2013 Dakar Rally | |||
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Part of the Dakar Rally
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Host country | Peru Chile Argentina | ||
Dates run | 5–19 January 2013 | ||
Start | Lima | ||
Finish | Santiago | ||
Stages | 14 | ||
Results | |||
Cars winner | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret Mini | ||
Bikes winner | Cyril Despres KTM | ||
Trucks winner | Eduard Nikolaev Kamaz | ||
Quads winner | Marcos Patronelli Yamaha |
The 2013 Dakar Rally was the 35th running of the event and the fifth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Lima, Peru on 5 January and finished in Santiago, Chile on 19 January after fourteen stages of competition. 448 vehicles in four classes of competition started the event, which comprised a total distance of over 8,500 kilometres. The motorcycle category was won by French rider Cyril Despres for a fifth time, riding a KTM; Marcos Patronelli took his second win in the quad competition riding a Yamaha; Stéphane Peterhansel captured his eleventh Dakar victory in the car category alongside co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret at the wheel of a Mini; and Eduard Nikolaev's maiden victory re-captured the truck category title for Kamaz.
The official entry list for the rally was published in November 2012. [1]
The entry list for the bike category would be headed by reigning champion Cyril Despres, who would spearhead the challenge of Austrian manufacturer KTM on board one of the Red Bull backed factory bikes. Absent however would be the Frenchman's long-time rival Marc Coma, who was forced to withdraw from the event due to a shoulder injury sustained whilst participating in Rally Morocco. [2] The Spaniard was replaced by US rider Kurt Caselli, who would represent KTM's AMV team alongside Joan Pedrero. KTM would also be represented by Red Bull rider Ruben Faria, Francisco López and Pål Anders Ullevålseter among numerous others.
Yamaha would field factory bikes for 2007 runner-up David Casteu, Olivier Pain, David Frétigné and Frans Verhoeven. Honda would make their return to the event after a lengthy absence, with Portuguese rider Hélder Rodrigues leading the team's assault. Husqvarna meanwhile could count Spaniards Joan Barreda and Jordi Viladoms as well as Portugal's Paulo Gonçalves among their works riders.
With defending champion Alejandro Patronelli opting not to return to defend his crown, his brother and 2010 winner Marcos Patronelli would be tasked with leading the Yamaha assault on the quad category. Fellow South American riders Tomas Maffei, Ignacio Casale and Sergio Lafuente would also be making use of Yamaha machinery.
Polish duo Łukasz Łaskawiec and Rafał Sonik, also riding for Yamaha, would also be expected to be in contention having both finished in the top three in previous years, with Dakar rookie Sebastian Husseini leading Honda's challenge for honours in the category.
Ten-time Dakar winner Stéphane Peterhansel would return to defend his 2012 crown at the wheel of a Monster Energy-sponsored Mini All4 machine prepared by X-Raid. The German team would also enter similar machines for former motorcycle category winner Nani Roma, Leonid Novitskiy and Krzysztof Hołowczyc with Orlando Terranova driving an X-Raid prepared BMW X3.
Two former winners in the shape of Carlos Sainz (2010) and Nasser Al-Attiyah (2011) would drive a pair of Damen Jefferies-built buggies in an all-new team backed by Red Bull and the Qatari government. SMG would also return with their brace of buggies, with driving duties entrusted to Guerlain Chicherit, Ronan Chabot and Bernard Errandonea.
South African Toyota dealership Imperial Toyota would field a pair of Hilux machines for 2009 winner Giniel de Villiers and Duncan Vos, with the Japanese marque also represented by Overdrive's Lucio Alvarez and Peter van Merksteijn. The challenge of Chinese manufacturer Great Wall would be led by Carlos Sousa, whilst Robby Gordon as ever would be present in his self-run Hummer H3.
After ending several years of Kamaz domination in the 2012 event, the Petronas-backed Iveco works team would return with reigning champion Gérard de Rooy, 2007 winner Hans Stacey and two-time World Rally champion Miki Biasion making up the driving strength.
Kamaz's trio of Red Bull sponsored trucks would be piloted by an all-Russian line-up of Eduard Nikolaev, Ayrat Mardeev and Andrey Karginov. Tatra's challenge would be headed by Czech driver Aleš Loprais, nephew of six-time champion Karel, while Dutchman Marcel van Vliet would lead the attack of German manufacturer MAN.
