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<blockquote data-quote="Analoguesat" data-source="post: 476592" data-attributes="member: 176362">The Dakar rally raid had been cancelled at the last minute due to security concerns - there had been terror threats made about&nbsp; the race.<img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sad.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" data-shortname=":(" />(AGI) - Paris, 4 Jan. - No Dakar rally this year: this famous competition - the toughest and most prestigious one in the world - has been cancelled at the last moment. It was announced by head of sports services for French television Daniel Bilalian at the Europe 1 radio station. Previously this race was known as the Paris-Dakar rally, but its name has been changed because the competition does not begin at Ville Lumiere anymore. This competition was born in 1979 and this is the first time that it is cancelled. However, the authorities have been reporting for a long time that they kept receiving threats of possible terror attacks along the rally route which goes through many Islamic countries, including Algeria where in the last months fundamentalism has been particularly active.'</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Analoguesat, post: 476592, member: 176362"] The Dakar rally raid had been cancelled at the last minute due to security concerns - there had been terror threats made about the race. :( (AGI) - Paris, 4 Jan. - No Dakar rally this year: this famous competition - the toughest and most prestigious one in the world - has been cancelled at the last moment. It was announced by head of sports services for French television Daniel Bilalian at the Europe 1 radio station. Previously this race was known as the Paris-Dakar rally, but its name has been changed because the competition does not begin at Ville Lumiere anymore. This competition was born in 1979 and this is the first time that it is cancelled. However, the authorities have been reporting for a long time that they kept receiving threats of possible terror attacks along the rally route which goes through many Islamic countries, including Algeria where in the last months fundamentalism has been particularly active.' [/QUOTE]

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