It's that time of the year: the Dakar Rally, the most famous off-road race. Two weeks, over 8,000 kilometres of sand and dunes - and a strong female participation on the huge starting field. Here are the women of the 44th edition of Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.
2022 is a go and it's that time of the year for the most famous off road rally in the world - the Rally Dakar. The 44th edition is the third running in the desert of Saudi Arabia, with two scheduled weeks full of sand and dunes, adding up to 8.375 kilometers of stages for the impressive number of 4.258 participants registered. And among them, 52 women will aim to finish the hardest competition of the year.
The first stage will start tomorrow 2nd January and will lead through twelve days of racing - with a rest day on 8th January - until the final day on 14th January.
Today we saw the prolog to set the starting order for the first stage tomorrow, representing the first 19 kilometers to test the skills and the vehicles on the new ground from Jeddah to Hail.
No less than 52 female drivers will start the Rally Dakar 2022; 19 drivers, 32 co-drivers and one mechanic on a truck. Here is a list of all the female starters. We will discover them in the next posts during the event.
Bike
40 / Mirjam Pol / Driver / HT Rally Raid Hsqvarna Racing / NDL
98 / Sara Garcia / Driver / Pont Grup Yamaha / ESP
100 / Audrey Rossat / Driver / RossatFRA
128 / Sandra Gomez / Driver / Xraids Clinicas CRES / ESP
Car
210 / Taye Perry / Co-Driver / GPX Racing / DEU
238 / Laia Sanz / Driver / X-Raid Mini JCW Team / ESP
257 / Monica Plaza Vazquez / Co-Driver / Sodicars Racing / ESP
264 / Andrea Lafarja / Driver / Puma Energy Rallyteam / PRY
275 / Petra Zemankova / Co-Driver / Krestex Team / CZE
Light Prototype
301 / Cristina Gutierrez Herrero / Driver / Red Bull Offroad Team USA / ESP
310 / Dania Akeel / Driver / South Racing Middle East / SAU
311 / Camelia Liparoti / Driver / Yamaha Powered by X-Raid Team / ITA
321 / Annett Fischer / Driver / Yamaha Powered by X-Raid Team / DEU
321 / Annie Seel / Co-Driver / Yamaha Powered by X-Raid Team / DEU
323 / Maria Oparina / Driver / Team Maria Oparina / RAF
322 / Axelle Roux-Decima / Co-Driver / Rally Raid Comcept / FRA
332 / Mashael Alobaidan / Driver / South Racing Middle East / SAU
347 / Pascale Jaffrenou / Driver / Pinch Racing / FRA
347 / Francoise Hollender / Co-Driver / Pinch Racing / FRA
344 / Rosa Romero Font / Co-Driver / Valsebike Canarias / ESP
356 / Merce Marti / Driver / FN Speed Team / ESP
356 / Margot Llobera / Co-Driver / FN Speed Team / AND
SSV
408 / Molly Taylor / Driver / CAN-AM Factory South Racing / AUS
465 / Tatiana Sycheva / Driver / Xesha Motorsport / RAF
Truck
528 / Fina Roman / Co-Driver / KH7 Epsilon / ESP
534 / Syndiely Wade / Co-Driver / Gregoor Racing Team / SEN
537 / Marije van Ettekoven / Co-Driver / DDW Rallyteam / NLD
Classic
705 / Amy Lerner / Driver / A. L. Rally / USA
705 / Sara Carmen Bossaert / Co-Driver / A. L. Rally / BEL
713 / Delphine Delfino / Co-Driver / Aventure Girousse / FRA
718 / Jacobine Kamp-Noordsij / Co-Driver / CX Rally Team / ESP
723 / Anne Galpin / Co-Driver / Team FJ / FRA
732 / Olga Lounova / Co-Driver / Orion-Moto Racing Group / CZE
734 / Rebecca Busi / Driver / Busi Roberto / ITA
735 / Claire Deygas / Co-Driver / Cummins France / FRA
736 / Esther Pages Bolibar / Co-Driver / Salvador Fernandez / ESP
739 / Valérie Panagiotis / Co-Driver / Team FJ / FRA
743 / Audrey Sireyjol / Driver / Cummins France / FRA
749 / Florence Deronce / Co-Driver / Team Dakar Mercedes Racing Car / FRA
750 / Ilie Constanta / Co-Driver / Rallyeraid-Club-Germany/ ROU
755 / Olga Rouckova / Driver / Czech Samurais / CZE
759 / Giulia Maroni / Co-Driver / Tecnosport / ITA
766 / Cécile Douchez / Co-Driver / Team Clamens Pere Fille / FRA
777 / Nicola Shackleton / Co-Driver / Historic Team Zitzewitz / GBR
783 / Adeline Euvrard / Co-Driver / Euvrard / FRA
788 / Pilar Merino Garcia / Co-Driver / MerinoTeam / ESP
789 / Isabelle Masse / Co-Driver / GUY / FRA
790 / Esther Merino / Co-Driver / Merinoteam / ESP
791 / Constance Chenard / Co-Driver / Grabowski-Chenard / FRA
792 / Sonia Merino / Co-Driver / Merinoteam / ESP
800 / Lidia Ruba / Co-Driver / Momabikes Raid Team / ESP
803 / Elena Giaveri / Co-Driver / Team 511 / ITA
805 / Olga Merino / Co-Driver / Merinoteam / ESP
819 / Noemi Rodriguez Moreno / Driver / Team Tatoracing / ESP
821 / Ursula Ruppert / Co-Driver / Fun42-Racing / DEU
829 / Edith Nenninger / Co-Driver / Rallyraid-Club-Germany / GER
912 / Juliette Carnet / Co-Driver / Team Man Kat V8 / FRA
912 / Guislaine Broquet-Paget / Mechanic / Team Man Kat V8 / FRA
914 / Miranda van Middendorp / Co-Driver / DE Paauw Rally Team / NLD
919 / Simona Morosi / Co-Driver / R Team / ITA
Stay tuned for the stories of the female side of Dakar in the next two weeks!