2016 Dakar Rally

2016 Dakar Rally
Part of the Dakar Rally
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2016 Dakar route
Host country Argentina and  Bolivia
Dates run2–16 January 2016
StartArgentina Buenos Aires
FinishArgentina Buenos Aires
Stages14
Stage surfaceGravel, dirt, sand
Overall distance9,237.00 km (5,739.61 mi)
Results
Bikes winnerAustralia Toby Price
Austria Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Quads winnerArgentina Marcos Patronelli
Japan Yamaha Racing
Cars winnerFrance Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
France Team Peugeot Total
Trucks winnerNetherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Italy Iveco
Crews354 at start, 215 at finish

The 2016 Dakar Rally was the 38th edition of the event and the eighth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 2, then ran through Argentina and Bolivia.[1]

Sébastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen made their debuts in rally-raid, driving for Peugeot and MINI respectively.[2][3]

The victory in cars category was contested in court by runner-up X-Raid Team.[4]

History

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ASO soon faced problems planning the 2016 rally. Chile refused to take the rally, the first time since Dakar is being held in South America, and then, with just 4 months to the start, Peru also refused to take the rally. Without Atacama Desert and Andes, the rally was mainly based in Argentina with many fast stages on closed narrow tracks WRC style, and a lack of stages in full open terrain with heavy navigation issues.

The biggest issue that the competitors faced was the weather phenomenon El Niño which shortened most of the stages due to heavy rain (in first week) and massive heat (in the second one). All these problems led to a big criticism and made Dakar director Étienne Lavigne announce a possible change of the rally to Southern Africa,[5] aiming to put pressure on South American countries. Later, he would announce that the rally would remain in South America, and was looking for new countries.[6]

The rally was won by 2015 rookie Toby Price, continuing the KTM dominance, with Honda still suffering from a lack of reliability. Patronelli brothers dominated in Quads (this time by Marcus), while Peugeot returned with a better car than the rivals, as the Peugeot 2008 DKR led from the first real stage until the end of the rally. The debutant Sébastien Loeb dominated the first week, but in the end, the victory went to Mr. Dakar Stephane Peterhansel. Gerard de Rooy won the Dakar again, putting an end to Kamaz dominance.[citation needed]

Honda was the biggest disappointment of the rally, showing it is still far from KTM. The difference between Mini and the new Peugeot was huge, and the best Toyotas ever, are still away from its competitors. After dominating the last Dakar last races, it was a surprise to see Kamaz so far from the lead.

Controversies

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Most of the following stages were modified due to rain or heat which caused the competitive sectors to be shortened. In addition to the discussion regarding the need for the cancellations, the most controversy was generated by the [apparent] double standards of the organization. In stage seven, the ASO decided to cancel the second timed sector, although 22 riders had already reached the finish line, with all bike and quad riders staying within the time of the first sector. In stage 9, there was another cancellation of the second timed sector when 12 bike riders had already finished. But this time ASO initially considered the time of the first sector, and then changed the stage classification, with the time at the end of the second sector for those 12 riders who finished and assigning the remaining riders a theoretical time of 34 minutes more than the first contestant. Then at the end of the next stage, the penalty to Paulo Gonçalves for repairing his bike in the previous stage was given and taken away. He was out of the race because his bike broke at the end of the first sector, but when the second sector was canceled, he was again in the race. Then more than 24 hours later, he received a penalty for repairing the bike after the second sector.[7]

This Dakar was also marked by several accidents involving assistance trucks, causing some deaths among the local population. The reason given by the crews was the lack of sleep since in most of the stages they had to drive for about 20 hours between bivouacs.[8]

The most controversial moment was reserved for the finish with X-Raid appealing to the French Sports Court, claiming Stephane Peterhansel had an illegal refuel in stage 8, leaving the victory decision to be taken in the court. In stage 8, Peterhansel took advantage of a neutralized section and started the race with less fuel, refueling in the neutralized section. X-Raid immediately contested the decision, since several drivers such as Nasser Al-Aiyah or even Sainz and Loeb had to reduce the pace in order to save some fuel, due to the extension of the stage, but ASO stewards acquitted Peterhansel.[4]

