2001 Paris–Dakar Rally Explained

2001 Dakar Rally
Previous Round:	2000 Dakar Rally
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Country:	/ Western Sahara
Category1:	Cars
Category2:	Bikes
Category3:	Trucks

The 2001 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2001 Paris–Dakar Rally, was the 23rd running of the Dakar Rally event. The format was revised to reduce the amount of airborne assistance to competitors in favour of assistance vehicles.^[1] The 2001 rally was 6600miles long and began in Paris, France, on New Year's Day, passing through Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, before finishing at Dakar in Senegal.^[2] ^[3] This was the last Paris-Dakar Rally that commenced and finished in the same locations as the original race. Jean-Louis Schlesser won the penultimate stage of the rally to take the lead but was penalised one hour for unsportsmanlike conduct.^[4] The rally was won by German Jutta Kleinschmidt, who became the first woman to win the event.^[5] The motorcycle class of the rally was won by Italian Fabrizio Meoni, with Karel Loprais winning the truck class.

On stage 19, teammates Schlesser and Servia started the stage earlier than scheduled, which meant that race leader Masuoka was left behind the trail of the two buggies. As Masuoka drove off track to overtake Servia, the car was damaged. Masuoka's co-driver, Pascal Maimon, walked to the track to try to stop Servia to complain, Servia braked and nearly ran over him. Schlesser and Servia were given a 60-minute penalty, which gave Kleinschmidt and Masuoka a comfortable lead for the final mini stage.^[6]

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	1 January	Paris		916	G. Sala N. Roma	J. M. Servia	F. Kabirov
2	2 January	Narbonne		560	R. Sainct	J-L. Schlesser	V. Chagin
3	3 January	Castellón de la Plana		445	Stage cancelled	J-P. Fontenay	A. de Azevedo
4	4 January	Nador	Er-Rachidia	602	R. Sainct	J-L. Schlesser	V. Chagin
5	5 January	Er-Rachidia		572	C. de Gavardo	J. M. Servia	V. Chagin
6	6 January	Ouarzazate		608	N. Roma	J-L. Schlesser	V. Chagin
7	7 January	Guelmim		489	I. Esteve	H. Masuoka	K. Loprais
8	8 January	/ Smara	El Ghallaouiya	628	N. Roma	J. M. Servia	F. Kabirov
9	9 January	El Ghallaouiya	518	I. Esteve	J. Kleinschmidt	K. Loprais
10	10 January	El Ghallaouiya		440	A. Cox	H. Masuoka	K. Loprais
	11 January	Atar	Rest day
11	12 January	Atar	Nouakchott	508	P-G. Lundmark	J. M. Servia	P. Reif
12	13 January	Nouakchott	Tidjikdja	654	J. Arcarons	J-L. Schlesser	V. Chagin
13	14 January	Tidjikdja	535	K. Tiainen	H. Masuoka	K. Loprais
14	15 January	Tidjikdja	Tichit	234	K. Tiainen	J-L. Schlesser	K. Loprais
15	16 January	Tichit		499	K. Tiainen	H. Masuoka	K. Loprais
16	17 January	Néma		776	A. Cox	C. Sousa	C. Pattono
17	18 January	Bamako		804	G. Sala	J-L. Schlesser	K. Loprais
18	19 January	Bakel		292	C. Despres	H. Masuoka	P. Reif
19	20 January	Tambacounda		564	G. Sala	C. Sousa	P. Reif
20	21 January	Dakar	95	K. Tiainen G. Sala	J. M. Servia J-L. Schlesser	K. Loprais

