The 2012 Dakar Rally was the 34th running of the event. It was held in South America for the fourth successive time.

2012 Dakar Rally
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Route of the rally across Argentina, Chile and Peru.
Host country Argentina
 Chile
 Peru
Results
Cars winnerFrance Stéphane Peterhansel
France Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini All4 Racing
Bikes winnerFrance Cyril Despres
KTM
Trucks winnerNetherlands Gérard de Rooy
Iveco
Quads winnerArgentina Alejandro Patronelli
Yamaha

Summary

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By 17 March 2011, Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the start would be in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the first stage would end in Bahía Blanca. The course would later cross the provinces of La Pampa, Mendoza, San Juan, La Rioja and Catamarca before crossing to Chile and finally ending in Peru.

On 9 January 2011, Peruvian press announced that Peru would host the three final stages of the 2012 Dakar Rally, with Lima, the Peruvian capital, hosting the awards ceremony.[1] The official announcement took place on 18 February in Paris.[2] A map displaying these final stages was also published.[3]

Fatal accidents

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Near the end of the first stage, motorcycle rider Jorge Andrés Boero died following a crash. It was the 21st death of a competitor in the history of the rally.[4] During stage 2, the ultralight aircraft of a father son duo watching the race crashed. Both died at the scene.[5]

Stages

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The sixth stage of the rally was cancelled due to heavy rain and snowfalls in the Anden-region near the border of Argentina and Chile.[6][7][8]

Stage Date From To Class Road Section Special Total Stage winners
km mi km mi km mi Bikes Quads Cars Trucks
1 1 January   Mar del Plata   Santa Rosa All 763 474 57 35 820 509   F. López   S. Lafuente   L. Novitskiy   M. van Vliet
2 2 January   Santa Rosa   San Rafael Bikes/Trucks 487 302 295 183 782 486   M. Coma   S. Lafuente   N. Al-Attiyah   G. de Rooy
Cars 487 302 290 180 777 483
3 3 January   San Rafael   San Juan Bikes 291 180 270 167 561 348   C. Despres   M. Patronelli   N. Roma   M. Biasion
Cars/Trucks 291 180 208 129 499 310
4 4 January   San Juan   Chilecito All 424 263 326 202 750 466   M. Coma   T. Maffei   S. Peterhansel   G. de Rooy
5 5 January   Chilecito   Fiambalá Bikes 151 93 265 164 416 258   C. Despres   M. Patronelli   K. Hołowczyc   G. de Rooy
Cars/Trucks 246 152 177 110 363 225
6 6 January   Fiambalá   Copiapó All 394 244 247 153 641 398 Stage cancelled
7 7 January   Copiapó   Copiapó All 154 95 419 260 573 356   M. Coma   A. Patronelli   N. Al-Attiyah   G. de Rooy
8 January   Copiapó Rest day
8 9 January   Copiapó   Antofagasta All 245 152 477 296 722 448   M. Coma   M. Patronelli   N. Roma   A. Loprais
9 10 January   Antofagasta   Iquique All 9 5 556 345 565 351   H. Rodrigues   A. Patronelli   R. Gordon   M. Biasion
10 11 January   Iquique   Arica All 317 197 377 234 694 431   J. Barreda   T. Maffei   N. Roma   A. Ardavichus
11 12 January   Arica   Arequipa Bikes 171 106 534 331 705 438   C. Despres   A. Patronelli   S. Peterhansel 1   A. Karginov
Cars 120 74 478 297 598 371
Trucks 120 74 432 268 552 343
12 13 January   Arequipa   Nazca Bikes 259 160 245 152 504 313   M. Coma   M. Patronelli   L. Novitskiy1   G. de Rooy
Cars/Trucks 412 256 245 152 657 408
13 14 January   Nazca   Pisco All 100 62 275 170 375 233   H. Rodrigues   T. Maffei   S. Peterhansel   A. Karginov
14 15 January   Pisco   Lima All 254 157 29 18 283 175   P. A. Ullevålseter   T. Maffei   R. Leal dos Santos1   M. Biasion
TOTALS km mi km mi km mi
Bikes 4,019 2,497 4,372 2,717 8,391 5,214
Cars 4,216 2,620 4,161 2,586 8,377 5,205
Trucks 4,216 2,620 4,120 2,560 8,336 5,180

Notes:

  • ^1Robby Gordon forfeited these stage victories due to later losing the appeal for his disqualification after the tenth stage.