Distance according to the official website. [3]
Stage | Date | From | To | Class | Road Section | Special | Total | Stage winners | ||||||
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km | mi | km | mi | km | mi | Bikes | Quads | Cars | Trucks | |||||
1 | 5 January | Lima | Pisco | All | 250 | 156 | 13 | 8 | 263 | 164 | F. López | I. Flores | C. Sainz | G. de Rooy |
2 | 6 January | Pisco | Pisco | All | 85 | 53 | 242 | 150 | 327 | 203 | J. Barreda | M. Patronelli | S. Peterhansel | G. de Rooy |
3 | 7 January | Pisco | Nazca | All | 100 | 62 | 243 | 151 | 343 | 213 | F. López | M. Patronelli | N. Al-Attiyah | G. de Rooy |
4 | 8 January | Nazca | Arequipa | Bikes | 429 | 267 | 289 | 180 | 718 | 446 | J. Barreda | M. Patronelli | N. Al-Attiyah | A. Mardeev |
Cars/Trucks | 288 | 179 | 717 | 446 | ||||||||||
5 | 9 January | Arequipa | Arica | Bikes | 275 | 171 | 136 | 85 | 411 | 255 | D. Casteu | M. Patronelli | N. Roma | H. Stacey |
Cars/Trucks | 337 | 209 | 172 | 107 | 509 | 316 | ||||||||
6 | 10 January | Arica | Calama | All | 313 | 194 | 454 | 282 | 767 | 477 | F. López | I. Casale | N. Al-Attiyah | G. de Rooy |
7 | 11 January | Calama | Salta | Bikes | 586 | 364 | 220 | 137 | 806 | 501 | K. Caselli | S. Palma | S. Peterhansel | G. de Rooy |
Cars/Trucks | 534 | 332 | 754 | 469 | ||||||||||
8 | 12 January | Salta | Tucumán | Bikes | 274 | 170 | 491 | 305 | 738 | 459 | J. Barreda | S. van Biljon | G. Chicherit | Stage cancelled 1 |
Cars | 379 | 236 | 470 | 292 | 849 | 528 | ||||||||
Trucks | 393 | 244 | 155 | 96 | 548 | 341 | ||||||||
13 January | San Miguel de Tucumán | Rest day | ||||||||||||
9 | 14 January | Tucumán | Córdoba | Bikes | 259 | 161 | 593 | 368 | 852 | 529 | C. Despres | Ł. Łaskawiec | N. Roma | A. Loprais |
Cars | 258 | 160 | 851 | 529 | ||||||||||
Trucks | 406 | 252 | 293 | 182 | 699 | 434 | ||||||||
10 | 15 January | Córdoba | La Rioja | Bikes | 279 | 173 | 357 | 222 | 636 | 395 | J. Barreda | Ł. Łaskawiec | O. Terranova | A. Karginov |
Cars/Trucks | 353 | 219 | 632 | 393 | ||||||||||
11 | 16 January | La Rioja | Fiambalá | Bikes | 262 | 163 | 221 | 137 | 483 | 300 | K. Caselli | P. Smith | R. Gordon 2 | G. de Rooy 2 |
Cars/Trucks | 219 | 136 | 481 | 299 | ||||||||||
12 | 17 January | Fiambalá | Copiapó | All | 396 | 246 | 319 | 198 | 715 | 444 | F. Verhoeven | S. Husseini | N. Roma | A. Karginov |
13 | 18 January | Copiapó | La Serena | All | 294 | 183 | 441 | 274 | 735 | 457 | F. López | S. van Biljon | R. Gordon | A. Karginov |
14 | 19 January | La Serena | Santiago | All | 502 | 312 | 128 | 80 | 630 | 391 | R. Faria 3 | S. van Biljon | N. Roma | P. Versluis |
Notes:
KTM rider Francisco López got his rally off to the best possible start by winning the opening stage, but Husqvarna's Joan Barreda took control of the overall standings by winning the second stage. The Spaniard however lost considerable time in the third stage with navigation problems, [6] handing the lead to defending champion and works KTM rider Cyril Despres, who led by just under three minutes from stage winner López.
Despres however lost 17 minutes to stage winner Barreda during the fourth stage, handing the lead to Yamaha's Olivier Pain. The young French rider held the lead until the end of the seventh stage with some consistent stage times, but hit trouble during the eighth stage with a navigational error. [7] This would mean Pain's teammate David Casteu, who won the fifth stage, headed into the rest day as leader of the overall standings.
