2002 Arras–Madrid–Dakar Rally Explained

2002 Dakar Rally
Previous Round:	2001 Dakar Rally
Next Round:	2003 Dakar Rally
Country:	/ Western Sahara
Category1:	Cars
Category2:	Bikes
Category3:	Trucks

The 2002 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2002 Arras–Madrid–Dakar Rally was the 24th running of the Dakar Rally event. The format of the rally was revised for 2002 with the introduction of two-day stages and two stages without the use of navigation aids.^[1] The race started in Arras in northern France on 28 December 2001 and finished at Dakar in Senegal on 13 January 2002. The 1999 and 2000 winner, Jean-Louis Schlesser, switched from a petrol powered vehicle to a diesel powered one in a bid to make the vehicle lighter^{[2] [3]} However, he was forced to retire from the rally during the sixth stage from Er-Rachidia to Ouarzazate in Morocco while lying 11th overall when his vehicle caught fire. Japanese driver Hiroshi Masuoka took the lead at the sixth stage,^[4] and went on to win the rally.^[5] The motorcycle category was won by Fabrizio Meoni for the second successive year.

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	28 December	Arras		465	Liaison only
2	29 December	Châteauroux		598	P. Quinonero	F. Gil	Stage cancelled
3	30 December	Narbonne		930	R. Sainct	G. De Mévius	C. Pattono
4	31 December	Madrid	Rabat	961	N. Roma	F. Gil	Stage cancelled
5	1 January	Rabat		534	C. de Gavardo	H. Masuoka	J. de Rooy
6	2 January	Er-Rachidia		576	J. Arcarons	S. Peterhansel	V. Chagin
7	3 January	Ouarzazate		793	C. de Gavardo	H. Masuoka	V. Chagin
8	4 January	Tan-Tan		739	F. Meoni	K. Shinozuka	V. Chagin
9	5 January	Zouerat		396	K. Tiainen	H. Masuoka	V. Chagin
	6 January	Atar	Rest day
10	7 January	Atar	404	A. Cox	J. Kleinschmidt	A. de Azevedo
11	8 January	Atar	Tidjikdja	502	C. de Gavardo	H. Masuoka	V. Chagin
12	9 January	Tidjikdja	Tichit	538	A. Cox	J-P. Fontenay	V. Chagin
13	10 January	Tichit	450	G. Sala	H. Masuoka	K. Loprais
14	11 January	Tichit	Kiffa	461	F. Meoni	J. Kleinschmidt	V. Chagin
15	12 January	Kiffa		1011	B. Vilar	G. De Mévius	A. de Azevedo
16	13 January	Dakar	69	G. Sala	G. De Mévius	A. de Azevedo

