2013 Dakar Rally Explained

2013 Dakar Rally
Previous Round:2012 Dakar Rally
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Startdate:5
Enddate:19 January 2013
Stages:14
Category1:Cars
Category2:Bikes
Category3:Trucks
Category4:Quads

The 2013 Dakar Rally was the 35th running of the event and the fifth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Lima, Peru on 5 January and finished in Santiago, Chile on 19 January after fourteen stages of competition. 448 vehicles in four classes of competition started the event, which comprised a total distance of over 8,500 kilometres. The motorcycle category was won by French rider Cyril Despres for a fifth time, riding a KTM; Marcos Patronelli took his second win in the quad competition riding a Yamaha; Stéphane Peterhansel captured his eleventh Dakar victory in the car category alongside co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret at the wheel of a Mini; and Eduard Nikolaev's maiden victory re-captured the truck category title for Kamaz.

Entries

The official entry list for the rally was published in November 2012.[1]

Bikes

The entry list for the bike category would be headed by reigning champion Cyril Despres, who would spearhead the challenge of Austrian manufacturer KTM on board one of the Red Bull backed factory bikes. Absent however would be the Frenchman's long-time rival Marc Coma, who was forced to withdraw from the event due to a shoulder injury sustained whilst participating in Rally Morocco.[2] The Spaniard was replaced by US rider Kurt Caselli, who would represent KTM's AMV team alongside Joan Pedrero. KTM would also be represented by Red Bull rider Ruben Faria, Francisco López and Pål Anders Ullevålseter among numerous others.

Yamaha would field factory bikes for 2007 runner-up David Casteu, Olivier Pain, David Frétigné and Frans Verhoeven. Honda would make their return to the event after a lengthy absence, with Portuguese rider Hélder Rodrigues leading the team's assault. Husqvarna meanwhile could count Spaniards Joan Barreda and Jordi Viladoms as well as Portugal's Paulo Gonçalves among their works riders.

Quads

With defending champion Alejandro Patronelli opting not to return to defend his crown, his brother and 2010 winner Marcos Patronelli would be tasked with leading the Yamaha assault on the quad category. Fellow South American riders Tomas Maffei, Ignacio Casale and Sergio Lafuente would also be making use of Yamaha machinery.

Polish duo Łukasz Łaskawiec and Rafał Sonik, also riding for Yamaha, would also be expected to be in contention having both finished in the top three in previous years, with Dakar rookie Sebastian Husseini leading Honda's challenge for honours in the category.

Cars

Ten-time Dakar winner Stéphane Peterhansel would return to defend his 2012 crown at the wheel of a Monster Energy-sponsored Mini All4 machine prepared by X-Raid. The German team would also enter similar machines for former motorcycle category winner Nani Roma, Leonid Novitskiy and Krzysztof Hołowczyc with Orlando Terranova driving an X-Raid prepared BMW X3.

Two former winners in the shape of Carlos Sainz (2010) and Nasser Al-Attiyah (2011) would drive a pair of Damen Jefferies-built buggies in an all-new team backed by Red Bull and the Qatari government. SMG would also return with their brace of buggies, with driving duties entrusted to Guerlain Chicherit, Ronan Chabot and Bernard Errandonea.

South African Toyota dealership Imperial Toyota would field a pair of Hilux machines for 2009 winner Giniel de Villiers and Duncan Vos, with the Japanese marque also represented by Overdrive's Lucio Alvarez and Peter van Merksteijn. The challenge of Chinese manufacturer Great Wall would be led by Carlos Sousa, whilst Robby Gordon as ever would be present in his self-run Hummer H3.

Trucks

After ending several years of Kamaz domination in the 2012 event, the Petronas-backed Iveco works team would return with reigning champion Gérard de Rooy, 2007 winner Hans Stacey and two-time World Rally champion Miki Biasion making up the driving strength.

Kamaz's trio of Red Bull sponsored trucks would be piloted by an all-Russian line-up of Eduard Nikolaev, Ayrat Mardeev and Andrey Karginov. Tatra's challenge would be headed by Czech driver Aleš Loprais, nephew of six-time champion Karel, while Dutchman Marcel van Vliet would lead the attack of German manufacturer MAN.

