Bisha, Saudi Arabia, Jan 8, 2025 (AFP) - The nomadic mini-city behind the Dakar Rally

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2025-01-08

Television loves the Dakar Rally with its crisp, dramatic images of cars, motorbikes and trucks ploughing through the blood-red sands and dunes of Saudi Arabia. But television doesn't show the whole picture, veering its lens away from the camp of 3,500 people, six planes, 11 helicopters, 100 trucks and 70 buses -- the gigantic logistical machine that moves a mini-city in the desert from stage to stage and keeps the show, figuratively, on the roa......

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