It's Peterhansel - but two Dakar triumphs for SA
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WINNING PAIR: Stephane Peterhansel and Luc Alphand, first and second respectively in the Dakar, and their Mitsubishi Pajeros blast along the beach at Dakar on the last, 31km, stage. Pictures: AFP |
Dakar, Senegal - France's Stephane Peterhansel wrapped up his second consecutive Dakar rally title on Sunday while compatriot Cyril Despres made it a double French celebration by taking the motorcycle honours.
South Africans Giniel de Villiers and Alife Cox were fourth and third respectively in the car and motorbike sections. Cox was fourth in 2004 and De Villiers seventh.
Peterhansel, driving a Mitsubishi Pajero, finished comfortably ahead of countryman and former World skiing champion Luc Alphand, in another Pajero, with ex-champion Jutta Kleinschmidt third in a VW Touareg
Peterhansel, 39, won four of the 16 stages and has added his two car wins to six Dakar motorcycle crowns
.Peterhansel, 39, won four of the 16 stages this year and has added his two car wins to the six motorcycle crowns he picked-up in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998.
Despres, riding a KTM, took the motorcycle title for the first time with Spain's Marc Coma second overall, 9min 17sec behind, with South Africa's Alfie Cox third, 11min 29sec off the lead.
Sunday's last stage was a 31km dash around the Senegalese capital that brought the curtain down on this year's tragedy-hit event that directly or indirectly claimed the lives of five people.
Riders Fabrizio Meoni, a two-time winner, and Jose Manuel Perez died during the event. Italian Meoni had a fatal heart attack after a crash just a day after the death of Spanish rider Perez - who had been seriously injured some days before.
A five-year-old Senegalese girl died after being crushed beneath the rear wheels of an event assistance truck while two Belgian motorcyclists following the race were killed when a vehicle involved in a road accident veered across the highway and hit them as they tried to change a tyre
Sunday's last stage was a 31km dash around the Senegalese capital that brought the curtain down
.American rider Kellon Walch, on a KTM, won Sunday's last stage in 17min 17sec with Spain's Isidre Esteve Pujol 52sec behind and Dutchman Eric Verhoef was third, a further 55sec back. - Sapa-AFP
Results after Stage 16, the final stage, of the Dakar rally, a 31km special around the Senegalese capital of Dakar, on Sunday.
Cars
1 Bruno Saby (FRA) Volkswagen 19min00sec
2 Thierry Magnaldi (FRA) +20sec
3 Ari Vatanen (FIN) Nissan at +57sec
4 Giniel De Villiers (RSA) Nissan +1min15
5 Jutta Kleinschmidt (GER) Volkswagen +1min52
6 Carlos Sousa (POR) Nissan +2min03
7 Philippe Gache (FRA) Buggy +2min05
8 Nani Roma (SPA) Mitsubishi +2min12
9 Klever Kolberg (BRA) Mitsubishi +2min50
10 Jean-Francois Guinot (FRA) Volkswagen +2min58
11 Stephane Peterhansel (FRA) Mitsubishi +3min09
12 Luc Alphand (FRA) Mitsubishi +3min10
13 Jose Luis Monterde (SPA) BMW +3min20
14 Salvador Servia Costa (SPA) BMW +3min53
15 Balazs Szalay (HUN) Opel +3min57
Cars final overall
1 Stephane Peterhansel (FRA) Mitsubishi 52hr31min39sec
2 Luc Alphand (FRA) Mitsubishi + 27min14
3 Jutta Kleinschmidt (GER) Volkswagen +3hr22min00
4 Giniel De Villiers (RSA) Nissan +4hr02min36
5 Bruno Saby (FRA) Volkswagen +8hr44min14
6 Nani Roma (SPA) Mitsubishi +9hr19min37
7 Carlos Sousa (POR) Nissan +10hr02min29
8 Thierry Magnaldi (FRA) Honda +11hr03min44
9 Jose Luis Monterde (SPA) BMW +13hr27min31
10 Ramon Dalmau (SPA) Tot Curses +19hr16min53
11 Jun Mitsuhashi (JPN) Nissan +20hr15min15
12 Robby Gordon (USA) Volkswagen +21hr03min27
13 Thierry Charbonnier (FRA) Bowler +22hr02min41
14 Francesc Selga Felix Salido (SPA) Bowler +22hr52min56
15 Chris Leyds (NED) Bowler +22hr55min40
Motorbikes
1 Kellon Walch (USA) KTM 17min17sec
2 Isidre Esteve Pujol (SPA) KTM +52sec
3 Eric Verhoef (NED) KTM +55sec
4 Arjan Brouwer (NED) Yamaha +57sec
5 Bart Franssen (NED) KTM +1min04
6 David Fretigne (FRA) Yamaha +1min05
7 Giovanni Sala (ITA) KTM +1min22
8 Chris Blais (USA) KTM +1min43
9Marek Dabrowski (POL) KTM +1min50
10 Alfie Cox (RSA) KTM +1min58
11 Jozef Augustyns (BEL) KTM +2min03
12 Jyrki Karsmakers (BEL) KTM +2min07
13 Marc Coma (SPA) KTM +2min10
14 Thomas De Bois (NED) Yamaha +2min21
15 Frans Verhoeven (NED) Yamaha +2min33
Motorbikes final overall
1 Cyril Despres (FRA) KTM 47hr 27min31sec
2 Marc Coma (SPA) KTM at +9min17
3 Alfie Cox (RSA) KTM +11min29
4 Isidre Esteve Pujol (SPA) KTM +11min51
5 David Fretigne (FRA) Yamaha +33min36
6 Andy Caldecott (AUS) KTM +48min11
7 Jean De Azevedo (BRA) KTM +1hr27min41
8 Giovanni Sala (ITA) KTM +1hr33min53
9 Chris Blais (USA) KTM +1hr53min10
10 Jean Brucy (FRA) KTM +3hr11min39
11Marek Dabrowski (POL) KTM +3hr51min32
12 Jacek Czachor (POL) KTM +4hr16min39
13 David Casteu (FRA) KTM +4hr33min01
14 Alain Duclos (FRA) KTM +4hr53min54
15 Matteo Graziani (ITA) KTM +5hr55min29
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STAGE 16: Dakar > Dakar
Sunday January 16, 2005
Liaison: 37km
Special: 31km
Total: 68km
This special will start with the cars lined up in twos and the bikes in rows of 20. The route will run through the dunes and around Lac Rose in front of thousands of spectators. After the podium ceremony all the finishers will return in procession to the Hotel Méridien for a big party at Club Med.
Sunday January 16, 2005
Liaison: 37km
Special: 31km
Total: 68km
This special will start with the cars lined up in twos and the bikes in rows of 20. The route will run through the dunes and around Lac Rose in front of thousands of spectators. After the podium ceremony all the finishers will return in procession to the Hotel Méridien for a big party at Club Med.
WINNING TEAM: KTM riders (from left) South African Alfie Cox and Frenchmen Jean Brucy and Cyril Despres on the podium at the end of the last of the 16 stages of the 27th Dakar rally through Dakar. Despres won ahead of Spanish KTM rider Marc Coma and his South African team mate Cox. Brucy was 10th. Picture: AFP.
ITALIAN FAREWELL: Most of the Italian riders in the 2005 Dakar gather on beach after the finish to honour Fabrizio Meoni who died to days earlier. Picture: AFP
FOURTH IS GOOD South African Giniel de Villiers - he came home fourth in his Proudly South African Nissan Hardbody on Sunday. Picture: AFP
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