• - Stages cancelled for trucks due to poor weather conditions.^{[6] [7]}

Stage Results

Motorcycles

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	Liaison only
2	1	Pierre Quinonero	KTM	6:12		1	Pierre Quinonero	KTM	6:12
	2		KTM	6:17	0:05	2	Kari Tiainen	KTM	6:17	0:05
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	6:27	0:15	3	Nani Roma	KTM	6:27	0:15
3	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	26:06		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	32:38
	2		KTM	26:10	0:04		Nani Roma	KTM
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	26:11	0:05	3	Kari Tiainen	KTM	32:59	0:21
4	1	Nani Roma	KTM	5:29		1	Nani Roma	KTM	38:07
	2	Kari Tiainen	KTM	5:38	0:09	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	38:18	0:11
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	5:40	0:11	3	Kari Tiainen	KTM	38:37	0:30
5	1	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	42:38		1	Kari Tiainen	KTM	1:23:47
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	43:12	0:34	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	1:24:01	0:14
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	44:48	2:10	3	Nani Roma	KTM	1:24:02	0:15
6	1	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	3:40:58		1	Nani Roma	KTM	5:05:48
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	3:41:46	0:48	2	Kari Tiainen	KTM	5:07:16	1:28
	3	Kari Tiainen	KTM	3:43:29	2:31	3	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	5:08:19	2:31
7	1	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	3:33:03		1	Nani Roma	KTM	8:42:32
	2	Isidre Esteve	KTM	3:35:58	2:55	2	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	8:43:48	1:16
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	3:36:44	3:41	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	8:45:24	2:52
8	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	2:49:51		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	11:37:16
	2	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	2:56:56	7:05	2	Nani Roma	KTM	11:40:23	3:07
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	2:57:51	8:00	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	11:40:44	3:28
9	1	Kari Tiainen	KTM	4:14:54		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	16:02:00
	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	4:18:01	3:07	2	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	16:03:53	1:53
	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	4:19:43	4:49	3	Nani Roma	KTM	16:04:02	2:02
10	1	Alfie Cox	KTM	4:08:10		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	20:10:16
	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:08:16	0:06	2	Nani Roma	KTM	20:13:37	3:21
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	4:09:35	1:25	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	20:15:48	5:32
11	1	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	6:33:17		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	26:47:23
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	6:35:12	1:55	2	Nani Roma	KTM	26:48:49	1:26
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	6:37:07	3:50	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	26:49:05	1:42
12	1	Alfie Cox	KTM	6:30:39		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	33:19:08
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	6:31:19	0:40	2	Nani Roma	KTM	33:20:08	1:00
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	6:31:45	1:06	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	33:31:12	12:04
13	1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	6:10:06		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	39:32:59
	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	6:13:51	3:45	2	Nani Roma	KTM	39:36:02	3:03
	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	6:14:48	4:12	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	39:49:18	16:19
14	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	6:22:22		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	45:55:21
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	6:25:07	2:45	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	46:41:10	45:49
	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	6:51:52	29:30	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	47:18:04	1:22:43
15	1	Bernardo Vilar	KTM	1:43:01		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	47:41:50
	2	Giovanni Sala	KTM	1:43:34	0:33	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	48:28:42	47:52
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	1:45:03	2:02	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	49:03:07	1:21:17
16	1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	17:45		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	48:00:59
	2	Paulo Manuel Marques	KTM	17:46	0:01	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	48:48:51	47:52
	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	17:56	0:11	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	49:21:24	1:20:25

• Source:^[8]

Cars

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	Liaison only
2	1	Fernando Gil Rafael Tornabell	SEAT	6:43		1	Fernando Gil Rafael Tornabell	SEAT	6:43
	2	Miguel Prieto Jacinto Vidarte	Mitsubishi	7:09	0:26	2	Miguel Prieto Jacinto Vidarte	Mitsubishi	7:09	0:26
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Nissan	7:12	0:29	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Nissan	7:12	0:29
3	1	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	24:22		1	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	32:03
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne	Renault	25:18	0:56	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	32:56	0:53
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	25:19	0:57	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Nissan	33:14	1:11
4	1	Fernando Gil Rafael Tornabell	SEAT	5:48		1	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	39:42
	2	Klever Kolberg Pascal Larroque	Mitsubishi	5:55	0:07	2	Fernando Gil Rafael Tornabell	SEAT	39:56	0:14
	3	Bruno Saby Jérôme Boussier	Ford	6:14	0:26	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Nissan	40:39	0:57
5	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	43:42		1	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	1:23:55
	2	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	44:13	0:31	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	1:24:28	0:33
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	44:14	0:32	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Nissan	1:25:01	1:06
6	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Nissan	3:25:19		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	4:50:16
	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	3:25:39	0:20	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	4:52:20	2:04
	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	3:25:48	0:29	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	4:54:03	3:47
7	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	3:13:23		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	8:03:39
	2	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	3:13:37	0:14	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	8:07:04	3:25
	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	3:14:44	1:21	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	8:07:40	4:01
8	1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	2:34:43		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	10:41:20
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	2:35:59	1:16	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	10:41:47	0:27
	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	2:36:35	1:52	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	11:02:15	20:55
9	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	3:53:39		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	14:34:59
	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:58:44	5:05	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	14:46:45	11:46
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:01:54	8:15	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	15:01:08	26:09
10	1	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:46:12		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	18:26:45
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	3:51:46	5:34	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	18:38:54	12:09
	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	3:52:09	5:57	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	18:47:20	20:35
11	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	6:04:33		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	24:31:18
	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	6:10:13	5:40	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	24:49:07	17:49
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	6:14:55	10:22	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	25:02:15	30:57
12	1	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	6:32:44		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	31:10:41
	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	6:34:23	1:39	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	31:36:38	25:57
	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	6:39:23	6:39	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	31:39:59	29:18
13	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	6:37:10		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	37:47:51
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	6:41:51	4:41	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	38:40:00	52:09
	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	7:00:01	22:51	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	38:40:13	52:22
14	1	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	5:50:05		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	44:11:50
	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	6:07:05	17:00	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	44:30:18	18:28
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	6:21:55	31:50	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	44:47:05	35:15
15	1	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	1:33:06		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	45:48:08
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	1:36:18	3:12	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	46:10:09	22:01
	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	1:38:14	5:08	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	46:25:19	37:11
16	1	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	Nissan	18:24		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	46:11:30
	2	Laurent Bourgnon Guy Leneveu	Nissan	20:50	2:26	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	46:33:31	22:01
	3	Carlos Sousa Victor Jesus	Mitsubishi	21:02	2:38	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	46:46:45	35:15

