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	J-P. Fontenay	E. Pelichet
2	5 January	Tambacounda	Kayes	594	S. Peterhansel	J-L. Schlesser	P. Reif
3	6 January	Kayes	Nara	592	S. Peterhansel	K. Shinozuka	P. Reif
4	7 January	Nara	Timbuktu	658	S. Peterhansel	B. Saby	M. Koreny
5	8 January	Timbuktu	Gao	482	T. Magnaldi	J-P. Fontenay	P. Reif
6	9 January	Gao	Ménaka	332	S. Peterhansel	K. Shinozuka	B. Slenovsky
7	10 January	Ménaka	Tahoua	396	C. Sotelo	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	Oclan	460	T. Magnaldi	J. Kleinschmidt	P. Reif
10	14 January	Oclan	Kidal	537	J. Arcarons	D. Guedes	P. Reif
11	15 January	Kidal	Timbuktu	577	J. Lewis	J-P. Strugo	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	P. Marques	J-P. Fontenay	P. Reif
15	19 January	Saint-Louis	Dakar	255	J. Brucy	J. Kleinschmidt	J. Petit

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	David Castera	Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	+2:56:25
4	7	Jimmy Lewis	KTM	KTM USA	+3:28:15
5	11	Dirk von Zitzewitz	KTM	KTM Sport	+4:28:38
6	73	Jurgen Mayer	KTM	MSA	+6:01:53
7	45	Jean Brucy	KTM	Raid Aventure	+7:17:10
8	41	Paulo Manuel Marques	KTM	Portugal RPM	+7:18:10
9	27	Norbert Schilcher	KTM	MSA	+7:20:30
10	10	Eric Bernard	KTM	E.Leclerc	+7:27:54

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	205	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	61:56:31
2	200	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	Bruno Musmarra	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+4:16
3	202	Bruno Saby	Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+9:12
4	220	Hiroshi Masuoka	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+2:25:27
5	206	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Jean Boutaire	Schlesser	Schlesser-SEAT	+4:35:51
6	204	Salvador Servia	Gilles Picard	Nissan	Nissan Europe	+5:15:14
7	216	Jean-Pierre Strugo	Bruno Catarelli	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi International	+6:20:08
8	208	Duarte Guedes	Jacky Dubois	Nissan	Team Dessoude	+9:23:13
9	268	Edoardo Argazzi	Riccardo Argazzi	Nissan	Team Dessoude	+9:40:41
10	224	Carlos Sousa	Philippe Rey	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi International	+23:28:05

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	427	Peter Reif	Johann Deinhofer	Hino	78:21:02
2	402	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Naoko Matsumoto Katsumi Hamura	Hino	+3:33:27
3	411	Joseph Petit	Jean-Christophe Wagner Takeshi Hashimoto	Hino	+4:08:52
4	425	Edmond Pelichet	Hubert Molina	Mercedes-Benz	+6:43:50
5	406	Gilbert Versino	Christian Lacourt Christian Versino	Mitsubishi	+7:51:50
6	415	Christophe Granjon	Masaaki Imai Anthony Martineau	Mitsubishi	+10:33:16
7	404	Christian Barbier	Eric André Jean-Louis Berger	Mercedes-Benz	+15:41:33
8	417	Yves Ferri	Michel Plateau Hubert Auvray	Mercedes-Benz	+22:11:30
9	433	Bernard Malferiol	Patrick Croset Jean Rodrigues	Mercedes-Benz	+23:43:18
10	434	Michel Gambillon	Raymond Louin Reynald Prive	Mercedes-Benz	+25:52:51

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