2004 Dakar Rally

2004 Dakar Rally also known as the 2004 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 26th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally started in the Auvergne region of France, passing through Morocco, Mauritania and Mali, and finishing Dakar in Senegal. This was the last time the rally ever visited France. The rally was won by the French team of Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret in a Mitsubishi; while the motorcycle class was won by Nani Roma of Spain on a KTM and the trucks class was won by Russians Vladimir Chagin, Semen Yakubov and Sergey Savostin in a Kamaz.

2004 Dakar Rally
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Entries

Number of participants

Stage	Bikes	Cars	Trucks	Total
Start of Rally	195	142	63	400
End of Rally	65	60	38	163

Bikes

Leading Entries

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Rider
KTM	Gauloises KTM France	1	Richard Sainct
		2	Cyril Despres
		9	Jean Brucy
	Gauloises KTM International	3	Fabrizio Meoni
		7	Giovanni Sala
		10	Alfie Cox
	Repsol KTM	4	Nani Roma
		11	Marc Coma
		19	Isidre Esteve
	Petrobras-Lubrax	5	Jean de Azevedo
	Team Scandinavia	6	Per-Gunnar Lundmark
		15	Pål Anders Ullevålseter
	KTM De Gavardo	8	Carlo de Gavardo
	Red Bull USA KTM	16	Larry Roeseler
		17	Paul Krause
		25	Scott Harden
Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	12	David Frétigné

Cars

Leading Entries

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Co-Driver
Schlesser	Schlesser-Ford Raid	200	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Jean-Marie Lurquin
		209	José Maria Servia	François Borsotto
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Motors	201	Hiroshi Masuoka	Gilles Picard
		203	Stéphane Peterhansel	Jean-Paul Cottret
		206	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero
		211	Andrea Mayer	Andreas Schulz
	Ralliart	218	José Luis Monterde	Rafael Tornabell
		259	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Marc Bartholome
Nissan	Nissan Rally Raid Team	202	Colin McRae	Tina Thörner
		205	Ari Vatanen	Juha Repo
		208	Giniel de Villiers	François Jordaan
		210	Yves Loubet	Pascal Maimon
	Nissan Dessoude	215	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Arnaud Debron
		228	Paul Belmondo	Willy Alcaraz
		234	René Metge	Bernard Chevalier
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Motorsport	204	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Fabrizia Pons
		224	Bruno Saby	Matthew Stevenson
BMW	X-Raid	207	Luc Alphand	Henri Magne
		212	Grégoire de Mévius	Alain Guehennec
SMG	SMG	216	Philippe Gache	Jean-Pierre Garcin
Honda	Fast & Speed	225	Thierry Magnaldi	Didier Le Gal

Trucks

Leading Entries

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers
Hino	Sugawara	400	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara
Kamaz	Kamaz-Master	410	Firdaus Kabirov	Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov
		414	Vladimir Chagin	Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin
		423	Ilgizar Mardeev	Sergey Girya Eduard Kupriyanov
DAF	Team De Rooy	411	Jan de Rooy	Dany Colebunders Hugo Duisters
		417	Gerard de Rooy	Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats
	Tridec	442	Hans Stacey	Toon van Genugten Eddy Chevallier
Tatra	Petrobras-Lubrax	412	André de Azevedo	Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec
	Loprais Tatra	415	Karel Loprais	Petr Gilar Josef Kalina
Mercedes-Benz	Vismara Sport System	425	Giacomo Vismara	Mario Cambiaghi Claudio Bellina

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
					Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	1 January	Clermont-Ferrand	Narbonne	396	M. Graziani	K. Shinozuka	V. Chagin
2	2 January	Narbonne	Castellón de la Plana	526	D. Frétigné	J. M. Servia	Stage cancelled^1
3	3 January	Castellón de la Plana	Tangier	865	D. Frétigné	G. de Villiers	G. de Rooy
4	4 January	Tangier	Er Rachidia	752	F. Meoni	A. Vatanen	F. Kabirov
5	5 January	Er Rachidia	Ouarzazate	575	I. Esteve	S. Peterhansel	V. Chagin
6	6 January	Ouarzazate	Tan-Tan	803	N. Roma	H. Masuoka	V. Chagin
7	7 January	Tan-Tan	Atar	1055	R. Sainct	H. Masuoka	V. Chagin
8	8 January	Atar	Tidjikja	393	N. Roma	S. Peterhansel	K. Loprais
9	9 January	Tidjikja	Néma	739	C. Despres	H. Masuoka	F. Kabirov
10	10 January	Néma	Mopti	Stages cancelled
11	11 January	Mopti	Bobo-Dioulasso
	12 January	Bobo-Dioulasso		Rest day
12	13 January	Bobo-Dioulasso	Bamako	666	C. Despres	L. Alphand	F. Kabirov
13	14 January	Bamako	Ayoun el Atrous	734	D. Frétigné	C. McRae	K. Loprais
14	15 January	Ayoun el Atrous	Tidjikja	551	C. Despres	L. Alphand	F. Kabirov
15	16 January	Tidjikja	Nouakchott	651	F. Meoni	H. Masuoka	F. Kabirov
16	17 January	Nouakchott	Dakar	647	R. Sainct	J. Kleinschmidt	F. Kabirov
17	18 January	Dakar		106	C. Despres	C. McRae	H. Stacey