• - Peterhansel had a 14-minute penalty added to his time as a result of speeding in the liaison section.
• - De Mévius earned an 18-minute penalty for failing to complete the liaison section in the allotted time.
• Source:^[9]

Trucks

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	Liaison only
2	Stage cancelled due to poor conditions
3	1	Corrado Pattono Guido Toni	Mercedes-Benz	32:07		1	Corrado Pattono Guido Toni	Mercedes-Benz	32:07
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	33:37	1:30	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	33:37	1:30
	3	Paolo Barilla Matteo Marzotto Ferdinando Ravarotto	Mercedes-Benz	34:03	1:56	3	Paolo Barilla Matteo Marzotto Ferdinando Ravarotto	Mercedes-Benz	34:03	1:56
4	Stage cancelled due to poor conditions
5	1	Jan de Rooy Gérard de Rooy Yvo Geusens	DAF	58:42		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	2:23:28
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	59:51	1:09	2	Jan de Rooy Gérard de Rooy Yvo Geusens	DAF	2:24:44	1:16
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	1:00:56	2:14	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	2:26:18	2:50
6	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:36:15		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:59:43
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	5:11:18	35:03	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	7:37:36	37:53
	3	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Lee Palmer	MAN	5:17:25	41:10	3	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Lee Palmer	MAN	7:44:22	44:39
7	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:34:18		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	11:34:01
	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	4:44:01	9:43	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	12:30:01	56:00
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	4:52:25	18:07	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	12:41:56	1:07:55
8	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	3:16:47		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	14:50:48
	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	3:26:09	9:22	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	15:56:23	1:05:35
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	3:26:22	9:35	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	16:08:05	1:17:17
9	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	5:35:56		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	20:26:44
	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Seiichi Suzuki	Hino	5:57:45	21:49	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	22:12:31	1:45:47
	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	6:04:26	28:30	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	22:13:01	1:46:17
10	1	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	5:15:46		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	25:52:22
	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	5:18:10	2:24	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	27:28:47	1:36:25
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	5:25:38	9:52	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	27:30:41	1:38:19
11	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	8:44:54		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	34:37:16
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	8:45:23	0:29	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	36:14:10	1:36:54
	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	9:13:11	28:17	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	36:43:52	2:06:36
12	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	9:26:34		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	44:03:50
	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	10:04:48	38:14	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	46:27:04	2:23:14
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	10:12:54	46:20	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	46:48:40	2:44:50
13	1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	9:24:04		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	53:31:57
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	9:28:07	4:03	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	56:12:44	2:40:47
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Seiichi Suzuki	Hino	10:26:52	1:02:48	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Seiichi Suzuki	Hino	58:48:35	5:16:38
14	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	9:12:39		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	62:44:36
	2	Peter Reif Gunther Pichlbauer Lee Palmer	MAN	9:41:07	28:28	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	66:46:55	4:02:19
	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Seiichi Suzuki	Hino	10:04:17	51:38	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Seiichi Suzuki	Hino	68:52:52	6:08:16
15	1	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	2:00:21		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	64:46:16
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	2:01:40	1:19	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	69:01:40	4:15:24
	3	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	2:14:45	14:24	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Seiichi Suzuki	Hino	71:14:16	6:28:00
16	1	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	25:23		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	65:12:14
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	25:58	0:35	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	69:35:19	4:23:05
	3	Paolo Barilla Matteo Marzotto Ferdinando Ravarotto	Mercedes-Benz	26:02	0:39	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Seiichi Suzuki	Hino	71:42:48	6:30:34

