2007 Dakar Rally
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The 2007 Dakar Rally
Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally is an annual rally raid type of off-road automobile race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation...

was the 29th running of the event. It started in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 on 6 January and ran through Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 until 21 January 2007.

Entrants

As of December 2006, there were 250 motorcycles, 187 cars and 88 trucks registered for the event The official list of entrants was released on 5 January 2007 after the administrative checks and scrutineering, after which nobody was excluded from the race.

The 29th Dakar Rally breaks all previous record of having highest number of competitors (525 teams) from various countries (42). Many competitors will be experiencing the Dakar adventure for the first time. 38% of the bikers and 10% of the car racers are rookies. The class of 2007 is also quite young; 40% are between 18 and 39 years old.

Route

The race began in Lisbon, Portugal, and passes through Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

, Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

, Western Sahara
Western Sahara
Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly...

, Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

, Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

 and Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

. The total race distance is 7,915 km, of which 4,309 km is timed special stage
Special stage (rallying)
Special stages are the competitive sections of a stage rally event where the goal is to cover a stretch of closed road in the shortest time. On a special stage cars are set off individually at set intervals to reduce the chances of being impeded by other competitors. Each special stage is a...

. There is a rest day in Atar, Mauritania
Atar, Mauritania
Atar is a town in northwestern Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar Region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau. It is home to an airport, a museum and a historic mosque, constructed in 1674...

 on 13 January.

Stages

StageDateFromToLiaisonSpecialLiaisonTotal
1 6 January   Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

  Portimão
Portimão
Portimão is a Portuguese town located in the District of Faro in the Region of Algarve, the southern coast of Portugal. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão . In 1924, it was incorporated as a cidade and became known merely as Portimão. The town has 41,000 inhabitants and the Portimão...

115 km 117 km 232 km 464 km
2 7 January   Portimão   Málaga
Málaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...

15 km 67 km 463 km 545 km
3 8 January   Nador
Nador
Nador is a city located in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco. The city is a Mediterranean port on the Bḥar Ameẓẓyan lagoon , and it is the major trading center in the region for fish, fruit, and livestock...

  Er Rachidia
Er Rachidia
Errachidia, is a city in Morocco, located in the province of the same name province of Errachidia, in the region of Meknès-Tafilalet. It was formerly known as "Ksar Es Souk". is a partially Amazigh and Arabic-speaking town in the in eastern Morocco....

205 km 252 km 191 km 648 km
4 9 January   Er Rachidia   Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate
-See also:* Tizi n'Tichka: The mountain pass that leads to Ouarzazate* List of Movies shot in Morocco-External links:* at IMDb...

96 km 405 km 178 km 679 km
5 10 January   Ouarzazate   Tan-Tan
Tan-Tan
Tan-Tan is a city in Tan-Tan Province in southern Morocco. It is a desert town with a small population, with only few claims to fame:*The nearby port, Tan-Tan Plage, or Port of Tan-Tan, about 25 kilometres away from Tan-Tan itself...

164 km 325 km 279 km 768 km
6 11 January   Tan-Tan   Zouérat
Zouérat
Zouérat is the largest town in northern Mauritania and is the capital of Tiris Zemmour with an approximate population of 38,000 . It lies at the eastern end of the Mauritania Railway to Nouadhibou.- Overview :...

414 km 394 km 9 km 817 km
7 12 January   Zouérat   Atar
Atar, Mauritania
Atar is a town in northwestern Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar Region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau. It is home to an airport, a museum and a historic mosque, constructed in 1674...

4 km 542 km 34 km 580 km
13 January Rest day in Atâr, Mauritania
8 14 January   Atar   Tichit
Tichit
Tichit is a partly abandoned village at the foot of the Tagant Plateau in central southern Mauritania that is known for its vernacular architecture...

35 km 589 km 2 km 626 km
9 15 January   Tichit   Néma
Néma
Néma is a town in southeastern Mauritania, close to the border with Mali. It is located at around . It is the capital of Hodh Ech Chargui Region and of the Néma Department....

