Dakar Rally | Competitions stopped at the third check point due to weather conditions

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2023/01/03

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Weather of Arabia</strong> - The organizers of the Saudi Dakar Rally 2023 stopped, just before, the motorcycle category competitions at the second and third verification points, and the cars and trucks category at the third verification point, in order to preserve the safety of the competitors, due to the weather conditions.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Weather conditions: Motorsports competitions stop at the third checkpoint<br /><br /> The deteriorating weather conditions did not allow the organizers to guarantee the safety of the participants, so the competitions in the cars and trucks category were stopped at the third checkpoint (after 377 kilometers). <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B12023?src=hash&... <a href="https://t.co/j7iO3Y3B6z">pic.twitter.com/j7iO3Y3B6z</a></p> Dakar - Saudi Arabia (@Dakar_arabic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dakar_arabic/status/1610245443895840771?ref_src=twsr... 3, 2023</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Weather conditions: Motorcycling competitions stop at the second and third checkpoints<br /><br /> The deteriorating weather conditions did not allow the organizers to guarantee the safety of the participants, so the competitions in the bicycle category were stopped at the second check point (after 335 km) and the third (after 377 km). <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B12023?src=hash&... <a href="https://t.co/mgGwB27BEF">pic.twitter.com/mgGwB27BEF</a></p> Dakar - Saudi Arabia (@Dakar_arabic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dakar_arabic/status/1610243677926100992?ref_src=twsr... 3, 2023</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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