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2004
WINNERS:
CAR
: Peterhansel
MOTO: Roma
TRUCK: Tchaguine
2003
WINNERS:
CAR
: Masuoka
MOTO: Sainct
TRUCK: Tchaguine
BIKE
WINNERS:
2003
KTM, Sainct
2002 KTM, Meoni
2001 KTM, Meoni
2000 BMW, Sainct
1999 BMW, Sainct
1998 YAMAHA, Peterhansel
1997 YAMAHA, Peterhansel
CAR
WINNERS:
2003
Matsuoka, Mitsubishi
2002 Matsuoka, Mitsubishi
2001 Kleinschmidt, Mitsubishi
2000 Schelesser, Schelesser-Renault
1999 Schelesser, Schelesser-Renault
1998 Fontenay, Mitsubishi
1997 Shinozuka
Mitsubishi
1996 Lartigue, Citroen
TRUCK
WINNERS:
2003
Tchaguine, Kamaz
2002 Tchaguine, Kamaz
2001 Loprais, Tatra
2000 Tchaguine, Kamaz
1999 Loprais, Tatra
1998 Loprais, Tatra
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PETERHANSEL
/ ROMA / TCHAGUINE WINS
Mitsubishi's
4th consecutive win
- 6 times
Paris Dakar moto winner Stephane Peterhansel wins his first ever car
title in Paris Dakar. He becomes the second competitor after
Hubert Auriol to win in both 2 wheels and 4 wheels. Defending champion
and team-mate Hiroshi Matsuoka finished 2nd. This is Mitsubishi's 4th
consecutive win.
PETERHANSEL: "... "It's been extremely tough,
but I couldn't be happier ... I had to wait four years for my first
win with the bike. For the first win with the car, it took me six ...
This is a completely different feeling .."
WINNER MOTO: 1991, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98
WINNER CARS: 2004
- Jean-Louis
Schlesser driving Schlesser Ford finished
3rd.
- BMW
X5 of Alphand finished 4th.
- McRae's
debut: Colin McRae won 2 stages in his Paris Dakar debut. He
was as high as 3rd overall until he suffered gearbox trouble on Stage
9. He finished 20th overall.
McRae: "... I would have been disappointed to have gone home without
a win .... I'd love to do it again and I have no reason to doubt I can
win the Dakar with Nissan .... Everyone involved with the team knows
we were unlucky with the technical problems which cost us a huge amount
of time last weekend ...But it's only Nissan's second year in the Dakar
and it's still a learning experience for us all ... What's more important
is that we've got to the end of the rally and I have to thank all of
the guys who kept my car going. Without them, I wouldn't have made it
.."
- Nani
Roma became the first Spanish rider to win paris-Dakar.
".... When I was little, my mother
gave me a book on the history of the Dakar, from its creation to 1985.
Every night I would read it. I would have never imagined riding a bike
one day, compete on a Dakar and win it .. It's amazing being a part
of its history.."
- Meoni
retires: 2002 & 2001 Moto champion Fabrizio Meoni
finished 6th overall and won stage 15 in his last Paris-Dakar "...
This special victory pleases me because it'll remain as one of my last
memories of the Dakar. I'm convinced it's time to stop .."
- Vladimir
Tchaguine won his 3rd consecutive win in Trucks division.
- Stages
10 & 11 were cancelled for security reasons. There are
fears that bandits may take competitors as hostages for ransom.
MATSUOKA (2003 champion): ".... I don't think it was a good decision
to cancel the stages ... I
wanted to continue all the way ... to Bobo ... Instead we have to drive
a liaison section of 927 km. That is much too long .... 1 hour is a
long time behind Stephane (Peterhansel). I think we must keep second
place for now .."
FINAL
OVERALL STANDING RESULTS
CARS:
- 1
Stephane Peterhansel, FRA, Mitsubishi
EVO II (Jean-Paul Cottret)
- 2 Hiroshi Matsuoka,
JAP, Mitsubushi Pajero+49m 24
- 3 Jean Louis Schlesser,
FRA, Ford Schlesser +3hr **** winner 2 WHEEL DRIVE CLASS ****
- 4 Alphand, BMW
X5 +3hr 55m **** winner DIESEL CLASS ****
- 5 Mayer, Mitsubishi
+5hr 46m
- 6 Saby, Volkswagen
- 7 De Villers 8
De Mevius 9 Magnaldi 10 Al Attiyan ; Kleinschmidt 17; McRae 20
MOTO:
- 1
Nani Roma, SPA, KTM
ROMA: ".... When I was little, my
mother gave me a book on the history of the Dakar, from its creation
to 1985. Every night I would read it. I would have never imagined riding
a bike one day, compete on a Dakar and win it .. It's amazing being
a part of its history.."
