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2003 Dakar Rally

Off-road motorsport event in Europe and Africa

Field	Value
name	2003 Dakar Rally
previous_round	2002 Dakar Rally
next_round	2004 Dakar Rally
country
LBY

stagekm_note
overallkm_note
category1	Cars
driver1	JPN Hiroshi Masuoka
DEU Andreas Schulz
team1	Mitsubishi
category2	Bikes
driver2	FRA Richard Sainct
team2	KTM
category3	Trucks
driver3	RUS Vladimir Chagin
RUS Semen Yakubov
RUS Sergey Savostin
team3	Kamaz

LBY

DEU Andreas Schulz RUS Semen Yakubov RUS Sergey Savostin

The 2003 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2003 Telefónica-Dakar Rally, was the 25th running of the Dakar Rally event. 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.

Kenjiro Shinozuka, who won the event in 1997, suffered serious injury in an accident between Ghat and Sabha in Libya. Former world rally champion and four times winner of the Dakar Rally, Ari Vatanen, returned to take part in the rally, and won the ninth, thirteen and fifteen stages 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. Stephane Peterhansel took an early lead in the rally, but was forced out in the penultimate stage by mechanical problems. The rally was won for the second time in succession by Japanese driver, Hiroshi Masuoka. The motorcycle category was won for the third time by Richard Sainct.

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total
(km)	Stage winners	Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	1 January	FRA Marseille	FRA Narbonne	265	FRA C. Despres	JPN K. Shinozuka	BRA A. de Azevedo
2	2 January	FRA Narbonne	ESP Castellón de la Plana	574	FRA R. Sainct	FRA S. Peterhansel	NED J. de Rooy
3	3 January	ESP Castellón de la Plana	ESP Valencia	95	FRA C. Despres	JPN H. Masuoka	NED G. de Rooy
	4 January	ESP Valencia	TUN Tunis	Rest day
4	5 January	TUN Tunis	TUN Tozeur	463	ESP N. Roma	FRA S. Peterhansel	NED J. de Rooy
5	6 January	TUN Tozeur	TUN El Borma	494	FRA R. Sainct	JPN H. Masuoka	CZE K. Loprais
6	7 January	TUN El Borma	Libya Ghadames	278	RSA A. Cox	FRA S. Peterhansel	NED G. de Rooy
7	8 January	Libya Ghadames	Libya Ghat	691	FRA R. Sainct	FRA S. Peterhansel	NED G. de Rooy
8	9 January	Libya Ghat	Libya Sabha	727	ITA G. Sala	JPN H. Masuoka	RUS V. Chagin
9	10 January	Libya Sabha	Libya Zilla	585	FRA R. Sainct	FIN A. Vatanen	NED G. de Rooy
10	11 January	Libya Zilla	Libya Sarir	554	SWE P-G. Lundmark	JPN H. Masuoka	BRA A. de Azevedo
11	12 January	Libya Sarir	EGY Siwa	586	ITA F. Meoni	FRA S. Peterhansel	NED G. de Rooy
	13 January	EGY Siwa	Rest day
12	14 January	EGY Siwa	445	ITA G. Sala	FRA S. Peterhansel	RUS V. Chagin
13	15 January	EGY Siwa	EGY Dakhla	657	ITA F. Meoni	FIN A. Vatanen	RUS F. Kabirov
14	16 January	EGY Dakhla	EGY Luxor	702	FRA R. Sainct	FRA L. Alphand	RUS F. Kabirov
15	17 January	EGY Luxor	EGY Abu Rish	576	ITA F. Meoni	FIN A. Vatanen	RUS F. Kabirov
16	18 January	EGY Abu Rish	EGY Sharm El Sheikh	828	FRA C. Despres	BEL S. Henrard	RUS F. Kabirov
17	19 January	EGY Sharm El Sheikh	56	SWE P-G. Lundmark	FIN A. Vatanen	RUS F. Kabirov

- 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.