More misfortune struck Yamaha however as Casteu struck a cow during the ninth stage, causing the Frenchman to dislocate his shoulder and retire from the rally. [8] Despres was set to re-take the lead of the standings after winning the stage but dropped to second behind teammate Ruben Faria after taking a 15-minute penalty for an engine change. Despres nonetheless took the lead after finishing second during the tenth stage, with Faria losing 12 minutes to the leader during the eleventh stage.
Despite dropping eight minutes to Faria during the twelfth stage, Despres remained in control of the standings until the end of the rally, ending up with a winning margin of just under 11 minutes over Faria. López seemed set to threaten Despres after winning the penultimate stage and closing to within just over eight minutes of the Frenchman, an engine change penalty prior to the final stage cost him any chance of doing so. [9] The Chilean would have to be content with third, nearly 19 minutes behind Despres despite taking the fastest time on the final stage, with Ivan Jakeš and Joan Pedrero completing an all-KTM top five.
Olivier Pain recovered to sixth position after his earlier troubles, whilst Barreda could do no better than 17th after losing considerable time with fuel pump issues on the fifth stage. [10] Kurt Caselli had an impressive debut ride as a substitute for Marc Coma, winning two stages but finishing just outside the top 30 as a result of a navigational error during the eighth stage and engine woes in the penultimate stage. [11]
Yamaha's Marcos Patronelli took control of the overall standings by winning the stage ahead of Honda newcomer Sebastian Husseini. The two riders finished 1st and 2nd for the next two stages, Patronelli extending his advantage to 15 minutes after the fourth stage, before mechanical problems for Husseini during the fifth stage cost him several hours. [10] This gave Patronelli a lead of almost an hour and 20 minutes over Ignacio Casale, also aboard a Yamaha, who closed the gap slightly with a win on the sixth stage.
Patronelli however began to extend his advantage once more over the following stages, with Casale dropping 23 minutes during the eleventh stage. With a cushion of one hour 50 minutes, Patronelli maintained his advantage over Casale until the end of the rally. Rafał Sonik completed a Yamaha 1–2–3, albeit over three hours adrift of Patronelli.
Łukasz Łaskawiec briefly held third position after finishing second during the fifth stage, but delays in the sixth and twelfth stages dropped him to a final finishing position of 13th. Sarel van Biljon also held third in the overall standings after winning the eighth stage, but major delays during the following stage left the South African finishing outside the top 20.
Qatar Red Bull driver Carlos Sainz was the winner of the first stage, and despite losing twenty minutes to X-Raid's Stéphane Peterhansel during the second stage, the two-time World Rally champion was declared the leader of the overall classification having lost time trying to pass a waypoint due to a fault with his GPS. [12] However, this decision was later reversed, [13] handing the stage win and the lead of the standings back to Peterhansel.
The Frenchman's closest challenger initially would prove Sainz's teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah, who closed to within five minutes of Peterhansel following wins in the third and fourth stages. Victory in the sixth stage brought the Qatari within one minute 20 seconds of the rally lead, but an engine problem during the ninth stage put an end to his challenge. [14] With Sainz having retired after the sixth stage, also because of engine problems, [15] it was an event to forget for the newly formed Qatar Red Bull team.
This meant that Peterhansel now had a lead of 49 minutes over Imperial Toyota's Giniel de Villiers, the South African able only to erase seven minutes of that advantage during the remaining stages. In this period, a battle for third emerged between X-Raid drivers Nani Roma and Leonid Novitskiy, with the latter holding the advantage until the former won the twelfth stage. Novitskiy however re-gained the advantage after Roma stopped during the penultimate stage to allow Peterhansel to run in convoy with him, so as to ensure overall victory for his teammate. [16] Roma eventually finished fourth, eight minutes behind Novitskiy. Roma's hopes of challenging Peterhansel for victory were negated when the Spaniard lost over an hour during the sixth stage as a result of becoming stuck in a dune. [15] Orlando Terranova made it four X-Raid drivers in the top five having won the tenth stage.
It was a difficult rally for Robby Gordon, who finished only fourteenth overall despite a late pair of stage victories. The American had a transmission problem in the opening stage [17] and rolled his Hummer in the fourth stage, [18] leaving him trying to make up for lost time for the remainder of the rally. X-Raid driver Krzysztof Hołowczyc was eliminated from the running after the third stage having sustained back and rib injuries in a crash. [19]
Defending champion Gérard de Rooy took control of the event initially with victories in the first three stages for Iveco, building a seven-minute cushion over Tatra's Aleš Loprais. The Czech driver then took the lead of the overall standings after the fourth stage as de Rooy hit delays, but lost his advantage after becoming stuck in the sand during the following stage. [10] This handed the lead of the rally back to de Rooy, who led by just over five minutes from Kamaz driver Eduard Nikolaev after the fifth stage.
