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RUST magazine: RUST 2018 Dakar Preview

RUST's 2018 DAKAR PREVIEW What’s inside? * THE ROUTE * THE RIDERS * THE HISTORY * PLUS INTERVIEWS & A VERY SPECIAL TEST RIDE Here it is, RUST’s definitive guide to the Dakar Rally 2018. The action starts on January 6 so you’ve got plenty of time to absorb all 80-pages of our guide. Happy riding and reading. And having a Merry Christmas too. See you in the New Year (if not before!) Jon Bentman (Editor, RUST)

RUST's 2018 DAKAR PREVIEW

What’s inside?

* THE ROUTE
* THE RIDERS
* THE HISTORY
* PLUS INTERVIEWS & A VERY SPECIAL TEST RIDE

Here it is, RUST’s definitive guide to the Dakar Rally 2018. The action starts on January 6 so you’ve got plenty of time to absorb all 80-pages of our guide.

Happy riding and reading. And having a Merry Christmas too. See you in the New Year (if not before!)

Jon Bentman
(Editor, RUST)

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Neveu and Auriol<br />

DUEL<br />

The <strong>Dakar</strong> has created many rivalries over the years, but few battles can<br />

match that between Frenchmen Cyril Neveu and Hubert Auriol in 1987<br />

Words: Chris Evans<br />

To be a hero you need two essential ingredients:<br />

the opportunity to be heroic, and lots of<br />

witnesses (the more the merrier). With the whole<br />

of France in the grip of Paris-<strong>Dakar</strong> fever and<br />

two very different Frenchmen fighting it out<br />

for victory, the 1987 <strong>Dakar</strong> Rally was all set for Hubert<br />

Auriol and Cyril Neveu to achieve super-hero status.<br />

The final curtain was even more dramatic than either of<br />

them could ever have imaged…<br />

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