1998 Paris–Granada–Dakar Rally Explained

1998 Dakar Rally, also known as the 1998 Paris–Granada–Dakar Rally, was the 20th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally returned to a traditional Paris to Dakar route last used in 1993.^[1] A number of competitors were attacked by unknown attackers near the end of the ninth stage, at Taoudenni in Mali.^[2] Jean-Pierre Fontenay won the car class and Stéphane Peterhansel won his sixth and final motorcycle title before switching to the car category for subsequent events.^[1] The truck title was won by Karel Loprais in a Tatra 815.

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	1 January	Paris		10	F. Flick	B. Saby	Stage cancelled
2	2 January	Narbonne		35	N. Roma	B. Saby	C. Granjon
3	3 January	Granada	Almeria	38	G. Sala	B. Saby	G. Versino
4	4 January	Nador		247	S. Peterhansel	H. Masuoka	G. Versino
5	5 January	Er-Rachidia		344	F. Meoni	K. Shinozuka	G. Versino
6	6 January	Ouarzazate		354	S. Peterhansel	J-P. Fontenay	K. Loprais
7	7 January	/ Smara	Zouerat	494	S. Peterhansel	K. Shinozuka	G. Versino
8	8 January	Zouerat	El Mreiti	680	A. Haydon	J-P. Fontenay	G. Versino
9	9 January	El Mreiti	Taoudenni	478	F. Meoni	H. Masuoka	F. Kabirov
10	10 January	Taoudenni	Gao	Stage cancelled
	11 January	Gao	Rest day
11	12 January	Gao		411	C. Sotelo	J-P. Fontenay	F. Kabirov
12	13 January	Timbuktu		551	R. Sainct	K. Shinozuka	F. Kabirov
13	14 January	Néma	Tidjikja	745	A. Haydon	J-P. Fontenay	K. Loprais
14	15 January	Tidjikja	Atar	358	G. Jimmink	B. Saby	Y. Sugawara
15	16 January	Atar	Boutilimit	290	J. Deacon	J-P. Fontenay	Y. Sugawara
16	17 January	Boutilimit	Saint-Louis	166	G. Jimmink	K. Shinozuka	M. Koreny
17	18 January	Saint-Louis	Dakar	18	J. Arcarons	J. Kleinschmidt	Y. Sugawara

