Competitors will cover 9,000km of some of the toughest and most gruelling roads in Chile and Argentina as they bid to win the 2010 Dakar Rally. Last year's route has been reversed with the stages through the Atacama Desert coming a lot earlier on. What hasn’t changed, however, are the dizzy crossings of The Andes and the lonely miles of the Argentine Pampas. Cyril Despres and the VW Red Bull Team as well as Marc Coma in the bike category are among those tackling this challenging course. www.dakar.com
Rally Dakar 2010