Summary

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Bikes

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The competition in the category rapidly developed into a two-horse race between KTM riders Cyril Despres and Marc Coma, who between them had won each previous Dakar event since 2005. It was Coma who seized the advantage initially with a victory on stage two, but a navigational error during the third stage dropped him ten minutes behind Despres.[9] The gap between the pair remained close to the ten-minute mark until Despres lost time by getting stuck in mud during the eighth stage, allowing Coma to re-take the lead.[10] The battle remained extremely close for the following stages, with Coma and Despres exchanging the lead on two further occasions before the outcome of the battle was effectively settled during the thirteenth stage – Coma lost almost an hour to his rival, largely through the result of a 45-minute penalty for an engine change but also due to gearbox issues and further navigational trouble.[11] That allowed Despres to take a comfortable victory over Coma by a margin of 53 minutes, with Yamaha rider Hélder Rodrigues, who had held third position since the fourth stage, a further 18 minutes behind the Spaniard having picked up two stage wins during the event. KTM riders Jordi Viladoms and Štefan Svitko completed the top five, with Pål Anders Ullevålseter, who won the final stage of the event, in sixth position. Francisco Lòpez, who won the opening stage, had been running in fourth but was forced to retire after the seventh stage due to a fall which aggravated a previous knee injury.[12]

Quads

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Sergio Lafuente took the first two-stage wins before losing an hour during the third stage. That handed the advantage briefly to Alejandro Patronelli, but his countryman Tomas Maffei seized the lead after victory in the fourth stage. However, both Maffei and Marcos Patronelli, brother of Alejandro, both effectively dropped out of contention when both lost considerable ground (54 minutes and 1 hour 20 minutes respectively) during the seventh stage, giving Alejandro Patronelli a lead of almost an hour after winning the stage. He took a further two stage wins en route to a comfortable victory in the overall classification by a margin of 1 hour and 20 minutes. Maffei lost second position in the ninth stage, and would finish in third overall despite winning the last two stages, 54 minutes down on the second of the Patronelli brothers. Completing the all-Yamaha, all-South American top five were Ignacio Casale, six hours adrift of the winning time, and Lafuente, who was another two hours further behind.

Cars

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With the withdrawal of the Volkswagen Motorsport works team, the first privateer winner since Jean-Louis Schlesser in 2000 was assured. The all-new X-Raid Mini All4 proved immediately competitive, with Leonid Novitskiy winning the first stage, Nani Roma winning the third stage and nine-time Dakar winner Stéphane Peterhansel re-taking the lead of the overall classification after taking victory in the fourth stage. Krzysztof Hołowczyc, also at the wheel of a Mini, held second behind Peterhansel after winning the fifth stage and remained inside the top three until power steering failure during the tenth stage ruled him out of contention.[13]

Roma then became Peterhansel's closest rival, with 19 minutes separating the pair after the Spaniard's win in the tenth stage. Roma would eventually finish the rally in second position, 40 minutes down on his teammate after getting stuck in sand dunes on the penultimate stage, with Peterhansel taking his tenth Dakar victory after adding to his stage win tally during the penultimate stage. 2009 winner Giniel de Villiers, driving a Toyota Hilux, finished a distant third overall, 32 minutes behind Roma, having failed to win any stages. Novitskiy was classified in fourth position after winning stage twelve, albeit over two hours behind Peterhansel.

It was an event to forget for defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah. He lost nine minutes during the first stage after his Hummer's engine lost oil pressure.[14] The Qatari went on to win the second stage, but lost over half an hour to Peterhansel in the fourth stage; winning the seventh stage had seen Al-Attiyah recover to sixth place before engine and alternator problems during the ninth stage warranted his retirement.[15] Teammate Robby Gordon was at this stage just five minutes behind Peterhansel with a win on the ninth stage, but the gap increased to 20 minutes when the American hit a rock on the tenth stage.[13] An illegal modification to his Hummer's engine then saw Gordon disqualified, though he continued to compete under appeal for the remainder of the rally.[16] He would have finished fifth in the overall classification with three further stage wins, Toyota driver Lucio Alvarez inheriting the position as a result of Gordon losing the appeal.[17]

Trucks

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Never outside the top two of the overall classification, the event was dominated by Iveco driver Gérard de Rooy. After finishing second to fellow Dutch competitor Marcel van Vliet in the opening stage, de Rooy won the second to lead the overall classification and re-took the lead after victory in the fourth stage. He consolidated his lead with two more successive stage victories, opening a 15-minute advantage over Aleš Loprais before the Tatra driver was forced to retire after an accident in the non-timed section of the ninth stage.[18] De Rooy then held a 47-minute advantage over teammate Hans Stacey, a gap he extended to 51 minutes by the end of the event with a final stage victory in the twelfth stage. Stacey secured second in the overall standings despite not having won any stages, with Artur Ardavichus the best of the Kamaz entries in third position – 1 hour and 47 minutes down on de Rooy with victory in the tenth stage to his credit.