494 km 3 km 497 km
10 16 January   Néma   Néma 10 km 366 km 24 km 400 km
11 17 January   Néma   Ayoun el Atrous
Ayoun el Atrous
Ayoun al Atrous is a town in southern Mauritania. It is located at around . It is the capital of Hodh El Gharbi region.It's one of the stops in the 2007 Dakar Rally....

280 km
280 km
12 18 January   Ayoun el Atrous   Kayes
Kayes
Kayes is a city in western Mali on the Sénégal River, with a population of roughly 100,000 people. Kayes is the capital of the administrative region of the same name. The name "Kayes" comes from the Soninké word "karré", which describes a low humid place that floods in rainy season...

110 km 257 km 117 km 484 km
13 19 January   Kayes   Tambacounda
Tambacounda
Tambacounda is the largest city in eastern Senegal, southeast of Dakar, and is the Regional capital of the province of the same name. Its estimated population in 2007 was 78,800.-Geography:...

180 km 260 km 18 km 458 km
14 20 January   Tambacounda   Dakar
Dakar
Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...

124 km 225 km 227 km 576 km
15 21 January   Dakar   Dakar 36 km 16 km 41 km 93 km

Note: The timed section of stage 7 was shortened to 407.6 km due to adverse weather conditions.

Motorcycles

StageStage Top-3MakeTimeLeaders Top-3MakeTime
1   Ruben Faria
  Helder Rodrigues
  Isidre Esteve Pujol
Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...


Yamaha
KTM
KTM
KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian motorcycle, bicycle and moped manufacturer.The company was founded in 1934 by engineer Hans Trunkenpolz in Mattighofen. It started out as a metal working shop and was named Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen...

1:22:07
1:22:23
1:27:07
  Ruben Faria
  Helder Rodrigues
  Isidre Esteve Pujol
Yamaha
Yamaha
KTM
1:22:07
+0:16
+5:00
2   Helder Rodrigues
  Ruben Faria
  Isidre Esteve Pujol
Yamaha
Yamaha
KTM
1:02:44
1:03:47
1:04:29
  Helder Rodrigues
  Ruben Faria
  Isidre Esteve Pujol
Yamaha
Yamaha
KTM
2:25:07
+0:47
+6:29
3   Marc Coma
Marc Coma
Marc Coma i Camps is a rally racing motorcycle rider. He won the Dakar Rally in 2006, 2009 and 2011 riding a KTM motorcycle. He is also the World Champion in the Rallies Cross Country Motorcycles Tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2007.- Honours :- External links :*...


  Chris Blais
Chris Blais
Christopher Blais is a rally racing rider from Apple Valley, California. Blais was the top American Rookie and 9th overall finisher of the 2005 race, 4th overall finisher in 2006, and 3rd overall of the 2007 Dakar Rally riding a KTM 690 Rally motorcycle.- Crash :Blais was severely injured Sunday...


  Isidre Esteve Pujol
KTM
KTM
KTM
3:07:39
3:08:35
3:10:36
  Isidre Esteve Pujol
  Marc Coma
  David Casteu
KTM
KTM
KTM
5:42:12
+0:26
+1:03
4   Marc Coma
  Isidre Esteve Pujol
  Cyril Despres
Cyril Despres
Cyril Despres is a French rally racing motorcycle rider, resident of Andorra. He won the Dakar Rally in 2005, 2007 and 2010; riding a KTM motorcycle.- Rallye Dakar results:* 2000 : 16th* 2000 : 16th...

