2012 Desafio Litoral Rally

The 2012 Desafio Litoral Rally was a first edition of rally raid endurance race held in Argentina from 23–28 July 2012. It was the first Dakar Series rally held in South America. The itinerary contained 3,454 kilometres of roads and tracks in total, including 1,840 of timed sections. It was organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation.

Itinerary

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The race was held in public roads in the northeastern Argentine provinces of Misiones, Corrientes and Chaco. The original route included two stops at Asunción and Encarnación in Paraguay, but were cancelled prior to the event because of political instability after the impeachment of the president.[1]

Stage results

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Bikes

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Difference Pos Competitor Make Time Difference
1 1   Francisco López KTM 4:12:30 1   Francisco López KTM 4:12:30
2   Cyril Despres KTM 4:14:19 +1:49 2   Cyril Despres KTM 4:14:19 +1:49
3   Jakub Przygoński KTM 4:16:42 +4:12 3   Jakub Przygoński KTM 4:16:42 +4:12
2 1   Cyril Despres KTM 2:49:40 1   Cyril Despres KTM 7:03.59
2   Jakub Przygoński KTM 2:51:30 +1:50 2   Jakub Przygoński KTM 7:08:12 +4:13
3   Francisco López KTM 2:56:06 +6:26 3   Francisco López KTM 7:08:36 +4:37
4 1   Cyril Despres KTM 3:28:17 1   Cyril Despres KTM 10:32:16
2   Jakub Przygoński KTM 3:29:48 +1:31 2   Jakub Przygoński KTM 10:38:00 +5:44
3   Tadeusz Błażusiak KTM 3:37:08 +8:51 3   Mauricio Gomez Yamaha 11:29:24 +57:08
5 1   Mauricio Gomez Yamaha 2:38:41 1   Cyril Despres KTM 13:16:41
2   Pablo Rodríguez Honda 2:41:33 +2:52 2   Jakub Przygoński KTM 13:20:25 +3:44
3   Jakub Przygoński KTM 2:42:25 +3:44 3   Mauricio Gomez Yamaha 14:08:05 +1:02:24
6 1   Cyril Despres KTM 40:13 1   Cyril Despres KTM 13:56:54
2   Mauricio Gomez Yamaha 41:04 +0:51 2   Jakub Przygoński KTM 14:01:39 +4:45
3   Jakub Przygoński KTM 41:14 +1:01 3   Mauricio Gomez Yamaha 15:09:09 +1:03:15

Results

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Bikes

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  1. Cyril Despres (KTM) 13:56:54
  2. Jakub Przygoński (KTM) +4:45
  3. Mauricio Gomez (Yamaha) +1:03:15
  4. Pablo Rodríguez (Honda) +1:33:38
  5. Javier Pizzolito (Honda) +1:35:52

Cars

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  1. Orlando Terranova/Paulo Fiuza (BMW) 12:48:06
  2. Nani Roma/Michel Périn (Mini) +26.39
  3. Boris Garafulic/Gilles Picard (BMW) +1:39:56
  4. Omar Gandara/Mauricio Jeromin (Toyota) +3:15:32
  5. Roberto Recalde/Carlos Zarza (Higher) +3:26:26

Quads 4x2

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  1. Sergio Lafuente
  2. Gastón González
  3. Sebastián Foche
  4. Francisco Bartucci
  5. Germán Wolenberg

Quads 4x4

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  1. Daniel Mazzucco
  2. Ezio Blangino
  3. Claudio Cavigliasso
  4. Pablo Ríos
  5. Pablo Bustamante
  1. Omar Yoma
  2. Alberto Depetris
  3. Pablo Depetris
  4. Hugo Zucchini
  5. Carlos González

References

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