2006 Dakar Rally

2006 Dakar Rally
2006 Dakar Rally
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	Lisboa - Dakar 2006 route.
Host country	Portugal ; Spain ; Morocco ; / Western Sahara ; Mali ; Mauritania ; Guinea ; Senegal
Results
Cars winner	Luc Alphand ; Gilles Picard ; Mitsubishi
Bikes winner	Marc Coma ; KTM
Trucks winner	Vladimir Chagin ; Semen Yakubov ; Sergey Savostin ; Kamaz

Last updated August 12, 2024

The 2006 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2006 Paris-Dakar Rally, was the 28th running of the Dakar Rally event. The 2006 event ran from 31 December 2005 to 15 January 2006.^[1] It started from Lisbon, Portugal, and passed through Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, before finishing in Senegal.^[1] The format included speed restrictions on motorcycles and trucks and reduced use of global positioning systems.^[1] Competitors included double world rally champion, Carlos Sainz.^[2]

Entries

**Number of participants**
Stage	Bikes	Cars	Trucks	Total
Start of Rally	232	174	69	475
Rest Day	131	115	51	297
End of Rally	93	67	33	193

Bikes

**Leading Entries**
Manufacturer	Team	No.	Rider
KTM	Gauloises KTM France	1	Cyril Despres
		3	Isidre Esteve
		8	David Casteu
		11	Michel Gau
	KTM Repsol-Red Bull	2	Marc Coma
		4	Carlo de Gavardo
		6	Giovanni Sala
	Team Scandinavia	5	Pål Anders Ullevålseter
	Petrobras-Lubrax	7	Jean de Azevedo
	Red Bull KTM	9	Chris Blais
		10	Andy Caldecott ^{[N 1]}
		21	Jordi Viladoms
		23	Andy Grider
	KTM-Toni-Togo	14	Alain Duclos
	Rally Pan America	42	Jonah Street
Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France/Ipone	12	David Frétigné
	Yamaha NL Dakar Team	15	Frans Verhoeven
	Vodafone Banco Cetelem	55	Hélder Rodrigues

Notes

↑ Caldecott was a late replacement for the Spanish rider Jordi Durán.^[3]

Cars

**Leading Entries**
Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Co-Driver
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	300	Stéphane Peterhansel	Jean-Paul Cottret
		302	Luc Alphand	Gilles Picard
		304	Nani Roma	Henri Magne
		306	Hiroshi Masuoka	Pascal Maimon
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Motorsport	301	Bruno Saby	Michel Périn
		303	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Fabrizia Pons
		305	Giniel de Villiers	Tina Thörner
		307	Carlos Sainz	Andreas Schulz
		309	Mark Miller	Dirk von Zitzewitz
BMW	X-Raid	308	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Alain Guehennec
		312	José Luis Monterde	Tiziano Siviero
		313	Alfie Cox	Ralph Pitchford
		322	Guerlain Chicherit	Matthieu Baumel
Nissan	Team Galp Energia	311	Carlos Sousa	Jean-Marie Lurquin
	Nissan Dessoude	323	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Jean-Marc Fortin
	Tecnosport-Italia	330	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Roberto di Persio
Schlesser	Schlesser-Ford Raid	314	Jean-Louis Schlesser	François Borsotto
		315	Thierry Magnaldi	Arnaud Debron
		316	José Maria Servia	William Alcaraz
SMG	SMG	317	Philippe Gache	Jean-Pierre Garcin
SMG	SMG	345	Henri Pescarolo	Didier Le Gal
Bowler	Bowler Off Road Ltd	333	Freddy Loix	Eric Verhoef
Hummer	Team Gordon	335	Robby Gordon	Darren Skilton

Trucks

**Leading Entries**
Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers
Kamaz	Kamaz-Master	500	Firdaus Kabirov	Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev
		508	Vladimir Chagin	Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin
		514	Sergey Reshetnikov	Stanislav Konopko Eduard Nikolaev
Hino	Sugawara	501	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Katsumi Hamura
Hino	Sugawara	505	Teruhito Sugawara	Seiichi Suzuki
Mercedes-Benz	Vismara Sport System	503	Giacomo Vismara	Mario Cambiaghi
Iveco	Motorsport Italia	507	Markku Alén	Rafael Tornabell Adriano Micozzi
		512	Miki Biasion	Giorgio Albiero Livio Diamante
		519	Pep Vila	Moi Torrallardona Gonzalo Azurmendi
Tatra	Loprais	509	Karel Loprais	Petr Gilar Aleš Loprais
Tatra	Petrobras-Lubrax	513	André de Azevedo	Jaromír Martinec Maykel Justo
MAN	Exact-Man	524	Hans Stacey	Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen
MAN	Exact-Man	530	Franz Echter	Peter Gobel Edwin van Dooren

