page_title: Amazing Race (France)
section_title: Leg 1 (France → United Arab Emirates)
hierarchical_section_title: Amazing Race (France) / Race summary / Leg 1 (France → United Arab Emirates)
caption_attribution_description: Atlantis auf Palm Jumeirah -- أتلانتيس في نخلة جميرا
context_page_description: Amazing Race: la plus grande course autour du monde! is a French version of the American reality show The Amazing Race. Hosted by Alexandre Delpérier, it features nine teams of two with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win €50,000.
  The show was produced by Shine France in association with ABC Studios, distributed by The Walt Disney Company France and broadcast on D8.
  D8 began airing the season on Monday 22 October 2012, and D17 on Tuesday 23 October 2012, both at 8:50pm CEST.
  The finale aired on 24 December 2012 with cyber-friends, Anthony Martinage and Sonja Sacha, winning the Race.
context_section_description: Airdate: 22 October 2012
  Paris, Île-de-France , France  (Parc de Saint-Cloud – Rond-point de la Balustrade) (Starting Line)
  Paris (Pont des Arts)
  Paris (Travel Agency – 1, Rue des Mauvais-Garçons (in French))
   Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport) to Dubai, United Arab Emirates  (Dubai International Airport)
  Emirate of Dubai (Rub' al Khali Desert) 
   Margham (Skydive Dubai)
  Dubai (Burj Khalifa – Observation Deck)
  Dubai (Mall of the Emirates – Ski Dubai)
  Dubai (Atlantis The Palm, Dubai) 
  This leg's Detour was a choice between Perles (Pearls) or Chameaux (Camels). In Perles, teams had to find and count, with the help of a sieve, the exact number of pearls in an earthenware jar filled with sand. Once the exact number of pearls was given to the pearler, accompanied by all the pearls contained in the jar, teams could receive their next clue. In Chameaux, teams, with the help of a camel, had to retrieve two bags of hay and deliver them to the cameleer. While one teammate must ride the camel, the other one need to guide the animal along the path. Both team members must hang the bags of hay on the camel by the themselves. Once the hay had been brought back, teams would receive their next clue from the cameleer.
  In the leg's Roadblock, teams had to travel to a nearby aerodrome to sign up for one of three flights. The designated teammate for the task must then board the chosen aeroplane and perform a 4,000-metre (13,000 ft) tandem skydive. If they jump within a 10-minute time limit, they received their next clue from an instructor once on the ground. Otherwise, they must wait out a 4-hour penalty.
  Additional tasks
  At the Pont des Arts, teams were required to search among thousands of locks for one of the hundred padlocks with an Amazing Race flag that the key given them in the clue envelope would open. Once they found the correct lock, the teams would exchange it for their next clue from a couple of young lovers.
  At Ski Dubai, teams had to take snow with the help of buoys and shovels and carry it outside, where the temperature was approximately 50 °C (122 °F). They then had to build a 140-centimetre (4.6 ft) snowman before the snow melted to receive their next clue.
  Additional notes
  Teams had to travel to a travel agency located at 1, Rue des Mauvais-Garçons to book one of two flights to Dubai.
  Once in Dubai, teams needed to find an assigned taxi driver with their picture in one of the airport's car parks, who would drive them to the desert.
  The last three teams were not told their placings after arriving at the Pit Stop and were told together of their positions after all the teams arrived after dark.
caption: Atlantis The Palm in Dubai hosted the first Pit Stop of the Race.
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