1996 Granada–Dakar Rally

1996 Dakar Rally, also known as the 1996 Paris-Dakar Rally, was the 18th running of the Dakar Rally event. It began on 29 December 1995 with a prologue stage in Granada, Spain - the second successive year the event began away from the traditional starting point of Paris - and ended in the Senegalese capital of Dakar on 14 January 1996. Pierre Lartigue won the car class for the third year in succession for Citroën and Edi Orioli won his fourth motorcycle title for Yamaha.^[1] Viktor Moskovskikh secured the first trucks class title for the Russian Kamaz marque.

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
					Bikes	Cars
P	29 December	Granada		0.3	J. Arcarons	K. Shinozuka
1	30 December	Granada	Malaga	4	K. Tiainen	B. Saby
2	31 December	Nador	Oujda	149	H. Kinigadner	A. Vatanen
3	1 January	Oujda	Er-Rachidia	328	S. Peterhansel	A. Vatanen
4	2 January	Er-Rachidia	Fam El Hisn	540	S. Peterhansel	P. Wambergue
5	3 January	Fam El Hisn	Smara	474	S. Peterhansel	P. Lartigue
6	4 January	Smara	Zouerat	603	E. Orioli	J-P. Fontenay
7	5 January	Zouerat	Atar	365	T. Magnaldi	A. Vatanen
8	6 January	Atar	Zouerat	511	F. Meoni	H. Masuoka
	7 January	Zouerat		Rest day
9	8 January	Zouerat	El Mreiti	629	J. Arcarons	P. Wambergue
10	9 January	El Mreiti	Tichit	632	D. Trolli	A. Vatanen
11	10 January	Tichit	Kiffa	530	E. Orioli	J-P. Fontenay
12	11 January	Kiffa	Kayes	275	D. Trolli	P. Wambergue
13	12 January	Kayes	Labe	516	F. Meoni	A. Vatanen
14	13 January	Labe	Tambacounda	620	F. Meoni	A. Vatanen
15	14 January	Tambacounda	Dakar	20	J. Arcarons	A. Vatanen

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	3	Edi Orioli	Yamaha	Yamaha Belgarda-Mobil 1	72:31:03
2	2	Jordi Arcarons	KTM	Lucky Strike-KTM	+1:05:45
3	20	Carlos Sotelo	KTM	Lucky Strike-KTM	+5:48:09
4	12	Gerard Jimmink	KTM		+6:44:53
5	17	Richard Sainct	KTM	Gauloises Blondes-KTM	+7:35:38
6	29	Guido Maletti	Kawasaki	Kawasaki Italy	+11:18:23
7	65	Oscar Gallardo	Cagiva	Pelayo Mutua de Seguros	+11:33:12
8	134	Massimo Chiesa	KTM		+12:23:44
9	57	Norbert Schilcher	KTM		+12:38:08
10	35	Marcel Pilet	KTM	AO American Optical	+13:34:39

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	201	Pierre Lartigue	Michel Perin	Citroën	Citroën Sport	65:44:38
2	207	Philippe Wambergue	Fred Gallagher	Citroën	Citroën Sport	+1:11:54
3	206	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	Bruno Musmarra	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+1:42:13
4	203	Ari Vatanen	Gilles Picard	Citroën	Citroën Sport	+1:49:53
5	205	Salvador Servia	Jaime Puig	Citroën	Citroën Sport	+3:16:45
6	208	Hiroshi Masuoka	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+6:26:20
7	202	Bruno Saby	Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+11:06:06
8	216	Giacomo Vismara	Mario Cambiaghi	Ssangyong	Ssangyong Motor	+20:22:40
9	209	Thierry Delavergne	Luis Arguelles	Nissan	Team Dessoude	+21:17:09
10	212	Jean-Pierre Strugo	Bruno Catarelli	Mitsubishi		+23:38:51

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