1981 Paris–Dakar Rally

1981 Paris–Dakar Rally
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Host country France
 Algeria
 Mali
Upper Volta
 Ivory Coast
 Senegal

1981 Dakar Rally also known as the 1981 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 3rd running of the Dakar Rally event. The car class was won by René Metge and Bernard Giroux. The motorcycle class was won by Hubert Auriol.[1]

Cars

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
Driver Car Driver Car Driver Car
1981 René Metge Range Rover V8 Hervé Cotel Buggy Cotel Jean-Claude Briavoine Lada Niva

Stages

Stage Date From To Total (km)
1 1 January Paris Olivet approx 120
2 2 January Olivet Sète approx 625
3 January Transportation to Africa
3 4 January Algiers Moudjbara 300
4 5 January Moudjbara Bordj Omar Driss 949
5 6 January Bordj Omar Driss Tit 605
6 7 January Tit Timeaouine 540
7 8 January Timeaouine Gao 740
9 January Rest day in Gao
8 10 January Gao Tombouctou 412
9 11 January Tombouctou Niono 570
10 12 January Niono Bobo-Dioulasso 1080
11 13 January Bobo-Dioulasso Bouna 828
12 14 January Bouna Korhogo 326
13 15 January Korhogo Kolokani 310
16 January Rest day in Kolokani
14 17 January Kolokani Nioro du Sahel 297
15 18 January Nioro du Sahel Bakel 325
16 19 January Bakel Louga 143
17 20 January Louga Dakar 96

References

  1. ^ "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2009-01-07.


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