1980 Paris–Dakar Rally

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.

1980 Paris–Dakar Rally
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Host country	France Algeria Mali Upper Volta Senegal

Summary

216 competitors started the rally of which 81 made the finish. Cyril Neveu won for the second time in succession on a Yamaha, Freddy Kottulinsky won the car class driving a Volkswagen Iltis and Zohra Ataouat became the first winner of the truck class driving for Sonacome.

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Dist.	Winner (cars)	Winner (bikes)
P	1 January	Paris	Olivet	4	J-C. Briavoine	C. Neveu
	2 January	Olivet	Marseille		Liaison only
	3–5 January	Transportation to Africa
1	6 January	Algiers	In Salah	37	J-C. Briavoine	C. Neveu
2	7 January	In Salah	Reggane	270	C. Neveu	E. Breton
	8 January	Reggane	Bordj Badji Mokhtar	630	J. Ragnotti	M. Merel
	9 January	Bordj Badji Mokhtar	Gao	675	F. Kottulinsky	H. Auriol
	10 January	Gao		Rest day
3	11 January	Gao	Mopti	595	F. Kottulinsky	H. Auriol
	12 January	Mopti	Niono		Liaison only
	13 January	Niono	Tombouctou	570	J. Ragnotti	G. Desheulles
	14 January	Tombouctou	Gao	424	C. Neveu	H. Auriol
4	15 January	Gao	Bobo-Dioulasso		Liaison only
5	16 January	Bobo-Dioulasso	Kolokani	120	F. Kottulinsky	M. Merel
	17 January	Kolokani		Rest day
6	18 January	Kolokani	Nioro du Sahel	280	C. Marreau	C. Neveu
	19 January	Nioro du Sahel	Kayes	247	F. Kottulinsky	P. Vassard
7	20 January	Kayes	Bakel		Liaison only
	21 January	Bakel	Linguère
	22 January	Linguère	Lompoul	87	H. Cotel	P. Vassard
	23 January	Lompoul	Dakar	120	C. Neveu	C. Neveu

Leading Results

Bikes

Pos.	No.	Competitors	Vehicle
1	50	Cyril Neveu	Yamaha XT 500
2	58	Michel Merel	Yamaha XT 500
3	60	Jean-Noël Pineau	Yamaha XT 500
4	80	Jean-Pierre Lloret	Yamaha XT 500
5	86	"Fenouil"	BMW 800
6	43	Philippe Vassard	KTM 240
7	38	Alain Padou	Honda XR 500
8	48	Ludovic Loue	Yamaha XT 500
9	74	Guy Albaret	Yamaha XT 500
10	22	Marc Joineau	Suzuki SP 370

Cars

Pos.	No.	Competitor	Vehicle
1	137	Freddy Kottulinsky Gerd Löffelmann	Volkswagen Iltis
2	136	Patrick Zaniroli Philippe Colesse	Volkswagen Iltis
3	120	Claude Marreau Bernard Marreau	Renault 4
4	138	Jean Ragnotti Georges Vaills	Volkswagen Iltis
5	180	Christophe Neveu Rémy Bourgoin	Range Rover

• Of the 216 starters, 81 completed the event - 49 cars (of 116), 25 bikes (of 90) and 7 trucks (of 10).