- Stage cancelled for bikes only due to a sanctioning fee dispute between the race organisers and the Spanish Motorcycle Federation.^[7]
- Jean-Louis Schlesser set the fastest time for the stage, but was penalised 1 hour and 6 minutes for starting the stage early, along with teammate Jose Maria Servia.^[8]
Motorcycles principal entry
- KTM 1 Richard Sainct
3 Fabrizio Meoni
5 Giovanni Sala
7 Kari Tiainen
8 Jordi Arcarons
9 Alfie Cox
10 Jean Brucy
12 Carlo de Gavardo
20 Isidre Esteve Pujol
BMW
2 Nani Roma
4 Jimmy Lewis
6 John Deacon
21 Andrea Mayer
Honda
14 Johnny Campbell
19 Paulo Manuel Marques
Cars principal entry
Mitsubishi
201 Jean Pierre Fontenay
203 Kenjiro Shinozuka
205 Jutta Kleinschmidt
207 Miguel Prieto
208 Carlos Souza
Schelesser-Renault
200 Jean Louis Schlesser
202 Jose Maria Servia
211 Luc Alphand
Nissan
204 Thierry Delavergne
209 Gregoire de Mevius
210 Manuel Plaza Perez
Ford
206 Philippe Wambergue
Mercedes
213 Pierre Lartigue
Trucks principal entry
Kamaz
424 Vladimir Chagin
426 Firdaus Kabirov
428 Rafael Tibau
Tatra
425 Karel Loprais
427 Andre de Azevedo
Hino
400 Yoshimasa Sugawara
403 Gilbert Versino

Stage Results

Motorcycles

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	3:37		1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	3:37
	1	Nani Roma	BMW	3:37		1	Nani Roma	BMW	3:37
	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	3:38	0:01	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	3:38	0:01
2	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	31:25		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	35:04
	2	Nani Roma	BMW	32:21	0:56	2	Nani Roma	BMW	35:58	0:54
	3	Kari Tiainen	KTM	32:22	0:57	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	36:00	0:56
3	Stage cancelled due to a dispute over sanctioning fees
4	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	1:16:01		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	1:51:05
	2	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	1:17:15	1:14	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	1:54:24	3:19
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	1:17:28	1:27	3	Nani Roma	BMW	1:54:32	3:27
5	1	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	3:14:17		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	5:05:43
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	3:14:38	0:21	2	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	5:11:06	5:23
	3	Kari Tiainen	KTM	3:16:35	2:18	3	Kari Tiainen	KTM	5:11:09	5:26
6	1	Nani Roma	BMW	3:13:39		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	8:19:44
	2	Kari Tiainen	KTM	3:14:01	0:22	2	Kari Tiainen	KTM	8:25:10	5:26
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	3:14:01	0:22	3	Nani Roma	BMW	8:25:21	5:37
7	1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	4:02:29		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	12:27:01
	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:03:09	0:40	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	12:32:09	5:08
	3	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	4:03:25	0:56	3	Nani Roma	BMW	12:34:32	7:31
8	1	Nani Roma	BMW	5:16:41		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	17:46:02
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	5:19:01	2:20	2	Nani Roma	BMW	17:51:13	5:11
	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	5:21:02	4:21	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	17:53:55	7:53
9	1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	5:22:33		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	23:17:26
	2	Giovanni Sala	KTM	5:23:53	1:20	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	23:22:19	4:53
	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	5:25:26	2:53	3	Nani Roma	BMW	23:22:19	4:53
10	1	Alfie Cox	KTM	5:02:04		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	28:26:17
	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	5:03:03	0:59	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	28:46:30	20:13
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	5:03:58	1:54	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	29:06:43	40:26
11	1	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	4:23:46		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	32:57:36
	2	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	4:28:04	4:18	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	33:18:49	21:13
	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	4:29:59	6:13	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	33:34:47	37:11
12	1	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	7:11:16		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	40:09:49
	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	7:12:13	0:57	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	40:30:05	20:16
	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	7:13:10	1:54	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	33:34:47	38:08
13	1	Kari Tiainen	KTM	6:53:31		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	47:32:00
	2	Isidre Esteve	KTM	7:18:54	25:23	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	48:09:43	37:43
	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	7:19:23	25:52	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	48:09:43	37:43
14	1	Kari Tiainen	KTM	2:53:07		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	50:44:12
	2	John Deacon	BMW	3:07:39	14:32	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	51:04:41	20:29
	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	3:09:39	16:32	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	51:23:06	38:54
15	1	Kari Tiainen	KTM	6:07:31		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	57:36:11
	2	Isidre Esteve	KTM	6:50:05	42:34	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	57:58:54	22:43
	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	6:50:21	42:50	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	58:15:03	38:52
16	1	Alfie Cox	KTM	2:30:28		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	60:18:04
	2	Giovanni Sala	KTM	2:32:51	2:23	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	60:39:19	21:15
	3	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	2:37:29	7:01	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	60:58:41	40:37
17	1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	3:38:32		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	64:06:04
	2	Cyril Despres	BMW	3:44:51	6:19	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	64:29:40	23:36
	3	Kari Tiainen	KTM	3:46:04	7:32	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	64:48:16	42:12
18	1	Cyril Despres	BMW	2:52:16		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	67:07:38
	2	Giovanni Sala	KTM	2:53:07	0:51	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	67:29:42	22:04
	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	2:56:26	4:10	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	67:49:47	42:09
19	1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	2:28:00		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	69:43:49
	2	Cyril Despres	BMW	2:30:20	2:20	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	70:08:52	25:03
	3	Jimmy Lewis	BMW	2:32:10	4:10	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	70:27:47	43:58
20	1	Kari Tiainen	KTM	15:48		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	70:01:08
	1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	15:48		2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	70:26:18	25:10
	3	Éric Aubijoux	KTM	15:51	0:03	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	70:45:19	44:11

