2010 Dakar Rally

The 2010 Dakar Rally was the 32nd running of the event. It was held in South America for the second successive time, and ran from 1 to 16 January. The Amaury Sport Organisation and the governments of Argentina and Chile agreed to a return to South America for the event in February 2009.

Cyril Despres, riding a KTM, won the motorcycle class for the third time, winning two stages en route to victory by over an hour from any of his rivals. Second place went to another KTM rider, as Pål Anders Ullevålseter finished on the Dakar podium for the first time in his career, taking a stage win on the penultimate day. Aprilia rider Francisco López Contardo finished in third position, just under seven minutes behind Ullevålseter, taking three stage victories. Other stage wins were taken by Sherco's David Casteu, Yamaha's David Frétigné, as well as the KTMs of Rubén Faria and defending class winner Marc Coma; Coma won the most stages in the event, taking four wins. The ATV class was held independent of the motorcycle class for the first time, and was dominated by the Yamaha-riding Patronelli brothers Marcos and Alejandro, who finished first and second in class. Juan Manuel González Corominas finished third on another Yamaha, over five hours behind Marcos Patronelli. The Patronellis took six stage wins, with the other eight shared by the Polaris duo of Hubert Deltrieu, and Christophe Declerck (3), as well as the Yamahas of Sebastian Halpern (2), González Corominas and Rafal Sonik.

Volkswagen won their third Dakar in succession in the cars class, with Carlos Sainz, the 2008 relocated race winner, winning his second Dakar, following in the footsteps of team-mate Giniel de Villiers, who won the event in 2009. Sainz finished two minutes clear of another Volkswagen, piloted by Nasser Al-Attiyah, with a third Volkswagen of Mark Miller completing the podium, half an hour behind Al-Attiyah. Al-Attiyah and BMW's Stéphane Peterhansel both won four stages during the event, with other stage wins taken by the Volkswagens of Sainz (2) and Miller, as well as BMW pairing Nani Roma and Guerlain Chicherit, and the Hummer of Robby Gordon. Defending class winner Vladimir Chagin dominated the trucks class, winning nine of the fourteen stages en route to a 73-minute victory over Kamaz team-mate Firdaus Kabirov, with GINAF's Marcel van Vliet a further nine and a half hours behind in third.

Entrants

362 Teams competed in the race with 176 motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, 134 cars, and 52 trucks on the podium across from the Obelisk, on the 9th of July Avenue; one of Buenos Aires' major boulevards. Notable contenders were former Formula 1 driver Jan Lammers participating for Jumbo Team GINAF in the Truck Class and Formula 1 driver Esteban Tuero competing for Tuero RXZ Racing by MINI in the Car Class.

The route

The race began on New Year's Day in downtown Buenos Aires. The total racing distance was for cars and trucks, and for bikes and ATVs. Of these distances, was timed special stage for cars and trucks, with less for bikes and ATVs. Of the fourteen stages, seven were in Argentina, and seven in Chile.

Stages For the first two stages, there were varying distances for Bikes/Quads and Cars/Trucks. The distances of the Bikes/Quads are displayed first. StageDateFromToConnectionSpecialConnectionTotalStage winnerskm mi km mi km mi km miBikesQuadsCarsTrucks11 January2 January Buenos Aires Colón Colón Córdoba3492178452 D. Casteu M. Patronelli N. Roma V. Chagin23 January Córdoba La Rioja5635276171 D. Frétigné H. Deltrieu N. Al-Attiyah V. Chagin34 January La Rioja Fiambalá C. Despres S. Halpern S. Peterhansel V. Chagin45 January Fiambalá Copiapó M. Coma A. Patronelli R. Gordon V. Chagin56 January Copiapó Antofagasta F. López M. Patronelli M. Miller F. Kabirov67 January Antofagasta Iquique M. Coma M. Patronelli S. Peterhansel V. Chagin78 January Iquique Antofagasta C. Despres A. Patronelli N. Al-Attiyah V. Chagin–9 January AntofagastaRest day810 January Antofagasta Copiapó F. López M. Patronelli S. Peterhansel V. Chagin911 January Copiapó La Serena M. Coma C. Declerck N. Al-Attiyah F. Kabirov1012 January La Serena Santiago M. Coma J. M. González C. Sainz V. Chagin1113 January Santiago San Juan M. Coma S. Halpern G. Chicherit F. Kabirov1214 January San Juan San Rafael F. López C. Declerck C. Sainz V. Chagin1315 January San Rafael Santa Rosa P. A. Ullevålseter C. Declerck S. Peterhansel F. Kabirov1416 January Santa Rosa Buenos Aires R. Faria R. Sonik N. Al-Attiyah I. Mardeev TOTALS km mi km mi km mi km mi Bikes & All-Terrain Vehicles2,3661,4701,8541,152 Cars & Trucks

Stage results ↓ Denotes competitor given post-stage penalty which was added to overall time, not stage time.