- 2 Richard Sainct,
FRA, KTM +12m 38
- 3 Cyril Despres,
KTM +14m 49
- 4 Alfie Cox, KTM
+49m 6
- 5 Ullevalseter,
KTM +2hr 4m *** best privateer ***
- 6 Meoni 7 Fretigne
8 De Garvardo 9 Flick 10 Czachor
- 65 riders finished
TRUCKS:
- 1
Vladimir Tchaguine, RUS, Kamaz (Semion Yakoubov, Serguei
Savostine)
- 2 Kabirov, Kamaz
+53m 38
- 3 Gerard De Rooy,
DAF +1hr 28m
- 4 Mardeev +6hr
50m
- 5 Sugawara +7hr
55m
- 6 De Azevado 7
Loprais 8 Bekx 9 Stacey 10 Reif
STAGE
WINNERS
DAY
17 - Jan 17, DAKAR - DAKAR
- CARS: 1
McRae, Nissan; MOTO: 1 Despres, KTM; TRUCKS: Stacey
DAY
16 - Jan 16, NOUAKCHOTT - DAKAR
- CARS:
1 Kleinschmidt, Volkswagen; MOTO: 1 Sainct, KTM; TRUCKS: Kabirov,
Kamaz
DAY
15 - Jan 15, TIDJIKJA - NOUAKCHOT, 579km
- CARS: 1
Matsuoka, Mitsubishi; MOTO: 1 Meoni, KTM; TRUCKS: Kabirov,
Kamaz
DAY
14 - Jan 14, AYOÛN EL ALTROÛS - TIDJIKJA
- CARS: 1
Alphand, BMW; MOTO: 1 Despres, KTM; TRUCKS: Kabirov, Kamaz
- RETIREMENT:
Ari Vatanen (crash); Coma
DAY
13 - Jan 13, MOPTI - BOBO-DIOULASSO
- CARS: 1
McRae, Nissan; MOTO: 1 Fretigne, Yamaha ; TRUCKS: Loprais,
Tatra
DAY
12 - Jan 12, REST DAY
DAY
11 - Jan 11, MOPTI - BOBO-DIOULASSO *** CANCELLED ***
DAY
10 - Jan 10, NEMA - MOPTI *** CANCELLED ***
DAY
9 - Jan 9, 2004: Tidjikja to Nema (Mauritania), 736km RESULTS
- CARS: 1
Matsuoka, Mitsubishi; MOTO: 1 Despres, KTM; TRUCKS:
Kabirov, Kamaz
- McRae:
failed to finish due to gearbox problem; he must reach Bobo-Dioulasso
by 6 pm Monday.
DAY
8 - Jan 8, 2004: Atar to Tidjikja (Mauritania), 355km;
- CARS: 1
Peterhansel, Mitsubishi; MOTO: 1 Roma, KTM; TRUCKS: Loprais,
Tatra
DAY
7 - Jan 7, 2004: Tan Tan (Morocco) to Atar (Mauritania) , 701km
*** longest stage ***
- CARS: 1
Matsuoka, Mitsubishi; MOTO: 1 Despres, KTM; TRUCKS: Tchaguine,
Kamaz
- RETIREMENT:
- Andy Caldicott
(KTM) - broken ankle; Paris Dakar debut; was running up to 3rd in overall
standing
DAY
6 - Jan 6, 2004: AFRICA - Ouarzazate to Tan-Tan, Morocco, 351km
- CARS: 1
Matsuoka, Mitsubishi; MOTO: 1 Roma, KTM; TRUCKS: Tchaguine,
Kamaz
DAY
5 - Jan 5, 2004: AFRICA - Morocco, Er Rachidia, 337km
- CARS: 1
Matsuoka, Mitsubishi; MOTO: 1 Pujol, KTM; TRUCKS: Tchaguine,
Kamaz
- RETIREMENT:
- Giovanni Sala
(KTM) , crash
DAY
4 - Jan 4, 2004: AFRICA - TANGER, 75km
- CARS: 1
Vatanen, Nissan; MOTO: 1 Fretigne, Yamaha; TRUCKS: Kabirov, Kamaz
- Sainct
- crash
DAY
3 - Jan 3, 2004: CASTELLÓN - TANGER; 9 km
- CARS: 1
De Villiers, Nissan; MOTO: 1 Fretigne, Yamaha; TRUCKS: G De Rooy, DAF
DAY
2 - Jan 2, 2004: NARBONNE - CASTELLÓN, 25km
- CARS: 1
Servia, Schlesser/Ford; MOTO: 1 David Fretigne, Yamaha; TRUCKS cancelled
DAY
1 - Jan 1, 2004: Prologue
- CARS: 1
Shinozuka, Nissan; MOTO: 1 Graziani, KTM ; TRUCKS: Tchaguine,
Kamaz
Scrutineering
Day - 30/31 Dec 2003:
- Jutta Kleinschmidt
(Volkswagen), 2001 winner: "... The car was ready in november.