• - All competitors awarded a stage time of 50:00.
• Source:^[8]

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	KTM Factory Team	48:00:59
2	5	Alfie Cox	KTM	Gauloises KTM	+47:52
3	6	Richard Sainct	KTM	Gauloises KTM	+1:20:25
4	3	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	Repsol KTM	+2:52:46
5	4	Isidre Esteve	KTM	Repsol KTM	+2:54:34
6	7	Giovanni Sala	KTM	Gauloises KTM	+4:02:47
7	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	Respol KTM	+4:47:17
8	12	Eric Bernard	KTM		+5:14:32
9	65	Pål Anders Ullevålseter		KTM		+6:11:22
10	15	Paulo Manuel Marques	KTM		+8:15:38

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	201	Hiroshi Masuoka	Pascal Maimon	Mitsubishi	Team Nippon Oil Mitsubishi Ralliart	46:11:30
2	200	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	+22:01
3	210	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Thierry Delli-Zotti	Mitsubishi	Team Nippon Oil Mitsubishi Ralliart	+35:15
4	207	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	+1:37:30
5	204	Carlos Sousa	Victor Jesus	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Galp TMN Chesterfield Team	+5:20:57
6	241	Saeed Al-Hajri	Matthew Stevenson	Mitsubishi	MMC Qatar Rally	+8:24:51
7	216	Luc Alphand	Arnaud Debron	Mitsubishi	Ralliart France	+10:40:02
8	225	Klever Kolberg	Pascal Larroque	Mitsubishi	Team BR Lubrax	+12:21:09
9	239	Jean-Jacques Ratet	Jean-Pierre Garcin	Toyota	Toyota Team Araco	+15:48:03
10	249	Nicolas Misslin	Jean-Michel Polato	Mitsubishi	NCM Ralliart France	+18:04:22

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	409	Vladimir Chagin	Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	65:12:14
2	408	Karel Loprais	Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra 815	+4:23:05
3	400	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Naoko Matsumoto Seiichi Suzuki	Hino	+6:30:34
4	415	Peter Reif	Gunther Pichlbauer Lee Palmer	MAN	+7:17:30
5	414	Jean-Paul Bosonnet	Serge Lacourt Roger Darroux	Mercedes-Benz	+11:59:42
6	410	Jan de Rooy	Gérard de Rooy Yvo Geusens	DAF	+14:30:51
7	435	Helmut Kropfel	Hermann Anzini Ronald Bormann	MAN	+17:19:05
8	403	Paolo Barilla	Matteo Marzotto Ferdinando Ravarotto	Mercedes-Benz	+19:33:06
9	401	Corrado Pattono	Guido Toni	Mercedes-Benz	+23:28:22
10	411	André de Azevedo	Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	+23:40:34

Notes and References

1. News: New stages for Paris-Dakar rally. 31 December 2001. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
2. News: Schlesser's diesel switch. 20 December 2001. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
3. News: Fire ends Schlesser bid. 2 January 2002. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
4. News: Masuoka continues charge. 3 January 2002. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
5. News: Masuoka wins Dakar Rally. 13 January 2002. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
6. News: 2002 Dakar Stage Reports . 29 December 2001 . difflock.com . dead . 2013-03-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060509052515/http://www.difflock.com/diffmag/issue12/dakar_stage2.shtml . 9 May 2006 . dmy-all .
7. News: 2002 Dakar Stage Reports . 31 December 2001 . difflock.com . dead . 2013-03-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060509052448/http://www.difflock.com/diffmag/issue12/dakar_stage4.shtml . 9 May 2006 . dmy-all .
8. News: Classification Bikes & Trucks . dead . 2013-03-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107043535/http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/motorsports/02dakar_e/moto/index.html . 2014-01-07 .
9. News: 2002 Dakar / Daily Index . dead . 2013-03-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007061240/http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/motorsports/02dakar_e/daily.html . 2011-10-07 .