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km/mi)	Stage winners
Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km/mi)	Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	31 December	Lisbon	Portimão	370 kilometres (230 mi)	C. Despres	C. Sainz	V. Chagin
2	1 January	Portimão	Málaga	567 kilometres (352 mi)	R. Faria	C. Sainz	V. Chagin
3	2 January	Nador	Er Rachidia	672 kilometres (418 mi)	A. Caldecott	J-L. Schlesser	V. Chagin
4	3 January	Er Rachidia	Ouarzazate	639 kilometres (397 mi)	I. Esteve	C. Sainz	V. Chagin
5	4 January	Ouarzazate	Tan-Tan	819 kilometres (509 mi)	C. Despres	S. Peterhansel	V. Chagin
6	5 January	Tan-Tan	Zouérat	792 kilometres (492 mi)	C. de Gavardo	T. Magnaldi	V. Chagin
7	6 January	Zouérat	Atar	521 kilometres (324 mi)	C. de Gavardo	S. Peterhansel	H. Stacey
8	7 January	Atar	Nouakchott	568 kilometres (353 mi)	D. Casteu	T. Magnaldi	F. Kabirov
	8 January	Nouakchott		Rest day
9	9 January	Nouakchott	Kiffa	874 kilometres (543 mi)	C. Despres	S. Peterhansel	V. Chagin
10	10 January	Kiffa	Kayes	333 kilometres (207 mi)	Stage cancelled¹	C. Sainz	H. Stacey
11	11 January	Kayes	Bamako	705 kilometres (438 mi)	A. Duclos	G. de Villiers	H. Stacey
12	12 January	Bamako	Labé	872 kilometres (542 mi)	C. Despres	L. Alphand	H. Stacey
13	13 January	Labé	Tambacounda	567 kilometres (352 mi)	G. Sala	L. Alphand	H. Stacey
14	14 January	Tambacounda	Dakar	634 kilometres (394 mi)	D. Frétigné	G. Chicherit	F. Kabirov
15	15 January	Dakar		110 kilometres (68 mi)	Non-timed

Notes:

^1 — Stage cancelled for bikes only in tribute to Andy Caldecott, who died during the previous stage.

Motorcycles

Australian motorcyclist Andy Caldecott died in an accident during ninth stage. The tenth stage was not timed as a mark of respect for Caldecott.^[4] Spanish rider Marc Coma on KTM won the motorcycle category, second was French rider Cyril Despres and third Italian rider Giovanni Sala (both on KTM).