The Dutchman extended this advantage to 22 minutes with back-to-back victories in the sixth and seventh stages, but disaster struck during the ninth stage – turbo failure, steering problems and a puncture conspired to drop de Rooy by nearly an hour. [8] This gave Nikolaev the lead of the rally with 18 minutes in hand from Tatra's Martin Kolomy, though the Kamaz of Ayrat Mardeev would take second position after the eleventh stage and Andrey Karginov would move ahead of Kolomy into third position after victory in the twelfth stage.
Another victory in the penultimate stage allowed Karginov to move ahead of Mardeev, albeit some 36 minutes behind eventual victor Nikolaev. Karginov however lost out on the runner-up position during the final stage, with Mardeev doing just enough to clinch second by a margin of under a minute. Behind the all-Kamaz podium, de Rooy recovered to fourth position overall after winning the eleventh stage, 41 minutes behind Nikolaev, with Kolomy fifth and Loprais in sixth after his earlier troubles.
Miki Biasion ran third early on for Iveco, but was ruled out of contention after hitting severe delays during the fourth stage, going on to finish 13th overall. Former winner Hans Stacey meanwhile was forced to retire from the event after rolling his Iveco during the sixth stage. [20]
Results according to the official website. [21]
Stage result | General classification | |||||||||
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Stage | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Gap | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Gap |
1 | 1 | Francisco López | KTM | 39:15 | 1 | Francisco López | KTM | 39:15 | ||
2 | Frans Verhoeven | Yamaha | 39:20 | 0:05 | 2 | Frans Verhoeven | Yamaha | 39:20 | 0:05 | |
3 | Pablo Quintanilla | Honda | 39:40 | 0:25 | 3 | Pablo Quintanilla | Honda | 39:40 | 0:25 | |
2 | 1 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 2:42:31 | 1 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 3:24:11 | ||
2 | Joan Pedrero | KTM | 2:45:47 | 3:16 | 2 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 3:29:47 | 5:36 | |
3 | Matt Fish | Husqvarna | 2:48:24 | 5:53 | 3 | Joan Pedrero | KTM | 3:30:47 | 6:36 | |
3 | 1 | Francisco López | KTM | 2:37:54 | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 6:15:03 | ||
2 | Paulo Gonçalves | Husqvarna | 2:39:02 | 1:08 | 2 | Francisco López | KTM | 6:17:54 | 2:51 | |
3 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 2:42:02 | 4:08 | 3 | Pål Anders Ullevålseter | KTM | 6:20:02 | 4:59 | |
4 | 1 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 3:41:09 | 1 | Olivier Pain | Yamaha | 10:10:38 | ||
2 | Olivier Pain | Yamaha | 3:49:32 | 8:23 | 2 | David Casteu | Yamaha | 10:13:02 | 2:24 | |
3 | David Casteu | Yamaha | 3:51:51 | 10:42 | 3 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 10:13:47 | 3:09 | |
5 | 1 | David Casteu | Yamaha | 1:39:42 | 1 | Olivier Pain | Yamaha | 11:51:29 | ||
2 | Olivier Pain | Yamaha | 1:40:51 | 1:09 | 2 | David Casteu | Yamaha | 11:52:44 | 1:15 | |
3 | Joan Pedrero | KTM | 1:42:40 | 2:58 | 3 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 11:57:36 | 6:07 | |
6 | 1 | Francisco López | KTM | 3:36:21 | 1 | Olivier Pain | Yamaha | 15:35:23 | ||
2 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 3:38:55 | 2:34 | 2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 15:37:45 | 2:22 | |
3 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 3:40:09 | 3:48 | 3 | David Casteu | Yamaha | 15:40:11 | 4:48 | |
7 | 1 | Kurt Caselli | KTM | 1:51:31 | 1 | Olivier Pain | Yamaha | 17:28:17 | ||
2 | Francisco López | KTM | 1:52:54 | 1:23 | 2 | Francisco López | KTM | 17:34:23 | 6:06 | |
3 | Olivier Pain | Yamaha | 1:52:54 | 1:23 | 3 | David Casteu | Yamaha | 17:34:54 | 6:37 | |
8 | 1 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 2:07:26 | 1 | David Casteu | Yamaha | 19:56:33 | ||
2 | Johnny Campbell | Honda | 2:14:30 | 7:04 | 2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 20:05:59 | 9:26 | |
3 | Ivan Jakeš | KTM | 2:15:23 | 7:57 | 3 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 20:07:49 | 11:16 | |
9 | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 5:41:36 | 1 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 25:57:12 | ||
2 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 5:45:39 | 5:03 | 2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 26:02:35 1 | 5:23 | |
3 | Alessandro Botturi | Husqvarna | 5:46:50 | 5:14 | 3 | Francisco López | KTM | 26:06:15 | 9:03 | |
10 | 1 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 4:43:14 | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 30:47:04 | ||
2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 4:44:29 | 1:15 | 2 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 30:48:41 | 1:37 | |
3 | Paulo Gonçalves | Husqvarna | 4:45:58 | 2:44 | 3 | Francisco López | KTM | 31:00:45 | 13:41 | |
11 | 1 | Kurt Caselli | KTM | 2:55:01 | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 33:48:29 | ||
2 | Paulo Gonçalves | Husqvarna | 2:59:46 | 4:45 | 2 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 34:01:45 | 13:16 | |
