Published Date:
19 January 2009
DAKAR RALLY: South African Giniel de Villiers won the Dakar Rally for the first time in a diesel-powered Volkswagen, but two Scots were left celebrating notable firsts for themselves when the 9500-kilometre event finished in Buenes Aires.
De Villiers triumphed in front of 500,000 fans in the Argentine city having pipped his American team-mate Mark Miller by just 8mins 59secs,
but Lanark’s Alister McRae and Glasgow’s Ewan Buchan were both pleased to have completed the world’s most gruelling rally on their first attempts – Buchan, with a suspected broken ankle, becoming the first Scot to do so on a motorbike.
“It’s fantastic to get to the finish on our first attempt,” McRae admitted. “It’s been bloody hard, but I’m well chuffed.”
The full article contains 137 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
18 January 2009 9:52 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