Stage results

Motorcycles

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	François Flick	Honda	9:33		1	François Flick	Honda	9:33
	2	Fabio Fasola	KTM	9:41	0:08	2	Fabio Fasola	KTM	9:41	0:08
	3	Jurgen Mayer	KTM	9:45	0:12	3	Jurgen Mayer	KTM	9:45	0:12
2	1	Nani Roma	KTM	30:21		1	Nani Roma	KTM	40:15
	2	Alain Perez	KTM	30:38	0:17	2	Giovanni Sala	KTM	40:36	0:21
	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	30:43	0:22	3	Fabio Fasola	KTM	41:02	0:47
3	1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	5:15		1	Nani Roma	KTM	45:33
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	5:18	0:03	2	Giovanni Sala	KTM	45:51	0:18
	3	Paulo Manuel Marques	KTM	5:21	0:06	3	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	46:36	1:03
4	1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	2:44:35		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	3:31:11
	2	Kari Tiainen	KTM	2:45:40	1:05	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	3:33:35	2:24
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	2:45:52	1:17	3	Kari Tiainen	KTM	3:34:03	2:52
5	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	3:56:25		1	Nani Roma	KTM	7:36:36
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	3:59:32	3:07	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	7:38:09	1:33
	3	Thierry Magnaldi	KTM	4:00:02	3:37	3	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	7:45:45	9:09
6	1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	3:46:38		1	Nani Roma	KTM	11:25:40
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	3:49:04	2:26	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	11:28:07	2:27
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	3:49:37	2:59	3	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	11:34:25	8:45
7	1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	4:35:38		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	16:10:03
	2	Carlos Sotelo	Cagiva	4:36:34	0:56	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	16:12:28	2:25
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:44:21	8:43	3	Nani Roma	KTM	16:18:51	8:48
8	1	Andy Haydon	KTM	8:19:03		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	24:38:06
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	8:20:04	1:01	2	Nani Roma	KTM	24:38:55	0:49
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	8:20:10	1:07	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	24:49:52	11:46
9	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	2:56:47		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	27:37:08
	2	Giovanni Sala	KTM	2:58:27	1:40	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	27:47:53	10:45
	3	Carlos Sotelo	Cagiva	2:58:55	2:08	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	27:50:58	13:50
10	Stage cancelled
11	1	Carlos Sotelo	Cagiva	3:50:38		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	31:27:59
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	3:50:51	0:13	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	31:48:05	20:06
	3	Andy Haydon	KTM	3:53:45	3:07	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	31:53:09	25:10
12	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	7:12:07		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	38:40:47
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	7:12:48	0:41	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	39:00:12	19:25
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	7:20:58	8:51	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	39:14:07	33:20
13	1	Andy Haydon	KTM	10:08:48		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	48:57:33
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	10:12:06	3:18	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	49:31:05	33:32
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	10:16:46	7:58	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	50:10:07	1:12:34
14	1	Gerard Jimmink	KTM	5:44:52		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	54:49:15
	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	5:50:43	5:51	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	55:21:48	32:33
	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	5:51:24	6:32	3	Andy Haydon	KTM	56:11:17	1:22:02
15	1	John Deacon	KTM	4:15:22		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	59:19:34
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	4:30:19	14:57	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	59:53:58	34:24
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:32:10	16:48	3	Andy Haydon	KTM	60:43:37	1:24:03
16	1	Alfie Cox	KTM	1:29:44		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	62:18:31
	2	Andy Haydon	KTM	1:31:50	2:06	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	62:50:58	32:27
	3	Gerard Jimmink	KTM	1:31:56	2:12	3	Andy Haydon	KTM	63:35:43	1:17:12
17	1	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	17:56		1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	62:39:37
	2	Gerard Jimmink	KTM	18:20	0:24	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	63:10:06	30:29
	3	Dirk von Zitzewitz	KTM	18:55	0:59	3	Andy Haydon	KTM	63:59:19	1:19:42

Cars

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	9:45		1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	9:45
	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	10:01	0:16	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	10:01	0:16
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	10:14	0:29	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	10:14	0:29
2	1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	29:01		1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	38:46
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	30:10	1:09	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	40:24	1:38
	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	30:52	1:51	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	40:53	2:07
3	1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	29:05		1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	1:07:51
	2	Philippe Wambergue Jean-Paul Cottret	Toyota	29:27	0:22	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	1:09:55	2:04
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	29:31	0:26	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	1:10:54	3:03
4	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	2:51:18		1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	4:00:05
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	2:51:24	0:06	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:01:19	1:14
	3	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	2:52:14	0:56	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	4:03:56	3:51
5	1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	3:32:47		1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	7:34:05
	2	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	3:34:00	1:13	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	7:36:43	2:38
	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Anne-Chantal Pauwels		3:34:08	1:21	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	7:38:28	4:23
6	1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:31:35		1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	11:08:47
	2	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	3:34:42	3:07	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	11:10:03	1:16
	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Anne-Chantal Pauwels	Schlesser	3:35:26	3:51	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	11:18:45	9:58
7	1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	4:07:02		1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	15:20:43
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:10:40	3:38	2	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	15:21:53	1:10
	3	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	4:13:06	6:04	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	15:25:47	5:04
8	1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	7:53:03		1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	23:13:46
	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Matthew Stevenson	Schlesser	8:03:52	10:49	2	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	23:28:13	14:27
	3	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	8:06:20	13:17	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Matthew Stevenson	Schlesser	24:24:02	1:10:16
9	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	6:06:09		1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	29:25:45
	2	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	6:08:14	2:05	2	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	29:36:27	10:42
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	6:11:59	5:50	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	31:06:54	1:41:09
10	Stage cancelled
11	1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	3:37:52		1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	33:04:54
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:39:09	1:17	2	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	33:14:19	9:25
	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Anne-Chantal Pauwels	Schlesser	3:49:45	11:53	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	35:03:20	1:58:26
12	1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	7:26:35		1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	40:34:15
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	7:29:21	2:46	2	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	40:47:11	12:56
	3	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	7:32:52	6:17	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	42:29:55	1:55:40
13	1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	10:01:30		1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	50:35:45
	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	10:05:34	4:04	2	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	51:21:57	46:12
	3	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	10:34:46	33:16	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	52:35:29	1:59:44
14	1	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	6:32:38		1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	57:11:53
	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	6:34:27	1:59	2	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	57:54:25	42:32
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	6:36:08	3:40	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	59:09:56	1:58:03
15	1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:33:39		1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	61:45:32
	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	4:35:55	2:16	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	63:45:51	2:00:19
	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Anne-Chantal Pauwels	Schlesser	4:40:50	7:11	3	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	63:54:59	2:09:27
16	1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	1:15:41		1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	64:59:48
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	1:17:28	1:47	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	66:41:31	1:41:43
	3	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	1:19:03	3:22	3	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	66:54:46	1:54:58
17	1	Jutta Kleinschmidt Matthew Stevenson	Schlesser	20:47		1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	65:25:58
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Anne-Chantal Pauwels	Schlesser	21:56	1:09	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	67:11:42	1:45:44
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	26:10	5:23	3	Bruno Saby Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	67:24:59	1:59:01