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	56:20		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	56:20
	2	Ruben Faria	KTM	58:14	0:04	2	Ruben Faria	KTM	58:14	0:04
	3	Marc Coma	KTM	58:17	0:07	3	Marc Coma	KTM	58:17	0:07
2	1	Ruben Faria¹	KTM	1:37:07		1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	2:37:24
	2	Isidre Esteve	KTM	1:38:14	1:07	2	Marc Coma	KTM	2:37:32	0:08
	3	David Casteu	KTM	1:38:35	1:28	3	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	2:38:32	0:43
3	1	Andy Caldecott	KTM	3:21:11		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	6:03:12
	2	Andy Grider	KTM	3:24:15	3:04	2	Marc Coma	KTM	6:04:28	1:16
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	3:24:17	3:06	3	Jose Manuel Pellicer	KTM	6:04:52	1:39
4	1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	4:13:01		1	Marc Coma	KTM	10:17:57
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	4:13:29	0:28	2	Isidre Esteve	KTM	10:22:48	4:51
	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	4:18:16	5:15	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	10:23:03	5:06
5	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	3:47:40		1	Marc Coma	KTM	14:09:18
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	3:51:21	3:41	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	14:10:43	1:25
	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	3:52:58	5:18	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	14:15:46	6:28
6	1	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	4:00:32		1	Marc Coma	KTM	18:15:45
	2	Giovanni Sala	KTM	4:03:55	3:23	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	18:19:28	3:43
	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	4:01:24	3:52	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	18:20:10	4:25
7	1	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	6:28:11		1	Marc Coma	KTM	24:45:23
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	6:29:38	1:27	2	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	24:49:53	4:30
	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	6:30:11	2:00	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	24:52:50	7:27
8	1	David Casteu	KTM	5:55:55		1	Marc Coma	KTM	30:49:20
	2	Chris Blais	KTM	5:55:08	2:13	2	Isidre Esteve	KTM	30:55:43	6:23
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	5:58:12	2:17	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	31:01:09	11:49
9	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	7:55:48		1	Marc Coma	KTM	38:49:15
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	7:59:55	4:07	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	39:12:02	22:47
	3	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	8:02:48	7:00	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	39:42:19	53:04
10	Stage cancelled due to death of Andy Caldecott
11	1	Alain Duclos	KTM	3:16:40		1	Marc Coma	KTM	42:07:22
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	3:18:07	1:27	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	42:41:46	34:24
	3	Jonah Street	KTM	3:23:19	6:39	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	43:14:23	1:07:01
12	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	4:52:14		1	Marc Coma	KTM	47:01:21
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	4:53:49	1:45	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	47:34:00	32:39
	3	Chris Blais	KTM	4:54:43	2:29	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	48:46:36	1:45:15
13	1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	5:03:49		1	Marc Coma	KTM	52:09:45
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	5:07:01	3:12	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	52:41:01	31:16
	3	Alain Duclos	KTM	5:07:21	3:32	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	53:50:25	1:40:40
14	1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	3:16:59		1	Marc Coma	KTM	55:27:17
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	3:17:32	0:33	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	56:40:46	1:13:29
	3	Gerard Farrés	Yamaha	3:33:58	16:59	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	57:57:05	2:29:48
15	Stage not timed

Notes:

^1 — Ruben Faria was awarded a 12-minute penalty for failing to complete the opening stage (including liaison) within the time limit, denying him the lead of the overall classification.^[5]

Cars

Sainz riding VW Race Touareg won the first stage from Lisbon to Portimão,^[6] and also the second stage.^[7] Jean-Louis Schlesser, winner of the event in 1999 and 2000, riding Schlesser-Ford Buggy, won the third stage between Nador to Er Rachidia in Morocco, with Nani Roma on Mitsubishi Pajero Evo taking the overall lead.^[8] Sainz won the fourth stage and took the overall lead.^[9] Stephane Peterhansel, winner in 2004 and 2005, won the fifth stage while Sainz held on to the overall lead.^[10] Giniel de Villiers moved into the lead, 22 seconds ahead of Sainz, after the sixth stage from Tan Tan to Zouerat, which was won by Thierry Magnaldi.^[11] Stephane Peterhansel won the seventh stage between Zouerat and Atar in Mauritania but Luc Alphand, who took second place, moved into the overall lead.^[12] Stephane Peterhansel moved into the lead after finishing third in the eighth stage, which was won by Thierry Magnaldi.^[13]

Peterhansel won the ninth stage between Nouakchott and Kiffa in Mauritania to extend his lead; however, his win was overshadowed by the death of Australian motorcyclist Andy Caldecott in an accident.^[14] The tenth stage was won by Sainz with overall leader Stephane Peterhansel third.^[4] Peterhansel's overall lead was reduced after he finished 11th in the eleventh stage behind winner Giniel de Villiers.^[15] Peterhansel lost time after hitting a tree during a duststorm in the twelfth stage, which was won by Luc Alphand who took the overall lead.^[16] Alphand also won the thirteenth stage between Guinea and Senegal, which was marred by the death of a 10-year-old boy who was hit by a car as he crossed the road.^[17] He retained the overall lead after the fourteenth stage, which was won by Guerlain Chicherit; a second child was killed after reportedly being hit by a support lorry.^[18] The final stage was not timed as a mark of respect for the three deaths.^[19] The rally was won by Luc Alphand.^[19]

