The route of Dakar 2024 was unveiled this Monday. The event is scheduled for January 5-19 in Saudi Arabia and marks the beginning of another season of the World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC).
The prologue starts and finishes in AlUla on January 5, with 27km against the clock. This is followed by the first stage between AlUla and Al Henakiyah with 405km timed. On January 11 and 12, starting and finishing in Shubaytah, there is a stage split into two, without assistance, covering 584km against the clock between the two days in the heart of the Empty Quarter.
After the rest day on January 13, the longest stage in a single day will be the seventh, on January 14, with 483km timed out of a total of 873km. The finish will be on January 15 in Yanbu, with 175km against the clock before the winners are crowned. In total, the drivers will face 4,727km of specials and 7,891km in total.
Route of Dakar 2024:
- January 5, Prologue: AlUla – AlUla (27km special/157km total)
- January 6, Stage 1: AlUla – Al Henakiyah (405km special/532km total)
- January 7, Stage 2: Al Henakiyah – Al Duwadimi (470km special/662km total)
- January 8, Stage 3: Al Duwadimi – Al Salamiya (440km special/733km total)
- January 9, Stage 4: Al Salamiya – Al-Hofuf (299km special/631km total)
- January 10, Stage 5: Al-Hofuf – Shubaytah (118km special/644km total)
- January 11 and 12, Stage 6A and 6B: Shubaytah – Shubaytah (584km special/818km total)
- January 13: Rest day
- January 14, Stage 7: Riyadh – Al Duwadimi (483km special/873km total)
- January 15, Stage 8: Al Duwadimi – Ha’il (458km special/678km total)
- January 16, Stage 9: Ha’il – AlUla (417km special/639km total)
- January 17, Stage 10: AlUla – AlUla (371km special/609km total)
- January 18, Stage 11: AlUla – Yanbu (480km special/587km total)
- January 19, Stage 12: Yanbu – Yanbu (175km special/328km total)
