2004 Dakar Rally Explained

2004 Dakar Rally
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Country:	/ Western Sahara
Category1:	Cars
Category2:	Bikes
Category3:	Trucks

2004 Dakar Rally also known as the 2004 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 26th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally started in the Auvergne region of France, passing through Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and Mali, and finishing Dakar in Senegal. This was the last time the rally ever visited France. The rally was won by the French team of Stéphane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret in a Mitsubishi; while the motorcycle class was won by Nani Roma of Spain on a KTM and the trucks class was won by Russians Vladimir Chagin, Semen Yakubov and Sergey Savostin in a Kamaz.

Entries

**Number of participants**
Stage	Bikes	Cars	Trucks	Total
Start of Rally	195	142	63	400
End of Rally	65	60	38	163

Bikes

**Leading Entries**
Manufacturer	Team	No.
KTM		1
		2
		9
		3
		7
		10
		4
		11
		19
		5
		6
		15
	KTM De Gavardo	8
		16
		17
		25
Yamaha		12

Cars

**Leading Entries**
Manufacturer	Team	No.
		200
		209
Mitsubishi		201
		203
		206
		211
		218
		259
		202
		205
		208
		210
	Nissan Dessoude	215
		228
		234
		204
		224
BMW	X-Raid	207
BMW	X-Raid	212
		216
		225

Trucks

**Leading Entries**
Manufacturer	Team	No.
Hino		400
Kamaz		410
		414
		423
DAF		411
		417
	Tridec	442
Tatra		412
Tatra		415
		425

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	1 January	Clermont-Ferrand		396	M. Graziani	K. Shinozuka	V. Chagin
2	2 January	Narbonne		526	D. Frétigné	J. M. Servia	Stage cancelled
3	3 January	Castellón de la Plana		865	D. Frétigné	G. de Villiers	G. de Rooy
4	4 January	Tangier		752	F. Meoni	A. Vatanen	F. Kabirov
5	5 January	Er Rachidia		575	I. Esteve	S. Peterhansel	V. Chagin
6	6 January	Ouarzazate		803	N. Roma	H. Masuoka	V. Chagin
7	7 January	Tan-Tan		1055	R. Sainct	H. Masuoka	V. Chagin
8	8 January	Atar		393	N. Roma	S. Peterhansel	K. Loprais
9	9 January	Tidjikja	Néma	739	C. Despres	H. Masuoka	F. Kabirov
10	10 January	Néma	Mopti	Stages cancelled
11	11 January		Bobo-Dioulasso
	12 January	Bobo-Dioulasso	Rest day
12	13 January	Bobo-Dioulasso		666	C. Despres	L. Alphand	F. Kabirov
13	14 January	Bamako	Ayoun el Atrous	734	D. Frétigné	C. McRae	K. Loprais
14	15 January	Ayoun el Atrous	Tidjikja	551	C. Despres	L. Alphand	F. Kabirov
15	16 January	Tidjikja		651	F. Meoni	H. Masuoka	F. Kabirov
16	17 January	Nouakchott	Dakar	647	R. Sainct	J. Kleinschmidt	F. Kabirov
17	18 January	Dakar	106	C. Despres	C. McRae	H. Stacey

Notes:

— The event for trucks was cancelled due to hazardous conditions.

Summary

The competitors included former world rally champion Colin McRae.^[1] Stephane Peterhansel took an early lead after the third stage.^[2] Four times winner of the rally, Ari Vatanen, won the fourth stage, which was his 50th individual stage win at the Dakar Rally.^[3] Peterhansel received a five minutes penalty after his team-mate pushed his car when it encountered gearbox trouble 300m from the finishing line of the fifth stage but retained his overall lead.^[4] McRae moved up to third place after the sixth stage but lost time on the seventh stage after getting stuck in a sand dune.^[5] ^[6] Peterhansel retook the lead from overnight leader Hiroshi Masuoka after the eighth stage,^[7] and retained it after stage nine. Stages 10 and 11 were cancelled owing to concerns over the security situation in Mali.^[8] The rally resumed with stage 12 between Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso and Bamako in Mali; Peterhansel retained the lead at the end of the stage.^[9] McRae won the 13th stage between Bamako and Ayoun el Atrous in Mauritania, the first Briton to win a stage of the Dakar rally since Andrew Cowan in 1990.^[10] The 14th, 15th and 16th stages were won by Luc Alphand, Hiroshi Masuoka and Jutta Kleinschmidt.^[11] ^[12] ^[13] McRae won the final stage but the overall winner was Stephane Peterhansel, who became only the second man to have won both the car and motorcycle categories of the Dakar Rally.^[14] The motorcycle category was won by Spaniard Nani Roma.