KTM
KTM
KTM
4:24:54
4:40:10
4:46:50
  Marc Coma
  Isidre Esteve Pujol
  David Casteu
KTM
KTM
KTM
10:10:32
+11:50
+24:20
5   Isidre Esteve Pujol
  Marc Coma
  Cyril Despres
KTM
KTM
KTM
3:56:22
3:58:16
4:01:24
  Marc Coma
  Isidre Esteve Pujol
  David Casteu
KTM
KTM
KTM
14:08:48
+9:56
+37:41
6   Jordi Viladoms
  Marc Coma
  Chris Blais
KTM
KTM
KTM
3:45:45
3:46:42
3:46:45
  Marc Coma
  Isidre Esteve Pujol
  David Casteu
KTM
KTM
KTM
17:55:30
+12:07
+44:39
7   Cyril Despres
  Pal Anders Ullevalseter
Pål Anders Ullevålseter
Pål Anders Ullevålseter is Norwegian a rally racing motorcycle rider. He has competed in the Dakar Rally from 2002 to 2010 and in 2010 he made his first podium appearance when he came in second.-References:...


  David Casteu
KTM
KTM
KTM
4:30:42
4:33:28
4:35:18
  Marc Coma
  Isidre Esteve Pujol
  David Casteu
KTM
KTM
KTM
22:38:34
+10:47
+36:53
8   Marc Coma
  Cyril Despres
  Pal Anders Ullevalseter
KTM
KTM
KTM
7:46:13
7:56:15
8:10:13
  Marc Coma
  Cyril Despres
  David Casteu
KTM
KTM
KTM
30:24:47
+54:58
+1:03:15
9   Janis Vinters
  Cyril Despres
  Marc Coma
KTM
KTM
KTM
6:08:51
6:16:22
6:16:44
  Marc Coma
  Cyril Despres
  David Casteu
KTM
KTM
KTM
36:41:31
+54:36
+1:11:15
10   Helder Rodrigues
  Marc Coma
  Cyril Despres
Yamaha
KTM
KTM
4:12:55
4:13:39
4:13:46
  Marc Coma
  Cyril Despres
  David Casteu
KTM
KTM
KTM
40:55:10
+54:43
+1:15:12
11 No competitive race held
12   Isidre Esteve Pujol
  Paulo Goncalves
  Jacek Czachor
KTM
Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...


KTM
3:34:46
3:37:49
3:38:50
  Marc Coma
  Cyril Despres
  David Casteu
KTM
KTM
KTM
44:47:16
+52:48
+1:10:13
13   Cyril Despres
  Chris Blais
  Michel Marchini
KTM
KTM
Yamaha
3:00:56
3:07:03
3:11:21
  Cyril Despres
  David Casteu
  Chris Blais
KTM
KTM
KTM
48:41:00
+32:56
+54:52
14   Jean de Azevedo
  Jacek Czachor
  Janis Vinters
KTM
KTM
KTM
2:37:46
2:39:51
2:42:51
  Cyril Despres
  David Casteu
  Chris Blais
KTM
KTM
KTM
51:25:49
+36:09
+53:01
15   Janis Vinters
  Pal Anders Ullevalseter
  Helder Rodrigues
KTM
KTM
Yamaha
0:08:42
0:08:49
0:09:07
  Cyril Despres
  David Casteu
  Chris Blais
KTM
KTM
KTM
51:36:53
+34:19
+52:06

Cars

StageStage Top-3MakeTimeLeaders Top-3MakeTime
1   Carlos Sousa
  Giniel de Villiers
Giniel de Villiers
Giniel de Villiers is a South African racing driver. He was the winner of the 2009 Dakar Rally, and is also a 4 time South African Touring car and Off road racing Champion....


  Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spanish rally driver. He won the World Rally Championship drivers' title with Toyota in 1990 and 1992, and finished runner-up four times...

Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...


Volkswagen
Volkswagen
1:20:38
1:23:09
1:23:16
  Carlos Sousa
  Giniel de Villiers
  Carlos Sainz
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
1:20:38
+2:31
+2:38
2   Carlos Sainz
  Nani Roma
Nani Roma
Nani Roma, full name Joan Roma Cararach, is a rally racing driver from Folgueroles, a small village in Barcelona, Spain. He won the Dakar Rally riding a motorcycle in 2004. Since then he has entered driving a car.-Honours:...


