The 2003 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2003 Telefónica-Dakar Rally, was the 25th running of the Dakar Rally event.[1] The rally began on 1 January 2003 at Marseille in France and finished at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt on 19 January, with the course crossing North Africa.[2]

2003 Dakar Rally
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Host country France
 Spain
 Tunisia
 Libya
 Egypt
Results
Cars winnerJapan Hiroshi Masuoka
Germany Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi
Bikes winnerFrance Richard Sainct
KTM
Trucks winnerRussia Vladimir Chagin
Russia Semen Yakubov
Russia Sergey Savostin
Kamaz

Kenjiro Shinozuka, who won the event in 1997, suffered serious injury in an accident between Ghat and Sabha in Libya.[3][4] Former world rally champion and four times winner of the Dakar Rally, Ari Vatanen, returned to take part in the rally,[5] and won the ninth, thirteen and fifteen stages[6][7][8] French co-driver, Bruno Cauvy died in an accident on the tenth stage when his car went out of control and overturned in sand dunes.[9][10] Stephane Peterhansel took an early lead in the rally,[11] but was forced out in the penultimate stage by mechanical problems.[12] The rally was won for the second time in succession by Japanese driver, Hiroshi Masuoka.[13][14] The motorcycle category was won for the third time by Richard Sainct.

Stages

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Stage Date From To Total
(km)
Stage winners
Bikes Cars Trucks
1 1 January   Marseille   Narbonne 265   C. Despres   K. Shinozuka   A. de Azevedo
2 2 January   Narbonne   Castellón de la Plana 574   R. Sainct   S. Peterhansel   J. de Rooy
3 3 January   Castellón de la Plana   Valencia 95   C. Despres   H. Masuoka   G. de Rooy
4 January   Valencia   Tunis Rest day
4 5 January   Tunis   Tozeur 463   N. Roma   S. Peterhansel   J. de Rooy
5 6 January   Tozeur   El Borma 494   R. Sainct   H. Masuoka   K. Loprais
6 7 January   El Borma   Ghadames 278   A. Cox   S. Peterhansel   G. de Rooy
7 8 January   Ghadames   Ghat 691   R. Sainct   S. Peterhansel   G. de Rooy
8 9 January   Ghat   Sabha 727   G. Sala   H. Masuoka   V. Chagin
9 10 January   Sabha   Zilla 585   R. Sainct   A. Vatanen   G. de Rooy
10 11 January   Zilla   Sarir 554   P-G. Lundmark   H. Masuoka   A. de Azevedo
11 12 January   Sarir   Siwa 586   F. Meoni   S. Peterhansel   G. de Rooy
13 January   Siwa Rest day
12 14 January   Siwa 445   G. Sala   S. Peterhansel   V. Chagin
13 15 January   Siwa   Dakhla 657   F. Meoni   A. Vatanen   F. Kabirov
14 16 January   Dakhla   Luxor 702   R. Sainct   L. Alphand   F. Kabirov
15 17 January   Luxor   Abu Rish 576   F. Meoni   A. Vatanen   F. Kabirov
16 18 January   Abu Rish   Sharm El Sheikh 828   C. Despres   S. Henrard1   F. Kabirov
17 19 January   Sharm El Sheikh 56   P-G. Lundmark   A. Vatanen   F. Kabirov
  • ^1 - Miki Biasion set the fastest time for the stage, but was stripped of the win after incurring a ten-hour penalty for a gearbox change in parc ferme conditions.[15]