Eduard Nikolaev, taking over as de facto Kamaz team leader after the retirement of Vladimir Chagin and Firdaus Kabirov, was excluded for an incident with a competitor in the car category during the fourth stage.[citation needed] Kamaz drivers Andrey Karginov, who won the eleventh stage, and Ilgizar Mardeev completed the top five. Former World Rally champion Miki Biasion was running third before losing over six hours during a torrid seventh stage, though the Italian won two more stages (to add to his victory on the third stage) en route to recovering to sixth place overall.

Stage results

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Bikes

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Difference Pos Competitor Make Time Difference
1 1   Francisco López Aprilia 32:37 1   Francisco López Aprilia 32:37
2   Marc Coma KTM 32:51 0:14 2   Marc Coma KTM 32:51 0:14
3   Javier Pizzolito Honda 33:04 0:27 3   Javier Pizzolito Honda 33:04 0:27
2 1   Marc Coma KTM 3:07:31 1   Marc Coma KTM 3:40:12
2   Cyril Despres KTM 3:08:39 1:18 2   Francisco Lòpez Aprilia 3:42:42 2:30
3   Joan Barreda Husqvarna 3:09:54 2:33 3   Cyril Despres KTM 3:43:04 2:52
3 1   Cyril Despres KTM 3:48:38 1   Cyril Despres KTM 7:31:42
2   Frans Verhoeven Sherco 3:57:15 8:37 2   Marc Coma KTM 7:41:54 10:12
3   Paulo Gonçalves Husqvarna 3:57:17 8:39 3   David Casteu Yamaha 7:48:58 17:16
4 1   Marc Coma KTM 4:16:43 1   Cyril Despres KTM 11:50:27
2   Cyril Despres KTM 4:18:54 2:02 2   Marc Coma KTM 11:58:37 8:10
3   Frans Verhoeven Sherco 4:25:09 8:26 3   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 12:17:15 26:48
5 1   Cyril Despres KTM 2:28:33 1   Cyril Despres KTM 14:19:00
2   Marc Coma KTM 2:30:14 1:41 2   Marc Coma KTM 14:28:51 9:51
3   Joan Barreda Husqvarna 2:41:15 12:42 3   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 15:06:56 47:56
6 Stage cancelled
7 1   Marc Coma KTM 3:51:35 1   Cyril Despres KTM 18:12:38
2   Cyril Despres KTM 3:53:38 2:03 2   Marc Coma KTM 18:20:26 7:48
3   Paulo Gonçalves Husqvarna 3:54:24 2:49 3   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 19:02:17 49:39
8 1   Marc Coma KTM 5:03:52 1   Marc Coma KTM 23:24:18
2   Pål Anders Ullevålseter KTM 5:05:47 1:55 2   Cyril Despres KTM 23:25:44 1:26
3   Ruben Faria Husqvarna 5:10:52 7:00 3   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 24:13:19 49:01
9 1   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 5:16:17 1   Cyril Despres KTM 28:45:17
2   Cyril Despres KTM 5:19:33 3:16 2   Marc Coma KTM 28:47:45 2:28
3   Štefan Svitko KTM 5:20:25 4:35 3   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 29:29:36 44:19
10 1   Joan Barreda Husqvarna 4:18:43 1   Cyril Despres KTM 33:07:39
2   Marc Coma KTM 4:20:15 1:32 2   Marc Coma KTM 33:08:00 0:21
3   Cyril Despres KTM 4:22:22 3:39 3   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 33:53:35 45:56
11 1   Cyril Despres KTM 4:03:37 1   Cyril Despres KTM 37:11.16
2   Gerard Farrés KTM 4:05:16 1:39 2   Marc Coma KTM 37:13:38 2:22
3   Marc Coma KTM 4:05:38 2:01 3   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 38:19:56 1:34:56
12 1   Marc Coma KTM 2:24:38 1   Marc Coma KTM 39:38:16
2   Joan Barreda Husqvarna 2:27:21 2:43 2   Cyril Despres KTM 39:39:51 1:35
3   Jordi Viladoms KTM 2:27:48 3:10 3   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 40:52:05 1:13:49
13 1   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 3:21:16 1   Cyril Despres KTM 43:01:54
2   Cyril Despres KTM 3:22:03 0:47 2   Marc Coma KTM 43:57:57 0:56:03
3   Jordi Viladoms KTM 3:24:16 3:00 3   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 44:13:21 1:11:27
14 1   Pål Anders Ullevålseter KTM 0:22:26 1   Cyril Despres KTM 43:28:11
2   Marc Coma KTM 00:23:34 01:08 2   Marc Coma KTM 44:21:31 0:53:20
3   Štefan Svitko KTM 00:24:09 01:43 3   Hélder Rodrigues Yamaha 44:39:28 1:11:17

