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The 34th Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (ADDC) is set to be a milestone in the history of the pioneer rally-raid event in the Middle East. In 2009, the race founded eighteen years earlier by Mohammed Ben Sulayem, now FIA President, moved to Abu Dhabi and was rebranded from UAE Desert Challenge to Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. It adopted the format of 5 days of racing plus a super special, the standard for W2RC rounds today. Standing as the second round of the W2RC calendar since its launch in 2022, the ADDC will start in the millennia-old city of Al Ain for the first time in its history. Located 150 km east of the capital, which until now had been the gathering point, the second-largest city in Abu Dhabi emirate, whose name translates to "The Spring", is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built on the vestiges of prehistoric cultures dating back 8,000 years, this garden city with six oases and 1,200 hectares of palm groves is considered one of the oldest settlements in the world.
