1997 Paris–Dakar Rally

1997 Dakar Rally also known as the 1997 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 19th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally started and finished in Dakar, taking in a loop including Niger and the Ténéré desert.^[1] Jutta Kleinschmidt became the first woman to win a stage of the Dakar Rally.^[1] Japanese driver, Kenjiro Shinozuka, won the car class and Stephane Peterhansel won his fifth motorcycle title.^[1]

Stages[]

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
					Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	4 January	Dakar	Tambacounda	587	S. Peterhansel
2	5 January	Tambacounda	Kayes	594	S. Peterhansel	J-L. Schlesser
3	6 January	Kayes	Nara	592	S. Peterhansel	K. Shinozuka	P. Reif
4	7 January	Nara	Timbuktu	658	S. Peterhansel	B. Saby
5	8 January	Timbuktu	Gao	482		J-P. Fontenay	P. Reif
6	9 January	Gao	Ménaka	332	S. Peterhansel	K. Shinozuka
7	10 January	Ménaka	Tahoua	396		J-P. Fontenay	K. Loprais
8	11 January	Tahoua	Agadez	820	S. Peterhansel	K. Shinozuka	K. Loprais
	12 January	Agadez		Rest day
9	13 January	Agadez		460	T. Magnaldi	J. Kleinschmidt	P. Reif
10	14 January	Oclan	Kidal	537	J. Arcarons		P. Reif
11	15 January	Kidal	Timbuktu	577			P. Reif
12	16 January	Timbuktu	Néma	588	S. Peterhansel	J-P. Fontenay	P. Reif
13	17 January	Néma	Kiffa	604	É. Bernard	H. Masuoka	P. Reif
14	18 January	Kiffa	Saint-Louis	751		J-P. Fontenay	P. Reif
15	19 January	Saint-Louis	Dakar	255		J. Kleinschmidt

Final standings[]

Motorcycles[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	65:14:37
2	17	Oscar Gallardo	Cagiva	Pelayo Mutua de Seguros	+2:35:16
3	8		Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	+2:56:25
4	7		KTM	KTM USA	+3:28:15
5	11	Dirk von Zitzewitz	KTM	KTM Sport	+4:28:38
6	73		KTM	MSA	+6:01:53
7	45		KTM	Raid Aventure	+7:17:10
8	41		KTM	Portugal RPM	+7:18:10
9	27		KTM	MSA	+7:20:30
10	10		KTM	E.Leclerc	+7:27:54

Cars[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	205	Kenjiro Shinozuka		Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	61:56:31
2	200			Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+4:16
3	202	Bruno Saby		Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+9:12
4	220	Hiroshi Masuoka	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+2:25:27
5	206	Jutta Kleinschmidt		Schlesser	Schlesser-SEAT	+4:35:51
6	204			Nissan	Nissan Europe	+5:15:14
7	216			Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi International	+6:20:08
8	208			Nissan	Team Dessoude	+9:23:13
9	268			Nissan	Team Dessoude	+9:40:41
10	224			Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi International	+23:28:05

Trucks[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	427			Hino	78:21:02
2	402	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Naoko Matsumoto	Hino	+3:33:27
3	411			Hino	+4:08:52
4	425			Mercedes-Benz	+6:43:50
5	406			Mitsubishi	+7:51:50
6	415			Mitsubishi	+10:33:16
7	404			Mercedes-Benz	+15:41:33
8	417			Mercedes-Benz	+22:11:30
9	433			Mercedes-Benz	+23:43:18
10	434			Mercedes-Benz	+25:52:51

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