Quads

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Difference Pos Competitor Make Time Difference
1 1   Sergio Lafuente Yamaha 40:13 1   Sergio Lafuente Yamaha 40:13
2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 41:07 0:54 2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 41:07 0:54
3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 41:20 1:07 3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 41:20 1:07
2 1   Sergio Lafuente Yamaha 3:49:56 1   Sergio Lafuente Yamaha 4:30:09
2   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 3:54:04 4:08 2   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 4:36:43 6:34
3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 3:58:31 8:35 3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 4:39:51 9:42
3 1   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 4:53:29 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 9:32:31
2   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 4:55:21 1:52 2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 9:33:26 0:55
3   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 4:55:48 2:19 3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 9:35:12 2:41
4 1   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 5:13:30 1   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 14:48:11
2   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 5:19:03 5:33 2   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 14:51:34 2:52
3   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 5:21:26 7:56 3   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 14:54:52 6:10
5 1   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 2:58:37 1   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 17:51:27
2   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 3:00:28 1:51 2   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 17:52:02 0:35
3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 3:02:45 4:08 3   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 17:53:29 2:02
6 Stage cancelled
7 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 4:36:16 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 22:28:18
2   Ignacio Casale Yamaha 4:53:26 17:10 2   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 23:27:11 58:53
3   Sergio Lafuente Yamaha 5:10:15 33:59 3   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 23:49:53 1:21:35
8 1   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 6:14:07 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 28:45:03
2   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 6:16:45 2:38 2   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 29:51:08 1:06:05
3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 6:23:57 9:50 3   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 30:04:00 1:18:57
9 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 6:21:18 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 35:06:21
2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 6:22:20 1:02 2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 37:26:20 1:19:59
3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 7:05:25 44:07 3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 37:56:33 1:50:12
10 1   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 5:10:08 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 40:29:55
2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 5:23:04 12:56 2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 41:49:24 1:19:29
3   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 5:23:34 13:26 3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 42:06:41 1:36:46
11 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 4:53:45 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 45:23:40
2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 4:54:16 0:31 2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 46:43:40 1:20:00
3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 5:12:42 18:57 3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 47:34:23 2:10:43
12 1   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 2:57:29 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 48:21:51
2   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 2:58:11 0:42 2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 49:41:09 1:19:18
3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 3:11:23 13:54 3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 50:45:46 2:23:55
13 1   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 4:00:42 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 52:30:49
2   Sergio Lafuente Yamaha 4:07:46 7:04 2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 53:50:37 1:19:48
3   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 4:08:58 8:12 3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 54:46:28 2:15:39
14 1   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 0:29:44 1   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 53:01:47
2   Sergio Lafuente Yamaha 0:30:33 0:49 2   Marcos Patronelli Yamaha 54:22:08 1:20:17
3   Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 0:31:02 1:18 3   Tomas Maffei Yamaha 55:16:12 2:14:21

