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Host country | France Algeria Mali Upper Volta Ivory Coast Senegal |
1981 Dakar Rally also known as the 1981 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 3rd running of the Dakar Rally event. The car class was won by René Metge and Bernard Giroux. The motorcycle class was won by Hubert Auriol.
Cars
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
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Driver | Car | Driver | Car | Driver | Car | |
1981 | René Metge | Range Rover V8 | Hervé Cotel | Buggy Cotel | Jean-Claude Briavoine | Lada Niva |
Stages
Stage | Date | From | To | Total (km) |
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1 | 1 January | Paris | Olivet | approx 120 |
2 | 2 January | Olivet | Sète | approx 625 |
3 January | Transportation to Africa | |||
3 | 4 January | Algiers | Moudjbara | 300 |
4 | 5 January | Moudjbara | Bordj Omar Driss | 949 |
5 | 6 January | Bordj Omar Driss | Tit | 605 |
6 | 7 January | Tit | Timeaouine | 540 |
7 | 8 January | Timeaouine | Gao | 740 |
9 January | Rest day in Gao | |||
8 | 10 January | Gao | Tombouctou | 412 |
9 | 11 January | Tombouctou | Niono | 570 |
10 | 12 January | Niono | Bobo-Dioulasso | 1080 |
11 | 13 January | Bobo-Dioulasso | Bouna | 828 |
12 | 14 January | Bouna | Korhogo | 326 |
13 | 15 January | Korhogo | Kolokani | 310 |
16 January | Rest day in Kolokani | |||
14 | 17 January | Kolokani | Nioro du Sahel | 297 |
15 | 18 January | Nioro du Sahel | Bakel | 325 |
16 | 19 January | Bakel | Louga | 143 |
17 | 20 January | Louga | Dakar | 96 |
References
- "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
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