3 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 3:01:25 | 6:24 | 3 | Francisco López | KTM | 34:06:37 | 18:08 | |
12 | 1 | Frans Verhoeven | Yamaha | 3:49:15 | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 37:46:59 | ||
2 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 3:50:53 | 1:38 | 2 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 37:52:38 | 5:39 | |
3 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 3:52:16 | 3:01 | 3 | Francisco López | KTM | 38:00:39 | 13:40 | |
13 | 1 | Francisco López | KTM | 3:44:54 | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 41:37:18 | ||
2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 3:50:19 | 5:25 | 2 | Francisco López | KTM | 41:45:33 | 8:15 | |
3 | Paulo Gonçalves | Husqvarna | 3:50:23 | 5:29 | 3 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 41:51:59 | 14:41 | |
14 | 1 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 1:43:06 | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 43:24:22 | ||
2 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 1:43:14 | 0:08 | 2 | Ruben Faria | KTM | 43:35:05 | 10:43 | |
3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Honda | 1:43:30 | 0:24 | 3 | Francisco López | KTM | 43:43:10 | 18:48 |
Notes:
Stage result | General classification | |||||||||
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Stage | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Gap | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Gap |
1 | 1 | Ignacio Flores | Yamaha | 46:50 | 1 | Ignacio Flores | Yamaha | 46:50 | ||
2 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 47:45 | 0:55 | 2 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 47:45 | 0:55 | |
3 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 48:05 | 1:15 | 3 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 48:05 | 1:15 | |
2 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 3:02:40 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 3:50:45 | ||
2 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 3:03:46 | 1:06 | 2 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 3:51:31 | 0:46 | |
3 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 3:11:34 | 8:54 | 3 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 4:00:04 | 9:19 | |
3 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 3:04:55 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 6:55:40 | ||
2 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 3:08:27 | 3:32 | 2 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 6:59:58 | 4:18 | |
3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 3:20:39 | 15:44 | 3 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 7:25:18 | 29:38 | |
4 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:25:46 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 11:21:26 | ||
2 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 4:35:34 | 9:48 | 2 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 11:35:32 | 14:06 | |
3 | Łukasz Łaskawiec | Yamaha | 4:41:31 | 15:45 | 3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 12:21:43 | 1:00:17 | |
5 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 1:59:30 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 13:20:56 | ||
2 | Łukasz Łaskawiec | Yamaha | 2:02:30 | 3:00 | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 14:39:28 | 1:18:32 | |
3 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 2:13:44 | 14:14 | 3 | Łukasz Łaskawiec | Yamaha | 14:41:41 | 1:20:45 | |
6 | 1 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 4:15:21 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 17:42:53 | ||
2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:21:57 | 6:36 | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 18:54:49 | 1:11:56 | |
3 | Sarel van Biljon | E-ATV | 4:25:51 | 10:30 | 3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 19:30:53 | 1:48:00 | |
7 | 1 | Sebastián Palma | Can-Am | 2:25:06 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 20:08:33 | ||
2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 2:25:40 | 0:34 | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 21:23:03 | 1:14:30 | |
3 | Sarel van Biljon | E-ATV | 2:25:44 | 0:38 | 3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 21:59:19 | 1:50:46 | |
8 | 1 | Sarel van Biljon | E-ATV | 2:28:13 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 22:38:35 | ||
2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 2:30:02 | 1:49 | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 24:02:30 | 1:23:55 | |
3 | Sebastián Palma | Can-Am | 2:30:49 | 2:36 | 3 | Sarel van Biljon | E-ATV | 24:39:04 | 2:00:29 | |
9 | 1 | Łukasz Łaskawiec | Yamaha | 6:26:39 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 29:06:19 | ||
2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 6:27:44 | 1:05 | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 30:08:47 | 1:32:28 | |
3 | Sebastien Husseini | Honda | 2:30:49 | 2:36 | 3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 31:15:03 | 2:08:44 | |
10 | 1 | Łukasz Łaskawiec | Yamaha | 5:19:12 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 34:31:47 | ||