Stage Results

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Motorcycles

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Gap Pos Competitor Make Time Gap
1 1   Cyril Despres KTM 1:39 Stage not counted towards overall classification
2   Nani Roma KTM 1:40 0:01
3   Cyril Raynal KTM 1:41 0:02
2 1   Richard Sainct KTM 41:40 1   Richard Sainct KTM 41:40
2   Alfie Cox KTM 41:55 0:15 2   Alfie Cox KTM 41:55 0:15
3   Cyril Despres KTM 42:17 0:37 3   Cyril Despres KTM 42:17 0:37
3 1   Cyril Despres KTM 6:30 1   Richard Sainct KTM 48:29
2   Eric Verhoef KTM 6:32 0:02 2   Alfie Cox KTM 48:39 0:10
3   Marc Coma KTM 6:40 0:10 3   Cyril Despres KTM 48:47 0:18
4 1   Nani Roma KTM 19:42 1   Richard Sainct KTM 1:08:29
2   Jean de Azevedo KTM 19:58 0:16 2   Cyril Despres KTM 1:08:51 0:22
3   Richard Sainct KTM 20:00 0:18 3   Nani Roma KTM 1:09:28 0:59
5 1   Richard Sainct KTM 2:41:42 1   Richard Sainct KTM 3:50:11
2   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 2:41:59 0:17 2   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 3:52:36 2:25
3   Nani Roma KTM 2:44:59 3:17 3   Nani Roma KTM 3:54:27 4:16
6 1   Alfie Cox KTM 2:27:54 1   Richard Sainct KTM 6:23:11
2   Nani Roma KTM 2:29:01 1:07 2   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 6:23:28 0:17
3   Cyril Despres KTM 2:29:53 1:59 3   Nani Roma KTM 6:23:28 0:17
7 1   Richard Sainct KTM 5:49:52 1   Richard Sainct KTM 12:13:03
2   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 5:51:22 1:30 2   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 12:14:50 1:47
3   Nani Roma KTM 5:55:22 5:30 3   Nani Roma KTM 12:18:50 5:47
8 1   Giovanni Sala KTM 4:34:45 1   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 16:56:34
2   Jean Brucy KTM 4:36:51 2:06 2   Richard Sainct KTM 16:57:08 0:34
3   Cyril Despres KTM 4:38:24 3:39 3   Nani Roma KTM 16:58:41 2:07
9 1   Richard Sainct KTM 6:01:23 1   Richard Sainct KTM 22:58:31
2   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 6:03:27 1:44 2   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 22:59:41 1:10
3   Jean de Azevedo KTM 6:06:27 5:04 3   Cyril Despres KTM 23:10:21 11:50
10 1   Per-Gunnar Lundmark KTM 4:22:22 1   Richard Sainct KTM 27:25:27
2   Cyril Despres KTM 4:26:09 3:47 2   Cyril Despres KTM 27:36:30 11:03
3   Richard Sainct KTM 4:26:56 4:34 3   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 28:03:01 37:34
11 1   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 3:45:52 1   Richard Sainct KTM 31:20:52
2   Richard Sainct KTM 3:55:25 9:33 2   Cyril Despres KTM 31:33:39 12:47
3   Cyril Despres KTM 3:57:09 11:17 3   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 31:48:53 28:01
12 1   Giovanni Sala KTM 3:41:14 1   Richard Sainct KTM 35:09:47
2   Pål Anders Ullevålseter KTM 3:41:22 0:08 2   Cyril Despres KTM 35:20:35 10:48
3   Miran Stanovnik KTM 3:42:22 1:08 3   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 35:39:47 30:00
13 1   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 4:47:18 1   Richard Sainct KTM 40:20:21
2   Richard Sainct KTM 5:10:34 13:16 2   Cyril Despres KTM 40:31:23 11:02
3   Cyril Despres KTM 5:10:48 13:30 3   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 40:37:05 16:44
14 1   Richard Sainct KTM 3:00:14 1   Richard Sainct KTM 43:20:35
2   Cyril Despres KTM 3:00:32 0:18 2   Cyril Despres KTM 43:31:55 11:20
3   Marc Coma KTM 3:03:22 3:08 3   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 43:59:56 39:21
15 1   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 4:42:25 1   Richard Sainct KTM 48:08:23
2   Per-Gunnar Lundmark KTM 4:44:12 1:47 2   Cyril Despres KTM 48:18:52 10:29
3   Marc Coma KTM 4:46:21 3:56 3   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 48:42:21 33:58
16 1   Cyril Despres KTM 4:52:19 1   Richard Sainct KTM 53:03:17
2   Richard Sainct KTM 4:54:54 2:35 2   Cyril Despres KTM 53:11:11 7:54
3   Marc Coma KTM 4:58:39 6:20 3   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 53:41:31 38:14
17 1   Per-Gunnar Lundmark KTM 19:34 1   Richard Sainct KTM 53:24:32
2   Pål Anders Ullevålseter KTM 19:42 0:08 2   Cyril Despres KTM 53:31:50 7:18
3   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 20:31 0:57 3   Fabrizio Meoni KTM 54:02:02 37:30