Trucks

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	Stage cancelled - all competitors awarded nominal time
2	1	Christophe Granjon Anthony Martineau Ahmed Benbekhti	Mitsubishi	39:40		1	Christophe Granjon Anthony Martineau Ahmed Benbekhti	Mitsubishi	1:22:08
	2	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	40:34	0:54	2	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	1:23:02	0:54
	3	Viktor Moskovskikh Semen Yakubov Guenadi Ivanov	Kamaz	40:43	1:03	3	Viktor Moskovskikh Semen Yakubov Guenadi Ivanov	Kamaz	1:23:11	1:03
3	1	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	28:02		1	Christophe Granjon Anthony Martineau Ahmed Benbekhti	Mitsubishi	1:58:18
	2	Viktor Moskovskikh Semen Yakubov Guenadi Ivanov	Kamaz	28:26	0:24	2	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	1:58:27	0:09
	3	Christophe Granjon Anthony Martineau Ahmed Benbekhti	Mitsubishi	28:40	0:38	3	Viktor Moskovskikh Semen Yakubov Guenadi Ivanov	Kamaz	1:59:20	1:02
4	1	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	3:37:58		1	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	5:36:25
	2	Christophe Granjon Anthony Martineau Ahmed Benbekhti	Mitsubishi	3:52:38	14:40	2	Christophe Granjon Anthony Martineau Ahmed Benbekhti	Mitsubishi	5:50:56	14:31
	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	3:57:25	19:27	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	6:01:27	24:42
5	1	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	4:25:31		1	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	10:01:56
	2	Vladimir Chagin Ayrat Mardeev Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:45:20	19:49	2	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	11:00:39	58:43
	3	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	4:47:51	22:20	3	Christophe Granjon Anthony Martineau Ahmed Benbekhti	Mitsubishi	11:05:24	1:03:28
6	1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	4:44:33		1	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	14:49:16
	2	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	4:47:20	2:47	2	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	15:51:18	1:02:02
	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	4:50:39	6:06	3	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	15:54:15	1:04:59
7	1	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	5:16:25		1	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	20:05:41
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	5:16:44	0:19	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	21:15:47	1:10:06
	3	Vladimir Chagin Ayrat Mardeev Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	5:17:51	1:26	3	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	21:48:39	1:42:58
8	1	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	11:02:48		1	Gilbert Versino Christian Versino Christophe Gustiniani	Mitsubishi	31:08:29
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	11:34:54	32:06	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	32:50:41	1:42:12
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	12:18:42	1:15:54	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	34:55:25	3:46:56
9	1	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	8:45:53		1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	41:41:36
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	8:50:55	5:02	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	44:44:01	3:02:25
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	9:48:36	1:02:43	3	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	46:29:08	4:47:32
10	Stage cancelled
11	1	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	4:47:57		1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	46:37:59
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	4:56:23	8:26	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	50:04:14	3:26:15
	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	5:14:48	26:51	3	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	51:17:05	4:39:06
12	1	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	9:32:18		1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	56:20:47
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	9:42:48	10:30	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	60:13:24	3:52:37
	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	9:51:46	19:28	3	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	60:49:23	4:28:36
13	1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	14:17:51		1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	70:38:38
	2	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	14:49:01	31:10	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	75:36:17	4:57:39
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	15:22:53	1:05:02	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	77:09:13	6:30:35
14	1	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	8:42:40		1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	79:22:11
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	8:43:33	0:53	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	84:18:57	4:56:46
	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	8:47:25	4:45	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	85:56:38	6:34:27
15	1	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	5:49:38		1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	85:12:04
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	5:49:53	0:15	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	90:08:35	4:56:31
	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	6:17:13	27:35	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	92:13:51	7:01:47
16	1	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	4:05:52		1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	89:19:40
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	4:07:36	1:44	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	94:24:29	5:04:49
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	4:15:54	10:02	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	96:19:43	7:00:03
17	1	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	33:20		1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	89:53:50
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra	34:10	0:50	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	94:57:49	5:03:59
	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	34:41	1:21	3	Milan Koreny Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	96:54:24	7:00:34

