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

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 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

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, 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.

• pdf file showing 2007 route

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Liaison	Special	Liaison	Total
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

Stage	Stage Top-3	Make	Time	Leaders Top-3	Make	Time
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

Stage	Stage Top-3	Make	Time	Leaders Top-3	Make	Time
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

Stage	Stage Top-3	Make	Time	Leaders Top-3	Make	Time
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 +2:56:36 +4:31:22
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...	0:09:39 0:10:31 0:10:33	Hans Stacey   Ilgizar Mardeev   Aleš Loprais	MAN Kamaz Tatra	54:03:05 +3:10:52 +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

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Time
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

Pos	No	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Time
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

Pos	No	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
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.