2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 5:20:47 | 1:35 | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 35:59:34 | 1:27:47 | |
3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 5:22:35 | 3:23 | 3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 36:37:38 | 2:05:51 | |
11 | 1 | Paul Smith | Honda | 3:46:04 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 38:23:33 | ||
2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 3:51:46 | 5:42 | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 40:13:55 | 1:50:22 | |
3 | Gastón González 1 | Yamaha | 3:55:22 | 9:18 | 3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 41:10:32 | 2:46:59 | |
12 | 1 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 4:36:54 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 43:01:35 | ||
2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:38:02 | 1:08 | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 44:54:10 | 1:52:35 | |
3 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 4:40:15 | 3:21 | 3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 46:05:55 | 3:04:20 | |
13 | 1 | Sarel van Biljon | E-ATV | 4:42:45 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 47:47:19 | ||
2 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 4:43:26 | 0:41 | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 49:37:43 | 1:50:24 | |
3 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 4:43:33 | 0:48 | 3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 51:02:02 | 3:14:43 | |
14 | 1 | Sarel van Biljon | E-ATV | 1:54:05 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 49:42:42 | ||
2 | Sebastian Husseini | Honda | 1:54:42 | 0:37 | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 51:33:17 | 1:50:35 | |
3 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 1:55:23 | 1:18 | 3 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 52:59:31 | 3:16:49 |
Notes:
Stage result | General classification | |||||||||
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Stage | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Gap | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Gap |
1 | 1 | Carlos Sainz Timo Gottschalk | Demon Jefferies | 23:00 | 1 | Carlos Sainz Timo Gottschalk | Demon Jefferies | 23:00 | ||
2 | Lucio Alvarez Bernardo Graue | Toyota | 23:24 | 0:24 | 2 | Lucio Alvarez Bernardo Graue | Toyota | 23:24 | 0:24 | |
3 | Guerlain Chicherit Jean-Pierre Garcin | SMG | 23:30 | 0:30 | 3 | Guerlain Chicherit Jean-Pierre Garcin | SMG | 23:30 | 0:30 | |
2 1 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 2:35:38 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 3:00:20 | ||
2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 2:38:13 | 2:35 | 2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 3:02:58 | 2:38 | |
3 | Ronan Chabot Gilles Pillot | SMG | 2:40:30 | 4:52 | 3 | Ronan Chabot Gilles Pillot | SMG | 3:04:06 | 3:46 | |
3 | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Demon Jefferies | 2:30:14 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 5:34:26 | ||
2 | Robby Gordon Kellon Walch | Hummer | 2:31:32 | 1:18 | 2 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Demon Jefferies | 5:40:59 | 6:33 | |
3 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 2:34:06 | 3:52 | 3 | Lucio Alvarez Bernardo Graue | Toyota | 5:52:37 | 18:11 | |
4 | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Demon Jefferies | 3:28:46 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 9:04:29 | ||
2 | Guerlain Chicherit Jean-Pierre Garcin | SMG | 3:29:22 | 0:36 | 2 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Demon Jefferies | 9:09:45 | 5:16 | |
3 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 3:30:03 | 1:17 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 9:37:51 | 33:22 | |
5 | 1 | Nani Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 1:49:40 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 10:55:32 | ||
2 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 1:51:03 | 1:23 | 2 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Demon Jefferies | 11:05:26 | 9:54 | |
3 | Robby Gordon Kellon Walch | Hummer | 1:51:21 | 1:41 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 11:29:22 | 33:50 | |
6 | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Demon Jefferies | 3:32:08 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 14:36:16 | ||
2 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 3:40:44 | 8:36 | 2 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Demon Jefferies | 14:37:34 | 1:18 | |
3 | Robby Gordon Kellon Walch | Hummer | 3:46:00 | 13:52 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 15:18:47 | 42:31 | |
7 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 1:47:27 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 16:23:43 | ||
2 | Guerlain Chicherit Jean-Pierre Garcin | SMG | 1:48:06 | 0:39 | 2 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Demon Jefferies | 16:26:57 | 3:14 | |
3 | Robby Gordon Kellon Walch | Hummer | 1:48:35 | 1:08 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 17:07:46 | 44:03 | |
