2000 Paris–Dakar–Cairo Rally Explained

2000 Dakar Rally
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Category1:	Cars
Category2:	Bikes
Category3:	Trucks

The 2000 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2000 Dakar–Cairo Rally, was the 22nd running of the Dakar Rally event. The event began on 6 January 2000 in Senegal and ended on 23 January in Cairo.^[1] It had been re-routed to avoid Mauritania following an armed robbery of competitors in the 1999 rally. Four stages of the rally scheduled to be held in Niger were cancelled following a reported terrorist threat.^[2] Competitors were airlifted from Niamey airport to Libya where the rally was restarted five days later at Sabha.^[3] The rally was won by French driver Jean-Louis Schlesser and his co-driver Henri Magne in a Schlesser-Renault buggy.,^[4] with the motorcycle title going to BMW's Richard Sainct and the truck title to Kamaz's Vladimir Chagin.^[5]

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	6 January	Dakar		594	R. Sainct	C. Sousa	A. de Azevedo
2	7 January	Tambacounda		359	J. Arcarons	S. Peterhansel	V. Chagin
3	8 January	Kayes		711	N. Roma	K. Shinozuka	V. Chagin
4	9 January	Bamako	Bobo-Dioulasso	608	N. Roma	J. Kleinschmidt	V. Chagin
5	10 January	Bobo-Dioulasso		762	H. Kinigadner	J-L. Schlesser	A. de Azevedo
6	11 January	Ouagadougou		733	R. Sainct	C. Sousa	F. Kabirov
	12 January	Niamey	Sabha	Rally suspended
	13 January
	14 January
	15 January
	16 January
7	17 January	Sabha	Waw El-Kebir	469	H. Kinigadner	J-P. Fontenay	F. Kabirov
8	18 January	Waw El-Kebir	Waha	661	A. Cox	J-L. Schlesser	F. Kabirov
9	19 January	Waha		647	J. Lewis	S. Peterhansel	K. Loprais
10	20 January	Khofra		852	O. Gallardo J. Lewis	J. M. Servia	V. Chagin
11	21 January	Dakhla	606	I. Esteve	J-P. Fontenay	K. Loprais
12	22 January	Dakhla	Wadi Elrayan	722	N. Roma	H. Masuoka	K. Loprais
13	23 January	Wadi Elrayan	Cairo	139	N. Roma	J. M. Servia	F. Kabirov

