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PARIS. — The 2018 Dakar Rally will start from Lima, Peru, on January 6 and finish two weeks later in Argentina after passing through Bolivia, organisers said yesterday. Zimbabwe’s two-time African Rally champion Conrad Rautenbach took part in this year’s Dakar Rally in January and did himself and his nation proud by finishing in the top 10 in his maiden appearance in the world’s toughest motor racing event.

There are strong indications that Rautenbach would like to have another dance with the Dakar Rally next year and 40th edition of this event and its 10th on South American soil will trace a path down the Pacific coast from Peru into Bolivia before turning sharply inland in Argentina to end on January 20 in Cordoba, organisers said. The Dakar was originally launched as an African rally but was transplanted to South America in 2009 after terrorism fears forced the cancellation of the 2008 edition through Mauritius the day before the start. — AFP.