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Dakar Rally

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Old 15-01-2010, 10:36 AM   #1
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Dakar Rally

Is nobody in the UK following the Daka rally? Dakar - Live

(I put this here rather than in sport because deliberately BTW)
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Old 15-01-2010, 12:33 PM   #2
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I used to watch it alot

but the TV coverage now is well just *****
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Old 15-01-2010, 12:53 PM   #3
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Despite original comments...moved to Sport.

Watch it a bit,follow it on Autosport,but TV coverage is poor.
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Old 15-01-2010, 3:09 PM   #4
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Its just that here we get an hour at 7 pm and more at 8 pm on a different channel and a round up after midnight. Then when I had a look at the BBC website, a quick search returned nothing what-so-ever. I find it rather sad that such a huge, entertaining international event is totally ignored by UK television and the BBC website.
I'm not a huge motorsport fan, but the Dakar is just awesome.
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Old 15-01-2010, 8:02 PM   #5
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For anyone who missed this in the Photography section, some amazing pics of the Dakar rally

HERE
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