Entries

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Number of participants [9]
Stage Bikes Quads Cars Trucks Total
Start of Rally 136 45 111 55 347
Rest Day 112 36 90 51 289
End of Rally 84 (61%) 23 (51%) 67 (60%) 41 (75%) 215 (62%)

Stages

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Distance according to the official website.[10]

Stage Date Depart Arrive Bikes Quads Cars Trucks
Km SS Winner Winner Km SS Winner Km SS Winner
P 2 January Argentina Buenos Aires Argentina Rosario 346 11 Spain J. Barreda Chile I. Casale 346 11 Netherlands B. Ten Brinke 346 11 Stage neutralized
1 3 January Argentina Rosario Argentina Villa Carlos Paz 632 227 Stage cancelled due to bad weather 662 258 Stage cancelled 662 258 Stage cancelled
2 4 January Argentina Villa Carlos Paz Argentina Termas de Río Hondo 786 450
354
Australia T. Price Chile I. Casale 858 521
387
France S. Loeb 858 521
387
Netherlands P. Versluis[N 1]
3 5 January Argentina Termas de Río Hondo Argentina San Salvador de Jujuy 663 314
200
Argentina K. Benavides[N 2] South Africa B. Baragwanath 663 314
200
France S. Loeb 663 314
130
Czech Republic M. Kolomy
4M 6 January Argentina San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina San Salvador de Jujuy 629 429 Portugal P. Gonçalves[N 3] Peru A. Hernández[N 4] 629 429 France S. Peterhansel 619 418 Netherlands G. Rooy
5 7 January Argentina San Salvador de Jujuy Bolivia Uyuni 624 327 Australia T. Price Peru A. Hernández 624 327 France S. Loeb 624 327 Russia E. Nikolaev
6 8 January Bolivia Uyuni Bolivia Uyuni 723 542 Australia T. Price Argentina M. Patronelli 723 542 France S. Peterhansel 600 295 Netherlands H. Stacey
7 9 January Bolivia Uyuni Argentina Salta 793 353
230
France A. Méo Argentina L. Bonetto 793 353 Spain C. Sainz 793 353 Russia E. Nikolaev
10 January Argentina Salta Rest Day
8 11 January Argentina Salta Argentina Belén 766 393 Australia T. Price Argentina M. Patronelli 766 393 Qatar N. Al-Attiyah 766 393 Netherlands G. Rooy
9 12 January Argentina Belén Argentina Belén 436M 285M Australia T. Price Argentina P. Copetti 396 285 Spain C. Sainz 396 285 Netherlands G. Rooy
10 13 January Argentina Belén Argentina La Rioja 561 278 Slovakia Š. Svitko South Africa B. Baragwanath 763 278 France S. Peterhansel 763 431 Netherlands P. Baar
11 14 January Argentina La Rioja Argentina San Juan 712 431 France A. Méo Argentina A. Patronelli 712 431 Qatar N. Al-Attiyah 712 431 Russia E. Nikolaev
12 15 January Argentina San Juan Argentina Villa Carlos Paz 931 481 Portugal H. Rodrigues Argentina M. Patronelli 866 481 Finland M. Hirvonen 866 267 Netherlands P. Versluis
13 16 January Argentina Villa Carlos Paz Argentina Rosario 699 180 Chile P. Quintanilla South Africa B. Baragwanath 699 180 France S. Loeb 699 180 Netherlands H. Stacey

Notes:

  • M: Marathon Stage (without assistance park).
  • Prologue neutralized after car accident, preventing trucks to run.
  • Stage 1 cancelled due to bad weather.
  • Stage 2 shortened due to bad weather.
  • Stage 3 shortened due to bad weather. The trucks stage was then neutralized after second waypoint due to track abatement.
  • Stage 7 shortened for bikes and quads due to bad weather (second timed sector cancelled).
  • Stage 9 and 11 shortened due to massive heat.
  • Stage 10 shortened due to high water river.
  1. ^ Hans Stacey set the fastest time for the stage before being awarded a 2-minute penalty.
  2. ^ Joan Barreda set the fastest time for the stage before being awarded 1-minute penalty for speeding.
  3. ^ Joan Barreda set the fastest time for the stage before being awarded a 5-minute penalty for speeding again.[11]
  4. ^ Marcus Patronelli initially won the stage but after the organization annulled the last timed sector[12]

