1980 Paris–Dakar Rally

1980 Dakar Rally also known as the 1980 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 2nd running of the Dakar Rally event, starting from Paris on 1 January and finishing in Dakar on the 23 January. The 1980 event saw vehicle manufacturers such as Yamaha, Volkswagen, Lada, and BMW taking part and the introduction of a truck category.

1980 Paris–Dakar Rally
← Previous eventNext event →
Host country France
 Algeria
 Mali
 Upper Volta
 Senegal

Summary

edit

216 competitors started the rally of which 81 made the finish. Cyril Neveu won for the second time in succession on a Yamaha, Freddy Kottulinsky won the car class driving a Volkswagen Iltis and Zohra Ataouat became the first winner of the truck class driving for Sonacome.[1]

Stages

edit
Stage Date From To Dist. Winner (cars) Winner (bikes)
P 1 January   Paris   Olivet 4   J-C. Briavoine   C. Neveu
2 January   Olivet   Marseille Liaison only
3–5 January Transportation to Africa
1 6 January   Algiers   In Salah 37   J-C. Briavoine   C. Neveu
2 7 January   In Salah   Reggane 270   C. Neveu   E. Breton
8 January   Reggane   Bordj Badji Mokhtar 630   J. Ragnotti   M. Merel
9 January   Bordj Badji Mokhtar   Gao 675   F. Kottulinsky   H. Auriol
10 January   Gao Rest day
3 11 January   Gao   Mopti 595   F. Kottulinsky   H. Auriol
12 January   Mopti   Niono Liaison only
13 January   Niono   Tombouctou 570   J. Ragnotti   G. Desheulles
14 January   Tombouctou   Gao 424   C. Neveu   H. Auriol
4 15 January   Gao   Bobo-Dioulasso Liaison only
5 16 January   Bobo-Dioulasso   Kolokani 120   F. Kottulinsky   M. Merel
17 January   Kolokani Rest day
6 18 January   Kolokani   Nioro du Sahel 280   C. Marreau   C. Neveu
19 January   Nioro du Sahel   Kayes 247   F. Kottulinsky   P. Vassard
7 20 January   Kayes   Bakel Liaison only
21 January   Bakel   Linguère
22 January   Linguère   Lompoul 87   H. Cotel   P. Vassard
23 January   Lompoul   Dakar 120   C. Neveu   C. Neveu

Leading Results

edit

Bikes

edit
Pos. No. Competitors Vehicle
1 50   Cyril Neveu Yamaha XT 500
2 58   Michel Merel Yamaha XT 500
3 60   Jean-Noël Pineau Yamaha XT 500
4 80   Jean-Pierre Lloret Yamaha XT 500
5 86   "Fenouil" BMW 800
6 43   Philippe Vassard KTM 240
7 38   Alain Padou Honda XR 500
8 48   Ludovic Loue Yamaha XT 500
9 74   Guy Albaret Yamaha XT 500
10 22   Marc Joineau Suzuki SP 370

Cars

edit
Pos. No. Competitor Vehicle
1 137   Freddy Kottulinsky
  Gerd Löffelmann
Volkswagen Iltis
2 136   Patrick Zaniroli
  Philippe Colesse
Volkswagen Iltis
3 120   Claude Marreau
  Bernard Marreau
Renault 4
4 138   Jean Ragnotti
  Georges Vaills
Volkswagen Iltis
5 180   Christophe Neveu
  Rémy Bourgoin
Range Rover
  • Of the 216 starters, 81 completed the event - 49 cars (of 116), 25 bikes (of 90) and 7 trucks (of 10).[1]

References

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