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Carlos Sainz Andreas Schulz	Volkswagen	56:20		1	Carlos Sainz Andreas Schulz	Volkswagen	56:20
	2	Carlos Sousa Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	57:50	1:30	2	Carlos Sousa Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	57:50	1:30
	3	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	58:11	1:51	3	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	58:11	1:51
2	1	Carlos Sainz Andreas Schulz	Volkswagen	1:34:28		1	Carlos Sainz Andreas Schulz	Volkswagen	2:30:48
	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	1:34:53	0:25	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	2:34:33	3:45
	3	Nasser Al-Attiyah Alain Guehennec	BMW	1:34:56	0:28	3	Nani Roma Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	2:35:02	4:14
3	1	Jean-Louis Schlesser François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	2:50:58		1	Nani Roma Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	5:27:34
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	2:51:17	0:19	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	5:27:40	0:06
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	2:51:35	0:37	3	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	5:28:28	0:54
4	1	Carlos Sainz Andreas Schulz	Volkswagen	3:52:48		1	Carlos Sainz Andreas Schulz	Volkswagen	9:21:18
	2	Thierry Magnaldi Arnaud Debron	Schlesser-Ford	3:54:48	2:00	2	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	9:26:09	4:51
	3	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:55:58	3:10	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	9:26:27	5:09
5	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	3:34:40		1	Carlos Sainz Andreas Schulz	Volkswagen	13:04:57
	2	Mark Miller Dirk von Zitzewitz	Volkswagen	3:35:52	1:12	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	13:06:25	1:28
	3	Nani Roma Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	3:37:00	2:20	3	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	13:07:04	2:07
6	1	Thierry Magnaldi Arnaud Debron	Schlesser-Ford	3:22:54		1	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	16:33:58
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	3:25:49	2:55	2	Carlos Sainz Andreas Schulz	Volkswagen	16:34:20	0:22
	3	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	3:26:40	3:46	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	16:34:32	0:34
7	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	5:52:18		1	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	22:32:41
	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	5:56:41	4:23	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	22:35:53	3:12
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	6:02:07	11:49	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	22:38:39	5:58
8	1	Thierry Magnaldi Arnaud Debron	Schlesser-Ford	5:00:56		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	27:43:41
	2	Mark Miller Dirk von Zitzewitz	Volkswagen	5:07:48	6:52	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	27:44:13	0:32
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	5:07:48	6:52	3	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	28:09:57	26:16
9	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	6:52:45		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	34:36:26
	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	7:01:29	8:44	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	34:45:42	9:16
	3	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	7:20:45	28:00	3	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	35:30:42	54:16
10	1	Carlos Sainz Andreas Schulz	Volkswagen	3:28:34		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	38:09:58
	2	Nani Roma Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	3:32:42	4:08	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	38:50:02	40:04
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	3:33:32	4:58	3	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	39:13:15	1:03:17
11	1	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	3:07:01		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	41:37:57
	2	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	3:12:34	5:33	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	42:03:06	25:09
	3	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:13:04	6:03	3	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	42:20:16	42:19
12	1	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:22:46		1	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	46:25:52
	2	Guerlain Chicherit Mathieu Baumel	BMW	4:23:42	0:56	2	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	46:46:23	20:31
	3	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	4:26:07	3:21	3	Nani Roma Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	47:46:38	1:20:46
13	1	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:30:15		1	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	50:56:07
	2	Carlos Sainz Andreas Schulz	Volkswagen	4:31:05	0:50	2	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	51:18:20	22:13
	3	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	4:31:57	1:42	3	Nani Roma Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	52:28:38	1:32:31
14	1	Guerlain Chicherit Mathieu Baumel	BMW	2:36:33		1	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	53:47:32
	2	Alfie Cox Ralph Pitchford	BMW	2:39:46	3:13	2	Giniel de Villiers Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	54:05:25	17:53
	3	Mark Miller Dirk von Zitzewitz	Volkswagen	2:41:40	5:07	3	Nani Roma Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	55:38:10	1:50:38
15	Stage not timed

Trucks

Vladimir Chagin riding Kamaz won the truck category, second was Hans Stacey on MAN, and third was Firdaus Kabirov on Kamaz.

