{"id":237491,"date":"2016-01-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/dakar-stage-1-cancelled-due-to-safety-concerns\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T02:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T00:40:07","slug":"dakar-stage-1-cancelled-due-to-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/en\/blog\/dakar-stage-1-cancelled-due-to-safety-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Dakar: Stage 1 Cancelled due to safety concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/568930eb62dbf4.49090222-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13649\" src=\"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/568930eb62dbf4.49090222-3.jpg\" alt=\"Dakar-2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>After yesterday\u2019s sweltering 40 degrees in <strong>Rosario,<\/strong> today nature whipped up a <strong>lighting storm<\/strong> bad enough that race organisers were forced to cancel the first stage citing safety concerns. <strong>Riders<\/strong> thus head straight towards the bivouac situated in <strong>Villa Carlos Paz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today there was no action on the track. 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