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Originally Posted by rob_gendreau
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Originally Posted by Tapatio
Time to rebrand this race to reflect the current realities. It's a bit disrespectful IMHO. Then again when have the French ever cared about what other people think.
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Once you build up name recognition you don't wanna drop it. If this thread was called "Rosario to Valparaiso" I probably wouldn't have known what it was. I see it as part othe history of the race; I'm glad they didn't change it.
Kinda like the "New York" Jets or "San Francisco" Forty Niners .....
Rob
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Agree, glad it remains the Dakar even if it does not fit the venue today.
The venue was changed due to al queda in the Maghreb threats to attack/kidnap racers. With sufficient further clean up of that trash, it could return to Africa in the future.
R