I therefore only had two weeks to test it in Morocco. It’s very
fast but there still are a few things to work on. To be perfectly ready,
we would have needed an extra month or two. The goal is to finish in
Dakar, we’ll see if we can go for the .... top 5.."
26th
Paris-Dakar Rally 2004
- JAN
1, 2004 - JAN 18, 2004
- 17 stages
; 7 countries
- entrants:
148 cars; 200 moto; 64 trucks
- total distance
over 11,052 km
- 3 stages in Europe
- 4 stages in Morocco
- 6 stages in Mauritania
- 2 stages in Mali
- 1 stage in Burkina
Faso
- 1 stage in Senegal
DRIVERS INCLUDE:
- Paris Dakar champions:
- HIROSHI
MASUOKA - 2003, 2002 champion
- JEAN-LOUIS
SCHLESSER - 2000, 1999 champion
- STEPHANE
PETERHANSEL - 6 times winner (MOTO)
- JUTTA KLEINSCHMIDT
- 2001 champion
- KENJIRO
SHINOZUKA - 1997 champion
- World rally champions:
- COLIN McRAE
- MIKI BIASION
RIDERS INCLUDE:
- Paris Dakar champions:
- RICHARD
SAINCT - 2003, 2000, 1999 champion
- FABRIZIO
MEONI - 2002, 2001 champion
- other contrenders
- ALFIE COX
- CYRIL DESPRES
- JEAN BRUCY
WORLD RALLY
CHAMPION COLIN McRAE'S DEBUT
- Colin McRae will
try his first ever Paris-Dakar . He will drive for Nissan Rally Raid
team.
McRAE: "... It is something I've always wanted to do.
I always enjoyed the Safari, especially the old Safaris, an event where
you could pace yourself, but it's very much a learning year for me.
I am looking forward to showing what I can do in a different type of
rallying ..... The car will be radically different to what I am used
to, as it is Nissan's Double Cab 4x4, but this is all about taking on
a new challenge ..... My co-driver will be Tina Thorner, who has done
this event many times, and I'll be banking on her experience and that
of my team-mate Ari Vatanen to help me through my first Paris-Dakar
..."
MITSUBISHI
AIMING FOR 4TH WIN / MATSUOKA
TO HEAD MITSUBISHI TEAM
- The reigning dual
Paris-Dakar champion Hiroshi Matsuoka will once again head the Mitsubishi
factory team of 4 Pajeros. He will drive the new MITSUBISHI PAJERO EVOLUTION
(see sepc below). Other drivers in the team include 2 times world
rally champion Massimo Biasion (he won World Rally titles in
1988 and 1989 with Lancia).
- Mitsubishi has
won a total of 8 Paris-Dakar including the last 3 years.
2004 MITSUBISHI
PAJERO EVOLUTION
- defending champion
Mitsubishi will showcase the new T2 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution in the
the Super Production class:
- ENGINE: increased
from 3.6L V6 to 4.0L V6.
24-Valve, DOHC, adjustable inlet port, wet-sump oil system
- TRANSMISSION: 6
speed sequential shift gearbox and mechanical gear selection
- new kinetic and
hydraulic anti-roll bar system
MITSUBISHI: "... This new anti-roll bar system is similar to the
one used so successfully by Citroen in the FIA World Rally Championship,"
said Viardot. "It improves stability during cornering and ensures
that the Evolution handles more like a WRC car. It is particularly useful
on twisty special stages, narrow tracks and the traditional Prologue
stage. Another of the system's strengths is its adaptability on bumpy
tracks and in sand holes."
- BRAKES: ventilated
Brembo discs with 6-piston Brembo calipers
- Fuel tank: 500
litres
- 4WD full time,
mechanical centre diff lock
Front diff - Xtrac self-locking differential
Rear diff - Xtrac self-locking differential
- SUSPENSION:
Front - Independent, double wishbones, coil spring
Rear - Independent, double wishbones, coil spring
Dampers - 2 Donerre shocks per wheel, fully-adjustable damping and new
hydraulic anti-roll bar system
- WHEELS: Tecnomagnesio
7x16"
- TYRES: BF Goodrich
235/85 - 16
2003
RESULTS
- CAR
WINNER: Masuoka, Mitsubishi Pajero; 49 hr 8m 52s
2 Fontenay, Mitsubishi +1hr 52m 12s
3 Peterhansel, Mitsubishi +2hr 16m 28s
- MOTO
WINNER: Sainct, KTM 850;
2 Depres, KTM +7m 18s;
3 Meoni, KTM +37m 30s
- TRUCK
WINNER: Tchaguine, Kamaz
2 De Azevedo, Tatra +1hr 2m 1s
3 Kabirov, Kamaz +1hr 25m 4s
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