Notes:

• ^1 — The event for trucks was cancelled due to hazardous conditions.

Summary

The competitors included former world rally champion Colin McRae.[1] Stephane Peterhansel took an early lead after the third stage.[2] Four times winner of the rally, Ari Vatanen, won the fourth stage, which was his 50th individual stage win at the Dakar Rally.[3] Peterhansel received a five minutes penalty after his team-mate pushed his car when it encountered gearbox trouble 300m from the finishing line of the fifth stage but retained his overall lead.[4] McRae moved up to third place after the sixth stage but lost time on the seventh stage after getting stuck in a sand dune.[5][6] Peterhansel retook the lead from overnight leader Hiroshi Masuoka after the eighth stage,[7] and retained it after stage nine.[8] Stages 10 and 11 were cancelled owing to concerns over the security situation in Mali.[8] The rally resumed with stage 12 between Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso and Bamako in Mali; Peterhansel retained the lead at the end of the stage.[9] McRae won the 13th stage between Bamako and Ayoun el Atrous in Mauritania, the first Briton to win a stage of the Dakar rally since Andrew Cowan in 1990.[10] The 14th, 15th and 16th stages were won by Luc Alphand, Hiroshi Masuoka and Jutta Kleinschmidt.[11][12][13] McRae won the final stage but the overall winner was Stephane Peterhansel, who became only the second man to have won both the car and motorcycle categories of the Dakar Rally.[14] The motorcycle category was won by Spaniard Nani Roma.[14]

Stage results

Bikes

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Matteo Graziani	KTM	1:24		Stage not counted towards overall classification
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	1:32	0:08
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	1:33	0:09
2	1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	22:47		1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	22:47
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	23:02	0:15	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	23:02	0:15
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	23:44	0:57	3	Nani Roma	KTM	23:44	0:57
3	1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	6:13		1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	29:00
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	6:14	0:01	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	29:16	0:16
	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	6:18	0:05	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	30:06	1:06
4	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	41:53		1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	1:13:29
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	42:36	0:43	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	1:13:43	0:14
	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	43:06	1:13	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	1:13:46	0:17
5	1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	3:44:27		1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	4:57:56
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	3:44:43	0:16	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:58:32	0:36
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	3:44:49	0:22	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	4:58:55	0:59
6	1	Nani Roma	KTM	3:32:26		1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	8:32:47
	2	Isidre Esteve	KTM	3:34:51	2:25	2	Nani Roma	KTM	8:34:41	1:54
	3	Andy Caldecott	KTM	3:36:07	3:41	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	8:35:24	2:37
7	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	6:39:33		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	15:23:30
	2	Jean Brucy	KTM	6:46:40	7:07	2	Nani Roma	KTM	15:26:33	3:03
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	6:48:06	8:33	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	15:26:51	3:21
8	1	Nani Roma	KTM	5:38:07		1	Nani Roma	KTM	21:04:40
	2	Jean Brucy	KTM	5:44:09	6:02	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	21:12:56	8:16
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	5:46:05	7:58	3	Jean Brucy	KTM	21:19:05	14:25
9	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	9:34:33		1	Nani Roma	KTM	31:05:35
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	9:37:57	3:24	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	31:09:08	3:33
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	9:56:12	21:39	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	31:33:56	28:21
10	Stages cancelled due to security concerns
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12	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	1:43:13		1	Nani Roma	KTM	33:00:13
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	1:54:00	10:47	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	31:09:08	10:06
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	1:54:38	11:25	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	33:29:06	28:53
13	1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	6:10:25		1	Nani Roma	KTM	39:17:00
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	6:14:06	3:41	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	39:24:25	7:25
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	6:16:47	6:22	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	40:02:39	45:39
14	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	6:55:10		1	Nani Roma	KTM	46:16:24
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	6:56:33	1:23	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	46:26:04	9:40
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	6:59:24	4:14	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	46:57:49	41:25
15	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	6:55:46		1	Nani Roma	KTM	53:15:29
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	6:56:32	0:46	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	53:22:36	7:07
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	6:59:05	3:19	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	54:01:58	46:29
16	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	2:21:48		1	Nani Roma	KTM	55:39:22
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	2:23:53	2:05	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	55:44:24	5:02
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	2:24:12	2:24	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	56:26:10	46:48
17	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	14:49		1	Nani Roma	KTM	55:56:28
	2	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	14:59	0:10	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	56:09:06	12:38
	3	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	15:36	0:47	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	56:40:59	44:31