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	1:12:59		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	1:12:59
	2	Miki Biasion Giorgio Albiero Livio Diamante	Iveco	1:15:19	2:20	2	Miki Biasion Giorgio Albiero Livio Diamante	Iveco	1:15:19	2:20
	3	André de Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	1:16:14	3:15	3	André de Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	1:16:14	3:15
2	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	2:00:01		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	3:13:00
	2	André de Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	2:01:51	1:50	2	André de Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	3:18:05	5:05
	3	Miki Biasion Giorgio Albiero Livio Diamante	Iveco	2:04:31	4:30	3	Miki Biasion Giorgio Albiero Livio Diamante	Iveco	3:19:50	6:50
3	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	3:25:51		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:38:21
	2	Miki Biasion Giorgio Albiero Livio Diamante	Iveco	3:32:27	7:06	2	Miki Biasion Giorgio Albiero Livio Diamante	Iveco	6:52:17	13:56
	3	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	3:34:58	9:37	3	André de Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	7:09:14	30:53
4	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:57:09		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	11:35:30
	2	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	4:59:51	2:42	2	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Aleš Loprais	Tatra	12:44:17	1:08:47
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	5:14:19	17:10	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	12:54:11	1:18:41
5	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:18:31		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	15:54:01
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	4:32:16	13:45	2	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Aleš Loprais	Tatra	17:25:48	1:31:47
	3	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Aleš Loprais	Tatra	4:41:31	23:00	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	17:26:27	1:32:26
6	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:03:19		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	19:57:20
	2	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	4:20:42	17:23	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	21:57:20	2:00:00
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	4:30:53	27:34	3	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Aleš Loprais	Tatra	22:05:03	2:07:43
7	1	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	8:25:05		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	29:02:26
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	8:27:34	2:29	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	30:24:54	1:22:28
	3	André de Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	8:35:19	10:14	3	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	30:33:51	1:31:25
8	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	5:53:01		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	35:47:23
	2	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	5:58:26	5:25	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	36:17:55	30:32
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:44:57	51:56	3	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	36:32:17	44:54
9	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	10:07:41		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	45:55:04
	2	André de Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	10:41:25	33:44	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	49:35:54	3:40:50
	3	Martin Macík Ladislav Fajtl	LIAZ	11:15:24	1:07:43	3	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	49:49:30	3:54:26
10	1	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	4:31:00		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	50:49:46
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	4:32:44	1:44	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	54:08:38	3:18:52
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:54:42	23:42	3	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	54:20:30	3:30:44
11	1	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	4:20:15		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	55:21:11
	2	André de Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	4:26:56	6:41	2	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	58:40:45	3:19:34
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:31:25	11:10	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	59:02:45	3:41:34
12	1	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	5:41:02		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	61:20:49
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	5:53:28	12:26	2	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	64:21:47	3:00:58
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	5:59:38	18:36	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	64:56:13	3:35:24
13	1	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	6:02:58		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	67:54:13
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	6:16:12	13:14	2	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	70:24:45	2:30:32
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:33:24	30:26	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	71:12:25	3:18:12
14	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	3:15:43		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yabukov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	71:22:16
	2	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	3:18:40	2:57	2	Hans Stacey Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	73:43:25	2:21:09
	3	André de Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	3:19:56	4:13	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	74:28:08	3:05:52
15	Stage not timed

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	2	Marc Coma	KTM LC4 660R	KTM Repsol-Red Bull	55:27:17
2	1	Cyril Despres	KTM LC4 660R	Gauloises KTM France	+1:13:29
3	6	Giovanni Sala	KTM LC4 660R	KTM Repsol-Red Bull	+2:29:48
4	9	Chris Blais	KTM LC4 660R	Red Bull KTM	+2:36:18
5	4	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM LC4 660R	KTM Repsol-Red Bull	+3:22:47
6	5	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Team Scandinavia	+3:54:52
7	14	Alain Duclos	KTM	KTM-Toni-Togo	+4:43:56
8	8	David Casteu	KTM	Gauloises KTM France	+6:16:21
9	55	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	Vodafone Banco Cetelem	+6:54:41
10	34	Jānis Vinters	KTM	SAF Moto Team Riga	+7:53:14

