Dakar Rally's 40th version gets in progress in Peru

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More than 300 vehicles will challenge on 14 arranges throughout the following 15 days in three South American nations.

The Dakar Rally, which is thought to be the hardest rough terrain rally on the planet, gets going in the Peruvian capital Lima on Saturday.

The rally turns 40 this year and occasion will contain 14 phases, covering very nearly 9,000 kilometers in three nations - Peru, Bolivia and Argentine - before consummation on January 20 in the northern Argentine city of Cordoba.

Altogether 337 vehicles will challenge in five classes.

Previous Chelsea and Tottenham chief Andre Villas Boas will likewise partake in the race.

He quit his activity at Chinese football club Shanghai SIPG to understand a fantasy of contending in the Dakar Rally like his uncle.

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Andre Villas Boas doing really well for first timer and a football coach , now let's see if Peugeot will recover with their double turbo diesel engines and if Loeb can still catch up.

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