Cars

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Arnaud Debron	Nissan	1:41		Stage not counted towards overall classification
	2	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	1:42	0:01
	3	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Mitsubishi	1:42	0:01
2	1	José Maria Servia François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	25:00		1	José Maria Servia François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	25:00
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	25:03	0:03	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	25:03	0:03
	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	25:26	0:26	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	25:26	0:26
3	1	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	6:22		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	31:30
	2	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	6:26	0:04	2	José Maria Servia François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	31:35	0:05
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	6:27	0:27	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	31:52	0:22
4	1	Ari Vatanen Juha Repo	Nissan	40:50		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	1:12:20
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	40:50	0:10	2	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Mitsubishi	1:13:27	1:07
	3	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Mitsubishi	41:13	0:33	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	1:13:48	1:28
5	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	3:14:11		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	4:31:31^1
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:18:46	4:35	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:32:43	1:12
	3	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	3:27:06	12:55	3	Luc Alphand Henri Magne	BMW	4:42:28	10:57
6	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:09:40		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	7:42:23
	2	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	3:12:37	2:57	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	7:49:03	6:40
	3	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	3:15:21	5:41	3	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	8:00:13	17:50
7	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	5:58:35		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	13:40:58
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	6:03:37	5:02	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	13:52:40	11:42
	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	6:19:33	20:58	3	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	14:22:27	41:29
8	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	5:01:25		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	18:54:05
	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	5:30:20	28:55	2	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	19:59:16	1:04:38
	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	5:33:46	32:21	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	20:16:37	1:22:32
9	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	9:03:43		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	28:16:20
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	9:22:15	18:32	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	29:20:20	1:04:00
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	9:48:50	45:07	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	30:38:48	2:22:28
10	Stages cancelled due to security concerns
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12	1	Luc Alphand Henri Magne	BMW	1:54:53		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	30:16:53
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	1:56:21	1:28	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	31:21:36	1:04:43
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	2:00:33	5:40	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	32:35:09	2:18:16
13	1	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	5:52:58		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	36:36:26
	2	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	6:00:38	7:40	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	37:38:55	1:02:29
	3	Ari Vatanen Juha Repo	Nissan	6:01:45	8:47	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	39:06:25	2:29:59
14	1	Luc Alphand Henri Magne	BMW	6:51:07		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	43:46:03
	2	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	7:05:27	14:20	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	44:51:07	1:05:04
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	7:09:37	18:30	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	46:17:47	2:31:44
15	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	6:52:35		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	50:47:49
	2	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	7:05:27	14:20	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	51:43:42	55:53
	3	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	7:10:07	17:32	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	53:43:05	2:55:16
16	1	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	2:34:49		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	53:28:32
	2	Luc Alphand Henri Magne	BMW	2:35:48	0:59	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	54:19:55	51:23
	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	2:36:13	1:24	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	56:32:19	3:03:47
17	1	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	14:42		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	53:47:37
	2	José Maria Servia François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	15:23	0:41	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	54:37:01	49:24
	3	Nasser Al-Attiyah Marc Bartholome	Mitsubishi	15:25	0:43	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	56:48:10	3:00:33

Note:

• ^1 — Peterhansel was awarded a five-minute penalty for receiving illegal outside assistance. This only affected the overall classification, with Peterhansel retaining his stage win.[15]