Summary

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[13]
The race started with an 11 km prologue in Buenos Aires, marked by an accident when a car driver went through the spectators injuring 10 people, with the organization neutralizing the race for the remaining competitors. The first "real" stage was cancelled due to bad weather.[14] Due to the same reason, the second and third stages were shortened about 100 km.[15] The third stage for trucks was shortened a second time after a part of the track collapsed due to the heavy rain. The fourth and fifth stages were the two legs of 2016 Dakar first Marathon stage, with the innovation this year of vehicles entering a closed park at the end of the first leg, with the competitors being unable to do repair and maintenance work, even without assistance. Stage 7 was one of the most dramatic. First, the return to Argentina and El Niño, cancelling the second time sector for Bikes and Quads. Then of Matthias Walkner's serious accident and the crash of Lionel Baud's Mitsubishi, killing one spectator in Bolivia. The extreme heat led to stages 9 and 11 being shortened while the last 33 km of stage 10 was cancelled due to rain-flooded rivers.

Bikes

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This was the first race without Cyril Despres and Marc Coma who had dominated the 10 previous editions. It was expected a full open race with a large group of candidates to the victory across KTM and Honda but soon Husqvarna (competing with KTM bikes) reinforced by the candidate Ruben Faria joined for the victory while Yamaha (which lost some of its most valued competitors but assisted of the return of Hélder Rodrigues) played a secondary role. Sherco was also expecting for a surprise mainly from Alain Duclos

Joan Barreda started the rally with a strong pace, as usual, and won the prologue, setting the fastest time in the 3rd and 4th stages, but was given two penalties for speeding in the connections. This led to the victory of the Argentinian rookie Kevin Benavides and the leadership of the privateer Štefan Svitko in the 3rd stage. In stage 4 a double for Portugal with Paulo Gonçalves winning the stage ahead of Ruben Faria, and securing the lead. Victories on stages 5 and 6 for KTM Toby Price but Gonçalves was still in the lead. On stage 6, an accident led to the retirement of Ruben Faria with a broken wrist when he was 7th overall, and Joan Barreda lost all the chances of winning the 2016 Dakar when mechanical problems caused a finish five hours behind Price.

In stage 7, the retirement of two victory candidates: Joan Barreda, who refused to continue after the heavy loss of time the day before, despite the bike being in good condition and Matthias Walkner, who had an accident which led to his retirement with a broken femur. Gonçalves was the first rider to arrive and stayed until the medical rescue arrived. Later the organization took out the 10,53 minutes he stayed with his rival. Antoine Méo won the stage and Gonçalves increased the lead over Toby Price. Svitko was third before the rest day.

In stage 8, another victory for Price, while Gonçalves, who suffered a spectacular accident but still took his Honda to finish second in the stage. In the next stage more problems for Gonçalves with a puncture in the heat exchanger in the second sector. He managed to pull through the bivouac, losing 30 minutes and falling to third place overall. Since it was a marathon stage (but without closed-park as stage 4), Gonçalves repaired the bike with the help of Honda teammates and the Portuguese Mário Patrão, without replacing the motor and avoiding the respective penalty. However, the organization still applied an almost 40-minute penalty at the end of stage 10, ending Gonçalves victory aspirations.

In stage 10 Price managed his huge lead and the private driver Štefan Svitko took the victory. In the following stage another dramatic day for Gonçalves. Being informed of the penalty due to stage 9, Gonçalves attack from the beginning of the stage, but soon he crashed, crashing again at km 118, and suffering a head trauma leading to his retirement. Svitko and Benavides lost time to Antoine Méo and Price.

In stage 12 the first win for a bike that was not KTM or Honda - the Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha, while stage 13 was the time of Pablo Quintanilla's Husqvarna.

Quads

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2016 was the return of the Patronelli brothers, who have dominated the South American Dakar between 2010 and 2013. But it was the 2014 champion Ignacio Casale who dominated the start of the race sweeping the first stages. The rookie Brian Baragwanath was the hero of stage 3, winning after being second on stage 2. In stage 4, what could have been the first win for Marcus Patronelli was later a win for Italian, Juan Carlos Carignani, after the organisation cancelled the last timed section. The marathon's second stage leg promoted a revolution on quads ranking, with some crashes and mechanical problems leading to many withdrawals such as Marcelo Medeiros (third overall) Rafal Sonik (defending champion) and Qatari Abu-Issa. The 2014 winner, Ignacio Casale lost a huge amount of time to Alexis Hernandez, the winner of the day. The surprising Russian rider, Sergey Karyakin took the lead. In stage 6, finally, the return of Patronelli brothers, with Marcos winning ahead of Alejandro, who climbed to the top of the general classification, on the day of Casale's retirement due to a broken clavicle after a crash. In stage 7, the victory went for Lucas Bonetto, with no significant changes overall.

