The 47th edition of the Dakar has set a date for the world's rally-raiders in Saudi Arabia from 3 to 17 January.
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More information:
https://www.dakar.com
https://www.facebook.com/Dakar
https://www.twitter.com/Dakar
https://www.instagram.com/DakarRally
#Dakar2025
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00:0020 years ago on this date, a legend of the Dakar left us. Fabrizio Meoni had won the
00:16rally two times when the race was still in Africa, conquering the hearts of all the Dakar
00:21followers. A man, a legend, still very present in the minds of his former rivals and teammates.
00:28When he went on his bike, he was a tiger.
00:32I still think he was one of the best. He was so clever in navigation. If we got lost somewhere
00:38and Fabrizio went one way, we followed him.
00:41We called him Tejewe. You know, on the start of one stage Cyril Dupre was in front of me.
00:47I started second. Four minutes later was Fabrizio. Cyril said, in 10-15 minutes Tejewe will come.
00:56When the bike passed me, I didn't see even a number and I was 177 kilometers per hour.
01:01I think he was more than 200 kilometers per hour.
01:04You could hear him take off on the long straights and we all knew it was him. He was so fast.
01:13Everybody remembers these days when the beginning of the GPS, mierda, GPS, mierda, GPS.
01:20Mierda. Mierda.
01:24Moi les deux petits GPS, c'est du mierda. Deux GPS.
01:29An Italian character. A guy that was really full of emotion.
01:37A magical guy. A magical rider. Passionate about what he was doing. Passionate about everything.
01:43Having him as a friend, I believe you can go to everywhere.
01:50He was the friend of the privateers. Very nice, special character.
01:56He was a star during all of my career. Really a star.
02:00Of course he's one of the biggest legends of this rally.