Cars

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Difference Pos Competitor Make Time Difference
1 1   Leonid Novitskiy
  Andreas Schulz
Mini 32:12 1   Leonid Novitskiy
  Andreas Schulz
Mini 32:12
2   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 32:17 0:05 2   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 32:17 0:05
3   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 32:21 0:09 3   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 32:21 0:09
2 1   Nasser Al-Attiyah
  Lucas Cruz
Hummer 2:47:18 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 3:20:33
2   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 2:48:12 0:54 2   Robby Gordon
  Johnny Campbell
Hummer 3:23:01 2:28
3   Robby Gordon
  Johnny Campbell
Hummer 2:50:00 2:42 3   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 3:23:06 2:33
3 1   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 2:26:51 1   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 5:51:06
2   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 2:28:00 1:09 2   Robby Gordon
  Johnny Campbell
Hummer 5:52:00 0:54
3   Nasser Al-Attiyah
  Lucas Cruz
Hummer 2:28:20 1:29 3   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 5:52:46 1:40
4 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 3:49:33 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 9:43:20
2   Orlando Terranova
  Andy Grider
Toyota 3:54:52 5:19 2   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 9:49:01 5:41
3   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 3:56:15 6:42 3   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 9:50:04 6:44
5 1   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 2:10:51 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 11:58:03
2   Robby Gordon
  Johnny Campbell
Hummer 2:11:52 1:01 2   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 12:02:21 4:18
3   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 2:14:43 3:52 3   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 12:08:42 10:39
6 Stage cancelled
7 1   Nasser Al-Attiyah
  Lucas Cruz
Hummer 3:26:57 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 15:32:53
2   Robby Gordon
  Johnny Campbell
Hummer 3:34:27 7:30 2   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 15:44:15 11:22
3   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 3:34:50 7:53 3   Robby Gordon
  Johnny Campbell
Hummer 15:46:02 13:09
8 1   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 4:25:44 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 20:04:15
2   Robby Gordon
  Johnny Campbell
Hummer 4:25:49 0:05 2   Robby Gordon
  Johnny Campbell
Hummer 20:11:51 7:36
3   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 4:27:48 2:04 3   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 20:12:03 7:48
9 1   Robby Gordon
  Johnny Campbell
Hummer 4:35:21 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 24:41:14
2   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 4:36:59 1:38 2   Robby Gordon
  Johnny Campbell
Hummer 24:47:12 5:58
3   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 4:43:58 8:37 3   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 24:58:03 16:49
10 1   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 3:59:37 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 28:41:12
2   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 3:59:58 0:21 2   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 29:00:17 19:05
3   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 4:07:21 7:44 3   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 29:42:45 1:01:33
11 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 3:56:53 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 32:38:05
2   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 4:00:37 3:44 2   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 33:00:54 22:49
3   Ricardo Leal dos Santos
  Paulo Fiuza
Mini 4:05:49 8:56 3   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 9:49:06 1:11:01
12 1   Leonid Novitskiy
  Andreas Schulz
Mini 2:29:50 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 35:19:04
2   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 2:36:38 6:48 2   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 35:39:04 20:00
3   Bernhard ten Brinke
  Matthieu Baumel
Mitsubishi 2:37:47 7:57 3   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 36:25:44 1:06:40
13 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 3:09:47 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 38:28:51
2   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 3:18:16 8:29 2   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 39:11:48 42:57
3   Leonid Novitskiy
  Andreas Schulz
Mini 3:22:42 12:55 3   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 39:44:00 1:15:09
14 1   Ricardo Leal dos Santos
  Paulo Fiuza
Mini 23:04 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Jean-Paul Cottret
Mini 38:54:46
2   Krzysztof Hołowczyc
  Jean-Marc Fortin
Mini 23:21 0:17 2   Joan Roma
  Michel Périn
Mini 39:36:42 41:56
3   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 24:11 1:07 3   Giniel de Villiers
  Dirk von Zitzewitz
Toyota 40:08:11 1:13:25