In the second week of the race, the Patronelli brothers finished almost all stages in the top-3 increasing their lead.

Cars

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The Mini army faced the South African Toyotas and the return of Peugeot with a fully renovated 2008 DKR after the 2015 in race tests. In 2016, the Peugeot 2008 DKR dominated the race with 9 stage wins out of 12 run stages, leading from the first real stage till the end. The prologue was just a warm-up with the competitors finishing with little differences, but in the WRC style stages 2 and 3, the debutant Sébastien Loeb showed his class, in a 1-2 finish for Peugeot, despite the track being more favorable to the 4WD vehicles. In the high mountain stage 4, a 1-2-3 for Peugeot (first win for Stéphane Peterhansel with a Peugeot, its 33rd win in cars, 66th overall and 50th stage win for Peugeot) who secure also the fifth place, with just the Nasser Al-Attiyah's Mini in the middle, demonstrating the profit of 2008 DKR improvements. Fifth stage, one more win for Sébastien Loeb (his third) and one more 1-2-3 for Peugeot. In the sixth stage, another double for Peugeot with Peterhansel finishing ahead of Carlos Sainz. Loeb had to change two flat tires and lost the leadership to Peterhansel. Stage 7 and 7 wins for Peugeot, this time for Carlos Sainz. Peterhanse was 4th and lost the lead for Loeb (second on the stage). Al-Attiyah was the best non-Peugeot (third in the stage, fourth overall behind the French army). The prologue winner saw his Toyota burning to the ground and went home earlier.

After the rest day the problems started for Loeb, sticking first in the sand and then capsizing his cars in a dry river. He managed to drive to the end, but losing 1h30min. It was the first Mini victory, for Al-Attiyah, third overall, behind Peterhansel and Sainz. In stage 9 Loeb got stuck again while Peterhansel suffered a puncture. Al-Attiyah was only fifth, while Sainz won the ahead of Erick Van Loon and Hirvonen, both on Mini, and took the race lead. In stage 10 both Van Loon and Al-Attiyah capsized their Mini's while Sainz had to retire with gearbox problems. Peterhansel took the lead again, with one hour over Al-Attiyah (second) with the most difficult stages completed. in the following stage Peterhansel managed his lead, while Loeb suffered again with mechanical problems, being towed by Després, but still finishing second on the stage. Nasser Al-Attiyah had transmission problems, finishing the stage with only two driving wheels, but winning anyway. at the end of the stage, the electric car Aciona, had to retire after 11 stages, stopping at each 200 km to charge its 14.000 batteries. In stage 12 the first win for Hirvonen ahead Nasser, in the first day without a Peugeot on top-3. Loeb finish the rally as he started it: winning stage 13.

Thus, Loeb won 4 stages, Petehansel 3, Sainz 2, Al-Attiyah 2 and Hirvonen 1.

Trucks

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After the dominance of Kamaz in the previous editions, it was a great surprise to see the Russian monsters in the middle of the rankings in the first stages. The race for the Dakar heavy-weights, didn't start before stage 2 (due to a car accident in Prologue which stopped the remaining competitors to race, and the cancelation of stage 1 due to bad weather). MAN dominated the first stages, with Hans Stacey setting the fastest time in stage 3, but received a 2-minutes penalty. He and his teammate Peter Versluis alternated in the leadership in the first stages. Victories for the Martin Kolomý's Tatra in stage 3 and de Rooy's Iveco in stage 4 showed the competitiveness of 2016 Dakar. Former rally driver Federico Villagra with an amazing regularity was the best Iveco (and non MAN), in third position. In stage 5, the retirement of Ales Loprais and the return of Kamaz to the victories, with Eduard Nikolaev. Villagra took the leadership, but lost some time in stage 6, and Hans Stacey took the victory and the race leadership. On stage 7 another victory for Nikolaev and his Kamaz. Stacey lost some time and fell into fifth position, while Versluis climb to first, followed by De Rooy and the two Kamaz. Villagra also had problem in the stage and fell to sixth.

