Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — The organizing committee of the Saudi Dakar Rally announced on Wednesday details of the route of the second edition of the rally to be held in the Kingdom during a virtual press conference from Paris.

The conference was attended by Saudi Arabia Minister of Sport Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al-Faisal, who is also the chairman of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee, chairman of the Board of Directors of Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, CEO of Amore Sport Jan Luminier and Director of the Dakar Rally David Castera.

The second edition of the Saudi Dakar Rally will be held for the second year in a row in Saudi Arabia from Jan. 3 to Jan. 15, 2021. It will start from Jeddah and cross a distance of 7,646 km, passing through Bisha, Wadi Al-Dawasir, Riyadh, Buraidah, Hail, Sakaka, NEOM, Al-Ula, and Yanbu before reaching the finish line in Jeddah again on Jan. 15.