Pos	N°	Nom	Marque	Temps	Écart	Pénalité	Premiere fois	MARATHON	ELF	MALLE
1	2	COMA (ESP)	KTM	55:27:17	00:00:00
2	1	DESPRES (FRA)	KTM	56:40:46	01:13:29
3	6	SALA (ITA)	KTM	57:57:05	02:29:48
4	9	BLAIS (USA)	KTM	58:03:35	02:36:18
5	4	DE GAVARDO (CHI)	KTM	58:50:04	03:22:47	01:00:00
6	5	ULLEVALSETER (NOR)	KTM	59:22:09	03:54:52
7	14	DUCLOS (FRA)	KTM	60:11:13	04:43:56			1	1
8	8	CASTEU (FRA)	KTM	61:43:38	06:16:21
9	55	RODRIGUES (POR)	YAMAHA	62:21:58	06:54:41	02:00:00	1
10	34	VINTERS (LET)	KTM	63:20:31	07:53:14				2
11	11	GAU (FRA)	KTM	63:21:22	07:54:05		2
12	58	KNUIMAN (HOL)	YAMAHA	63:56:44	08:29:27				3
13	12	FRETIGNE (FRA)	YAMAHA	64:13:13	08:45:56
14	19	CZACHOR (POL)	KTM	64:14:11	08:46:54
15	32	ALGAY (FRA)	YAMAHA	64:15:25	08:48:08
16	97	FARRES GUELL (ESP)	YAMAHA	64:41:44	09:14:27	30:00:00	3
17	42	STREET (USA)	KTM	65:30:08	10:02:51		4
18	85	BETHYS (FRA)	HONDA	65:37:18	10:10:01		5
19	20	MARCHINI (FRA)	YAMAHA	66:29:17	11:02:00	02:00:00
20	95	AGRA CARRERA (ESP)	YAMAHA	67:04:42	11:37:25	13:00	6
21	28	CROQUELOIS (FRA)	YAMAHA	67:53:26	12:26:09
22	29	PIROUD (FRA)	YAMAHA	67:58:16	12:30:59
23	76	LEPAN (FRA)	KTM	68:05:49	12:38:32			2	4
24	16	STANOVNIK (SLO)	KTM	69:33:43	14:06:26	02:30:00		3
25	80	GONCALVES (POR)	HONDA	70:55:48	15:28:31	01:05:00	7
26	15	VERHOEVEN (HOL)	YAMAHA	72:02:14	16:34:57	03:55:00			5
27	49	EXTANCE (UK)	HONDA	72:14:44	16:47:27	05:00			6
28	31	PAIN (FRA)	YAMAHA	72:48:48	17:21:31
29	110	CARILLON (FRA)	KTM	73:18:02	17:50:45			4	7	1
30	37	KASTAN (CZE)	KTM	73:33:27	18:06:10			5	8	2
31	61	DUBOIS (FRA)	KTM	74:55:52	19:28:35				9
32	63	LAZARD (URU)	KTM	75:43:15	20:15:58		8	6	10
33	152	VAN PELT (HOL)	HONDA	75:47:22	20:20:05	02:25:00			11	3
34	39	RIVERA (ESP)	KTM	76:45:28	21:18:11	01:00:00		7		4
35	160	FARIA (POR)	KTM	76:51:20	21:24:03	01:27:00	9			5
36	68	MENGUS (FRA)	KTM	77:30:27	22:03:10		10	8
37	211	HOTTA (JAP)	KTM	77:51:41	22:24:24			9
38	170	BONJEAN (FRA)	HONDA	78:40:53	23:13:36		11		12	6
39	26	LAMOTHE (FRA)	KTM	79:02:07	23:34:50		12
40	177	DE GROOT (HOL)	YAMAHA	79:40:51	24:13:34	01:00:00	13
41	51	DUBUY (FRA)	KTM	79:49:13	24:21:56
42	46	RAYMOND (FRA)	YAMAHA	79:56:40	24:29:23
43	134	DE BAAR (HOL)	KTM	80:08:48	24:41:31	01:08:00		10
44	82	VAN DRUNEN (HOL)	YAMAHA	80:25:59	24:58:42	07:07:00	14
45	219	GINEPRO (ITA)	KTM	80:29:41	25:02:24					7
46	87	MEILLAT (FRA)	HONDA	80:51:45	25:24:28	10:40:00
47	13	PAGNON (FRA)	KTM	81:07:50	25:40:33					8
48	47	HERMET (FRA)	KTM	81:10:37	25:43:20	02:51:00