De Rooy won stage 8 while Versluis, Stacey and Villagra lost much time. On stage 9 another victory for De Rooy and more problems for Versluis (only 12 on the stage). Like Peterhansel, De Rooy was very close to final victory, leading all his rivals, finishing behind the surprise Pascal de Baar Rennault's. De Rooy was one hour ahead everybody on overall.

In stage 11 De Rooy managed his lead and the stage win went for Nikolaev Kamaz. Versluis won stage 12 but he was far away from overall top-3.

Stage results

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Bikes

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Gap Pos Competitor Make Time Gap
Pro 1 Spain Joan Barreda Honda 00:06:27 1 Spain Joan Barreda Honda 00:06:27
2 Portugal Ruben Faria Husqvarna 00:06:27 00:00 2 Portugal Ruben Faria Husqvarna 00:06:27 00:00:00
3 Portugal Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 00:06:30 00:03 3 Portugal Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 00:06:30 00:00:03
1 Stage cancelled due to bad weather
2 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 03:46:24 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 03:53:09
2 Portugal Ruben Faria Husqvarna 03:47:44 01:20 2 Portugal Ruben Faria Husqvarna 03:54:11 00:01:02
3 France Alain Duclos Sherco 03:48:15 01:51 3 France Alain Duclos Sherco 03:55:02 00:01:53
3 1 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda 02:31:03 1 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 06:27:04
2 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 02:31:29 00:26 2 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda 06:27:38 00:00:34
3 France Antoine Méo KTM 02:31:30 00:27 3 Spain Joan Barreda Honda 06:27:50 00:00:46
4 1 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 04:07:19 1 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 10:35:17
2 Portugal Ruben Faria Husqvarna 04:09:54 02:35 2 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda 10:37:34 00:02:17
3 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda 04:09:56 02:37 3 Spain Joan Barreda Honda 10:38:20 00:03:03
5 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 04:03:44 1 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 14:30:07
2 France Antoine Méo KTM 04:06:05 02:21 2 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 14:31:52 00:01:45
3 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 04:06:17 02:33 3 Australia Toby Price KTM 14:31:54 00:01:47
6 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 05:51:48 1 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 20:23:07
2 Austria Matthias Walkner KTM 05:52:53 01:05 2 Australia Toby Price KTM 20:23:42 00:00:35
3 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 05:53:00 01:12 3 Austria Matthias Walkner KTM 20:25:57 00:02:50
7 1 France Antoine Méo KTM 02:27:27 1 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 22:52:30
2 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda 02:29:20 01:53 2 Australia Toby Price KTM 22:55:42 00:03:12
3 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 02:29:23 01:56 3 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 23:01:54 00:09:24
Rest day
8 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 04:33:14 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 27:28:56
2 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 04:38:31 05:17 2 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 27:31:01 00:02:05
3 Chile Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 04:39:46 06:32 3 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 27:43:10 00:14:14
9 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 03:26:58 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 30:55:54
2 United States Ricky Brabec Honda 03:39:27 12:29 2 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 31:24:53 00:28:59
3 France Antoine Méo KTM 03:40:22 13:24 3 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda 31:29:55 00:34:01
10 1 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 03:47:23 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 34:49:04
2 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda 03:50:17 02:54 2 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 35:12:16 00:23:12
3 Australia Toby Price KTM 03:53:10 05:47 3 Chile Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 35:31:53 00:42:49
11 1 France Antoine Méo KTM 05:19:08 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 40:08:30
2 Australia Toby Price KTM 05:19:26 00:18 2 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 40:43:53 00:35:23
3 Chile Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 05:21:56 02:48 3 France Antoine Méo KTM 40:52:16 00:43:46
12 1 Portugal Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 06:00:24 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 46:13:26
2 Australia Toby Price KTM 06:04:56 04:32 2 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 46:51:05 00:37:39
3 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda 06:05:19 04:55 3 Chile Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 47:06:36 00:53:10
13 1 Chile Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 01:51:27 1 Australia Toby Price KTM 48:09:15
2 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda 01:53:08 01:41 2 Slovakia Štefan Svitko KTM 48:48:56 00:39:41
3 Portugal Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 01:54:04 02:37 3 Chile Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 48:58:03 00:48:48