Motorcycles principal entry

KTM

2 Heinz Kinigadner

3 Kari Tiainen

4 Fabrizio Meoni

6 Alfie Cox

7 Joan Roma

9 Giovanni Sala

12 Jordi Arcarons

16 Carlo de Gavardo

18 Isidre Esteve Pujol

BMW

1 Richard Sainct

5 Oscar Gallardo

8 Jimmy Lewis

10 John Deacon

19 Jean Brucy

Honda

23 Le Blanc

77 Ikemachi Yoshio

Cars principal entry

Schlesser-Renault

250 Jean Louis Schelesser

253 Jose Maria Servia

Mitsubishi

251 Jean Pierre Fontenay

254 Kenjiro Shinozuka

256 Jutta Kleinschmidt

260 Carlos Souza

271 Hiroshi Masuoka

Ford

252 Bruno Saby

Nissan

255 Thierry Delavergne

259 Philippe Wambergue

269 Gregoire de Mevius

Trucks principal entry

Kamaz

409 Vladimir Tchaguine

416 Firdaus Kabirov

Tatra

407 Karel Loprais

408 André de Azevedo

414 Bedrich Slenovsky

400 Yoshimasa Sugawara

415 Peter Reif

Stage Results

Motorcycles

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Richard Sainct	BMW	3:22:46		1	Richard Sainct	BMW	3:22:46
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	3:23:26	0:40	2	Nani Roma	KTM	3:23:26	0:40
	3	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	3:24:55	2:09	3	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	3:24:55	2:09
2	1	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	2:04:18		1	Nani Roma	KTM	5:28:11
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	2:04:45	0:27	2	Richard Sainct	BMW	5:28:52	0:41
	3	Richard Sainct	BMW	2:06:06	1:48	3	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	5:29:11	1:00
3	1	Nani Roma	KTM	2:27:28		1	Nani Roma	KTM	7:55:39
	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	2:36:32	9:02	2	Richard Sainct	BMW	8:07:54	12:15
	3	Heinz Kinigadner	KTM	2:36:48	9:20	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	8:14:56	19:17
4	1	Nani Roma	KTM	2:27:39		1	Nani Roma	KTM	10:23:18
	2	Heinz Kinigadner	KTM	2:32:20	4:41	2	Richard Sainct	BMW	10:46:09	22:51
	3	Richard Sainct	BMW	2:38:15	10:36	3	Heinz Kinigadner	KTM	10:52:26	29:08
5	1	Heinz Kinigadner	KTM	4:13:52		1	Nani Roma	KTM	14:27:23
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	4:14:05	0:13	2	Richard Sainct	BMW	15:00:45	23:22
	3	Richard Sainct	BMW	4:14:36	0:44	3	Heinz Kinigadner	KTM	15:06:18	28:55
6	1	Richard Sainct	BMW	6:14:20		1	Nani Roma	KTM	20:52:43
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	6:15:20	1:00	2	Richard Sainct	BMW	21:15:05	22:22
	3	Paulo Manuel Marques	KTM	6:20:30	6:10	3	Heinz Kinigadner	KTM	21:36:14	43:31
7	1	Heinz Kinigadner	KTM	57:23		1	Nani Roma	KTM	21:52:40
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	59:57	2:34	2	Richard Sainct	BMW	22:15:41	23:01
	3	Richard Sainct	BMW	1:00:36	3:13	3	Heinz Kinigadner	KTM	22:33:37	40:57
8	1	Alfie Cox	KTM	5:54:15		1	Nani Roma	KTM	27:50:56
	2	Jurgen Mayer	KTM	5:55:23	1:08	2	Richard Sainct	BMW	28:12:56	22:00
	3	Jimmy Lewis	BMW	5:56:14	1:59	3	Oscar Gallardo	BMW	28:58:17	1:07:21
9	1	Jimmy Lewis	BMW	5:02:05		1	Nani Roma	KTM	32:53:54
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	5:02:07	0:02	2	Richard Sainct	BMW	33:15:53	21:59
	3	Oscar Gallardo	BMW	5:02:13	0:08	3	Oscar Gallardo	BMW	34:00:30	1:06:36
10	1	Oscar Gallardo	BMW	7:09:24		1	Richard Sainct	BMW	40:25:25
	1	Jimmy Lewis	BMW	7:09:24		2	Oscar Gallardo	BMW	41:09:54	44:29
	3	Richard Sainct	BMW	7:09:32	0:08	3	Jimmy Lewis	BMW	41:32:25	1:07:00
11	1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	3:35:08		1	Richard Sainct	BMW	44:03:23
	2	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	3:36:14	1:06	2	Oscar Gallardo	BMW	44:49:39	45:16
	3	Jean Brucy	BMW	3:36:58	1:50	3	Jimmy Lewis	BMW	45:12:10	1:08:47
12	1	Nani Roma	KTM	4:28:19		1	Richard Sainct	BMW	49:04:32
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	4:39:44	11:25	2	Oscar Gallardo	BMW	49:37:20	32:48
	3	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	4:41:11	12:52	3	Jimmy Lewis	BMW	49:58:00	53:28
13	1	Nani Roma	KTM	3:22		1	Richard Sainct	BMW	49:08:56
	2	Henk Knuiman	KTM	3:24	0:02	2	Oscar Gallardo	BMW	49:40:50	31:54
	2	Eric Bernard	KTM	3:24	0:02	3	Jimmy Lewis	BMW	50:01:25	52:29

