Dakar shortens penultimate stage due to bad weather

The 557 km (511 timed) stage between Al Ula and Yanbu was to be a last stern test for the competitors, but organiser ASO decided this Wednesday afternoon to reduce the Thursday stage by 47 km to a total of 464 timed kilometres “due to the bad weather in the area over the last few days which has erased the tracks”.
That implies that the finish line of the stage will be drawn earlier and that the …Keep reading