Quads

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Gap Pos Competitor Make Time Gap
Pro 1 Chile Ignacio Casale Yamaha 0:07:14 1 Chile Ignacio Casale Yamaha 00:07:14
2 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 00:07:19 00:05 2 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 00:07:19 00:00:05
3 Argentina Pablo Copetti Yamaha 00:07:21 00:07 3 Argentina Pablo Copetti Yamaha 00:07:21 00:00:07
1 Stage cancelled due to bad weather
2 1 Chile Ignacio Casale Yamaha 04:10:47 1 Chile Ignacio Casale Yamaha 04:18:01
2 South Africa Brian Baragwanath Yamaha 04:14:36 03:49 2 South Africa Brian Baragwanath Yamaha 04:22:01 00:04:00
3 Brazil Marcelo Medeiros Yamaha 04:14:58 04:11 3 Brazil Marcelo Medeiros Yamaha 04:22:24 00:04:23
3 1 South Africa Brian Baragwanath Yamaha 02:42:35 1 Chile Ignacio Casale Yamaha 07:01:40
2 Chile Ignacio Casale Yamaha 02:43:39 01:04 2 South Africa Brian Baragwanath Yamaha 07:04:36 00:02:56
3 Argentina Lucas Bonetto Honda 02:47:12 04:37 3 Brazil Marcelo Medeiros Yamaha 07:09:38 00:07:58
4 1 Peru Alexis Hernandez Yamaha 04:53:23 1 Chile Ignacio Casale Yamaha 11:55:41
2 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 04:53:27 00:04 2 Brazil Marcelo Medeiros Yamaha 12:06:58 00:11:17
3 Chile Ignacio Casale Yamaha 04:54:01 00:38 3 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 12:09:49 00:14:08
5 1 Peru Alexis Hernandez Yamaha 04:49:24 1 Peru Alexis Hernandez Yamaha 17:00:21
2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 04:51:20 01:56 2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 17:01:09 00:05:43
3 Russia Sergey Karyakin Yamaha 04:52:14 02:50 3 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 17:10:36 00:10:15
6 1 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 06:53:39 1 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 24:01:27
2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 07:00:18 06:39 2 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 24:04:15 00:02:48
3 Russia Sergey Karyakin Yamaha 07:12:40 19:01 3 Peru Alexis Hernandez Yamaha 24:23:28 00:22:01
7 1 Argentina Lucas Bonetto Honda 02:58:30 1 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 27:02:31
2 Russia Sergey Karyakin Yamaha 02:58:56 00:26 2 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 27:06:07 00:03:36
3 Argentina Pablo Copetti Honda 02:58:59 00:29 3 Argentina Jeremias González Yamaha 27:28:34 00:26:03
Rest day
8 1 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 05:41:18 1 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 32:47:25
2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 05:47:00 05:42 2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 32:49:31 00:02:06
3 Peru Alexis Hernandez Yamaha 05:50:35 09:17 3 Peru Alexis Hernandez Yamaha 33:20:15 00:32:50
9 1 Argentina Pablo Copetti Yamaha 05:39:41 1 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 38:29:22
2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 05:40:35 00:54 2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 38:30:06 00:00:44
3 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 05:41:57 02:16 3 Peru Alexis Hernandez Yamaha 39:13:34 00:44:12
10 1 South Africa Brian Baragwanath Yamaha 04:53:30 1 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 43:14:19
2 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 04:53:59 00:29 2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 43:15:53 00:01:34
3 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 04:54:47 01:17 3 Argentina Jeremías González Yamaha 44:49:02 01:34:43
11 1 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 06:20:15 1 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 49:36:00
2 South Africa Brian Baragwanath Yamaha 06:21:21 01:06 2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 49:36:08 00:08
3 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 06:21:41 01:26 3 South Africa Brian Baragwanath Yamaha 51:17:15 01:41:15
12 1 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 06:48:46 1 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 56:24:46
2 Bolivia Walter Nosiglia Honda 06:48:55 00:09 2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 56:29:09 04:23
3 Russia Sergey Karyakin Yamaha 06:49:35 00:49 3 Russia Sergey Karyakin Yamaha 58:16:53 01:52:07
13 1 South Africa Brian Baragwanath Yamaha 02:07:18 1 Argentina Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 58:47:41
2 Argentina Giuliano Giordana Yamaha 02:15:02 07:44 2 Argentina Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 58:53:04 05:23
3 Russia Sergey Karyakin Yamaha 02:15:13 07:55 3 South Africa Brian Baragwanath Yamaha 60:29:34 01:41:53