Cars

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Gap Pos Competitor Make Time Gap
1 1   Kenjiro Shinozuka
  Thierry Delli-Zotti
Nissan 1:43 Stage not counted towards overall classification
2   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 1:44 0:01
3   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 1:44 0:01
2 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 38:48 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 38:48
2   Giniel de Villiers
  Pascal Maimon
Nissan 39:05 0:17 2   Giniel de Villiers
  Pascal Maimon
Nissan 39:05 0:17
3   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 39:22 0:34 3   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 39:22 0:34
3 1   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 6:42 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 45:35
2   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 6:47 0:05 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 46:04 0:29
3   Stéphane Henrard
  Bobby Willis
Volkswagen 6:55 0:13 3   Giniel de Villiers
  Pascal Maimon
Nissan 46:08 0:33
4 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 18:26 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 1:04:01
2   Grégoire de Mévius
  Alain Guehennec
BMW 18:48 0:22 2   Giniel de Villiers
  Pascal Maimon
Nissan 1:05:24 1:23
3   Ari Vatanen
  Tina Thörner
Nissan 18:54 0:28 3   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 1:05:26 1:25
5 1   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 2:31:59 1   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 3:37:25
2   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 2:34:19 2:20 2   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 3:38:20 0:55
3   Kenjiro Shinozuka
  Thierry Delli-Zotti
Nissan 2:40:13 8:14 3   Kenjiro Shinozuka
  Thierry Delli-Zotti
Nissan 3:48:14 10:49
6 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 2:02:56 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 5:41:16
2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 2:04:40 1:44 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 5:42:05 0:49
3   Grégoire de Mévius
  Alain Guehennec
BMW 2:07:26 4:30 3   Grégoire de Mévius
  Alain Guehennec
BMW 5:56:48 15:32
7 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 5:07:41 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 10:48:57
2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 5:19:13 11:32 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 11:01:18 12:21
3   Ari Vatanen
  Tina Thörner
Nissan 5:34:45 27:04 3   Kenjiro Shinozuka
  Thierry Delli-Zotti
Nissan 11:40:17 51:20
8 1   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 3:57:42 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 14:52:21
2   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 4:03:24 5:42 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 14:59:00 6:39
3   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 4:13:09 15:27 3   Grégoire de Mévius
  Alain Guehennec
BMW 15:59:33 1:07:12
9 1   Ari Vatanen
  Tina Thörner
Nissan 5:38:37 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 20:31:58
2   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 5:38:44 0:07 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 20:48:50 16:52
3   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 5:39:37 1:00 3   Grégoire de Mévius
  Alain Guehennec
BMW 21:41:48 1:09:50
10 1   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 3:46:36 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 24:21:20
2   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 3:49:22 2:46 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 24:35:26 14:06
3   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 3:56:48 10:12 3   Grégoire de Mévius
  Alain Guehennec
BMW 25:50:27 1:29:07
11 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 3:32:53 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 27:54:13
2   Luc Alphand
  Matthew Stevenson
BMW 3:34:23 1:30 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 28:10:45 16:32
3   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 3:35:19 2:26 3   Grégoire de Mévius
  Alain Guehennec
BMW 29:26:00 1:31:47
12 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 3:04:17 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 30:58:30
2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 3:12:03 7:46 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 31:22:48 24:18
3   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 3:21:02 16:45 3   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 33:24:15 2:25:45
13 1   Ari Vatanen
  Tina Thörner
Nissan 4:42:29 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 35:57:10
2   Luc Alphand
  Matthew Stevenson
BMW 4:43:47 1:18 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 36:23:00 25:50
3   Giniel de Villiers
  Pascal Maimon
Nissan 4:50:51 8:22 3   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 38:26:43 2:29:33
14 1   Luc Alphand
  Matthew Stevenson
BMW 3:02:20 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 39:03:57
2   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 3:02:42 0:22 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 39:31:10 27:13
3   Giniel de Villiers
  Pascal Maimon
Nissan 3:03:26 1:06 3   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 41:29:25 2:25:28
15 1   Ari Vatanen
  Tina Thörner
Nissan 4:06:51 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 43:25:41
2   Miki Biasion
  Tiziano Siviero
Mitsubishi 4:13:14 6:23 2   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 43:51:31 25:50
3   Giniel de Villiers
  Pascal Maimon
Nissan 4:19:40 12:49 3   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 45:49:28 2:23:47
16 1   Stéphane Henrard
  Bobby Willis
Volkswagen 4:48:40 1   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 48:44:08
2   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 4:48:50 0:10 2   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 50:38:18 1:54:10
3   Giniel de Villiers
  Pascal Maimon
Nissan 4:49:10 0:30 3   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 51:04:33 2:20:25
17 1   Ari Vatanen
  Tina Thörner
Nissan 16:32 1   Hiroshi Masuoka
  Andreas Schulz
Mitsubishi 49:08:52
2   Luc Alphand
  Matthew Stevenson
BMW 17:48 1:16 2   Jean-Pierre Fontenay
  Gilles Picard
Mitsubishi 51:01:04 1:52:12
3   Jutta Kleinschmidt
  Fabrizia Pons
Volkswagen 17:51 1:19 3   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mitsubishi 51:25:20 2:16:28