Motorcycles Stage result General classification Stage PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference 11 Sherco 1h 50' 42" + 00' 00"1 Sherco 1h 50' 42" + 00' 00"2 KTM 1h 50' 45" + 00' 03"2 KTM 1h 50' 45" + 00' 03"3 KTM 1h 50' 54" + 00' 12"3 KTM 1h 50' 54" + 00' 12" 21 Yamaha 3h 59' 20" + 00' 00"1 Sherco 5h 50' 45" + 00' 00"2 Sherco 4h 00' 03" + 00' 43"2 KTM 5h 52' 55" + 02' 10"3 ↓ KTM ↓ 4h 00' 28" + 01' 08"3 Yamaha 5h 52' 59" + 02' 14" 31 KTM 3h 01' 09" + 00' 00"1 KTM 8h 54' 04" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 3h 11' 49" + 10' 40"2 Sherco 9h 04' 07" + 10' 03"3 BMW 3h 13' 18" + 12' 09"3 Yamaha 9h 12' 01" + 17' 57" 41 KTM 1h 46' 58" + 00' 00"1 KTM 10h 44' 16" + 00' 00"2 Sherco 1h 49' 02" + 02' 04"2 Sherco 10h 53' 09" + 08' 53"3 KTM 1h 50' 12" + 03' 14"3 Yamaha 11h 08' 01" + 23' 45" 51 Aprilia 5h 52' 40" + 00' 00"1 KTM 16h 38' 26" + 00' 00"2 KTM 5h 54' 10" + 01' 30"2 Aprilia 17h 16' 03" + 37' 37"3 Yamaha 6h 01' 53" + 09' 13"3 Yamaha 17h 22' 27" + 44' 01" 61 KTM 4h 46' 59" + 00' 00"1 KTM 21h 35' 59" + 00' 00"2 KTM 4h 57' 33" + 10' 34"2 Aprilia 22h 18' 14" + 42' 15"3 Yamaha 4h 57' 37" + 10' 38"3 Yamaha 22h 20' 04" + 44' 05" 71 KTM 6h 34' 14" + 00' 00"1 KTM 28h 10' 13" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 6h 39' 14" + 05' 00"2 Yamaha 29h 30' 21" + 1h 20' 08"3 KTM 6h 43' 24" + 09' 10"3 KTM 29h 36' 05" + 1h 25' 52" 81 Aprilia 5h 29' 25" + 00' 00"1 KTM 33h 46' 21" + 00' 00"2 KTM 5h 30' 07" + 00' 42"2 KTM 35h 06' 52" + 1h 20' 31"3 KTM 5h 30' 47" + 01' 22"3 Aprilia 35h 10' 42" + 1h 24' 21" 91 KTM 2h 12' 30" + 00' 00"1 KTM 35h 58' 55" + 00' 00"2 KTM 2h 12' 34" + 00' 04"2 KTM 37h 20' 45" + 1h 21' 50"3 Aprilia 2h 13' 44" + 01' 14"3 Aprilia 37h 24' 26" + 1h 25' 31" 101 KTM 3h 10' 43" + 00' 00"1 KTM 39h 15' 59" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 3h 12' 49" + 02' 06"2 KTM 40h 38' 48" + 1h 22' 49"3 Yamaha 3h 13' 19" + 02' 36"3 Aprilia 40h 40' 06" + 1h 24' 07" 111 KTM 2h 39' 13" + 00' 00"1 KTM 42h 05' 10" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 2h 44' 26" + 05' 13"2 Aprilia 43h 26' 04" + 1h 20' 54"3 BMW 2h 44' 50" + 05' 37"3 KTM 43h 26' 04" + 1h 20' 54" 121 Aprilia 3h 48' 34" + 00' 00"1 KTM 46h 10' 56" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 3h 49' 14" + 00' 40"2 Aprilia 47h 14' 38" + 1h 03' 42"3 KTM 3h 49' 47" + 01' 13"3 KTM 47h 15' 51" + 1h 04' 55" 131 KTM 3h 27' 05" + 00' 00"1 KTM 49h 38' 44" + 00' 00"2 KTM 3h 27' 48" + 00' 43"2 KTM 50h 42' 56" + 1h 04' 12"3 KTM 3h 29' 51" + 02' 46"3 Aprilia 50h 47' 18" + 1h 08' 34" 141 KTM 1h 26' 48" + 00' 00"1 KTM 51h 10' 37" + 00' 00"2 KTM 1h 30' 33" + 03' 45"2 KTM 52h 13' 29" + 1h 02' 52"3 Yamaha 1h 30' 45" + 03' 57"3 Aprilia 52h 20' 25" + 1h 09' 48"

