1. The most grueling rally in the world
2. Takes place 1st to 16th of January
3. First run in 1978
4. Is run over 6000miles approx
5. Almost 200 bikers take part
6. 430 teams take part
7. 200 support vehicles.
8. Sad news is there have been 50 deaths among competitors.
9. It would cost about 200,000 GBP to compete.
10. The race has been held in South America since 2009 after the 2008 edition was cancelled due to security threats.
Thus ends the Dakar top ten.