Stage results

Bikes

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Matteo Graziani	KTM	1:24		Stage not counted towards overall classification
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	1:32	0:08
	3		KTM	1:33	0:09
2	1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	22:47		1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	22:47
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	23:02	0:15	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	23:02	0:15
	3		KTM	23:44	0:57	3	Nani Roma	KTM	23:44	0:57
3	1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	6:13		1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	29:00
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	6:14	0:01	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	29:16	0:16
	3		KTM	6:18	0:05	3	Giovanni Sala	KTM	30:06	1:06
4	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	41:53		1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	1:13:29
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	42:36	0:43	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	1:13:43	0:14
	3		KTM	43:06	1:13	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	1:13:46	0:17
5	1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	3:44:27		1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	4:57:56
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	3:44:43	0:16	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:58:32	0:36
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	3:44:49	0:22	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	4:58:55	0:59
6	1	Nani Roma	KTM	3:32:26		1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	8:32:47
	2	Isidre Esteve	KTM	3:34:51	2:25	2	Nani Roma	KTM	8:34:41	1:54
	3	Andy Caldecott	KTM	3:36:07	3:41	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	8:35:24	2:37
7	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	6:39:33		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	15:23:30
	2	Jean Brucy	KTM	6:46:40	7:07	2	Nani Roma	KTM	15:26:33	3:03
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	6:48:06	8:33	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	15:26:51	3:21
8	1	Nani Roma	KTM	5:38:07		1	Nani Roma	KTM	21:04:40
	2	Jean Brucy	KTM	5:44:09	6:02	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	21:12:56	8:16
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	5:46:05	7:58	3	Jean Brucy	KTM	21:19:05	14:25
9	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	9:34:33		1	Nani Roma	KTM	31:05:35
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	9:37:57	3:24	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	31:09:08	3:33
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	9:56:12	21:39	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	31:33:56	28:21
10	Stages cancelled due to security concerns
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12	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	1:43:13		1	Nani Roma	KTM	33:00:13
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	1:54:00	10:47	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	31:09:08	10:06
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	1:54:38	11:25	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	33:29:06	28:53
13	1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	6:10:25		1	Nani Roma	KTM	39:17:00
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	6:14:06	3:41	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	39:24:25	7:25
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	6:16:47	6:22	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	40:02:39	45:39
14	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	6:55:10		1	Nani Roma	KTM	46:16:24
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	6:56:33	1:23	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	46:26:04	9:40
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	6:59:24	4:14	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	46:57:49	41:25
15	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	6:55:46		1	Nani Roma	KTM	53:15:29
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	6:56:32	0:46	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	53:22:36	7:07
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	6:59:05	3:19	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	54:01:58	46:29
16	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	2:21:48		1	Nani Roma	KTM	55:39:22
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	2:23:53	2:05	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	55:44:24	5:02
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	2:24:12	2:24	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	56:26:10	46:48
17	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	14:49		1	Nani Roma	KTM	55:56:28
	2	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	14:59	0:10	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	56:09:06	12:38
	3	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	15:36	0:47	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	56:40:59	44:31

