Official broadcaster, La Chaîne L'Equipe is once again pulling out all the stops to cover the race in Saudi Arabia.
It’s the most legendary of rally raids! The participants of the Dakar 2025 celebrating its 47the edition by joining Bisha in Shubaytah, on the sandy slopes of Saudi Arabia, until January 17. Official broadcaster, La Chaîne L'Équipe is setting up a unique system to closely follow a little over 800 competitors divided into seven categories of motorcycles, cars, trucks and prototypes.
On television
A true 4 × 4 of live broadcasts, the excellent Messaoud Benterki pilots “Le Grand Direct” from the end of the morning, each day of the race, surrounded by Carine Galli, consultants Daniel Elena (former co-pilot of Sébastien Loeb, ten times world rally champion) and Ludivine Puy, journalists Marc Minari and Adrien Paviot and special correspondents France Pierron and Mylène Dorange.
Three meetings follow throughout each stage: “Dakar Vintage” at 2 p.m., “Le Journal du Dakar” at 6:10 p.m. and “Le Grand Summary” at 8 p.m., with analysis by Luc Alphand (winner in 1999). and 2006), live from the bivouac. In total, more than 70 hours of airtime to follow favorites Carlos Sainz, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Sébastien Loeb. Copious menu.
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Note that in addition to these meetings, all channels are involved: the daily broadcasts that are The shock team, Greg's team et The evening shift return to the Dakar every day during their debates.
The Dakar 2025 can also be followed every day in the daily “Tout le Sport” from Monday to Saturday at 7:50 p.m. on France 3, as well as in “Stade 2”, Sunday at 8:05 p.m. on France 3. In parallel, a “Journal du Dakar” of 15 minutes will be broadcast daily on the France.tv platform.
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