Stages

Distance according to the official website.[3]

StageDateFromToClassRoad SectionSpecialTotalStage winners
km mi km mi km miBikesQuadsCarsTrucks
15 January Lima PiscoAll250156138263164 F. López I. Flores C. Sainz G. de Rooy
26 January Pisco PiscoAll8553242150327203 J. Barreda M. Patronelli S. Peterhansel G. de Rooy
37 January Pisco NazcaAll10062243151343213 F. López M. Patronelli N. Al-Attiyah G. de Rooy
48 January Nazca ArequipaBikes429267289180718446 J. Barreda M. Patronelli N. Al-Attiyah A. Mardeev
Cars/Trucks288179717446
59 January Arequipa AricaBikes27517113685411255 D. Casteu M. Patronelli N. Roma H. Stacey
Cars/Trucks337209172107509316
610 January Arica CalamaAll313194454282767477 F. López I. Casale N. Al-Attiyah G. de Rooy
711 January Calama SaltaBikes586364220137806501 K. Caselli S. Palma S. Peterhansel G. de Rooy
Cars/Trucks534332754469
812 January Salta TucumánBikes274170491305738459 J. Barreda S. van Biljon G. ChicheritStage
cancelled
Cars379236470292849528
Trucks39324415596548341
13 January San Miguel de TucumánRest day
914 January Tucumán CórdobaBikes259161593368852529 C. Despres Ł. Łaskawiec N. Roma A. Loprais
Cars258160851529
Trucks406252293182699434
1015 January Córdoba La RiojaBikes279173357222636395 J. Barreda Ł. Łaskawiec O. Terranova A. Karginov
Cars/Trucks353219632393
1116 January La Rioja FiambaláBikes262163221137483300 K. Caselli P. Smith R. Gordon G. de Rooy
Cars/Trucks219136481299
1217 January Fiambalá CopiapóAll396246319198715444 F. Verhoeven S. Husseini N. Roma A. Karginov
1318 January Copiapó La SerenaAll294183441274735457 F. López S. van Biljon R. Gordon A. Karginov
1419 January La Serena SantiagoAll50231212880630391 R. Faria S. van Biljon N. Roma P. Versluis

Notes:

Summary

Bikes

KTM rider Francisco López got his rally off to the best possible start by winning the opening stage, but Husqvarna's Joan Barreda took control of the overall standings by winning the second stage. The Spaniard however lost considerable time in the third stage with navigation problems,[6] handing the lead to defending champion and works KTM rider Cyril Despres, who led by just under three minutes from stage winner López.

Despres however lost 17 minutes to stage winner Barreda during the fourth stage, handing the lead to Yamaha's Olivier Pain. The young French rider held the lead until the end of the seventh stage with some consistent stage times, but hit trouble during the eighth stage with a navigational error.[7] This would mean Pain's teammate David Casteu, who won the fifth stage, headed into the rest day as leader of the overall standings.

More misfortune struck Yamaha however as Casteu struck a cow during the ninth stage, causing the Frenchman to dislocate his shoulder and retire from the rally.[8] Despres was set to re-take the lead of the standings after winning the stage but dropped to second behind teammate Ruben Faria after taking a 15-minute penalty for an engine change. Despres nonetheless took the lead after finishing second during the tenth stage, with Faria losing 12 minutes to the leader during the eleventh stage.

Despite dropping eight minutes to Faria during the twelfth stage, Despres remained in control of the standings until the end of the rally, ending up with a winning margin of just under 11 minutes over Faria. López seemed set to threaten Despres after winning the penultimate stage and closing to within just over eight minutes of the Frenchman, an engine change penalty prior to the final stage cost him any chance of doing so.[9] The Chilean would have to be content with third, nearly 19 minutes behind Despres despite taking the fastest time on the final stage, with Ivan Jakeš and Joan Pedrero completing an all-KTM top five.

Olivier Pain recovered to sixth position after his earlier troubles, whilst Barreda could do no better than 17th after losing considerable time with fuel pump issues on the fifth stage.[10] Kurt Caselli had an impressive debut ride as a substitute for Marc Coma, winning two stages but finishing just outside the top 30 as a result of a navigational error during the eighth stage and engine woes in the penultimate stage.[11]

Quads

Yamaha's Marcos Patronelli took control of the overall standings by winning the stage ahead of Honda newcomer Sebastian Husseini. The two riders finished 1st and 2nd for the next two stages, Patronelli extending his advantage to 15 minutes after the fourth stage, before mechanical problems for Husseini during the fifth stage cost him several hours. This gave Patronelli a lead of almost an hour and 20 minutes over Ignacio Casale, also aboard a Yamaha, who closed the gap slightly with a win on the sixth stage.

Patronelli however began to extend his advantage once more over the following stages, with Casale dropping 23 minutes during the eleventh stage. With a cushion of one hour 50 minutes, Patronelli maintained his advantage over Casale until the end of the rally. Rafał Sonik completed a Yamaha 1–2–3, albeit over three hours adrift of Patronelli.

Łukasz Łaskawiec briefly held third position after finishing second during the fifth stage, but delays in the sixth and twelfth stages dropped him to a final finishing position of 13th. Sarel van Biljon also held third in the overall standings after winning the eighth stage, but major delays during the following stage left the South African finishing outside the top 20.