Cars

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Gap Pos Competitor Make Time Gap
Pro 1 Netherlands Bernhard Ten Brinke
Belgium Tom Colsoul
Toyota 00:06:08 1 Netherlands Bernhard Ten Brinke
Belgium Tom Colsoul
Toyota 00:06:08
2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 00:06:11 00:03 2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 00:06:11 00:00:03
3 Spain Xavier Pons
Argentina Ricardo Torlaschi
Ford 00:06:12 00:04 3 Spain Xavier Pons
Argentina Ricardo Torlaschi
Ford 00:06:12 00:00:04
1 Stage cancelled due to bad weather
2 1 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 03:45:46 1 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 03:52:03
2 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 03:48:09 02:23 2 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 03:54:26 00:02:23
3 South Africa Giniel de Villiers
Germany Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 03:48:47 03:01 3 South Africa Giniel de Villiers
Germany Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 03:55:04 00:03:01
3 1 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 02:09:39 1 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 06:01:42
2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 02:11:02 01:23 2 South Africa Giniel de Villiers
Germany Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 06:06:45 00:05:03
3 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 02:11:04 01:25 3 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 06:06:57 00:05:15
4 1 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 03:42:42 1 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 09:44:51
2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 03:42:53 00:11 2 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 09:49:39 00:04:48
3 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 03:43:09 00:27 3 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 09:56:00 00:11:09
5 1 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 03:32:34 1 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 13:17:25
2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 03:32:56 00:22 2 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 13:25:13 00:07:48
3 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 03:35:34 03:00 3 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 13:30:51 00:13:26
6 1 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 05:01:07 1 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 18:26:20
2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 05:01:24 00:17 2 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 18:26:47 00:00:27
3 Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Germany Timo Gottschalk
Toyota 05:08:26 07:19 3 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 18:32:15 00:05:55
7 1 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 03:19:03 1 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 21:46:28
2 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 03:19:41 00:38 2 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 21:48:50 00:02:22
3 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 03:22:25 03:22 3 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 21:51:18 00:04:50
Rest day
8 1 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 04:12:23 1 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 26:01:44
2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 04:12:35 00:12 2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 26:03:53 00:02:09
3 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 04:12:54 00:31 3 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 26:16:27 00:14:43
9 1 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 02:35:31 1 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Peugeot 28:39:24
2 Netherlands Erik Van Loon
Netherlands Wouter Rosegaar
Mini 02:35:41 00:10 2 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 28:46:27 00:07:03
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen
France Michel Périn
Mini 02:35:48 00:17 3 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 28:54:02 00:14:38
10 1 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 03:58:32 1 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 32:44:59
2 France Cyril Despres
France David Castera
Peugeot 04:04:12 05:40 2 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 33:44:59 01:00:00
3 Russia Vladimir Vasilyev
Russia Konstantin Zhiltsov
Toyota 04:11:28 12:56 3 South Africa Giniel de Villiers
Germany Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 33:57:30 01:12:31
11 1 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 04:49:16 1 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 37:42:20
2 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 04:55:08 05:52 2 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 38:34:15 00:51:55
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen
France Michel Périn
Mini 04:56:17 07:01 3 South Africa Giniel de Villiers
Germany Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 38:59:44 01:17:24
12 1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen
France Michel Périn
Mini 05:34:17 1 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 43:27:42
2 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 05:34:26 00:09 2 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 44:08:41 00:40:59
3 South Africa Leeroy Poulter
South Africa Robert Howie
Toyota 05:35:02 00:45 3 South Africa Giniel de Villiers
Germany Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 44:34:58 01:07:16
13 1 France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
Peugeot 01:46:51 1 France Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Peugeot 45:22:10
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen
France Michel Périn
Mini 01:48:04 01:13 2 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 45:57:08 00:34:58
3 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Matthieu Baumel
Mini 01:48:27 01:36 3 South Africa Giniel de Villiers
Germany Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 46:24:57 01:02:47