Cars

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Carlos Sousa João Luz	Mitsubishi	3:24:49		1	Carlos Sousa João Luz	Mitsubishi	3:24:49
	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	3:25:16	0:27	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	3:25:16	0:27
	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:27:32	2:43	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:27:32	2:43
2	1	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	2:03:33		1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	5:34:18
	2	José Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	2:04:49	1:16	2	Carlos Sousa João Luz	Mitsubishi	5:34:43	0:25
	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	2:05:20	1:47	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	5:35:55	1:37
	3	Grégoire De Mévius Thierry Delli Zotti	Nissan	2:05:20	1:47	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	5:35:55	1:37
3	1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	2:42:38		1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	8:16:56
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	2:43:52	1:14	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	8:20:59	3:33
	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	2:47:37	4:59	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	8:24:00	7:04
4	1	Jutta Kleinschmidt Tina Thörner	Mitsubishi	2:20:45		1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	10:39:42
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	2:20:51	0:06	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	10:44:42	5:00
	3	Bruno Saby Yves Truelle	Ford	2:21:16	0:31	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	10:46:34	6:52
5	1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	3:55:04		1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	14:35:38
	2	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	3:55:12	0:08	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	14:41:38	6:00
	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	3:55:56	0:52	3	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	14:45:48	10:10
6	1	Carlos Sousa João Luz	Mitsubishi	5:46:02		1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	20:25:33
	2	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	5:47:51	1:49	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	20:31:48	6:15
	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	5:49:55	3:53	3	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	20:33:39	8:06
7	1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	57:24		1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	21:25:07
	2	Thierry Delavergne Jacky Dubois	Nissan	58:23	0:59	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	21:32:17	7:10
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Tina Thörner	Mitsubishi	58:53	1:29	3	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	21:33:08	8:01
8	1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	5:10:34		1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	26:42:51
	2	José Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	5:14:54	4:20	2	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	26:52:52	10:01
	3	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	5:19:44	9:10	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	26:56:21	13:30
9	1	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	4:25:13		1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	31:09:09
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	4:26:18	1:05	2	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	31:18:05	8:56
	3	José Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	4:28:32	3:19	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	31:25:28	26:19
10	1	José Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	6:32:43		1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	37:41:56
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	6:32:47	0:04	2	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	37:55:12	13:16
	3	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	6:37:07	4:24	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	38:13:44	31:48
11	1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:02:52		1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	40:47:29
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:04:14	1:22	2	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	41:00:45	13:16
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Tina Thörner	Mitsubishi	3:05:11	2:19	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	41:16:36	29:07
12	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	4:09:00		1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	45:02:18
	2	José Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	4:11:08	2:08	2	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	45:14:32	12:14
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:13:18	4:18	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	45:29:54	27:36
13	1	José Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	3:34		1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	45:06:03
	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Tina Thörner	Mitsubishi	3:38	0:04	2	Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega	45:18:36	12:33
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:42	0:08	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	45:33:36	27:33

Trucks

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	4:30:55		1	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	4:30:55
	2	Bedřich Sklenovský Milan Koreny Josef Kalina	Tatra	4:33:15	2:20	2	Bedřich Sklenovský Milan Koreny Josef Kalina	Tatra	4:33:15	2:20
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:34:07	3:12	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:34:07	3:12
2	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	2:49:26		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	7:23:33
	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	2:53:28	4:02	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	7:27:34	4:01
	3	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	2:54:19	4:53	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	7:35:02	11:29
3	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	3:48:26		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	11:11:59
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	3:58:00	9:34	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	11:34:02	22:03
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	3:59:00	10:34	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	11:35:31	23:32
4	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	3:02:25		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	14:14:24
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	3:13:00	10:35	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	14:50:56	22:03
	3	Raphael Gimbre François Marcheix Ai Nhat Bui	Mercedes-Benz	3:14:31	12:06	3	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	14:53:09	38:45
5	1	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	5:24:49		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	19:45:11
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	5:29:28	4:39	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	20:19:59	34:48
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	5:30:47	5:58	3	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	20:22:37	37:26
6	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	7:51:46		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	27:47:38
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	8:02:27	10:41	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	28:27:43	40:05
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	8:07:44	15:58	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	28:40:24	52:46
7	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	1:05:37		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	28:55:03
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	1:07:25	1:48	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	29:37:30	42:27
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	1:09:47	4:10	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	29:46:01	50:58
8	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	6:16:24		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	35:14:49
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:19:46	3:22	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	35:59:33	44:44
	3	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	6:20:55	4:31	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	36:02:25	47:36
9	1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	5:23:46		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	41:06:21
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	5:23:57	0:11	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	41:23:30	17:09
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	5:51:32	27:46	3	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	41:40:05	33:44
10	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	7:36:30		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	48:42:51
	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	7:37:02	0:32	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	49:03:11	20:20
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	7:39:41	3:11	3	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	49:17:07	34:16
11	1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	3:48:22		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	52:41:31
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	3:48:37	0:15	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	49:03:11	20:20
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	3:51:33	3:11	3	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	49:17:07	34:16
12	1	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	5:27:31		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	58:16:39
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	5:35:08	7:37	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	58:33:00	16:22
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	6:00:36	33:05	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	59:40:50	1:24:11
13	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	4:19		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	58:21:42
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Petr Vodák	Tatra	4:33	0:14	2	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	58:37:52	16:10
	3	Karel Loprais Radomír Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	4:52	0:33	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	59:45:18	1:23:36