Cars

Qatar Red Bull driver Carlos Sainz was the winner of the first stage, and despite losing twenty minutes to X-Raid's Stéphane Peterhansel during the second stage, the two-time World Rally champion was declared the leader of the overall classification having lost time trying to pass a waypoint due to a fault with his GPS.[12] However, this decision was later reversed,[13] handing the stage win and the lead of the standings back to Peterhansel.

The Frenchman's closest challenger initially would prove Sainz's teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah, who closed to within five minutes of Peterhansel following wins in the third and fourth stages. Victory in the sixth stage brought the Qatari within one minute 20 seconds of the rally lead, but an engine problem during the ninth stage put an end to his challenge.[14] With Sainz having retired after the sixth stage, also because of engine problems,[15] it was an event to forget for the newly formed Qatar Red Bull team.

This meant that Peterhansel now had a lead of 49 minutes over Imperial Toyota's Giniel de Villiers, the South African able only to erase seven minutes of that advantage during the remaining stages. In this period, a battle for third emerged between X-Raid drivers Nani Roma and Leonid Novitskiy, with the latter holding the advantage until the former won the twelfth stage. Novitskiy however re-gained the advantage after Roma stopped during the penultimate stage to allow Peterhansel to run in convoy with him, so as to ensure overall victory for his teammate.[16] Roma eventually finished fourth, eight minutes behind Novitskiy. Roma's hopes of challenging Peterhansel for victory were negated when the Spaniard lost over an hour during the sixth stage as a result of becoming stuck in a dune. Orlando Terranova made it four X-Raid drivers in the top five having won the tenth stage.

It was a difficult rally for Robby Gordon, who finished only fourteenth overall despite a late pair of stage victories. The American had a transmission problem in the opening stage[17] and rolled his Hummer in the fourth stage,[18] leaving him trying to make up for lost time for the remainder of the rally. X-Raid driver Krzysztof Hołowczyc was eliminated from the running after the third stage having sustained back and rib injuries in a crash.[19]

Trucks

Defending champion Gérard de Rooy took control of the event initially with victories in the first three stages for Iveco, building a seven-minute cushion over Tatra's Aleš Loprais. The Czech driver then took the lead of the overall standings after the fourth stage as de Rooy hit delays, but lost his advantage after becoming stuck in the sand during the following stage. This handed the lead of the rally back to de Rooy, who led by just over five minutes from Kamaz driver Eduard Nikolaev after the fifth stage.

The Dutchman extended this advantage to 22 minutes with back-to-back victories in the sixth and seventh stages, but disaster struck during the ninth stage – turbo failure, steering problems and a puncture conspired to drop de Rooy by nearly an hour. This gave Nikolaev the lead of the rally with 18 minutes in hand from Tatra's Martin Kolomy, though the Kamaz of Ayrat Mardeev would take second position after the eleventh stage and Andrey Karginov would move ahead of Kolomy into third position after victory in the twelfth stage.

Another victory in the penultimate stage allowed Karginov to move ahead of Mardeev, albeit some 36 minutes behind eventual victor Nikolaev. Karginov however lost out on the runner-up position during the final stage, with Mardeev doing just enough to clinch second by a margin of under a minute. Behind the all-Kamaz podium, de Rooy recovered to fourth position overall after winning the eleventh stage, 41 minutes behind Nikolaev, with Kolomy fifth and Loprais in sixth after his earlier troubles.

Miki Biasion ran third early on for Iveco, but was ruled out of contention after hitting severe delays during the fourth stage, going on to finish 13th overall. Former winner Hans Stacey meanwhile was forced to retire from the event after rolling his Iveco during the sixth stage.[20]

Stage results

Results according to the official website.[21]