  Luc Alphand
Luc Alphand
Luc Alphand is a French former alpine skier and race car driver.- Skiing :Born in Briançon , Alphand made his World Cup skiing debut in 1984...

Volkswagen
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Motors
is a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2009 it was the fifth-largest Japan-based automaker and the 17th-largest in the world measured by production...


Mitsubishi
0:59:26
0:59:55
0:59:55
  Carlos Sousa
  Carlos Sainz
  Giniel de Villiers
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
2:21:57
+0:45
+2:12
3   Giniel de Villiers
  Carlos Sainz
  Stéphane Peterhansel
Stéphane Peterhansel
Stéphane Peterhansel is a rally racing driver from France. He won the Paris Dakar Rally riding Yamaha motorcycles in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1998 and then again driving Mitsubishi Pajero SUVs in 2004, 2005 and 2007, making him one of the most successful drivers in the history of that race...

Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Mitsubishi
2:46:12
2:46:37
2:49:30
  Carlos Sainz
  Giniel de Villiers
  Carlos Sousa
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
5:09:19
+1:02
+4:26
4   Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser is a French racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is known for his successful wins of many different competitions...


  Carlos Sousa
  Carlos Sainz
Schlesser-Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...


Volkswagen
Volkswagen
3:59:54
4:07:46
4:07:52
  Carlos Sainz
  Giniel de Villiers
  Carlos Sousa
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
9:17:11
+1:55
+4:20
5   Carlos Sainz
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Giniel de Villiers
Volkswagen
Mitsubishi
Volkswagen
3:36:39
3:37:09
3:38:20
  Carlos Sainz
  Giniel de Villiers
  Carlos Sousa
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
12:53:50
+3:36
+11:17
6   Robby Gordon
Robby Gordon
Robert W. "Robby" Gordon is an American racecar driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as an owner-driver, driving the No. 7 Speed Energy Dodge Charger for Robby Gordon Motorsports, and also competes part-time in the Nationwide Series...


  Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Giniel de Villiers
Hummer
Hummer
Hummer was a brand of trucks and SUVs, first marketed in 1992 when AM General began selling a civilian version of the M998 Humvee. In 1998, General Motors purchased the brand name and marketed three vehicles: the original Hummer H1, based on the Humvee; and the H2 and H3 models that were...


Schlesser-Ford
Volkswagen
2:58:57
2:59:14
3:05:49
  Carlos Sainz
  Giniel de Villiers
  Carlos Sousa
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
16:00:04
+3:11
+14:03
7   Giniel de Villiers
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Carlos Sainz
Volkswagen
Mitsubishi
Volkswagen
4:00:46
4:03:32
4:05:36
  Giniel de Villiers
  Carlos Sainz
  Stéphane Peterhansel
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Mitsubishi
20:04:01
+1:39
+24:38
8   Giniel de Villiers
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Luc Alphand
Volkswagen
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
7:31:52
7:38:27
7:41:03
  Giniel de Villiers
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Luc Alphand
Volkswagen
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
27:35:53
+31:13
+43:04
9   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Luc Alphand
  Stéphane Peterhansel
Schlesser-Ford
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
5:32:03
5:32:16
5:36:17
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Luc Alphand
  Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
Schlesser-Ford
33:43:23
+7:50
+1:25:32
10   Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011...


  Hiroshi Masuoka
Hiroshi Masuoka
Hiroshi Masuoka is a Japanese rally driver. His most notable achievement was his back-to-back successes in the Dakar Rally in 2002 and 2003, only the fourth driver in the event's history to win in consecutive years. He was also victorious in the 2003 Baja Italy and the 2004 UAE Desert Challenge...


  Mark Miller
Mark Miller (motorcycle racer)
Mark Miller is a professional off road racer, competing in both cars and on motorcycles. He lives both in Arizona and Colorado, and is married to Danielle Miller. Together they have two sons, Nick and Sam...

