Our province is one of the scales of competition will have its start and finish in Buenos Aires and is also run by Chile, between 3 and 18 January. Orly Terranova Mendoza was the only Argentine rider who was in the presentation. The Secretary of Tourism of the Nation, Enrique Meyer, described Tuesday as a pride for the country to receive the Dakar rally, which was first staged in Argentina and Chile in 2009, stressed that organizing this competition “an historic opportunity” . Meyer discussed in “Martigny” Theatre of Paris, which was filled and is located just meters from the Champs Elysees, during the presentation of the 30th. edition of the Dakar Rally, which will start and finish in Buenos Aires and will run between 3 and 18 January. They will be 9,000 kilometers, of which 6,000 of them will be of special stages (timed). From 15 May to 30 June this year the registration of pilots and machines will be extended to 26 and 27 November will be the first technical and administrative check in Le Havre, France’s largest port. Then embark cars to Buenos Aires and on the campus of the Rural Society, in Palermo, will be held between December 31 and January 2, 2009 the other check. On January 3 cars depart from the Obelisk, in the city center, towards the Patagonian deserts of La Pampa, Black River, northern Neuquén and Chubut. Then pass to the south and the city of Mendoza. The cars then cross the Andes to Valparaiso, where on January 10 will be a day of rest, and then resume the journey north through the Atacama Desert and the provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja, Córdoba and Santa Fe to get January 18. the Rural de Palermo in Buenos Aires, where shows like Opera Pampa be developed. During Tuesday’s launch in France, were present at the event the former Pumas captain Agustin Pichot, representing the house of Chubut; former Chilean footballer, Jaime Pizarro, current Secretary of Sports of Chile and numerous personalities of French sport, runners and the Chilean Carlos De Gavardo, who participated in several editions. Mendoza was also the driver Orlando Terranova, who displayed the BMW X3 with Argentine colors. The ceremony was conducted in three languages: French, English and Spanish. Meyer, during the presentation, said the completion of the Dakar Rally in Argentina “is a unique tourist promotion for our country, because it is a competition that is televised to 180 countries for 15 days.” “This is a historic opportunity for Argentina and hope to become the home of this event. Argentina and Chile we are committed to preserve natural areas where competition circulate” he said. He said that “the Ministry of Tourism will contribute $ 3,000,000. We will take care of the invitation of the world press. They would be about 500 people, of which 400 are technicians and other journalists.” Meanwhile, Patrice Clerc, director of ASO, the company that organized the rally and also the Tour de France regretted the cancellation of this year in Africa because of threats of terrorist attacks had perceived French services. “Do not forget to Africa where previous editions were made and enrich Dakar between Buenos Aires and Valparaiso. Undoubtedly set to continue cultivating their nomadic nature,” he said. The test director Etienne Lavigne said he promised future participants will be “one of the most spectacular editions of the history of the Dakar”. Jaime Pizarro said: “I am proud that South America to receive the world’s toughest rally.” Meyer and Pizarro were asked the authorities to the test done again in 2010 in Argentina and Chile to be one of the most important events of the celebration of the Bicentennial of the two countries. In turn, Pichot said that “it is a unique opportunity for our country. Gives us the ability to have more than 900 hours of television during the test and that inevitably makes thousands of tourists travel to Argentina.” Registration to compete will be from 15 May to 30 June, with priority those who were booked for the 2008 Rally Registration fees for the bikes will be 13,500 euros to 22,800 cars and a truck 4 by 4 34,100. That amount includes the return shipping Europe and Argentina. The cars will go on between 16 and 27 November from Port Le Havre (France) and will arrive 21 days after Buenos Aires.