49	35	FLOIRAC (FRA)	KTM	81:11:13	25:43:56	01:00:00	15	11
50	117	PUERTAS HERRERA (ESP)	YAMAHA	81:27:16	25:59:59	01:00
51	223	FERRER GARCIA (ESP)	YAMAHA	82:12:43	26:45:26	32:00:00
52	27	JOBARD (FRA)	KTM	82:27:35	27:00:18			12
53	204	GOMEZ PALLAS (VEN)	YAMAHA	82:31:46	27:04:29	01:35:00
54	154	VERCOELEN (HOL)	KTM	83:03:15	27:35:58	01:35:00		13		9
55	118	MIOTTO (ITA)	KTM	83:06:25	27:39:08			14		10
56	132	EMBRO (USA)	KTM	83:38:36	28:11:19	15:00	16
57	25	RAMON (BEL)	YAMAHA	83:45:01	28:17:44	01:01:00				11
58	129	ARREDONDO (GUA)	KTM	83:54:00	28:26:43			15
59	59	GODET (FRA)	KTM	83:56:33	28:29:16	01:10:00
60	22	VARGA (HON)	KTM	84:17:43	28:50:26
61	53	LE BLEVEC (FRA)	YAMAHA	84:47:42	29:20:25		17
62	214	MORA BUSQUETS (ESP)	YAMAHA	85:36:14	30:08:57	01:00:00	18
63	212	KASHIWA (JAP)	YAMAHA	85:52:23	30:25:06	15:00
64	36	DIALLO (SEN)	KTM	87:10:20	31:43:03			16
65	184	DELAYE (FRA)	KTM	87:30:04	32:02:47	32:00:00
66	195	DOTTORI (ITA)	KTM	87:46:25	32:19:08	01:30:00	19	17
67	116	WATSON-MILLER (ALL)	KTM	87:59:29	32:32:12			18
68	44	CORNUAILLE (FRA)	KTM	88:03:44	32:36:27
69	52	BONNET (FRA)	KTM	88:53:32	33:26:15	38:00:00		19		12
70	93	LANSARD (FRA)	KTM	89:18:42	33:51:25
71	108	CONIJN (HOL)	YAMAHA	89:25:01	33:57:44		20
72	187	MEILINK (HOL)	YAMAHA	89:29:19	34:02:02	36:00:00	21
73	109	LIST (HOL)	YAMAHA	89:31:56	34:04:39		22
74	186	VAN DER VELD (HOL)	YAMAHA	89:49:28	34:22:11	58:00:00	23
75	135	DE GROOT (HOL)	YAMAHA	90:02:15	34:34:58	30:00:00	24
76	102	ALGERI (ITA)	YAMAHA	90:17:15	34:49:58	01:00:00
77	120	CLASSEN (AFS)	KTM	90:43:13	35:15:56	02:10:00	25	19		13
78	181	PLUMB (UK)	BMW	92:04:03	36:36:46	01:50:00
79	247	GONZALEZ (ESP)	BOMBARDIER	92:25:04	36:57:47	01:18:00
80	81	POL (HOL)	YAMAHA	92:40:27	37:13:10	31:00:00	26
81	148	PERIGAUD (FRA)	KTM	93:30:48	38:03:31					14
82	83	BARRAL (FRA)	YAMAHA	96:08:46	40:41:29		27
83	243	MOREL (FRA)	BOMBARDIER	96:28:07	41:00:50
84	98	KRYNOCK (USA)	KTM	96:35:26	41:08:09	01:00:00	28
85	244	MOREL (FRA)	BOMBARDIER	98:24:07	42:56:50		29
86	174	PAVEY (AUS)	BMW	98:49:53	43:22:36	50:00:00
87	89	MAURICE (FRA)	KTM	99:12:35	43:45:18	55:00:00	30
88	100	QUICK (UK)	KTM	103:27:17	48:00:00	02:00:00
89	101	TOWN (UK)	KTM	103:27:54	48:00:37	02:00:00
90	220	BONJEAN (BRE)	KTM	105:59:07	50:31:50	01:00:00	31
91	130	VERMELOUX (FRA)	KTM	108:02:50	52:35:33	03:48:00	32
92	226	GARCIA DOMINGUEZ (ESP)	BMW	111:44:01	56:16:44	02:00:00	33
93	215	VAN BERGEIJK (HOL)	YAMAHA	127:46:33	72:19:16	13:06:00	34			15