BMW
BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...


Mitsubishi
Volkswagen
3:49:48
3:50:16
3:51:37
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Luc Alphand
  Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
Schlesser-Ford
37:35:19
+9:56
+1:30:50
11 No competitive race held
12   Carlos Sainz
  Carlos Sousa
  Luc Alphand
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Mitsubishi
2:58:56
3:02:49
3:03:48
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Luc Alphand
  Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
Schlesser-Ford
40:42:34
+6:29
+1:34:02
13   Carlos Sainz
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Mark Miller
Volkswagen
Mitsubishi
Volkswagen
2:30:22
2:30:48
2:32:40
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Luc Alphand
  Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
Schlesser-Ford
43:13:22
+11:15
+1:38:47
14   Carlos Sainz
  Giniel de Villiers
  Carlos Sousa
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
2:21:02
2:21:09
2:21:47
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Luc Alphand
  Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
Schlesser-Ford
45:42:45
+7:16
+1:36:24
15   Giniel de Villiers
  Carlos Sainz
  Robby Gordon
Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Hummer
0:07:42
0:07:44
0:08:08
  Stéphane Peterhansel
  Luc Alphand
  Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
Schlesser-Ford
45:53:37
+7:26
+1:33:57

Trucks

StageStage Top-3MakeTimeLeaders Top-3MakeTime
1   Gerard de Rooy
  Hans Stacey
Hans Stacey
Hans Stacey is a Dutch rally car driver. He participated in various national championships, where he became the champion of his country in 1991 and 1992, driving a Mitsubishi Galant VR 4...


  Vladimir Chagin
Vladimir Chagin
Vladimir Gennadiyevich Chagin is a Russian rally raid driver. He has won the Dakar Rally driving Kamaz trucks in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2011, becoming the most successful single category pilot in the history of the tournament earning him the nickname "The Tsar of Dakar". he holds...

GINAF
GINAF
GINAF is a Dutch truck manufacturer which produces trucks mainly for heavy duty off-road transport, construction and agricultural work. About 250 trucks are made each year in the company's factory in Veenendaal in the Netherlands...


MAN
Kamaz
Kamaz
KAMAZ is a Russian truck manufacturer located in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russian Federation. KAMAZ opened their doors in 1976...

1:40:00
1:40:20
1:40:46
  Gerard de Rooy
  Hans Stacey
  Vladimir Chagin
GINAF
MAN
Kamaz
1:40:00
+0:20
+0:46
2 No competitive race held
3   Vladimir Chagin
  Gerard de Rooy
  Hans Stacey
Kamaz
GINAF
MAN
3:22:13
3:32:52
3:33:48
  Vladimir Chagin
  Gerard de Rooy
  Hans Stacey
Kamaz
GINAF
MAN
5:02:59
+9:53
+11:09
4   Vladimir Chagin
  Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Kamaz
MAN
Kamaz
4:56:13
5:09:08
5:25:19
  Vladimir Chagin
  Hans Stacey
  Gerard de Rooy
Kamaz
MAN
GINAF
9:59:12
+24:04
+54:48
5   Hans Stacey
  Gerard de Rooy
  Ilgizar Mardeev
MAN
GINAF
Kamaz
3:41:59
3:45:50
3:53:45
  Hans Stacey
  Gerard de Rooy
  Ilgizar Mardeev
MAN
GINAF
Kamaz
14:05:15
+34:35
+1:30:27
6   Hans Stacey
  Gerard de Rooy
  Ilgizar Mardeev
MAN
GINAF
Kamaz
3:39:58
3:54:05
3:56:10
  Hans Stacey
  Gerard de Rooy
  Ilgizar Mardeev
MAN
GINAF
Kamaz
17:45:13
+48:42
+1:46:39
7   Hans Stacey
  Philippe Jacquot
  Tomáš Tomeček
MAN
MAN
Tatra
Tatra (car)
Tatra is a vehicle manufacturer in Kopřivnice, Czech Republic. The company was founded in 1850 as Schustala & Company later renamed Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft, a wagon and carriage manufacturer, and in 1897 produced the first motor car in central Europe, the Präsident. In 1918, it...