Trucks

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Gap Pos Competitor Make Time Gap
1 1   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 2:33 Stage not counted towards overall classification
2   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 2:34 0:01
3   Corrado Pattono
  Enrico Santoro
Mercedes-Benz 2:36 0:03
2 1   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 51:28 1   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 51:28
2   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 52:06 0:38 2   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 52:06 0:38
3   Klaus Bauerle
  Jarosław Kazberuk
Mercedes-Benz 52:13 0:45 3   Klaus Bauerle
  Jarosław Kazberuk
Mercedes-Benz 52:13 0:45
3 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 8:32 1   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 1:00:04
2   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 8:36 0:04 2   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 1:00:38 0:34
3   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 8:49 0:17 3   Corrado Pattono
  Enrico Santoro
Mercedes-Benz 1:02:15 2:11
4 1   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 23:26 1   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 1:23:30
2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 23:48 0:22 2   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 1:25:35 2:05
3   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 24:42 1:16 3   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 1:26:17 2:47
5 1   Karel Loprais
  Josef Kalina
  Petr Hamerla
Tatra 3:27:40 1   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 4:54:50
2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 3:28:33 0:53 2   Karel Loprais
  Josef Kalina
  Petr Hamerla
Tatra 4:56:11 1:21
3   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 3:34:00 6:20 3   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 5:00:43 5:53
6 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 2:34:40 1   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 7:37:03
2   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 2:36:20 1:40 2   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 7:43:38 6:35
3   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 2:43:30 8:50 3   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 7:44:11 7:08
7 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 6:15:46 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 13:59:24
2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 6:17:27 1:41 2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 14:01:38 2:14
3   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 6:40:15 24:49 3   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 14:29:31 30:07
8 1   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 4:48:06 1   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 18:55:141
2   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 4:56:22 8:16 2   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 18:55:46 0:32
3   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 5:01:43 13:37 3   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 19:42:48 47:34
9 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 6:56:49 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 25:52:35
2   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 7:02:49 6:00 2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 26:14:07 21:32
3   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 7:10:58 14:09 3   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 26:53:46 1:01:11
10 1   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 4:54:40 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 31:09:25
2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 4:57:10 2:30 2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 31:11:17 1:52
3   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 4:57:50 3:10 3   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 31:48:26 39:01
11 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 4:17:46 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Tom Colsoul
  Arno Slaats
DAF 35:27:11
2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 4:20:46 3:00 2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 35:32:03 4:52
3   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 4:24:27 6:41 3   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 36:17:23 50:12
12 1   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 4:02:17 1   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 39:34:20
2   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 4:12:36 10:19 2   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 40:41:12 1:06:52
3   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 4:16:36 14:19 3   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 42:05:56 2:31:36
13 1   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 6:12:36 1   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 45:54:11
2   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 6:15:05 2:29 2   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 47:03:04 1:08:53
3   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 6:19:51 7:15 3   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 48:21:01 2:26:50
14 1   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 3:37:38 1   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 50:01:02
2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 4:06:51 29:13 2   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 51:12:03 1:11:01
3   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 4:08:59 31:21 3   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 52:23:43 2:22:41
15 1   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 5:06:53 1   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 55:21:52
2   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 5:20:50 13:57 2   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 56:34:19 1:12:27
3   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 5:22:16 15:23 3   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 57:30:36 2:08:44
16 1   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 5:07:56 1   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 61:12:59
2   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 5:40:30 32:34 2   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 62:14:49 1:01:50
3   Jan de Rooy
  Yvo Geusens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF 5:47:50 39:54 3   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 62:38:32 1:25:33
17 1   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 23:12 1   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 61:12:59
2   Yoshimasa Sugawara
  Seiichi Suzuki
  Teruhito Sugawara
Hino 23:29 0:17 2   André de Azevedo
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 62:38:41 1:02:01
3   Vladimir Chagin
  Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 23:41 0:29 3   Firdaus Kabirov
  Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz 63:01:44 1:25:04