Source:^[9]

Cars

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	3:43		1	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	3:43
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	3:45	0:02	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	3:45	0:02
	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Fred Gallagher	Mitsubishi	3:48	0:05	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Fred Gallagher	Mitsubishi	3:48	0:05
	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	3:48	0:05	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	3:48	0:05
2	1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	30:33		1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	34:18
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	30:44	0:11	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	34:32	0:14
	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Fred Gallagher	Mitsubishi	31:12	0:39	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Fred Gallagher	Mitsubishi	35:00	0:42
3	1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	8:20		1	'	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	42:58
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	8:26	0:06	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	43:44	0:46
	3	Gregoire De Mevius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	8:42	0:22	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	43:58	1:00
4	1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	1:12:12		1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	1:55:56
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	1:15:52	3:40	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	1:59:50	3:54
	3	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	1:19:06	6:54	3	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	2:03:10	7:14
5	1	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	3:25:55		1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	5:23:50
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	3:27:54	1:59	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	5:28:04	4:14
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:28:14	2:19	3	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	5:29:05	5:15
6	1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	3:17:24		1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	8:41:14
	2	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	3:18:06	0:42	2	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	8:47:11	5:57
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:25:49	8:25	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	8:53:53	12:39
7	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	4:01:31		1	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	12:52:18
	2	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	4:05:07	3:36	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	13:00:55	8:37
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:07:02	5:31	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	13:06:19	14:01
8	1	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	5:14:27		1	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	18:06:45
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	5:16:25	1:58	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	18:18:15	11:30
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	5:17:20	2:53	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	18:22:44	15:59
9	1	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	5:22:42		1	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	23:35:58
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	5:23:07	0:25	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	23:45:52	9:54
	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	5:23:08	0:26	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	23:54:56	18:59
10	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	5:10:24		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	29:26:16
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	5:20:02	9:38	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	30:01:16	35:00
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	5:25:35	15:11	3	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	30:04:45	38:29
11	1	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	4:04:33		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	34:23:24
	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	4:23:55	19:22	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	34:35:33	12:09
	3	Stephane Henrard Jose Manuel Martinez	Volkswagen	4:29:10	24:37	3	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	34:36:37	13:13
12	1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	7:01:47		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	41:46:55
	2	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	7:13:46	11:59	2	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	41:50:23	3:28
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	7:15:53	14:06	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	41:55:44	8:49
13	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	6:42:16		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	48:29:11
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	7:02:05	19:49	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	49:06:36	37:25
	3	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	7:21:09	38:53	3	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	49:11:32	42:21
14	1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	3:02:11		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	51:34:48
	2	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	3:02:35	0:24	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	52:08:47	33:59
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:03:23	1:12	3	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	52:14:07	39:19
15	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	6:14:34		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	57:49:22
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	6:18:55	4:21	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	58:27:42	38:20
	3	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	6:23:01	8:27	3	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	58:53:58	1:04:36
16	1	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	2:26:13		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	60:53:12
	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	2:29:38	3:25	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	60:59:40	6:28
	3	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	2:30:59	4:46	3	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	61:20:11	26:59
17	1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	3:34:10		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	64:27:59
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	3:34:47	0:37	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	64:33:50	5:51
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:36:22	2:12	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	65:00:24	32:25
18	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	2:44:47		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	67:12:46
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	2:46:24	1:37	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	67:20:14	7:28
	3	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	2:48:19	3:32	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	67:52:29	39:43
19	1	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	2:27:20		1	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	70:22:51
	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	2:30:22	3:02	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	70:25:46	2:55
	3	Gregoire De Mevius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	2:31:02	3:42	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	70:46:53	24:02
20	1	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	18:42		1	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	70:42:06
	1	Jose Maria Servia Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	18:42		2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	70:44:45	2:39
	3	Carlos Sousa Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	18:54	0:12	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Schlesser-Renault	71:05:35	23:39