Trucks

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	2:32		Stage not counted towards overall classification
	2	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Hugo Duisters	DAF	2:33	0:01
	3	Hans Bekx Paul Flipsen Pierre Blom	DAF	2:38	0:06
2	Stage cancelled due to hazardous conditions^1
3	1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	7:32		1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	41:53
	2	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Hugo Duisters	DAF	7:39	0:07	2	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Hugo Duisters	DAF	42:00	0:07
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	7:48	0:16	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	42:09	0:16
4	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	49:54		1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	1:32:04
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	50:11	0:17	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	1:32:17	0:13
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	51:32	1:38	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	1:33:41	1:37
5	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:00:27		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	5:34:08
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	4:04:50	4:23	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	5:36:54	2:46
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	4:13:28	13:01	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	5:50:51	16:43
6	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:02:09		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	9:36:17
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	4:05:37	3:28	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	9:42:31	6:14
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	4:08:52	6:43	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	10:02:46	26:29
7	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	7:29:53		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	17:06:10
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	7:43:45	13:52	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	17:36:24	30:14
	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	7:53:53	24:00	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	17:46:31	40:21
8	1	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra	6:42:32		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	23:51:36
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:45:26	2:54	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	24:35:06	43:30
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	6:48:35	6:03	3	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra	25:35:18	1:43:42
9	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	12:01:38		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	35:57:20
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	12:05:44	4:06	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	36:56:01	58:41
	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	12:06:55	5:17	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	37:50:30	1:53:10
10	Stages cancelled due to security concerns
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12	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	2:24:37		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	38:28:34
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	2:26:57	2:20	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	39:22:58	54:24
	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	2:29:25	4:48	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	40:17:54	1:49:20
13	1	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra	7:39:43		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	46:23:09
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	7:44:39	4:56	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	47:07:37	44:28
	3	Ilgizar Mardeev Sergey Girya Eduard Kupriyanov	Kamaz	7:52:13	12:30	3	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra	48:10:51	1:47:42
14	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	8:57:36		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	55:52:29
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	8:58:47	1:11	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	56:58:50	1:06:21
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	9:29:20	31:44	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	57:23:39	1:31:10
15	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	8:19:33		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	64:40:18
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	8:22:34	3:01	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	65:43:12	1:02:54
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	8:47:49	28:16	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	66:09:57	1:29:39
16	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	3:01:13		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	67:49:45
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	3:09:27	8:14	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	68:44:25	54:40
	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	3:10:56	9:43	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	69:20:53	1:31:08
17	1	Hans Stacey Toon van Genugten Eddy Chevaillier	DAF	18:51		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	68:13:49
	2	Hans Bekx Paul Flipsen Pierre Blom	DAF	19:28	0:37	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	69:07:27	53:38
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	20:09	1:18	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	69:42:17	1:28:28

• ^1 - As the stage was cancelled, all competitors were awarded a stage time of 34:21.

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	4	Nani Roma	KTM	Repsol KTM	55:56:28
2	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	Gauloises KTM France	+12:38
3	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	Gauloises KTM France	+44:31
4	10	Alfie Cox	KTM	Gauloises KTM International	+49:06
5	15	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Team Scandinavia	+2:04:33
6	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	Gauloises KTM International	+3:05:57
7	12	David Frétigné	Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	+3:26:54
8	8	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	KTM de Gavardo	+4:14:02
9	22	François Flick	KTM	Allier Dynamique	+4:25:35
10	23	Jacek Czachor	KTM	Orlen Team Moto	+5:31:56

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	203	Stéphane Peterhansel	Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	53:47:37
2	201	Hiroshi Masuoka	Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	+49:24
3	200	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	Schlesser-Ford Raid	+3:00:33
4	207	Luc Alphand	Henri Magne	BMW	Team X-Raid	+3:55:58
5	211	Andrea Mayer	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	+5:46:17
6	224	Bruno Saby	Matthew Stevenson	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Motorsport	+6:54:03
7	208	Giniel de Villiers	François Jordaan	Nissan	Nissan Rally Raid Team	+8:06:11
8	212	Grégoire De Mévius	Alain Guehennec	BMW	Team X-Raid	+9:34:45
9	225	Thierry Magnaldi	Didier Le Gal	Honda	Thierry Magnaldi	+10:00:36
10	259	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Marc Bartholome	Mitsubishi	Ralliart	+10:01:28

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	414	Vladimir Chagin	Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	68:13:49
2	410	Firdaus Kabirov	Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	+53:38
3	417	Gérard de Rooy	Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	+1:28:28
4	423	Ilgizar Mardeev	Sergey Girya Eduard Kupriyanov	Kamaz	+6:50:20
5	400	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	+7:55:03
6	412	André de Azevedo	Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	+8:54:08
7	415	Karel Loprais	Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra 815	+10:17:03
8	416	Hans Bekx	Paul Flipsen Pierre Blom	DAF	+10:22:52
9	442	Hans Stacey	Toon van Genugten Eddy Chevaillier	DAF	+12:08:28
10	457	Peter Reif	Gunter Pichlbauer	MAN	+17:27:33

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