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	62:39:37
2	8	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	KTM Austria	+30:29
3	24	Andy Haydon	KTM		+1:19:42
4	25	Alfie Cox	KTM		+2:25:57
5	7	Gerard Jimmink	KTM	Jimmink Holland	+3:16:29
6	4	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	KTM Austria	+4:57:44
7	20	Dirk von Zitzewitz	KTM	KTM Austria	+5:32:35
8	31	John Deacon	KTM		+5:48:37
9	47		Jurgen Mayer	KTM	Shell Advance	+7:56:41
10	136	Stanislav Zloch	KTM	Slovnaft Sport Moto	+9:01:30

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	206	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	65:25:58
2	204	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+1:45:44
3	205	Bruno Saby	Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+1:59:01
4	209	Hiroshi Masuoka	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+5:55:27
5	202	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Anne-Chantal Pauwels	Schlesser	Schlesser Aventures	+8:10:39
6	223	Philippe Alliot	Jacky Dubois	Nissan	Team Dessoude	+11:39:43
7	215	Dominique Housieaux	Maurizio Dominella	Nissan	Team Dessoude	+13:20:24
8	211	Thierry Delavergne	Luis Arguelles	Nissan	Team Dessoude	+13:52:15
9	222	Miguel Prieto	Fernando Gil	Mitsubishi		+17:42:50
10	311	Bob Ten Harkel	Hennie den Toom	Mitsubishi		+23:28:05

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	407	Karel Loprais	Radomír Stachura Jan Cermak	Tatra 815	89:53:50
2	400	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Naoko Matsumoto Takashi Ushioda	Hino	+5:03:59
3	414	Milan Koreny	Jaroslav Lamač Martin Kahanek	Tatra	+7:00:34
4	403	Klaus Bauerle	Anek Schurhagl	Mercedes-Benz	+14:45:45
5	408	Jean-Paul Bosonnet	Serge Lacourt Jean-Louis Berger	Mercedes-Benz	+19:26:13
6	410	Raphael Gimbre		François Marcheix Ai Nhat Bui	Mercedes-Benz	+19:44:37
7	420	Christian Barbier	Daniel Moquet Pierre Barbier	Mitsubishi	+22:07:50
8	402	Marco Balboni	Guido Toni	Mercedes-Benz	+44:32:57

Notes and References

Web site: History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007 . Dakar . 2009-01-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708222829/http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf . 2011-07-08 .
News: Paris-Dakar motor rally attacked in Sahara. 11 January 1998. BBC News. 2009-02-28.