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2001 was the final time that the rally used the familiar Paris-Dakar route, and was notable for Mitsubishi's Jutta Kleinschmidt, as she was the first woman to win the rally – albeit only after Schlesser was penalised one hour for unsportsmanlike conduct. [11]
1979 Dakar Rally, also known as the 1979 Paris–Alger–Dakar Rally was the first running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally began on 26 December 1978 from Paris , France and finished on 14 January 1979 in Dakar , Senegal , interrupted by a transfer across the Mediterranean .
2 Italy: Iveco, Perlini 9 5 6 3 Czech Republic: Tatra 7 8 8 4 France: ALM-ACMAT, UNIC 6 8 4 5 Germany: MAN 6 5 6 6 Netherlands: DAF, GINAF 5 4 9 7 Poland: 3 8 Belgium: 2 2 4 9 Japan: Hino 1 6 2 10 Spain: 1 3 11 Algeria: Sonacome 1 1 12 1 1 13 Austria: Pinzgauer 1 14 Brazil: 2 1 15 Belarus: MAZ 1 1 16 Sweden: Volvo 1 17 United States: Ford 1 18 ...
1980 Dakar Rally also known as the 1980 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 2nd running of the Dakar Rally event, starting from Paris on 1 January and finishing in Dakar on the 23 January. The 1980 event saw vehicle manufacturers such as Yamaha, Volkswagen, Lada, and BMW taking part and the introduction of a truck category.
1993 Dakar Rally also known as the 1993 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 15th running of the Dakar Rally event. 154 competitors started the rally, which returned to its original route. [1] The rally was won by Bruno Saby and Dominique Seriyes; Stephane Peterhansel won the motorcycle class for the third time.
1998 Dakar Rally, also known as the 1998 Paris–Granada–Dakar Rally, was the 20th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally returned to a traditional Paris to Dakar route last used in 1993. [1] A number of competitors were attacked by unknown attackers near the end of the ninth stage, at Taoudenni in Mali. [2]
The 2001 rally was 6,600 miles (10,600 km) long and began in Paris, France, on New Year's Day, passing through Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, before finishing at Dakar in Senegal. [2] [3] This was the last Paris-Dakar Rally that commenced and finished in the same locations as the original race.
2 January 1986 Sète, France Versailles—Sète: Honda XR 500: Motorcycle In his second start in the Dakar Rally, a non-entrant Peugeot 205 crashed into Kaneko's motorcycle at 01:30 on Thursday, 2 January 1986, about eight kilometres before the harbour of Sète, killing him instantly.