4:51:44
5:18:36
5:19:41
  Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
  Wulfert van Ginkel
MAN
Kamaz
GINAF
22:36:57
+2:16:28
+3:13:14
8   Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
  Arjan Brouwer
MAN
Kamaz
GINAF
8:58:49
9:38:57
9:41:37
  Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
  Wulfert van Ginkel
MAN
Kamaz
GINAF
31:35:46
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9   Wulfert van Ginkel
  Hans Stacey
  Aleš Loprais
GINAF
MAN
Tatra
6:47:47
7:00:15
7:01:07
  Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
  Wulfert van Ginkel
MAN
Kamaz
GINAF
38:36:01
+3:07:11
+4:18:54
10   Arjan Brouwer
  Andre de Azevedo
  Ilgizar Mardeev
GINAF
Tatra
Kamaz
4:36:22
4:43:55
4:45:43
  Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
  Wulfert van Ginkel
MAN
Kamaz
GINAF
43:38:51
+2:50:04
+4:18:48
11 No competitive race held
12   Hans Stacey
  Tomáš Tomeček
  Wulfert van Ginkel
MAN
Tatra
GINAF
3:48:04
3:52:57
3:53:54
  Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
  Wulfert van Ginkel
MAN
Kamaz
GINAF
47:26:55
+2:59:36
+4:24:38
13   Aleš Loprais
  Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
Tatra
MAN
Kamaz
3:17:43
3:21:08
3:24:22
  Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
  Wulfert van Ginkel
MAN
Kamaz
GINAF
50:48:03
+3:02:50
+4:28:25
14   Philippe Jacquot
  Aleš Loprais
  Andre de Azevedo
MAN
Tatra
Tatra
2:53:44
2:58:17
3:03:16
  Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
  Aleš Loprais
MAN
Kamaz
Tatra
53:52:15
+3:08:15
+4:45:49
15   Arjan Brouwer
  Aleš Loprais
  Hans Bekx
GINAF
Tatra
DAF
DAF Trucks
DAF Trucks NV is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of PACCAR. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assemblies are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium...

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0:10:31
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  Hans Stacey
  Ilgizar Mardeev
  Aleš Loprais
MAN
Kamaz
Tatra
54:03:05
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+4:45:30

Final standings

A total of 132 bikes (52.8% of starters), 109 cars (58.3%) and 60 trucks (68.2%) finished the race.

Motorcycles

PosNoRiderBikeTime
1 002   Cyril Despres
Cyril Despres
Cyril Despres is a French rally racing motorcycle rider, resident of Andorra. He won the Dakar Rally in 2005, 2007 and 2010; riding a KTM motorcycle.- Rallye Dakar results:* 2000 : 16th* 2000 : 16th...

KTM 690 Rally 51:36:53
2 008   David Casteu KTM 690 Rally 52:11:12
3 009   Chris Blais KTM 660 Rally 52:28:59
4 006   Pål Anders Ullevålseter KTM 660 Rally 53:14:50
5 010   Helder Rodrigues Yamaha 450 WRF 54:07:34
6 023   Janis Vinters KTM 660 Rally 54:21:14
7 020   Michel Marchini Yamaha 450 WRF 54:37:20
8 085   Thierry Bethys Honda 450 CRF X 55:03:26
9 103   Jaroslav Katriňák
Jaroslav Katriňák
Jaroslav Katriňák is a Slovak endurance motorcycle racer. Among his greatest achievements is achieving first overall in the Enduro World Championship in 1991, in the category of + 350 cc 4T and 9th overall place at 2007 Dakar Rally in the motorcycles classification. In the summer of 2008 he won...

|KTM 660 Rally 55:17:03
10 016   Jacek Czachor KTM 660 Rally 56:00:57

Cars

PosNoDriverCo-DriverCarTime
1 302   Stéphane Peterhansel
Stéphane Peterhansel
Stéphane Peterhansel is a rally racing driver from France. He won the Paris Dakar Rally riding Yamaha motorcycles in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1998 and then again driving Mitsubishi Pajero SUVs in 2004, 2005 and 2007, making him one of the most successful drivers in the history of that race...

