1996 Granada–Dakar Rally

1996 Dakar Rally, also known as the 1996 Paris-Dakar Rally, was the 18th running of the Dakar Rally event. It began on 29 December 1995 with a prologue stage in Granada, Spain - the second successive year the event began away from the traditional starting point of Paris - and ended in the Senegalese capital of Dakar on 14 January 1996. Pierre Lartigue won the car class for the third year in succession for Citroën and Edi Orioli won his fourth motorcycle title for Yamaha.[1] Viktor Moskovskikh secured the first trucks class title for the Russian Kamaz marque.

Stages
StageDateFromToTotal
(km)		Stage winners
BikesCars
P29 DecemberSpain Granada0.3 Spain J. ArcaronsJapan K. Shinozuka
130 DecemberSpain GranadaSpain Málaga4Finland K. TiainenFrance B. Saby
231 DecemberMorocco NadorMorocco Oujda149Austria H. KinigadnerFinland A. Vatanen
31 JanuaryMorocco OujdaMorocco Er-Rachidia328France S. PeterhanselFinland A. Vatanen
42 JanuaryMorocco Er-RachidiaMorocco Fam El Hisn540France S. PeterhanselFrance P. Wambergue
53 JanuaryMorocco Fam El HisnMorocco Smara474France S. PeterhanselFrance P. Lartigue
64 JanuaryMorocco SmaraMauritania Zouerat603Italy E. OrioliFrance J-P. Fontenay
75 JanuaryMauritania ZoueratMauritania Atar365France T. MagnaldiFinland A. Vatanen
86 JanuaryMauritania AtarMauritania Zouerat511Italy F. MeoniJapan H. Masuoka
7 JanuaryMauritania ZoueratRest day
98 JanuaryMauritania ZoueratMauritania El Mreiti629Spain J. ArcaronsFrance P. Wambergue
109 JanuaryMauritania El MreitiMauritania Tichit632Italy D. TrolliFinland A. Vatanen
1110 JanuaryMauritania TichitMauritania Kiffa530Italy E. OrioliFrance J-P. Fontenay
1211 JanuaryMauritania KiffaMali Kayes275Italy D. TrolliFrance P. Wambergue
1312 JanuaryMali KayesGuinea Labe516Italy F. MeoniFinland A. Vatanen
1413 JanuaryGuinea LabeSenegal Tambacounda620Italy F. MeoniFinland A. Vatanen
1514 JanuarySenegal TambacoundaSenegal Dakar20Spain J. ArcaronsFinland A. Vatanen

Final standings

Motorcycles
PosNo.RiderBikeEntrantTime
13Italy Edi OrioliYamahaYamaha Belgarda-Mobil 172:31:03
22Spain Jordi ArcaronsKTMLucky Strike-KTM+1:05:45
320Spain Carlos SoteloKTMLucky Strike-KTM+5:48:09
412Netherlands Gerard JimminkKTM+6:44:53
517France Richard SainctKTMGauloises Blondes-KTM+7:35:38
629Italy Guido MalettiKawasakiKawasaki Italy+11:18:23
765Spain Oscar GallardoCagivaPelayo Mutua de Seguros+11:33:12
8134Italy Massimo ChiesaKTM+12:23:44
957Germany Norbert SchilcherKTM+12:38:08
1035France Marcel PiletKTMAO American Optical+13:34:39

Cars
PosNo.DriverCo-DriverCarEntrantTime
1201France Pierre LartigueFrance Michel PerinCitroënCitroën Sport65:44:38
2207France Philippe WambergueUnited Kingdom Fred GallagherCitroënCitroën Sport+1:11:54
3206France Jean-Pierre FontenayFrance Bruno MusmarraMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+1:42:13
4203Finland Ari VatanenFrance Gilles PicardCitroënCitroën Sport+1:49:53
5205Spain Salvador ServiaSpain Jaime PuigCitroënCitroën Sport+3:16:45
6208Japan Hiroshi MasuokaGermany Andreas SchulzMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+6:26:20
7202France Bruno SabyFrance Dominique SerieysMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+11:06:06
8216Italy Giacomo VismaraItaly Mario CambiaghiSsangyongSsangyong Motor+20:22:40
9209France Thierry DelavergneFrance Luis ArguellesNissanTeam Dessoude+21:17:09
10212France Jean-Pierre StrugoFrance Bruno CatarelliMitsubishi+23:38:51

References
  1. "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2009-01-07.


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