Cars

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Arnaud Debron	Nissan	1:41		Stage not counted towards overall classification
	2	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	1:42	0:01
	3	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Mitsubishi	1:42	0:01
2	1	José Maria Servia François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	25:00		1	José Maria Servia François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	25:00
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	25:03	0:03	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	25:03	0:03
	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	25:26	0:26	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	25:26	0:26
3	1	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	6:22		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	31:30
	2	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	6:26	0:04	2	José Maria Servia François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	31:35	0:05
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	6:27	0:27	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	31:52	0:22
4	1	Ari Vatanen Juha Repo	Nissan	40:50		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	1:12:20
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	40:50	0:10	2	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Mitsubishi	1:13:27	1:07
	3	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Mitsubishi	41:13	0:33	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	1:13:48	1:28
5	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	3:14:11		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	4:31:31
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:18:46	4:35	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:32:43	1:12
	3	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	3:27:06	12:55	3	Luc Alphand Henri Magne	BMW	4:42:28	10:57
6	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:09:40		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	7:42:23
	2	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	3:12:37	2:57	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	7:49:03	6:40
	3	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	3:15:21	5:41	3	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	8:00:13	17:50
7	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	5:58:35		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	13:40:58
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	6:03:37	5:02	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	13:52:40	11:42
	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	6:19:33	20:58	3	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	14:22:27	41:29
8	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	5:01:25		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	18:54:05
	2	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	5:30:20	28:55	2	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	19:59:16	1:04:38
	3	Grégoire De Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	5:33:46	32:21	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	20:16:37	1:22:32
9	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	9:03:43		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	28:16:20
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	9:22:15	18:32	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	29:20:20	1:04:00
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	9:48:50	45:07	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	30:38:48	2:22:28
10	Stages cancelled due to security concerns
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12	1	Luc Alphand Henri Magne	BMW	1:54:53		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	30:16:53
	2	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	1:56:21	1:28	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	31:21:36	1:04:43
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	2:00:33	5:40	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	32:35:09	2:18:16
13	1	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	5:52:58		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	36:36:26
	2	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	6:00:38	7:40	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	37:38:55	1:02:29
	3	Ari Vatanen Juha Repo	Nissan	6:01:45	8:47	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	39:06:25	2:29:59
14	1	Luc Alphand Henri Magne	BMW	6:51:07		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	43:46:03
	2	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	7:05:27	14:20	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	44:51:07	1:05:04
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	7:09:37	18:30	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	46:17:47	2:31:44
15	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	6:52:35		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	50:47:49
	2	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	7:05:27	14:20	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	51:43:42	55:53
	3	Giniel de Villiers François Jordaan	Nissan	7:10:07	17:32	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	53:43:05	2:55:16
16	1	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	2:34:49		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	53:28:32
	2	Luc Alphand Henri Magne	BMW	2:35:48	0:59	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	54:19:55	51:23
	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	2:36:13	1:24	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	56:32:19	3:03:47
17	1	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	14:42		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	53:47:37
	2	José Maria Servia François Borsotto	Schlesser-Ford	15:23	0:41	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	54:37:01	49:24
	3	Nasser Al-Attiyah Marc Bartholome	Mitsubishi	15:25	0:43	3	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	56:48:10	3:00:33

Note:

— Peterhansel was awarded a five-minute penalty for receiving illegal outside assistance. This only affected the overall classification, with Peterhansel retaining his stage win.^[15]

Trucks

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	2:32		Stage not counted towards overall classification
	2	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Hugo Duisters	DAF	2:33	0:01
	3	Hans Bekx Paul Flipsen Pierre Blom	DAF	2:38	0:06
2	Stage cancelled due to hazardous conditions
3	1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	7:32		1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	41:53
	2	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Hugo Duisters	DAF	7:39	0:07	2	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Hugo Duisters	DAF	42:00	0:07
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	7:48	0:16	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	42:09	0:16
4	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	49:54		1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	1:32:04
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	50:11	0:17	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	1:32:17	0:13
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	51:32	1:38	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	1:33:41	1:37
5	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:00:27		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	5:34:08
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	4:04:50	4:23	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	5:36:54	2:46
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	4:13:28	13:01	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	5:50:51	16:43
6	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:02:09		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	9:36:17
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	4:05:37	3:28	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	9:42:31	6:14
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	4:08:52	6:43	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	10:02:46	26:29
7	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	7:29:53		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	17:06:10
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	7:43:45	13:52	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	17:36:24	30:14
	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	7:53:53	24:00	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	17:46:31	40:21
8	1	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra	6:42:32		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	23:51:36
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:45:26	2:54	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	24:35:06	43:30
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	6:48:35	6:03	3	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra	25:35:18	1:43:42
9	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	12:01:38		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	35:57:20
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	12:05:44	4:06	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	36:56:01	58:41
	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	12:06:55	5:17	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	37:50:30	1:53:10
10	Stages cancelled due to security concerns
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12	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	2:24:37		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	38:28:34
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	2:26:57	2:20	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	39:22:58	54:24
	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	2:29:25	4:48	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	40:17:54	1:49:20
13	1	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra	7:39:43		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	46:23:09
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	7:44:39	4:56	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	47:07:37	44:28
	3	Ilgizar Mardeev Sergey Girya Eduard Kupriyanov	Kamaz	7:52:13	12:30	3	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra	48:10:51	1:47:42
14	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	8:57:36		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	55:52:29
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	8:58:47	1:11	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	56:58:50	1:06:21
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	9:29:20	31:44	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	57:23:39	1:31:10
15	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	8:19:33		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	64:40:18
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	8:22:34	3:01	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	65:43:12	1:02:54
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	8:47:49	28:16	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	66:09:57	1:29:39
16	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	3:01:13		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	67:49:45
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	3:09:27	8:14	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	68:44:25	54:40
	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	3:10:56	9:43	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	69:20:53	1:31:08
17	1	Hans Stacey Toon van Genugten Eddy Chevaillier	DAF	18:51		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	68:13:49
	2	Hans Bekx Paul Flipsen Pierre Blom	DAF	19:28	0:37	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	69:07:27	53:38
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	20:09	1:18	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	69:42:17	1:28:28