  Jean-Paul Cottret Mitsubishi Pajero
Mitsubishi Pajero
The Mitsubishi Pajero is a sport utility vehicle manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. It was named after Leopardus pajeros, the Pampas Cat which is native to the Patagonia plateau region of southern Argentina. However, since pajero is an offensive term for "wanker" in Spanish, alternative names have...

45:53:37
2 300   Luc Alphand
Luc Alphand
Luc Alphand is a French former alpine skier and race car driver.- Skiing :Born in Briançon , Alphand made his World Cup skiing debut in 1984...

  Gilles Picard Mitsubishi Pajero 46:01:03
3 310   Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser is a French racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is known for his successful wins of many different competitions...

  Arnaud Debron Schlesser-Ford
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser is a French racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is known for his successful wins of many different competitions...

47:27:34
4 305   Mark Miller
Mark Miller (motorcycle racer)
Mark Miller is a professional off road racer, competing in both cars and on motorcycles. He lives both in Arizona and Colorado, and is married to Danielle Miller. Together they have two sons, Nick and Sam...

  Ralph Pitchford Volkswagen Race Touareg 2
Volkswagen Touareg
The Volkswagen Touareg is a mid-size crossover SUV produced by German automaker Volkswagen since 2002. The vehicle was named after the Tuareg people, a Berber-speaking group in North Africa...

48:03:53
5 306   Hiroshi Masuoka
Hiroshi Masuoka
Hiroshi Masuoka is a Japanese rally driver. His most notable achievement was his back-to-back successes in the Dakar Rally in 2002 and 2003, only the fourth driver in the event's history to win in consecutive years. He was also victorious in the 2003 Baja Italy and the 2004 UAE Desert Challenge...

  Pascal Maimon Mitsubishi Pajero 48:38:08
6 309   Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011...

  Alain Guehennec BMW X3
BMW X3
The BMW X3 is a compact crossover SUV marketed by the German automaker BMW, based on the BMW 3-Series automobile platform, and now in its second generation. BMW designed the X3 in conjunction with Magna Steyr of Graz, Austria — who manufactured all X3s under contract to BMW for the first...

49:25:36
7 313   Carlos Sousa   Andreas Schulz Volkswagen Touareg 2 51:04:31
8 320   Robby Gordon
Robby Gordon
Robert W. "Robby" Gordon is an American racecar driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as an owner-driver, driving the No. 7 Speed Energy Dodge Charger for Robby Gordon Motorsports, and also competes part-time in the Nationwide Series...

  Andy Grider Hummer H3
Hummer H3
The Hummer H3 was a crossover SUV/Sport Utility Truck from General Motors' Hummer division introduced in 2005 based on the GMT355 underpinning the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon compact pickup trucks. Produced at GM's Shreveport, Louisiana factory and the Port Elizabeth plant in South Africa the...

52:57:44
9 303   Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spanish rally driver. He won the World Rally Championship drivers' title with Toyota in 1990 and 1992, and finished runner-up four times...

  Michel Perin Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 53:19:22
10 318   Stephane Henrard   Brigitte Becue
Brigitte Becue
Brigitte Becue is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Belgium, who competed for her native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988...

Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...

 Buggy
54:22:06

Trucks

PosNoDriverCo-DriversTruckTime
1 501   Hans Stacey   Charly Gotlib
  Bernard der Kinderen
MAN TGA 54:03:05
2 527   Ilgizar Mardeev   Aydar Belyaev
  Eduard Nikolaev
Kamaz
Kamaz
KAMAZ is a Russian truck manufacturer located in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russian Federation. KAMAZ opened their doors in 1976...