Bikes

Stage result General classification
StagePosCompetitorMakeTimeGapPosCompetitorMakeTimeGap
11 Francisco LópezKTM39:151 Francisco LópezKTM39:15
2 Frans VerhoevenYamaha39:200:052 Frans VerhoevenYamaha39:200:05
3 Pablo QuintanillaHonda39:400:253 Pablo QuintanillaHonda39:400:25
21 Joan BarredaHusqvarna2:42:311 Joan BarredaHusqvarna3:24:11
2 Joan PedreroKTM2:45:473:162 Ruben FariaKTM3:29:475:36
3 Matt FishHusqvarna2:48:245:533 Joan PedreroKTM3:30:476:36
31 Francisco LópezKTM2:37:541 Cyril DespresKTM6:15:03
2 Paulo GonçalvesHusqvarna2:39:021:082 Francisco LópezKTM6:17:542:51
3 Cyril DespresKTM2:42:024:083 Pål Anders UllevålseterKTM6:20:024:59
41 Joan BarredaHusqvarna3:41:091 Olivier PainYamaha10:10:38
2 Olivier PainYamaha3:49:328:232 David CasteuYamaha10:13:022:24
3 David CasteuYamaha3:51:5110:423 Cyril DespresKTM10:13:473:09
51 David CasteuYamaha1:39:421 Olivier PainYamaha11:51:29
2 Olivier PainYamaha1:40:511:092 David CasteuYamaha11:52:441:15
3 Joan PedreroKTM1:42:402:583 Cyril DespresKTM11:57:366:07
61 Francisco LópezKTM3:36:211 Olivier PainYamaha15:35:23
2 Ruben FariaKTM3:38:552:342 Cyril DespresKTM15:37:452:22
3 Cyril DespresKTM3:40:093:483 David CasteuYamaha15:40:114:48
71 Kurt CaselliKTM1:51:311 Olivier PainYamaha17:28:17
2 Francisco LópezKTM1:52:541:232 Francisco LópezKTM17:34:236:06
3 Olivier PainYamaha1:52:541:233 David CasteuYamaha17:34:546:37
81 Joan BarredaHusqvarna2:07:261 David CasteuYamaha19:56:33
2 Johnny CampbellHonda2:14:307:042 Cyril DespresKTM20:05:599:26
3 Ivan JakešKTM2:15:237:573 Ruben FariaKTM20:07:4911:16
91 Cyril DespresKTM5:41:361 Ruben FariaKTM25:57:12
2 Joan BarredaHusqvarna5:45:395:032 Cyril DespresKTM26:02:355:23
3 Alessandro BotturiHusqvarna5:46:505:143 Francisco LópezKTM26:06:159:03
101 Joan BarredaHusqvarna4:43:141 Cyril DespresKTM30:47:04
2 Cyril DespresKTM4:44:291:152 Ruben FariaKTM30:48:411:37
3 Paulo GonçalvesHusqvarna4:45:582:443 Francisco LópezKTM31:00:4513:41
111 Kurt CaselliKTM2:55:011 Cyril DespresKTM33:48:29
2 Paulo GonçalvesHusqvarna2:59:464:452 Ruben FariaKTM34:01:4513:16
3 Cyril DespresKTM3:01:256:243 Francisco LópezKTM34:06:3718:08
121 Frans VerhoevenYamaha3:49:151 Cyril DespresKTM37:46:59
2 Ruben FariaKTM3:50:531:382 Ruben FariaKTM37:52:385:39
3 Joan BarredaHusqvarna3:52:163:013 Francisco LópezKTM38:00:3913:40
131 Francisco LópezKTM3:44:541 Cyril DespresKTM41:37:18
2 Cyril DespresKTM3:50:195:252 Francisco LópezKTM41:45:338:15
3 Paulo GonçalvesHusqvarna3:50:235:293 Ruben FariaKTM41:51:5914:41
141 Ruben FariaKTM1:43:061 Cyril DespresKTM43:24:22
2 Joan BarredaHusqvarna1:43:140:082 Ruben FariaKTM43:35:0510:43
3 Hélder RodriguesHonda1:43:300:243 Francisco LópezKTM43:43:1018:48

Notes:

Quads

Stage result General classification
StagePosCompetitorMakeTimeGapPosCompetitorMakeTimeGap
11 Ignacio FloresYamaha46:501 Ignacio FloresYamaha46:50
2 Sebastian HusseiniHonda47:450:552 Sebastian HusseiniHonda47:450:55
3 Marcos PatronelliYamaha48:051:153 Marcos PatronelliYamaha48:051:15
21 Marcos PatronelliYamaha3:02:401 Marcos PatronelliYamaha3:50:45
2 Sebastian HusseiniHonda3:03:461:062 Sebastian HusseiniHonda3:51:310:46
3 Ignacio CasaleYamaha3:11:348:543 Ignacio CasaleYamaha4:00:049:19
31 Marcos PatronelliYamaha3:04:551 Marcos PatronelliYamaha6:55:40
2 Sebastian HusseiniHonda3:08:273:322 Sebastian HusseiniHonda6:59:584:18
3 Rafał SonikYamaha3:20:3915:443 Ignacio CasaleYamaha7:25:1829:38
41 Marcos PatronelliYamaha4:25:461 Marcos PatronelliYamaha11:21:26
2 Sebastian HusseiniHonda4:35:349:482 Sebastian HusseiniHonda11:35:3214:06
3 Łukasz ŁaskawiecYamaha4:41:3115:453 Rafał SonikYamaha12:21:431:00:17
51 Marcos PatronelliYamaha1:59:301 Marcos PatronelliYamaha13:20:56
2 Łukasz ŁaskawiecYamaha2:02:303:002 Ignacio CasaleYamaha14:39:281:18:32
3 Ignacio CasaleYamaha2:13:4414:143 Łukasz ŁaskawiecYamaha14:41:411:20:45
61 Ignacio CasaleYamaha4:15:211 Marcos PatronelliYamaha17:42:53
2 Marcos PatronelliYamaha4:21:576:362 Ignacio CasaleYamaha18:54:491:11:56
3 Sarel van BiljonE-ATV4:25:5110:303 Rafał SonikYamaha19:30:531:48:00
71 Sebastián PalmaCan-Am2:25:061 Marcos PatronelliYamaha20:08:33
2 Marcos PatronelliYamaha2:25:400:342 Ignacio CasaleYamaha21:23:031:14:30
3 Sarel van BiljonE-ATV2:25:440:383 Rafał SonikYamaha21:59:191:50:46
81 Sarel van BiljonE-ATV2:28:131 Marcos PatronelliYamaha22:38:35
2 Marcos PatronelliYamaha2:30:021:492 Ignacio CasaleYamaha24:02:301:23:55
3 Sebastián PalmaCan-Am2:30:492:363 Sarel van BiljonE-ATV24:39:042:00:29
91 Łukasz ŁaskawiecYamaha6:26:391 Marcos PatronelliYamaha29:06:19
2 Marcos PatronelliYamaha6:27:441:052 Ignacio CasaleYamaha30:08:471:32:28
3 Sebastien HusseiniHonda2:30:492:363 Rafał SonikYamaha31:15:032:08:44
101 Łukasz ŁaskawiecYamaha5:19:121 Marcos PatronelliYamaha34:31:47
2 Ignacio CasaleYamaha5:20:471:352 Ignacio CasaleYamaha35:59:341:27:47
3 Rafał SonikYamaha5:22:353:233 Rafał SonikYamaha36:37:382:05:51
111 Paul SmithHonda3:46:041 Marcos PatronelliYamaha38:23:33
2 Marcos PatronelliYamaha3:51:465:422 Ignacio CasaleYamaha40:13:551:50:22
3 Gastón GonzálezYamaha3:55:229:183 Rafał SonikYamaha41:10:322:46:59
121 Sebastian HusseiniHonda4:36:541 Marcos PatronelliYamaha43:01:35
2 Marcos PatronelliYamaha4:38:021:082 Ignacio CasaleYamaha44:54:101:52:35
3 Ignacio CasaleYamaha4:40:153:213 Rafał SonikYamaha46:05:553:04:20
131 Sarel van BiljonE-ATV4:42:451 Marcos PatronelliYamaha47:47:19
2 Sebastian HusseiniHonda4:43:260:412 Ignacio CasaleYamaha49:37:431:50:24
3 Ignacio CasaleYamaha4:43:330:483 Rafał SonikYamaha51:02:023:14:43
141 Sarel van BiljonE-ATV1:54:051 Marcos PatronelliYamaha49:42:42
2 Sebastian HusseiniHonda1:54:420:372 Ignacio CasaleYamaha51:33:171:50:35
3 Marcos PatronelliYamaha1:55:231:183 Rafał SonikYamaha52:59:313:16:49

Notes:

Cars

Stage result General classification
StagePosCompetitorMakeTimeGapPosCompetitorMakeTimeGap
11 Carlos Sainz
Timo Gottschalk
Demon Jefferies23:001 Carlos Sainz
Timo Gottschalk
Demon Jefferies23:00
2 Lucio Alvarez
Bernardo Graue
Toyota23:240:242 Lucio Alvarez
Bernardo Graue
Toyota23:240:24
3 Guerlain Chicherit
Jean-Pierre Garcin
SMG23:300:303 Guerlain Chicherit
Jean-Pierre Garcin
SMG23:300:30
21 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini2:35:381 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini3:00:20
2 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota2:38:132:352 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota3:02:582:38
3 Ronan Chabot
Gilles Pillot
SMG2:40:304:523 Ronan Chabot
Gilles Pillot
SMG3:04:063:46
31 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Lucas Cruz
Demon Jefferies2:30:141 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini5:34:26
2 Robby Gordon
Kellon Walch
Hummer2:31:321:182 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Lucas Cruz
Demon Jefferies5:40:596:33
3 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini2:34:063:523 Lucio Alvarez
Bernardo Graue
Toyota5:52:3718:11
41 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Lucas Cruz
Demon Jefferies3:28:461 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini9:04:29
2 Guerlain Chicherit
Jean-Pierre Garcin
SMG3:29:220:362 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Lucas Cruz
Demon Jefferies9:09:455:16
3 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini3:30:031:173 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota9:37:5133:22
51 Nani Roma
Michel Périn
Mini1:49:401 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini10:55:32
2 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini1:51:031:232 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Lucas Cruz
Demon Jefferies11:05:269:54
3 Robby Gordon
Kellon Walch
Hummer1:51:211:413 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota11:29:2233:50
61 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Lucas Cruz
Demon Jefferies3:32:081 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini14:36:16
2 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini3:40:448:362 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Lucas Cruz
Demon Jefferies14:37:341:18
3 Robby Gordon
Kellon Walch
Hummer3:46:0013:523 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota15:18:4742:31
71 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini1:47:271 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini16:23:43
2 Guerlain Chicherit
Jean-Pierre Garcin
SMG1:48:060:392 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Lucas Cruz
Demon Jefferies16:26:573:14
3 Robby Gordon
Kellon Walch
Hummer1:48:351:083 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota17:07:4644:03
81 Guerlain Chicherit
Jean-Pierre Garcin
SMG1:55:061 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini18:31:04
2 Orlando Terranova
Paulo Fiuza
BMW1:59:084:022 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Lucas Cruz
Demon Jefferies18:34:183:14
3 Robby Gordon
Kellon Walch
Hummer2:00:235:173 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota19:15:0744:03
91 Nani Roma
Michel Périn
Mini5:36:281 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini24:11:43
2 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini5:40:394:112 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota25:01:1449:31
3 Orlando Terranova
Paulo Fiuza
BMW5:43:226:543 Leonid Novitskiy
Konstantin Zhiltsov
Mini25:07:4656:03
101 Orlando Terranova
Paulo Fiuza
BMW3:57:581 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini28:12:00
2 Nani Roma
Michel Périn
Mini4:00:052:072 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota29:04:3852:38
3 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini4:00:172:193 Leonid Novitskiy
Konstantin Zhiltsov
Mini29:20:401:08:40
111 Robby Gordon
Kellon Walch
Hummer50:511 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini29:07:25
2 Ronan Chabot
Gilles Pillot
SMG51:290:382 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota29:59:2451:59
3 Lucio Alvarez
Bernardo Graue
Toyota52:381:473 Leonid Novitskiy
Konstantin Zhiltsov
Mini30:33:051:25:40
121 Nani Roma
Michel Périn
Mini3:36:341 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini32:50:02
2 Robby Gordon
Kellon Walch
Hummer3:40:524:182 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota33:40:2350:21
3 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota3:40:594:253 Nani Roma
Michel Périn
Mini34:21:081:31:06
131 Robby Gordon
Kellon Walch
Hummer3:40:531 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini36:44:46
2 Guerlain Chicherit
Jean-Pierre Garcin
SMG3:41:150:222 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota37:29:2444:38
3 Orlando Terranova
Paulo Fiuza
BMW3:45:344:413 Leonid Novitskiy
Konstantin Zhiltsov
Mini38:14:171:29:31
141 Nani Roma
Michel Périn
Mini1:44:101 Stéphane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini38:32:39
2 Orlando Terranova
Paulo Fiuza
BMW1:44:230:132 Giniel de Villiers
Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota39:15:0142:22
3 Lucio Alvarez
Bernardo Graue
Toyota1:44:410:313 Leonid Novitskiy
Konstantin Zhiltsov
Mini40:01:011:28:22

Notes:

Trucks

Stage result General classification
StagePosCompetitorMakeTimeGapPosCompetitorMakeTimeGap
11 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco26:181 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco26:18
2 Hans Stacey
Detlef Ruf
Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco27:060:482 Hans Stacey
Detlef Ruf
Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco27:060:48
3 Aleš Loprais
Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra27:331:153 Aleš Loprais
Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra27:331:15
21 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco3:00:591 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco3:27:17
2 Aleš Loprais
Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra3:02:001:012 Aleš Loprais
Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra3:29:332:16
3 Miki Biasion
Humberto Fiori
Michel Huisman
Iveco3:08:517:523 Miki Biasion
Humberto Fiori
Michel Huisman
Iveco3:38:1210:55
31 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco2:55:581 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco6:23:15
2 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz2:57:221:242 Aleš Loprais
Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra6:30:146:59
3 Miki Biasion
Humberto Fiori
Michel Huisman
Iveco2:58:292:313 Miki Biasion
Humberto Fiori
Michel Huisman
Iveco6:36:4113:26
41 Ayrat Mardeev
Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz4:04:591 Aleš Loprais
Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra10:53:41
2 Andrey Karginov
Igor Devyatkin
Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz4:08:323:332 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco10:54:370:56
3 Hans Stacey
Detlef Ruf
Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco4:11:216:223 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz11:00:497:08
51 Hans Stacey
Detlef Ruf
Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco2:07:341 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco13:04:43
2 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz2:09:271:532 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz13:10:165:33
3 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco2:10:062:323 Ayrat Mardeev
Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz13:21:4917:06
61 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco4:19:021 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco17:23:45
2 Andrey Karginov
Igor Devyatkin
Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz4:19:360:342 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz17:42:2518:40
3 Peter Versluis
Harry Schuurmans
Jurgen Damen
MAN4:19:370:353 Ayrat Mardeev
Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz17:54:1730:22
71 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco2:02:211 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco19:26:06
2 Aleš Loprais
Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra2:03:301:092 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz19:48:1422:08
3 Andrey Karginov
Igor Devyatkin
Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz2:03:591:383 Martin Kolomy
René Kilian
David Kilian
Tatra20:07:3141:25
8Stage cancelled due to flooding
91 Aleš Loprais
Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra3:18:321 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz23:10:20
2 Peter Versluis
Harry Schuurmans
Jurgen Damen
MAN3:18:390:072 Martin Kolomy
René Kilian
David Kilian
Tatra23:28:1617:56
3 Andrey Karginov
Igor Devyatkin
Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz3:20:081:363 Ayrat Mardeev
Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz23:43:5233:32
101 Andrey Karginov
Igor Devyatkin
Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz4:44:081 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz27:59:31
2 Peter van den Bosch
Patrick Bouw
Wouter Rosegaar
DAF4:47:473:392 Martin Kolomy
René Kilian
David Kilian
Tatra28:31:5432:23
3 Martin van den Brink
Peter Willemsen
Arjan Veenvliet
GINAF4:48:204:123 Ayrat Mardeev
Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz28:33:4134:10
111 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco54:471 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz28:56:24
2 Aleš Loprais
Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra55:430:562 Ayrat Mardeev
Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz29:31:3535:11
3 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz56:532:063 Martin Kolomy
René Kilian
David Kilian
Tatra29:45:1948:55
121 Andrey Karginov
Igor Devyatkin
Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz4:09:441 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz33:12:35
2 Ayrat Mardeev
Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz4:12:202:362 Ayrat Mardeev
Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz33:43:5531:20
3 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco4:12:332:493 Andrey Karginov
Igor Devyatkin
Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz34:03:0150:26
131 Andrey Karginov
Igor Devyatkin
Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz4:06:301 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz37:33:07
2 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco4:09:182:482 Andrey Karginov
Igor Devyatkin
Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz38:09:3136:24
3 Aleš Loprais
Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra4:14:348:043 Ayrat Mardeev
Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz38:13:3440:27
141 Peter Versluis
Harry Schuurmans
Jurgen Damen
MAN2:02:401 Eduard Nikolaev
Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz39:41:43
2 Gérard de Rooy
Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco2:04:442:042 Ayrat Mardeev
Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz40:18:5337:10
3 Miki Biasion
Humberto Fiori
Michel Huisman
Iveco2:04:572:173 Andrey Karginov
Igor Devyatkin
Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz40:19:4037:57

Final standings

Bikes

PosNo.RiderBikeEntrantTimeGap
11 Cyril DespresKTM 450 RallyKTM Red Bull Rally Factory Team43:24:22
211 Ruben FariaKTM 450 RallyKTM Red Bull Rally Factory Team43:35:05+10:43
37 Francisco LópezKTM 450 RallyTamarugal XC43:43:10+18:48
432 Ivan JakešKTM 450 RallyNad Ress Adventure Team43:48:16+23:54
512 Joan PedreroKTM 450 RallyAMV Red Bull KTM 450 Rally Factory Team44:19:51+55:29
69 Olivier PainYamahaYamaha Racing France44:30:52+1:06:30
73 Hélder RodriguesHondaTeam HRC44:35:44+1:11:22
830 Javier PizzolitoHondaTeam HRC44:50:29+1:26:07
915 Frans VerhoevenYamahaYamaha Netherlands44:50:57+1:26:35
1020 Paulo GonçalvesHusqvarnaHusqvarna Rally Team by Speedbrain 44:52:42+1:28:20

Quads

PosNo.RiderQuadTimeGap
1250 Marcos PatronelliYamaha49:42:42
2254 Ignacio CasaleYamaha51:33:17+1:50:35
3253 Rafał SonikYamaha52:59:31+3:16:49
4256 Lucas BonettoHonda54:18:39+3:40:10
5263 Sebastian PalmaCan-Am54:18:39+4:35:57
6265 Sebastian HusseiniHonda55:22:45+5:40:03
7274 Paul SmithHonda55:28:51+5:46:09
8268 Ignacio FloresYamaha55:52:09+6:09:27
9290 Claudio ClavigliassoCan-Am56:02:23+6:19:41
10262 Luciano GagliardiYamaha56:12:186:29:36