Stage Results

Motorcycles

Stage result	General classification	Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor
1	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	1:39		Stage not counted towards overall classification
2	ESP Nani Roma	KTM	1:40	0:01
3	FRA Cyril Raynal	KTM	1:41	0:02
1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	41:40		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	41:40
2	RSA Alfie Cox	KTM	41:55	0:15	2	RSA Alfie Cox	KTM	41:55	0:15
3	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	42:17	0:37	3	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	42:17	0:37
1	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	6:30		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	48:29
2	NED Eric Verhoef	KTM	6:32	0:02	2	RSA Alfie Cox	KTM	48:39	0:10
3	ESP Marc Coma	KTM	6:40	0:10	3	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	48:47	0:18
1	ESP Nani Roma	KTM	19:42		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	1:08:29
2	BRA Jean de Azevedo	KTM	19:58	0:16	2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	1:08:51	0:22
3	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	20:00	0:18	3	ESP Nani Roma	KTM	1:09:28	0:59
1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	2:41:42		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	3:50:11
2	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	2:41:59	0:17	2	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	3:52:36	2:25
3	ESP Nani Roma	KTM	2:44:59	3:17	3	ESP Nani Roma	KTM	3:54:27	4:16
1	RSA Alfie Cox	KTM	2:27:54		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	6:23:11
2	ESP Nani Roma	KTM	2:29:01	1:07	2	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	6:23:28	0:17
3	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	2:29:53	1:59	3	ESP Nani Roma	KTM	6:23:28	0:17
1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	5:49:52		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	12:13:03
2	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	5:51:22	1:30	2	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	12:14:50	1:47
3	ESP Nani Roma	KTM	5:55:22	5:30	3	ESP Nani Roma	KTM	12:18:50	5:47
1	ITA Giovanni Sala	KTM	4:34:45		1	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	16:56:34
2	FRA Jean Brucy	KTM	4:36:51	2:06	2	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	16:57:08	0:34
3	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	4:38:24	3:39	3	ESP Nani Roma	KTM	16:58:41	2:07
1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	6:01:23		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	22:58:31
2	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	6:03:27	1:44	2	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	22:59:41	1:10
3	BRA Jean de Azevedo	KTM	6:06:27	5:04	3	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	23:10:21	11:50
1	SWE Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	4:22:22		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	27:25:27
2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	4:26:09	3:47	2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	27:36:30	11:03
3	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	4:26:56	4:34	3	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	28:03:01	37:34
1	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	3:45:52		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	31:20:52
2	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	3:55:25	9:33	2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	31:33:39	12:47
3	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	3:57:09	11:17	3	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	31:48:53	28:01
1	ITA Giovanni Sala	KTM	3:41:14		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	35:09:47
2	NOR Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	3:41:22	0:08	2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	35:20:35	10:48
3	SLO Miran Stanovnik	KTM	3:42:22	1:08	3	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	35:39:47	30:00
1	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:47:18		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	40:20:21
2	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	5:10:34	13:16	2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	40:31:23	11:02
3	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	5:10:48	13:30	3	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	40:37:05	16:44
1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	3:00:14		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	43:20:35
2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	3:00:32	0:18	2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	43:31:55	11:20
3	ESP Marc Coma	KTM	3:03:22	3:08	3	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	43:59:56	39:21
1	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:42:25		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	48:08:23
2	SWE Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	4:44:12	1:47	2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	48:18:52	10:29
3	ESP Marc Coma	KTM	4:46:21	3:56	3	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	48:42:21	33:58
1	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	4:52:19		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	53:03:17
2	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	4:54:54	2:35	2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	53:11:11	7:54
3	ESP Marc Coma	KTM	4:58:39	6:20	3	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	53:41:31	38:14
1	SWE Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	19:34		1	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	53:24:32
2	NOR Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	19:42	0:08	2	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	53:31:50	7:18
3	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	20:31	0:57	3	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	54:02:02	37:30

Cars

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

Trucks

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

- Vladimir Chagin's time includes a penalty of 5:30.

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	3	FRA Richard Sainct	KTM	Gauloises KTM	53:24:32
2	7	FRA Cyril Despres	KTM	Gauloises KTM	+7:18
3	1	ITA Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	Gauloises KTM	+37:30
4	9	FRA Jean Brucy	KTM	Gauloises KTM	+1:36:29
5	25	BRA Jean de Azevedo	KTM	Petrobras Lubrax	+1:46:05
6	16	SWE Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	Farmerlips	+1:55:57
7	12	NOR Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Farmerlips	+2:40:42
8	5	CHI Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	KTM Factory Team	+3:29:01
9	19	POL Marek Dabrowski		KTM	Orlen Team	+3:51:00
10	22	FRA François Flick	KTM	Bijouterie Carador	+4:03:06

Cars

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

Trucks

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

References

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