- As the stage was cancelled, all competitors were awarded a stage time of 34:21.

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	4	Nani Roma	KTM	Repsol KTM	55:56:28
2	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	Gauloises KTM France	+12:38
3	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	Gauloises KTM France	+44:31
4	10	Alfie Cox	KTM	Gauloises KTM International	+49:06
5	15	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Team Scandinavia	+2:04:33
6	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	Gauloises KTM International	+3:05:57
7	12	David Frétigné	Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	+3:26:54
8	8	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	KTM de Gavardo	+4:14:02
9	22	François Flick		KTM	Allier Dynamique	+4:25:35
10	23	Jacek Czachor	KTM	Orlen Team Moto	+5:31:56

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	203	Stéphane Peterhansel	Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	53:47:37
2	201	Hiroshi Masuoka	Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	+49:24
3	200	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Jean-Marie Lurquin	Schlesser-Ford	Schlesser-Ford Raid	+3:00:33
4	207	Luc Alphand	Henri Magne	BMW	Team X-Raid	+3:55:58
5	211	Andrea Mayer	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	+5:46:17
6	224	Bruno Saby	Matthew Stevenson		Volkswagen Motorsport	+6:54:03
7	208	Giniel de Villiers	François Jordaan	Nissan	Nissan Rally Raid Team	+8:06:11
8	212	Grégoire De Mévius	Alain Guehennec	BMW	Team X-Raid	+9:34:45
9	225	Thierry Magnaldi	Didier Le Gal	Honda	Thierry Magnaldi	+10:00:36
10	259	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Marc Bartholome	Mitsubishi	Ralliart	+10:01:28

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	414	Vladimir Chagin	Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	68:13:49
2	410	Firdaus Kabirov	Aydar Belyaev Dzhamil Kamalov	Kamaz	+53:38
3	417	Gérard de Rooy	Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	+1:28:28
4	423	Ilgizar Mardeev	Sergey Girya Eduard Kupriyanov	Kamaz	+6:50:20
5	400	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	+7:55:03
6	412	André de Azevedo	Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	+8:54:08
7	415	Karel Loprais	Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra 815	+10:17:03
8	416	Hans Bekx	Paul Flipsen Pierre Blom	DAF	+10:22:52
9	442	Hans Stacey	Toon van Genugten Eddy Chevaillier	DAF	+12:08:28
10	457	Peter Reif	Gunter Pichlbauer	MAN	+17:27:33

Notes and References

News: McRae relishing Dakar test. 1 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Peterhansel takes Dakar lead. 3 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Vatanen shines in Africa. 4 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Peterhansel hit with penalty. 5 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: McRae blasts into contention. 6 January 2004. BBC News. 2009-02-28.
News: McRae suffers in the sand. 7 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Peterhansel back in front. 8 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Dakar stages cancelled. 9 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Good day for McRae. 13 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: McRae claims Dakar stage win. 14 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Alphand triumphs again. 15 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Win gives Masuoka slim hope. 16 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Kleinschmidt first into Dakar. 17 January 2004. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Peterhansel wins Dakar Rally. 18 January 2004. BBC Sports. 2009-02-28.
News: Peterhansel gets penalty. 6 January 2004. autosport.com. 2013-01-29.