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	302	Luc Alphand	Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	53:47:32
2	305	Giniel de Villiers	Tina Thörner	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Motorsport	+17:53
3	304	Nani Roma	Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	+1:50:38
4	300	Stéphane Peterhansel	Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	+3:20:24
5	309	Mark Miller	Dirk von Zitzewitz	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Motorsport	+3:23:25
6	314	Jean-Louis Schlesser	François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	Schlesser-Ford Raid	+4:09:23
7	311	Carlos Sousa	Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	Team Galp Energia	+5:40:11
8	301	Bruno Saby	Michel Périn	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Motorsport	+8:14:45
9	322	Guerlain Chicherit	Mathieu Baumel	BMW	Team X-Raid	+8:25:13
10	315	Thierry Magnaldi	Arnaud Debron	Schlesser-Ford	Schlesser-Ford Raid	+8:25:57

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	508	Vladimir Chagin	Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	71:22:16
2	524	Hans Stacey	Charly Gotlib Bernard der Kinderen	MAN	+2:21:09
3	500	Firdaus Kabirov	Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	+3:05:52
4	513	André de Azevedo	Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra 815	+5:30:51
5	501	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Katsumi Hamura	Hino	+9:42:25
6	503	Giacomo Vismara	Mario Cambiaghi	Mercedes-Benz	+11:13:04
7	505	Teruhito Sugawara	Seiichi Suzuki	Hino	+12:42:13
8	530	Franz Echter	Peter Gobel Edwin van Dooren	MAN	+13:57:26
9	528	Karl Sadlauer	Franz Maier Martin Mayer	MAN	+14:21:54
10	546	Peter Reif	Gunter Pichlbauer Stefan Huber	MAN	+15:01:20

In media

A motorcycle team organized by English actor Charley Boorman competed in the rally. Boorman was injured and fellow team member Matt Hall dropped out, but Simon Pavey finished in 86th place. Their experience was documented in the 2006 television miniseries Race to Dakar and an accompanying book.

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↑ "The Dakar in mourning". dakar.com. ASO. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
1 2 "Sainz takes Dakar honours in Mali". BBC Sport. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Sainz takes early Dakar lead". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
↑ "Sainz off to dream start in Dakar". BBC Sport. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Sainz takes second stage victory". BBC Sport. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Schlesser takes third Dakar stage". BBC Sport. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Sainz regains grip on Dakar rally". BBC Sport. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Peterhansel kickstarts Dakar bid". BBC Sports. 4 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "De Villiers moves into Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 5 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Alphand secures Dakar advantage". BBC Sport. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Peterhansel moves into Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Aussie rider dies in Dakar Rally". BBC Sport. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Peterhansel's Dakar lead is cut". BBC Sport. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Alphand takes charge with victory". BBC Sport. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Alphand extends Dakar Rally lead". BBC Sport. 13 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
↑ "Boy killed as Chicherit takes win". BBC Sport. 14 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
1 2 "Alphand wraps up maiden Dakar win". BBC Sport. 15 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

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[4] Caldecott was a late replacement for the Spanish rider Jordi Durán.^[3]

[Portuguese_start_for_Dakar_Rally-1] 1 2 3 "Portuguese start for Dakar Rally". BBC Sport. 23 November 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[Sainz_to_take_part_in_Dakar_Rally-2] "Sainz to take part in Dakar Rally". BBC Sport. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[3] "The Dakar in mourning". dakar.com. ASO. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

[Sainz_takes_Dakar_honours_in_Mali-5] 1 2 "Sainz takes Dakar honours in Mali". BBC Sport. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[6] "Sainz takes early Dakar lead". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

[7] "Sainz off to dream start in Dakar". BBC Sport. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Sainz_takes_second_stage_victory-8] "Sainz takes second stage victory". BBC Sport. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Schlesser_takes_third_Dakar_stage-9] "Schlesser takes third Dakar stage". BBC Sport. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Sainz_regains_grip_on_Dakar_rally-10] "Sainz regains grip on Dakar rally". BBC Sport. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Peterhansel_kickstarts_Dakar_bid-11] "Peterhansel kickstarts Dakar bid". BBC Sports. 4 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[De_Villiers_moves_into_Dakar_lead-12] "De Villiers moves into Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 5 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Alphand_secures_Dakar_advantage-13] "Alphand secures Dakar advantage". BBC Sport. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Peterhansel_moves_into_Dakar_lead-14] "Peterhansel moves into Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Aussie_rider_dies_in_Dakar_Rally-15] "Aussie rider dies in Dakar Rally". BBC Sport. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Peterhansel's_Dakar_lead_is_cut-16] "Peterhansel's Dakar lead is cut". BBC Sport. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Alphand_takes_charge_with_victory-17] "Alphand takes charge with victory". BBC Sport. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Alphand_extends_Dakar_Rally_lead-18] "Alphand extends Dakar Rally lead". BBC Sport. 13 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Boy_killed_as_Chicherit_takes_win-19] "Boy killed as Chicherit takes win". BBC Sport. 14 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

[Alphand_wraps_up_maiden_Dakar_win-20] 1 2 "Alphand wraps up maiden Dakar win". BBC Sport. 15 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

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