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Originally Posted by E.B
I would say it is the 2000 "Round the World in 80 Days" rally.
It is actually said by some sources to have been 18000 miles as opposed to the 1977 London to Sydney being 17,500 miles, and thus longer than the 1977 London to Sydney.
However I have also read that the organisers of the RTW80D Rally reduced their mileage claim to 100 miles less than the 1977 London - Sydney rally in terms of the Guinness Book of Records entry, in respect to the history and origin of the 1977 event. AFAIK the RTW was more run to time limits rather than the minimum time wins flat out race of the London Sydney.
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Oops! I hadn't heard about it.
I meant the
1978 Vuelta a la América del Sud, which had a length of 28.592 km (17,770 miles). Andrew Cowan led a Mercedes-Benz 1-2-3-4-5.
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