | Connection: 18 km
Total: 458 km
Skittering along

Expert skidders are going to have the times of their lives here! On these tracks over laterite, the aim of the game is all about controlling your machine. The team-work between drivers and navigators is also one of the big issues today. To make it to Tambakunda, you’ll also need to think about slowing down and finding the right pace to thread between the baobabs.


STAGE 14 - 20/01/2007
Tambacounda > Dakar

Connection: 124 km | Special: 225 km | Connection: 227 km
Total: 576 km
Finding Dakar!

It’s usually said that the game is over once you’ve crossed the Senegal border. But that’s to be unaware of the possibilities on offer from now on right up till the last day for regaining positions in the general. Those who did the last-but-one stage in 2006 are all too aware of how easy it is to get caught out and lose your bearings here.


STAGE 15 - 21/01/2007
Lac Rose Grand Prix

Connection: 52 km | Special: 0 km | Connection: 41 km
Total: 93 km
Salt water and champagne

For the parade on the beach, the odometers are zeroed, and everyone has their chance to become the hero of the day before the podium ceremony. The trophy being contested in this new Grand Prix will be won on two symmetrical tracks laid out side-by-side over a distance of 500 metres. The cars set off in pairs, motorcycles in fours. Onward for one last spectacle by the sea, with skid turns and a long-jump competition.

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