Rafic Eid during a stage of the Dakar 2025 in Saudi Arabia. Photo taken from his Instagram account.
Fourteen days, 13 stages, and 8,000 kilometers. For its 47th edition, the Dakar Rally has raised the stakes. "The competitors wanted a challenging course; they have been heard," the organizers wrote on their official website. Running from Jan. 3 to 17, the grueling motorcycle rally connects the Saudi Arabian cities of Bisha and Shubaytah. Among the 148 competitors in this year’s motorcycle category are two first-time participants from Lebanon: Ihab Hakim and Rafic Eid."Even today, I tell myself it’s unreal," Hakim told L’Orient-Le Jour via video call. Sitting on a pouf in the middle of the desert at a bivouac halfway through the course, the man in his 30s from al-Mesherfe, Mount Lebanon, had little time to chat — it was his only rest day. Read more Hady Habib first Lebanese player to win a Grand Slam match In...
Fourteen days, 13 stages, and 8,000 kilometers. For its 47th edition, the Dakar Rally has raised the stakes. "The competitors wanted a challenging course; they have been heard," the organizers wrote on their official website. Running from Jan. 3 to 17, the grueling motorcycle rally connects the Saudi Arabian cities of Bisha and Shubaytah. Among the 148 competitors in this year’s motorcycle category are two first-time participants from Lebanon: Ihab Hakim and Rafic Eid."Even today, I tell myself it’s unreal," Hakim told L’Orient-Le Jour via video call. Sitting on a pouf in the middle of the desert at a bivouac halfway through the course, the man in his 30s from al-Mesherfe, Mount Lebanon, had little time to chat — it was his only rest day. Read more Hady Habib first Lebanese player to win a Grand Slam match ...