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	1	Richard Sainct	BMW	BMW Motorrad	49:08:56
2	5	Oscar Gallardo	BMW	BMW Motorrad	+31:54
3	8	Jimmy Lewis	BMW	BMW Motorrad	+52:29
4	19	Jean Brucy	BMW	BMW Motorrad	+2:06:25
5	15	Jurgen Mayer	KTM	KTM International	+3:10:28
6	14	Eric Bernard	KTM	E.Leclerc-Oxbow	+3:44:53
7	22	François Flick	KTM	L'Allier Dynamique	+4:36:50
8	30	Henk Knuiman	KTM		+6:11:03
9	21		Bernardo Vilar	KTM	Vitamina B Telecel	+6:40:47
10	77	Ikemachi Yoshio	Honda		+6:57:26

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	250	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Henri Magne		Schlesser-Renault-Elf	45:06:03
2	270	Stéphane Peterhansel	Jean-Paul Cottret	Mega		+12:33
3	251	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+27:33
4	253	José Maria Servia	Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	Schlesser-Renault-Elf	+38:50
5	256	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Tina Thörner	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+1:09:00
6	271	Hiroshi Masuoka	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+1:41:12
7	252	Bruno Saby	Yves Truelle	Ford	ASM Racecars	+2:43:15
8	255	Thierry Delavergne	Jacky Dubois	Nissan	Nissan Motorsport	+3:39:28
9	276	Henri Pescarolo	Alain Guehennec	Nissan	Generale Routiere	+5:03:10
10	283	Ramón Vila	Rosendo Tourinan	Nissan	Nissan Tecnosport	+6:46:26

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	409	Vladimir Chagin	Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	+58:21:42
2	407	Karel Loprais	Radomir Stachura Petr Gilar	Tatra	+16:10
3	416	Firdaus Kabirov	Aydar Belyaev Vladimir Goloub	Kamaz	+1:23:26
4	408	André de Azevedo	Tomas Tomecek Petr Vodak	Tatra	+1:23:41
5	400	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	+4:40:02
6	414	Bedrich Sklenovsky	Milan Koreny Josef Kalina	Tatra	+5:13:32
7	404	Klaus Bauerle	Anek Schurhagl	Mercedes-Benz	+9:38:44
8	418	Jean-Paul Bosonnet	Serge Lacourt Pascal Bonnaire	Tatra	+12:44:05
9	421	Raphael Gimbre	François Marcheix Ai Nhat Bui	Mercedes-Benz	+13:29:53
10	415	Peter Reif	Johann Deinhofer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	+15:33:50

Notes and References

News: Terrorist threat on Paris-Dakar rally . 11 January 2000. BBC News. 2009-02-28.
News: Dakar Rally waits for airlift . 12 January 2000. BBC News. 2009-02-28.
News: Rally resumes after airlift . 18 January 2000. BBC News. 2009-02-28.
News: Frenchmen win Dakar rally . 23 January 2000. BBC News. 2009-02-28.
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 .