8 2 | 1 | Guerlain Chicherit Jean-Pierre Garcin | SMG | 1:55:06 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 18:31:04 | ||
2 | Orlando Terranova Paulo Fiuza | BMW | 1:59:08 | 4:02 | 2 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Demon Jefferies | 18:34:18 | 3:14 | |
3 | Robby Gordon Kellon Walch | Hummer | 2:00:23 | 5:17 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 19:15:07 | 44:03 | |
9 | 1 | Nani Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 5:36:28 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 24:11:43 | ||
2 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 5:40:39 | 4:11 | 2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 25:01:14 | 49:31 | |
3 | Orlando Terranova Paulo Fiuza | BMW | 5:43:22 | 6:54 | 3 | Leonid Novitskiy Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini | 25:07:46 | 56:03 | |
10 | 1 | Orlando Terranova Paulo Fiuza | BMW | 3:57:58 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 28:12:00 | ||
2 | Nani Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 4:00:05 | 2:07 | 2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 29:04:38 | 52:38 | |
3 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 4:00:17 | 2:19 | 3 | Leonid Novitskiy Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini | 29:20:40 | 1:08:40 | |
11 | 1 | Robby Gordon Kellon Walch | Hummer | 50:51 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 29:07:25 | ||
2 | Ronan Chabot Gilles Pillot | SMG | 51:29 | 0:38 | 2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 29:59:24 | 51:59 | |
3 | Lucio Alvarez Bernardo Graue | Toyota | 52:38 | 1:47 | 3 | Leonid Novitskiy Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini | 30:33:05 | 1:25:40 | |
12 | 1 | Nani Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 3:36:34 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 32:50:02 | ||
2 | Robby Gordon Kellon Walch | Hummer | 3:40:52 | 4:18 | 2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 33:40:23 | 50:21 | |
3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 3:40:59 | 4:25 | 3 | Nani Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 34:21:08 | 1:31:06 | |
13 | 1 | Robby Gordon Kellon Walch | Hummer | 3:40:53 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 36:44:46 | ||
2 | Guerlain Chicherit Jean-Pierre Garcin | SMG | 3:41:15 | 0:22 | 2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 37:29:24 | 44:38 | |
3 | Orlando Terranova Paulo Fiuza | BMW | 3:45:34 | 4:41 | 3 | Leonid Novitskiy Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini | 38:14:17 | 1:29:31 | |
14 | 1 | Nani Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 1:44:10 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 38:32:39 | ||
2 | Orlando Terranova Paulo Fiuza | BMW | 1:44:23 | 0:13 | 2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 39:15:01 | 42:22 | |
3 | Lucio Alvarez Bernardo Graue | Toyota | 1:44:41 | 0:31 | 3 | Leonid Novitskiy Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini | 40:01:01 | 1:28:22 |
Notes:
Stage result | General classification | |||||||||
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Stage | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Gap | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Gap |
1 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 26:18 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 26:18 | ||
2 | Hans Stacey Detlef Ruf Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 27:06 | 0:48 | 2 | Hans Stacey Detlef Ruf Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 27:06 | 0:48 | |
3 | Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens Radim Pustějovský | Tatra | 27:33 | 1:15 | 3 | Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens Radim Pustějovský | Tatra | 27:33 | 1:15 | |
2 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 3:00:59 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 3:27:17 | ||
2 | Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens Radim Pustějovský | Tatra | 3:02:00 | 1:01 | 2 | Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens Radim Pustějovský | Tatra | 3:29:33 | 2:16 | |
3 | Miki Biasion Humberto Fiori Michel Huisman | Iveco | 3:08:51 | 7:52 | 3 | Miki Biasion Humberto Fiori Michel Huisman | Iveco | 3:38:12 | 10:55 | |
3 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 2:55:58 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 6:23:15 | ||
2 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 2:57:22 | 1:24 | 2 | Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens Radim Pustějovský | Tatra | 6:30:14 | 6:59 | |
3 | Miki Biasion Humberto Fiori Michel Huisman | Iveco | 2:58:29 | 2:31 | 3 | Miki Biasion Humberto Fiori Michel Huisman | Iveco | 6:36:41 | 13:26 | |
4 | 1 | Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Anton Mirniy | Kamaz | 4:04:59 | 1 | Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens Radim Pustějovský | Tatra | 10:53:41 | ||
2 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 4:08:32 | 3:33 | 2 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 10:54:37 | 0:56 | |
3 | Hans Stacey Detlef Ruf Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 4:11:21 | 6:22 | 3 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 11:00:49 | 7:08 | |