Trucks

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Gap Pos Competitor Make Time Gap
Pro Prologue neutralized due to car accident
1 Stage cancelled due to bad weather
2 1 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 04:19:06 1 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 04:19:06
2 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 04:20:18 01:12 2 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 04:20:18 00:01:12
3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 04:21:02 01:56 3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 04:21:02 00:01:56
3 1 Czech Republic Martin Kolomý
Czech Republic David Kilian
Czech Republic Rene Kilian
Tatra 01:42:40 1 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 06:03:15
2 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 01:42:57 00:17 2 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 06:03:41 00:00:26
3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 01:43:34 00:54 3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 06:04:36 00:01:21
4 1 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 03:58:16 1 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 10:02:34
2 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 03:58:53 00:37 2 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 10:02:49 00:00:15
3 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 03:59:34 01:18 3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 10:04:38 00:02:04
5 1 Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Evgeny Yakovlev
Russia Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz 04:00:03 1 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 14:09:13
2 Czech Republic Martin Kolomý
Czech Republic David Kilian
Czech Republic Rene Kilian
Tatra 04:02:35 02:32 2 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 14:09:18 00:00:05
3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 04:04:35 04:32 3 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 14:09:34 00:00:21
6 1 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 02:55:35 1 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 17:05:09
2 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 02:55:42 00:07 2 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 17:06:08 00:00:59
3 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 02:56:50 01:15 3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 17:09:14 00:04:05
7 1 Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Evgeny Yakovlev
Russia Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz 03:54:31 1 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 21:01:56
2 Russia Ayrat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Dmitriy Svistunov
Kamaz 03:55:29 00:58 2 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 21:07:27 00:05:31
3 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 03:55:48 01:17 3 Russia Ayrat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Dmitriy Svistunov
Kamaz 21:12:44 00:10:48
Rest day
8 1 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 04:04:45 1 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 25:49:26
2 Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Evgeny Yakovlev
Russia Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz 04:44:34 02:35 2 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 25:55:55 00:06:29
3 Russia Andrey Karginov
Russia Andrey Mokeev
Russia Igor Leonov
Kamaz 04:47:22 05:23 3 Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Evgeny Yakovlev
Russia Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz 25:57:24 00:07:58
9 1 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 02:41:20 1 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 28:30:46
2 Netherlands Ton Van Genugten
Netherlands Anton Van Limpt
Netherlands Peter Van Eerd
Iveco 02:45:19 03:59 2 Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Evgeny Yakovlev
Russia Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz 28:57:58 27:12
3 Russia Andrey Karginov
Russia Andrey Mokeev
Russia Igor Leonov
Kamaz 02:57:24 16:04 3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 29:12:10 41:24
10 1 Netherlands Pascal de Baar
Netherlands Martin Roesink
Netherlands Wouter de Graaff
Renault Trucks 04:51:41 1 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 33:25:03
2 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 04:54:17 02:36 2 Russia Ayrat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Dmitriy Svistunov
Kamaz 34:40:22 01:15:19
3 Russia Ayrat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Dmitriy Svistunov
Kamaz 05:17:47 26:06 3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 34:57:50 01:32:47
11 1 Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Evgeny Yakovlev
Russia Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz 05:31:37 1 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 39:10:29
2 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 05:36:39 05:02 2 Russia Ayrat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Dmitriy Svistunov
Kamaz 40:19:50 01:09:21
3 Netherlands Ton Van Genugten
Netherlands Anton Van Limpt
Netherlands Peter Van Eerd
Iveco 05:37:13 05:36 3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 40:56:14 01:45:45
12 1 Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Marcel Pronk
Germany Artur Klein
MAN 03:14:06 1 Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Spain Moi Torrallardona
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco 42:29:59
2 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 03:17:20 03:14 2 Russia Ayrat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Dmitriy Svistunov
Kamaz 43:43:09 01:13:10
3 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 03:17:24 03:18 3 Argentina Federico Villagra
Argentina Jorge Perez Companc
Argentina Andres Memi
Iveco 44:13:34 01:43:35
13 1 Netherlands Hans Stacey
Belgium Serge Bruynkens
Belgium Jan van der Baet
MAN 02:06:08 1