 4911
57:13:57
3 512   Aleš Loprais   Petr Gilar Tatra
Tatra (car)
Tatra is a vehicle manufacturer in Kopřivnice, Czech Republic. The company was founded in 1850 as Schustala & Company later renamed Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft, a wagon and carriage manufacturer, and in 1897 produced the first motor car in central Europe, the Präsident. In 1918, it...

 T815
Tatra T815
Tatra T815 is a truck family, produced by Czech company Tatra. It uses the traditional tatra concept of rigid backbone tube and swinging half-axles giving independent suspension. The vehicles are available in 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, 10x8, 10x10, 12x8 and 12x12 variants. There are both air-cooled and...

58:48:35
4 513   Wulfert van Ginkel   Willem Tijsterman
  Richard de Rooy
GINAF
GINAF
GINAF is a Dutch truck manufacturer which produces trucks mainly for heavy duty off-road transport, construction and agricultural work. About 250 trucks are made each year in the company's factory in Veenendaal in the Netherlands...

 X 2222
58:54:15
5 503  Andre de Azevedo   Maykel Justo
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra T815 59:19:02
6 508   Philippe Jacquot   Willy Alcaraz
  Toon van Genugten
MAN 60:03:32
7 505   Sergey Reshetnikov   Andrey Mokeev
  Eduard Kupriyanov
Kamaz 4911 61:50:47
8 530   Arjan Brouwer   Simon Koetsier
  Gerard van Veenendaal
GINAF X 2222 62:30:31
9 507   Teruhito Sugawara   Seiichi Suzuki
Seiichi Suzuki
is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 1995 World Junior bronze medalist and Japanese national bronze medalist. He graduated from Meiji University....


  Akira Koishizawa
Hino
Hino Motors
-External links:Global* * * Overseas offices****.*.***.*.* - Philippines**...

 Ranger - Pro FT
Hino Ranger
The Hino Ranger is a medium to heavy duty cab-over truck manufactured by Hino Motors.The Ranger is part of Hino's F-Series Truck with model code such as FC, FD, FE, FF, FG, FL, and FM. The further the alphabet means the higher payload. The 4WD models are FT and GT. The SG is Tractor Head to pull...

65:05:47
10 516   Franz Echter   Detlef Ruf
  Edwin van Dooren
MAN TGA 65:13:08

Incidents

The 2007 event was marred by the deaths of two competitors, both in the motorcycle division. The first was South African motorcyclist Elmer Symons
Elmer Symons
Elmer Symons was a motorcycle enduro racer.He began enduro racing in 1996 and moved to the United States in 2003. He had placed well in numerous regional competitions and had participated in the 2005 and 2006 Dakar Rally as a support mechanic...

, who was competing in the rally for the first time, on the fourth stage between Er Rachidia
Er Rachidia
Errachidia, is a city in Morocco, located in the province of the same name province of Errachidia, in the region of Meknès-Tafilalet. It was formerly known as "Ksar Es Souk". is a partially Amazigh and Arabic-speaking town in the in eastern Morocco....

 and Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate
-See also:* Tizi n'Tichka: The mountain pass that leads to Ouarzazate* List of Movies shot in Morocco-External links:* at IMDb...

. He was the 47th competitor to die taking part in the Dakar. The second death occurred on the 14th and penultimate stage; French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 motorcyclist Eric Aubijoux
Éric Aubijoux
Éric Aubijoux was a French motorcycle rider. He competed in the Dakar Rally six times, before being killed during the 2007 edition of the event...

 was found dead 15 km from the finish line in Dakar
Dakar
Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...

. Initial reports indicated he had suffered a fatal heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

. Later investigations indicated he had been involved in an accident with another vehicle.
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