What may be the most extreme sporting event in existence takes the green flag on Saturday, January 6, 2007. While many people think of this as the Paris-Dakar Rally, this year’s route begins in Lisbon, not Paris. To most fans, the event is simply Dakar. There is nothing simple about the route though, as competitors travel a total of 7915 km in only 15 days through the toughest terrain that Mother Earth can throw at them.