Final standings

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Motorcycles

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Pos No. Rider Bike Entrant Time
1 3   Richard Sainct KTM Gauloises KTM 53:24:32
2 7   Cyril Despres KTM Gauloises KTM +7:18
3 1   Fabrizio Meoni KTM Gauloises KTM +37:30
4 9   Jean Brucy KTM Gauloises KTM +1:36:29
5 25   Jean de Azevedo KTM Petrobras Lubrax +1:46:05
6 16   Per-Gunnar Lundmark KTM Farmerlips +1:55:57
7 12   Pål Anders Ullevålseter KTM Farmerlips +2:40:42
8 5   Carlo de Gavardo KTM KTM Factory Team +3:29:01
9 19   Marek Dabrowski KTM Orlen Team +3:51:00
10 22   François Flick KTM Bijouterie Carador +4:03:06

Cars

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Pos No. Driver Co-Driver Car Entrant Time
1 200   Hiroshi Masuoka   Andreas Schulz Mitsubishi Team ENEOS Mitsubishi Ralliart 49:08:52
2 202   Jean-Pierre Fontenay   Gilles Picard Mitsubishi Team ENEOS Mitsubishi Ralliart +1:52:12
3 206   Stéphane Peterhansel   Jean-Paul Cottret Mitsubishi Team ATS Mitsubishi Ralliart +2:16:28
4 211   Carlos Sousa   Henri Magne Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Ralliart +2:27:47
5 217   Giniel de Villiers   Pascal Maimon Nissan Nissan Rally Raid Team +2:45:55
6 215   Stéphane Henrard   Bobby Willis Volkswagen Volkswagen Motorsport +3:42:15
7 204   Ari Vatanen   Tina Thörner Nissan Nissan Rally Raid Team +4:25:59
8 203   Jutta Kleinschmidt   Fabrizia Pons Volkswagen Volkswagen Motorsport +8:16:56
9 221   Luc Alphand   Matthew Stevenson BMW Team X-Raid +8:56:06
10 224   José Luis Monterde   Rafael Tornabell Mitsubishi Ralliart +9:08:19

Trucks

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Pos No. Driver Co-Drivers Truck Time
1 407   Vladimir Chagin   Semen Yakubov
  Sergey Savostin
Kamaz 61:36:40
2 410   André de Azevedo   Tomáš Tomeček
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 815 +1:02:01
3 412   Firdaus Kabirov   Aydar Belyaev
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz +1:25:04
4 409   Jan de Rooy   Yvo Guesens
  Hugo Duisters
DAF +2:38:49
5 400   Yoshimasa Sugawara   Seiichi Suzuki
  Teruhito Sugawara
Hino +10:21:28
6 443   Philippe Jacquot   Jacky Maillot
  Eric Simonin
MAN +17:27:42
7 419   Jean-Paul Bosonnet   Serge Lacourt
  Pascal Bonnaire
Mercedes-Benz +17:53:05
8 402   Corrado Pattono   Enrico Santoro Mercedes-Benz +18:30:29
9 404   Maurizio Panseri   Giacomo Paccani
  Mario Cambiaghi
Mercedes-Benz +19:31:28
10 440   Franz Echter   Johannes Lehrer
  Detlef Ruf
MAN +19:52:38

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