Frenchman Castera plots roadmap for Dakar success

It is a Herculean task that will provide an equally testing challenge for the 434-strong caravan made up of cars, bikes, quads and trucks that set out in Bisha, in the southwest of Saudi Arabia, for Friday's opening prologue. Twelve stages over 8,000 kilometres await the 778 competitors from 72 countries before a January 17 finish in Shubaytah, on the border of the United Arab Emirates. And the man at the centre of it all is Castera who, as co-driver to Cyril Despres, finished third in the 2017...