Yesterday, Sunday 16th, the Argentina-Chile Rally Dakar 2011 was officially closed in La Rural, in Palermo neighborhood. The main star was the Argentine Alejandro Patronelli, winner in squads, and second Argentine to win the Dakar (after his brother Marcos in the 2010 edition, also in squads). The rest of the winners in the different categories joined him in the award ceremony.Patronelli’s triumph in squads confirms the Argentine world supremacy in this discipline and gives us a new reason to celebrate, after the confirmation that Dakar 2012 will also take place in our territory. It is expected a slight change in the route for next year which might include a third country as Peru or Brazil. Notwithstanding what the final choice is, our country and Chile are already confirmed to host the competition.
The other winners in the Sunday afternoon were the Qatar prince Nasser Al-Attiyah, in cars, the Spanish Marc Coma, king of bikes and the russian Vladimir Chagin, who won in trucks for the seventh time in his life. It was “one of the three toughest Dakars in history”, said Ettiene Lavigne, main organizer of the competition, who also praised Argentina and Chile’s landscapes.The 2010 and 2011 editions of Argentina-Chile Dakar have shown the world the beauty of 11 different Argentine provinces, besides Buenos Aires City, where the official start and end takes place (in our symbolic Obelisco). The confirmation of Dakar 2012 is a joy for all Argentines and a new invitation for the whole world to visit us and to enjoy the most famous rally in the world in our city.
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