Cars

PosNo.DriverCo-DriverCarEntrantTimeGap
1302 Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul CottretMiniMonster Energy X-Raid Team38:32:39
2301 Giniel de Villiers Dirk von ZitzewitzToyotaImperial Toyota39:15:01+42:22
3307 Leonid Novitskiy Konstantin ZhiltsovMiniMonster Energy X-Raid Team40:01:01+1:28:22
4305 Nani Roma Michel PérinMiniMonster Energy X-Raid Team40:09:22+1:36:43
5319 Orlando Terranova Paulo FiuzaBMWX-Raid Team40:21:49+1:49:10
6308 Carlos Sousa Miguel RamalhoGreat WallTeam Great Wall41:10:55+2:38:16
7316 Ronan Chabot Gilles PillotSMGToys Motors SMG41:50:44+3:18:05
8309 Guerlain Chicherit Jean-Pierre GarcinSMGAstana SMG42:00:23+3:27:44
9328 Pascal Thomasse Pascal LarroqueMDMD Rallye Sport43:08:11+4:35:32
10306 Lucio Alvarez Bernardo GraueToyotaOverdrive Toyota43:18:27+4:45:48

Trucks

PosNo.DriverCo-DriversTruckTimeGap
1501 Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin
Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz39:41:43
2505 Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev
Anton Mirniy
Kamaz40:18:53+37:10
3510 Andrey Karginov Andrey Mokeev
Igor Devyatkin
Kamaz40:19:40+37:57
4500 Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul
Darek Rodewald
Iveco40:22:59+41:16
5506 Martin Kolomy René Kilian
David Kilian
Tatra40:43:30+1:01:47
6503 Aleš Loprais Serge Bruynkens
Radim Pustějovský
Tatra40:57:53+1:16:10
7509 Pieter Versluis Harry Schuurmans
Jurgen Damen
MAN42:13:52+2:32:09
8502 Marcel van Vliet Artur Klein
Marcel Pronk
MAN43:03:46+3:22:13
9514 René KuipersIveco43:35:33+3:53:50
10534 Peter van den Bosch Patrick Bouw
Wouter Rosegaar
DAF44:05:35+4:23:52

Fatalities

It was reported that, on the evening of 9 January, two people died as a result of a collision between a taxi and the support vehicle for the 'Race2Recovery' team, which is made up of ex-military servicemen from the UK. The team members travelling in the support vehicle were taken to hospital along with the four surviving passengers of the taxi.[23]

On 11 January, a competitor in the motorcycle category, Frenchman Thomas Bourgin, was killed in a road accident with a Chilean police car whilst travelling to the start of the day's stage. He was running 68th overall at the time of the incident.[24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competitors list. Dakar Rally. 1 January 2013.
  2. Web site: KTM rider Marc Coma will not run the 2013 Dakar. motorsport.com. 9 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Dakar 2013. Dakar Rally. 31 December 2012.
  4. News: Stage 8 Live Feed. ASO. 12 January 2013. 12 January 2013.
  5. News: Stage 11 Stage Report. ASO. 16 January 2013. 12 January 2013.
  6. News: Stage 3 Stage Report . dakar.com . . 7 January 2013 . 20 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130111065215/http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/stage-3/stage-report.html . 11 January 2013 .
  7. News: Stage 8 Stage Report. dakar.com. ASO. 12 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  8. News: Stage 9 Stage Report. dakar.com. ASO. 14 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  9. News: Stage 14 Stage Report. dakar.com. ASO. 19 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  10. News: Stage 5 Stage Report . dakar.com . . 9 January 2013 . 20 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130112145128/http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/stage-5/stage-report.html . 12 January 2013 .
  11. News: 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 13 Results. motorcycle-usa.com. 18 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  12. News: Carlos Sainz given back Dakar lead after satellite investigation. Pablo. Elizalde. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 7 January 2013. 7 January 2013.
  13. News: Carlos Sainz demoted by officials over GPS incident. Matt. Beer. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 8 January 2013. 8 January 2013.
  14. News: Roma wins stage nine of Dakar Rally while Peterhansel pulls clear. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 14 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  15. News: Al-Attiyah wins sixth Dakar stage to close right in on Peterhansel. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 10 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  16. News: Stephane Peterhansel nears win as Robby Gordon sets pace. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 18 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  17. News: Carlos Sainz quickest on Dakar opener. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 5 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  18. News: Nasser Al-Attiyah closes on Stephane Peterhansel. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 8 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  19. News: Stephane Peterhansel takes Dakar lead as Carlos Sainz hits trouble. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 7 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  20. News: Stage 6 Stage Report. dakar.com. ASO. 10 January 2013. 20 January 2013.
  21. Web site: Results Dakar 2013. Dakar Rally. 21 January 2013.
  22. News: Peterhansel keeps advantage over Al-Attiyah. Matt. Beer. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 13 January 2013. 13 January 2013.
  23. News: Two killed in Dakar Rally crash involving British team . BBC News. 10 January 2013. 11 January 2013.
  24. News: Motorcycle rider Thomas Bourgin dies in Dakar traffic crash. Pablo. Elizalde. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 11 January 2013. 11 January 2013.