UAE champion Balooshi only Emirati at Dakar Rally
dubai — The UAE champion Mohammed Al Balooshi will be the only Emirati competitor to take part in Dakar Rally.
The rally 2019’s action will start in South America with the best of the best riders and teams literally battling all odds for a place at the finish ramp.
The local and Arab champion Mohammed Al Balooshi is a man of records and having pioneered in the Motocross, and Off-Road racing in the region for over 15 years. He has the honour to take the colours of the UAE flag to the remote lands of Peru, where millions are expected to follow the race during the next 10 days.
This is the second year in a row that the race will start in Peru, which will allow Al Baloshi to have the chance of enjoying a little familiarity with the terrain in the opening stage, but as always, the Dakar will have challenges and difficulties beyond imagination, and the circuit is poised to pose different obstacles for those involved.
The 41st edition of this legendary rally, “The Bone Breaker” they call it, will be raced over the course of 10 stages and will no doubt be once again a platform for drama with competitors and machines pushed beyond their physical and mental limits day after day.
The details on the route and dangers hidden are unknown to the contestants, which is typical of Cross Country racing where the route is secret, and only revealed to the competitors a few hours before the start of the action every day, but with a full Peruvian race ahead, and considering the geography of the areas the race will cross, the terrain is expected to be primarily made up of sand, with large extensions of desert and high dunes very soft after a dry and very warm summer in the Southern Hemisphere — which will make things difficult for the competitors, particularly in the motorcycle category.