Trucks

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Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Difference Pos Competitor Make Time Difference
1 1   Marcel van Vliet
  Bell Peter
  Serge Bruynkens
MAN 37:45 1   Marcel van Vliet
  Bell Peter
  Serge Bruynkens
MAN 37:45
2   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 38:11 0:26 2   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 38:11 0:26
3   Franz Echter
  Detlef Ruf
  Artur Klein
MAN 38:41 0:56 3   Franz Echter
  Detlef Ruf
  Artur Klein
MAN 38:41 0:56
2 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 3:10:00 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 3:48:11
2   Eduard Nikolaev
  Sergey Savostin
  Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz 3:13:21 3:21 2   Eduard Nikolaev
  Sergey Savostin
  Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz 3:53:41 5:30
3   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 3:14:56 4:56 3   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 3:54:00 5:49
3 1   Miki Biasion
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 2:50:53 1   Artur Ardavichus
  Alexey Kuzmich
  Nurlan Turlubaev
Kamaz 6:47:33
2   Artur Ardavichus
  Alexey Kuzmich
  Nurlan Turlubaev
Kamaz 2:52:02 1:09 2   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 6:48:01 0:28
3   Andrey Karginov
  Igor Devyatkin
  Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz 2:53:12 2:19 3   Miki Biasion
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 6:49:24 1:51
4 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 4:22:12 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 11:10:13
2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 4:23:25 1:13 2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 11:12:55 2:42
3   Miki Biasion
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 4:23:55 1:43 3   Miki Biasion
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 11:13:19 3:06
5 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 2:34:30 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 13:44:43
2   Aleš Loprais
  Petr Almáši
  Michael Ernst
Tatra 2:34:44 0:14 2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 13:49:04 4:21
3   Miki Biasion
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 2:35:49 1:19 3   Miki Biason
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 13:49:08 4:25
6 Stage cancelled
7 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 4:20:32 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 18:05:15
2   Aleš Loprais
  Petr Almáši
  Michael Ernst
Tatra 4:24:31 3:59 2   Aleš Loprais
  Petr Almáši
  Michael Ernst
Tatra 18:22:25 17:10
3   Andrey Karginov
  Igor Devyatkin
  Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz 4:37:04 16:32 3   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 18:38:29 33:14
8 1   Aleš Loprais
  Petr Almáši
  Michael Ernst
Tatra 5:07:17 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 23:14:03
2   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 5:08:48 1:31 2   Aleš Loprais
  Petr Almáši
  Michael Ernst
Tatra 23:29:42 15:39
3   Miki Biasion
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 5:19:37 12:20 3   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 24:02:09 48:06
9 1   Miki Biasion
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 5:29:02 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 28:43:59
2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 5:29:22 0:20 2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 29:31:31 47:32
3   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 5:29:56 0:54 3   Artur Ardavichus
  Alexey Kuzmich
  Nurlan Turlubaev
Kamaz 29:50:39 1:06:40
10 1   Artur Ardavichus
  Alexey Kuzmich
  Nurlan Turlubaev
Kamaz 5:06:11 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 33:52:33
2   Andrey Karginov
  Igor Devyatkin
  Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz 5:08:29 2:18 2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 34:52:00 59:27
3   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 5:08:34 2:23 3   Artur Ardavichus
  Alexey Kuzmich
  Nurlan Turlubaev
Kamaz 10:56:50 1:04:17
11 1   Andrey Karginov
  Igor Devyatkin
  Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz 3:52:50 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 37:51:55
2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 3:55:53 3:03 2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 38:47:53 55:58
3   Miki Biasion
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 3:57:52 5:02 3   Artur Ardavichus
  Alexey Kuzmich
  Nurlan Turlubaev
Kamaz 39:12:24 1:20:29
12 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 2:59:00 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 40:50:55
2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 2:59:32 0:32 2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 41:47:25 56:30
3   Miki Biasion
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 2:59:32 0:32 3   Artur Ardavichus
  Alexey Kuzmich
  Nurlan Turlubaev
Kamaz 42:30:38 1:39:43
13 1   Andrey Karginov
  Igor Devyatkin
  Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz 3:33:27 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 44:49:45
2   André de Azevedo
  Maykel Justo
  Jaromír Martinec
Tatra 3:53:41 0:20 2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 45:43:01 53:16
3   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 3:55:36 0:22 3   Artur Ardavichus
  Alexey Kuzmich
  Nurlan Turlubaev
Kamaz 46:38:10 1:48:25
14 1   Miki Biasion
  Michel Huisman
  Giorgio Albiero
Iveco 0:27:22 1   Gérard de Rooy
  Dariusz Rodewald
  Tom Colsoul
Iveco 45:20:47
2   Ilgizar Mardeev
  Vyatcheslav Mizyukaev
  Dmitry Sotnikov
Kamaz 0:28:48 0:01 2   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 46:12:06 51:19
3   Hans Stacey
  Hans van Goor
  Bernard der Kinderen
Iveco 0:29:05 0:02 3   Artur Ardavichus
  Alexey Kuzmich
  Nurlan Turlubaev
Kamaz 47:08:32 1:47:45

Final standings

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References

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  1. ^ confirms it will host the three final stages of the 2012 Dakar Rally (in Spanish)
  2. ^ press informs official announcement will take place on 16 or 18 February in Paris (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "Map of the three final stages: 2012 Dakar Rally in Peru (In Spanish)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
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  8. ^ Schneechaos verhindert sechste Etappe
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