The 2007 Dakar Rally was the 29th edition of the Dakar Rally . It started on January 6, 2007 in Lisbon and ended on January 21 in Dakar.
route
The race started in Portugal's capital Lisbon and leads through Spain , Morocco , Western Sahara , Mali and Mauritania to Dakar, the capital of Senegal. A distance of 7915 km was covered, of which 4309 km were counted. On January 13th there was a rest day in Atar .
Stages
stage
date
From
To
connection
Rated
connection
total
1
6th January
Portugal Lisbon
Portugal Portimão
115 km
117 km
232 km
464 km
2
January 7th
Portugal Portimão
Spain Málaga
15 km
67 km
463 km
545 km
3
January 8th
Morocco Nador
Morocco Errachidia
205 km
252 km
191 km
648 km
4th
January 9th
Morocco Errachidia
Morocco Ouarzazate
96 km
405 km
178 km
679 km
5
10. January
Morocco Ouarzazate
Morocco Tan-Tan
164 km
325 km
279 km
768 km
6th
11th January
Morocco Tan-Tan
Mauritania Zouérat
414 km
394 km
9 km
817 km
7th
January 12th
Mauritania Zouérat
Mauritania Atar
4 km
542 km
34 km
580 km
13th January
Rest day in Atar
8th
January 14th
Mauritania Atar
Mauritania Tichitt
35 km
589 km
2 km
626 km
9
15. January
Mauritania Tichitt
Mauritania Nema
-
494 km
3 km
497 km
10
January 16
Mauritania Nema
Mauritania Nema
10 km
366 km
24 km
400 km
11
January 17th
Mauritania Nema
Mauritania Ayoun el Atrous
280 km
-
-
280 km
12
January 18th
Mauritania Ayoun el Atrous
Mali Kayes
110 km
257 km
117 km
484 km
13
January 19th
Mali Kayes
Senegal Tambacounda
180 km
260 km
18 km
458 km
14th
January 20th
Senegal Tambacounda
Senegal Dakar
124 km
225 km
227 km
576 km
15th
21th January
Senegal Dakar
Senegal Dakar
36 km
16 km
41 km
93 km
Note: The rated section of stage 7 has been shortened to 407.6 km due to bad weather conditions.
Attendees
250 motorcycles , 187 automobiles and 88 trucks were registered for the rally. With a total of 525 teams, the previous record of participants was broken.
Incidents
The 2007 Dakar Rally was rocked by two deaths. On the fourth stage from Errachidia to Ouarzazate , the South African Elmer Symons had a fatal accident on his KTM . On the 14th stage, the Frenchman Éric Aubijoux died of a heart attack .
Results
motorcycles
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
Stage 9
Stage 10
Stage 12
Stage 13
Stage 14
Stage 15
Final score
132 motorcyclists reached the destination. This corresponds to 52.8% of the drivers who started.
Automobiles
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
South Africa Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
02:46:12
2
Spain Carlos Sainz Michel Périn
France
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 00: 25
3
France Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 03: 18
4th
France Luc Alphand Gilles Picard
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 03: 42
5
United States Mark Miller Ralph Pitchford
South Africa
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 03: 55
Stage 4
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
France Jean-Louis Schlesser Arnaud Debron France
Schlesser buggy
03:59:54
2
Portugal Carlos Sousa Andreas Schulz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 07: 52
3
Spain Carlos Sainz Michel Périn
France
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 07: 58
4th
Spain Nani Roma Lucas Cruz Senra
Spain
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 08: 05
5
South Africa Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 08: 51
Stage 5
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
Spain Carlos Sainz Michel Périn
France
VW Race Touareg II
03:36:39
2
France Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 00: 30
3
South Africa Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 01: 41
4th
France Luc Alphand Gilles Picard
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 04: 17
5
Spain Nani Roma Lucas Cruz Senra
Spain
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 04: 32
Stage 6
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
United States Robby Gordon Andy Grider United States
Hummer H3
02:58:57
2
France Jean-Louis Schlesser Arnaud Debron
France
Schlesser buggy
+00: 00: 17
3
South Africa Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 06: 52
4th
Spain Carlos Sainz Michel Périn
France
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 07: 17
5
France Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 07: 49
Stage 7
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
South Africa Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
04:00:46
2
France Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 02: 46
3
Spain Carlos Sainz Michel Périn
France
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 04: 50
4th
Japan Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 10: 18
5
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Alain Guehennec France
BMW X3
+00: 11: 44
Stage 8
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
South Africa Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
07:31:52
2
France Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 06: 35
3
France Luc Alphand Gilles Picard
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 09: 11
4th
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Alain Guehennec
France
BMW X3
+00: 12: 09
5
United States Mark Miller Ralph Pitchford
South Africa
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 27: 22
Stage 9
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
France Jean-Louis Schlesser Arnaud Debron
France
Schlesser buggy
05:32:03
2
France Luc Alphand Gilles Picard
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 00: 13
3
France Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 04: 14
4th
Japan Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 08: 38
5
Spain Nani Roma Lucas Cruz Senra
Spain
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 14: 27
Stage 10
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Alain Guehennec
France
BMW X3
03:49:48
2
Japan Hiroshi Masuoka Pascal Maimon
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 00: 28
3
United States Mark Miller Ralph Pitchford
South Africa
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 01: 49
4th
France Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 02: 08
5
Spain Carlos Sainz Michel Périn
France
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 02: 48
Stage 12
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
Spain Carlos Sainz Michel Périn
France
VW Race Touareg II
02:58:56
2
Portugal Carlos Sousa Andreas Schulz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 03: 53
3
France Luc Alphand Gilles Picard
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 04: 52
4th
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Alain Guehennec
France
BMW X3
+00: 06: 10
5
Spain Nani Roma Lucas Cruz Senra
Spain
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 06: 32
Stage 13
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
Spain Carlos Sainz Michel Périn
France
VW Race Touareg II
02:30:22
2
France Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret
France
Mitsubishi Pajero Evo
+00: 00: 26
3
United States Mark Miller Ralph Pitchford
South Africa
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 02: 18
4th
Portugal Carlos Sousa Andreas Schulz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 05: 03
5
France Jean-Louis Schlesser Arnaud Debron
France
Schlesser buggy
+00: 05: 11
Stage 14
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
Spain Carlos Sainz Michel Périn
France
VW Race Touareg II
02:21:02
2
South Africa Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 00: 07
3
Portugal Carlos Sousa Andreas Schulz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 00: 45
4th
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Alain Guehennec
France
BMW X3
+00: 01: 52
5
United States Robby Gordon Andy Grider
United States
Hummer H3
+00: 01: 54
Stage 15
rank
driver
vehicle
time
1
South Africa Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
00:07:42
2
Spain Carlos Sainz Michel Périn
France
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 00: 02
3
United States Robby Gordon Andy Grider
United States
Hummer H3
+00: 00: 26
4th
Portugal Carlos Sousa Andreas Schulz
Germany
VW Race Touareg II
+00: 00: 42
5
France Jean-Louis Schlesser Arnaud Debron
France
Schlesser buggy
+00: 00: 43
Final score
109 drivers reached the destination. This corresponds to 58.3% of the drivers who started.
Trucks
Stage 1
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
Stage 9
Stage 10
Stage 12
Stage 13
Stage 14
Stage 15
Final score
60 truck drivers reached the destination. This corresponds to 68.2% of the drivers who started.
Individual evidence
↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2007/01/10/666387.html
↑ http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/rallye/news-40303-kurzmeldung-eric-aubijoux-toedlich-verunglueckt.html
Web links
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