Trucks

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	5:00		1	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	5:00
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	5:02	0:02	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	5:02	0:02
	3	Guido Toni Alessandro Pio	Mercedes-Benz	5:13	0:13	3	Guido Toni Alessandro Pio	Mercedes-Benz	5:13	0:13
2	1	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	37:57		1	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	43:11
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	38:43	0:46	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	43:43	0:32
	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	38:47	0:50	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	44:04	0:53
3	1	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	10:03		1	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	53:47	0:25
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	10:04	0:01	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	53:47	0:25
	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	10:10	0:07	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	54:14	0:52
4	1	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	1:34:36		1	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	2:27:58
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	1:35:05	0:29	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	2:28:52	0:54
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	1:37:09	2:33	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	2:32:29	4:31
5	1	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	4:05:51		1	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	6:33:49
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	4:06:01	0:10	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	6:34:53	1:04
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	4:14:35	8:44	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	6:47:04	13:15
6	1	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	4:00:09		1	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	10:33:58
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	4:04:31	4:22	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	10:39:24	5:26
	3	Sergey Guiria Sergey Savostin Sergey Rechentnikov	Kamaz	4:12:25	12:16	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	11:00:23	26:25
7	1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	4:56:36		1	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	15:36:43
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	4:57:19	0:43	2	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	15:41:00	4:17
	3	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	5:07:02	10:26	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	16:10:14	33:31
8	1	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	6:17:25		1	Firdaus Kabirov Ayrat Belyaev Foat Bigachev	Kamaz	21:54:08
	2	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	6:20:14	2:49	2	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	22:01:14	7:06
	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	6:32:08	14:43	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	22:45:45	51:37
9	1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	6:58:00		1	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	29:49:39
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	7:03:54	5:54	2	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	29:51:18	1:39
	3	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	7:50:04	52:04	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	30:49:35	59:56
10	1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	7:08:01		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	38:02:36
	2	Gilbert Versino Philippe Challoy Claude Breton	Hino	7:56:11	48:10	2	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	39:17:29	1:14:53
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	8:27:41	1:19:40	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	41:30:30	3:27:54
11	1	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	6:05:10		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	44:14:42
	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	6:12:06	6:56	2	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	47:42:37	3:27:55
	3	François Marcheix Sylvain Genibrel Daniël Moquet	Mercedes-Benz	6:55:14	50:04	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	48:31:35	4:16:53
12	1	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	9:16:39		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	53:38:30
	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	9:23:48	7:09	2	Vladimir Chagin Ilgizar Mardeev Jamil Kamalov	Kamaz	56:59:16	3:20:46
	3	Gilbert Versino Philippe Challoy Claude Breton	Hino	9:33:39	17:00	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	58:33:16	4:54:46
13	1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	9:36:32		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	63:15:02
	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	10:34:27	57:55	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	69:07:43	5:52:41
	3	Gilbert Versino Philippe Challoy Claude Breton	Hino	11:00:34	1:24:02	3	Gilbert Versino Philippe Challoy Claude Breton	Hino	71:53:40	8:38:38
14	1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	4:19:44		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	67:34:46
	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	4:28:15	8:31	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	73:35:58	6:01:12
	3	Gilbert Versino Philippe Challoy Claude Breton	Hino	4:39:14	19:30	3	Gilbert Versino Philippe Challoy Claude Breton	Hino	76:32:54	8:58:08
15	1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	9:00:20		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	76:35:06
	2	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	10:02:39	1:02:19	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	84:14:35	7:39:29
	3	Corrado Pattono Michel Plateau	Mercedes-Benz	10:22:23	1:22:03	3	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	92:17:13	15:42:07
16	1	Corrado Pattono Michel Plateau	Mercedes-Benz	3:34:23		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	80:09:46
	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	3:34:40	0:17	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	87:58:27	7:48:41
	3	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	3:43:37	9:14	3	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	96:00:50	15:51:04
17	1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	5:07:45		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	85:17:31
	2	Corrado Pattono Michel Plateau	Mercedes-Benz	5:26:02	18:17	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	93:24:57	8:07:26
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	5:26:30	18:45	3	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	102:11:49	16:54:18
18	1	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	4:13:26		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	89:43:02
	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	4:25:31	12:05	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	97:51:39	8:08:37
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	4:26:42	13:16	3	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	106:25:15	16:42:13
19	1	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	3:19:03		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	93:13:13
	2	François Marcheix Sylvain Genibrel Daniël Moquet	Mercedes-Benz	3:20:54	1:51	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	101:21:14	8:08:01
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	3:29:35	10:32	3	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	109:44:18	16:31:05
20	1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	27:24		1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	93:40:37
	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	28:38	1:14	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	101:49:52	8:09:15
	3	François Marcheix Sylvain Genibrel Daniël Moquet	Mercedes-Benz	29:06	1:42	3	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	110:14:45	16:34:08

