TV coverage of the 2012 Dakar Rally in the US seems to be non-existent this year, but the Internet is a wonderful thing. Here’s a selection of the online coverage of the world’s toughest motorsports competition:
Videos of each stage are available at the Dakar Rally website.
Excellent photography from The Boston Globe
If you’ve never seen rally racing, you need to check out these videos and phtoographs. The bikes are purpose-built to handle the harshest off-road environments, the riders are immensely talented, and they don’t waste their, and your, time riding around oval tracks.
Day 1
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvccXYnHRVg&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 2
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNlAki_VpDs&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 3
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfFMfA0IqiE&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 4
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CkbtfEK1ds&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 5
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-TGcS_7wPM&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 6
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktxaESMuuPU&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 7
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUsy0Z91O8s&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 8
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS1ONeBaSBs&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 9
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBuOsa1MtV4&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 10
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTtGAdw6nVg&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 11
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49BrJqP_KrI&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
Day 12
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cXZrzAshhE&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3&w=620]