5 | 1 | Hans Stacey Detlef Ruf Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 2:07:34 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 13:04:43 | ||
2 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 2:09:27 | 1:53 | 2 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 13:10:16 | 5:33 | |
3 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 2:10:06 | 2:32 | 3 | Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Anton Mirniy | Kamaz | 13:21:49 | 17:06 | |
6 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 4:19:02 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 17:23:45 | ||
2 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 4:19:36 | 0:34 | 2 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 17:42:25 | 18:40 | |
3 | Peter Versluis Harry Schuurmans Jurgen Damen | MAN | 4:19:37 | 0:35 | 3 | Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Anton Mirniy | Kamaz | 17:54:17 | 30:22 | |
7 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 2:02:21 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 19:26:06 | ||
2 | Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens Radim Pustějovský | Tatra | 2:03:30 | 1:09 | 2 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 19:48:14 | 22:08 | |
3 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 2:03:59 | 1:38 | 3 | Martin Kolomy René Kilian David Kilian | Tatra | 20:07:31 | 41:25 | |
8 | Stage cancelled due to flooding | |||||||||
9 | 1 | Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens Radim Pustějovský | Tatra | 3:18:32 | 1 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 23:10:20 | ||
2 | Peter Versluis Harry Schuurmans Jurgen Damen | MAN | 3:18:39 | 0:07 | 2 | Martin Kolomy René Kilian David Kilian | Tatra | 23:28:16 | 17:56 | |
3 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 3:20:08 | 1:36 | 3 | Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Anton Mirniy | Kamaz | 23:43:52 | 33:32 | |
10 | 1 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 4:44:08 | 1 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 27:59:31 | ||
2 | Peter van den Bosch Patrick Bouw Wouter Rosegaar | DAF | 4:47:47 | 3:39 | 2 | Martin Kolomy René Kilian David Kilian | Tatra | 28:31:54 | 32:23 | |
3 | Martin van den Brink Peter Willemsen Arjan Veenvliet | GINAF | 4:48:20 | 4:12 | 3 | Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Anton Mirniy | Kamaz | 28:33:41 | 34:10 | |
11 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 54:47 | 1 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 28:56:24 | ||
2 | Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens Radim Pustějovský | Tatra | 55:43 | 0:56 | 2 | Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Anton Mirniy | Kamaz | 29:31:35 | 35:11 | |
3 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 56:53 | 2:06 | 3 | Martin Kolomy René Kilian David Kilian | Tatra | 29:45:19 | 48:55 | |
12 | 1 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 4:09:44 | 1 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 33:12:35 | ||
2 | Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Anton Mirniy | Kamaz | 4:12:20 | 2:36 | 2 | Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Anton Mirniy | Kamaz | 33:43:55 | 31:20 | |
3 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 4:12:33 | 2:49 | 3 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 34:03:01 | 50:26 | |
13 | 1 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 4:06:30 | 1 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 37:33:07 | ||
2 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 4:09:18 | 2:48 | 2 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 38:09:31 | 36:24 | |
3 | Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens Radim Pustějovský | Tatra | 4:14:34 | 8:04 | 3 | Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Anton Mirniy | Kamaz | 38:13:34 | 40:27 | |
14 | 1 | Peter Versluis Harry Schuurmans Jurgen Damen | MAN | 2:02:40 | 1 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 39:41:43 | ||
2 | Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Darek Rodewald | Iveco | 2:04:44 | 2:04 | 2 | Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Anton Mirniy | Kamaz | 40:18:53 | 37:10 | |
3 | Miki Biasion Humberto Fiori Michel Huisman | Iveco | 2:04:57 | 2:17 | 3 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 40:19:40 | 37:57 |
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It was reported that, on the evening of 9 January, two people died as a result of a collision between a taxi and the support vehicle for the 'Race2Recovery' team, which is made up of ex-military servicemen from the UK. The team members travelling in the support vehicle were taken to hospital along with the four surviving passengers of the taxi. [23]
On 11 January, a competitor in the motorcycle category, Frenchman Thomas Bourgin, was killed in a road accident with a Chilean police car whilst travelling to the start of the day's stage. He was running 68th overall at the time of the incident. [24]
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