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	KTM Factory Team	70:01:08
2	8	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	KTM Factory Team	+25:10
3	12	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	YPF-Entel-La Tercera	+44:11
4	20	Isidre Esteve	KTM		+1:02:44
5	9	Alfie Cox	KTM	KTM Factory Team	+1:19:09
6	6	John Deacon	BMW	BMW Motorrad	+3:45:51
7	4	Jimmy Lewis	BMW	BMW Motorrad	+3:49:12
8	14	Johnny Campbell	Honda		+7:45:05
9	10	Jean Brucy		KTM	KTM Factory Team	+7:56:15
10	18	Bernardo Vilar	KTM	Vitamina R Telecel	+10:12:12

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	205	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	70:42:06
2	203	Hiroshi Masuoka	Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	Nisseki Mitsubishi Ralliart	+2:39
3	200	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Henri Magne		Schlesser-Renault-Elf	+23:29
4	202	Jose Maria Servia	Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Renault	Schlesser-Renault-Elf	+2:06:24
5	208	Carlos Sousa	Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart Portugal	+2:08:30
6	201	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	HP Invent Mitsubishi Ralliart	+3:52:05
7	238	Stephane Henrard	Jose Manuel Martinez	Volkswagen		+5:05:19
8	209	Gregoire De Mevius	Alain Guehennec	Nissan	Nissan Motorsport	+6:29:59
9	204	Thierry Delavergne	Jacky Dubois	Nissan	Nissan Motorsport	+7:31:37
10	231	Laurent Bourgnon	Guy Leneveu	Nissan		+13:58:08

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	425	Karel Loprais	Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra 815	93:40:37
2	400	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	+8:09:15
3	406	Peter Reif	Gunther Pichlbauer Holger Hermann Roth	MAN	+16:34:08
4	414	Francois Marcheix	Sylvain Genibrel Daniel Moquet	Mercedes-Benz	+18:43:22
5	434	Corrado Pattono	Michel Plateau	Mercedes-Benz	+19:32:12

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 Rally route. 10 January 2001. BBC News. 2009-02-28.
News: Rally hopes to dodge war zones. 30 December 2000. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Schlesser penalised after taking lead. 20 January 2001. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Kleinschmidt makes rally history. 21 January 2001. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/1128131.stm Schlesser penalised after taking lead
News: Paris-Dakar: Masuoka leads after Spanish stage. 2013-02-13 . Autosport. 3 January 2001.
News: Kleinschmidt Grabs the Lead for Mitsubishi as Dakar Reaches Extraordinary Conclusion. 2013-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20140610021336/http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/motorsports/01dakar_e/leg19.html. 2014-06-10. dead.
News: Classification Bikes & Trucks . dead . 2013-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130613005513/http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/motorsports/01dakar_e/moto/index.html . 2013-06-13 .