07, in 08, uh anthony: 2007? abdou: yeah. in, in, in 2008 we were at the start and we didn t start. jean: that s right. abdou: we didn t start. jean: they cancelled the, the race. anthony: in 2008, officials shut the event down with racers from all over the world at the starting line. a response to the murder of four french citizens in maritania and to the discovery of potential terrorist threats against the race in the region. the race, now called the dakar rally, was moved off the african continent and currently runs much of the length of south america. anthony: but will, will it come back? what do you think? abdou: here in senegal? anthony: yeah. abdou: never. anthony: whoa. jean: i hope so! abdou: never. anthony: why? why? why never? abdou: because these people, when they leave, they did it not in a fair way. anthony: so you think they don t deserve to have it back. abdou: no. anthony: but there s still, is there still racing here within the
jean: like this. it s okay. you can put the three if you want. anthony: three? jean: very good. anthony: okay, where am i going? jean: turn, turn. nice, it s nice, tony. anthony: just like this. anthony: after tear-assing around for a few hours, it s traditionally chicken and beer on the beach. we re joined by jean s fellow paris-dakar racers mame less diallo and adbou thiam. jean: my friend mame less made 12 times the paris-dakar. anthony: 12 times. jean: 12 with bike. abdou: motor bike. mame less: motor bike. anthony: on a motor bike? jean: yeah. anthony: wow. so, what happened? it stopped in, uh . abdou: the last race was in 07, in 08, uh . anthony: 2007? abdou: yeah. in, in, in 2008 we were at the start and we didn t start.
jean: that s right. abdou: we didn t start. jean: they cancelled the, the race. anthony: in 2008, officials shut the event down with racers from all over the world at the starting line. a response to the murder of four french citizens in maritania and to the discovery of potential terrorist threats against the race in the region. the race, now called the dakar rally, was moved off the african continent and currently runs much of the length of south america. anthony: but will, will it come back? what do you think? abdou: here in senegal? anthony: yeah. abdou: never. anthony: whoa. jean: i hope so! abdou: never. anthony: why? why? why never? abdou: because these people, when they leave, they did it not in a fair way. anthony: so you think they don t deserve to have it back. abdou: no. anthony: but there s still, is there still racing here within the country? within senegal? i mean, you race. jean: we have, after south africa, the second circuit in all ov
uh, exceptional for us. how do you like the chicken? it s okay? anthony: oh, man. it s good. are you kidding me? i m hittin it hard. so, you told me before that if i wanted to, i could get in a car and drive to saint-louis. jean: uh-huh, just . anthony: that way. abdou: that way. jean: that way. anthony: how long will it take? jean: [speaking french] abdou: an hour and a half. anthony: let s go. abdou: you going to saint-louis? anthony: let me finish my chicken, then we ll go. hing. dad, one second i was driving and then the next. they just didn t stop and then. i m really sorry. i wrecked the subaru. i wrecked it. you re ok. that s all that matters. (vo) a lifetime commitment to getting them home safely. love. it s what makes a subaru, a subaru. get ready for centrum micro-workouts. the bottle curl. the twist n turn.
start, and we didn t start. jean: that s right. abdou: we didn t start. jean: they cancelled the, the race. anthony: in 2008, officials shut the event down with racers from all over the world at the starting line. a response to the murder of four french citizens in maritania and to the discovery of potential terrorist threats against the race in the region. the race, now called the dakar rally, was moved off the african continent and currently runs much of t length of south america. anthony: t will, will it come back? what do you think? abdou: here in senegal? anthony: yeah. abdou: never. anthony: whoa. jean: i hope so! abdou: never. anthony: why? why? why never? abdou: because these people, when they leave, they did it not in a fair way. anthony: so you think they don t deserve to have it back. abdou: no. anthony: but there s still, is there still racing here within the country? within senegal? i mean, you race. jean: we have, after south africa, the se