Quads Stage result General classification Stage PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference 11 Yamaha 2h 10' 44" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 2h 10' 44" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 2h 11' 23" + 00' 39"2 Yamaha 2h 11' 23" + 00' 39"3 Yamaha 2h 13' 18" + 02' 34"3 Yamaha 2h 13' 18" + 02' 34" 21 Polaris 4h 18' 03" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 6h 34' 31" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 4h 20' 09" + 02' 06"2 Yamaha 6h 37' 08" + 02' 37"3 Yamaha 4h 23' 50" + 05' 47"3 Yamaha 6h 37' 20" + 02' 49" 31 Yamaha 4h 13' 24" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 10h 53' 38" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 4h 15' 32" + 02' 08"2 Yamaha 11h 02' 59" + 09' 21"3 Can-Am 4h 22' 44" + 09' 20"3 Yamaha 11h 03' 50" + 10' 12" 41 Yamaha 2h 13' 29" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 13h 08' 13" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 2h 14' 35" + 01' 06"2 Yamaha 13h 16' 28" + 08' 15"3 Yamaha 2h 14' 43" + 01' 14"3 Yamaha 13h 35' 03" + 26' 50" 51 Yamaha 7h 39' 49" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 20h 48' 02" + 00' 00"2 Can-Am 8h 09' 30" + 29' 41"2 Can-Am 21h 48' 38" + 1h 00' 36"3 Yamaha 8h 12' 43" + 32' 54"3 Yamaha 21h 55' 15" + 1h 07' 13" 61 Yamaha 5h 58' 50" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 26h 46' 52" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 6h 17' 00" + 18' 10"2 Can-Am 28h 12' 55" + 1h 26' 03"3 Can-Am 6h 24' 17" + 25' 27"3 Yamaha 28h 40' 43" + 1h 53' 51" 71 Yamaha 8h 10' 22" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 35h 00' 44" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 8h 13' 52" + 03' 30"2 Yamaha 37h 23' 09" + 2h 22' 25"3 Yamaha 8h 40' 35" + 30' 13"3 Yamaha 38h 18' 10" + 3h 17' 26" 81 Yamaha 7h 25' 38" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 42h 26' 22" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 7h 26' 34" + 00' 56"2 Yamaha 44h 49' 43" + 2h 23' 21"3 Polaris 7h 28' 13" + 02' 35"3 Yamaha 45h 53' 51" + 3h 27' 29" 91 Polaris 2h 55' 30" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 45h 23' 39" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 2h 57' 03" + 01' 33"2 Yamaha 47h 46' 46" + 2h 23' 07"3 Yamaha 2h 57' 17" + 01' 47"3 Yamaha 49h 43' 42" + 4h 20' 03" 101 Yamaha 3h 33' 16" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 49h 03' 22" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 3h 39' 43" + 06' 27"2 Yamaha 51h 27' 43" + 2h 24' 21"3 Yamaha 3h 40' 24" + 07' 08"3 Yamaha 53h 16' 58" + 4h 13' 36" 111 Yamaha 3h 18' 33" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 52h 27' 42" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 3h 23' 04" + 04' 31"2 Yamaha 54h 50' 47" + 2h 23' 05"3 Yamaha 3h 24' 20" + 05' 47"3 Yamaha 56h 44' 28" + 4h 16' 46" 121 Polaris 4h 52' 22" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 57h 26' 04" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 4h 53' 51" + 01' 29"2 Yamaha 59h 44' 38" + 2h 18' 34"3 Yamaha 4h 58' 22" + 06' 00"3 Yamaha 62h 38' 29" + 5h 12' 25" 131 Polaris 4h 11' 32" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 62h 13' 52" + 00' 00"2 Yamaha 4h 17' 28" + 05' 56"2 Yamaha 64h 37' 25" + 2h 23' 33"3 Yamaha 4h 38' 46" + 27' 14"3 Yamaha 67h 22' 03" + 5h 08' 11" 141 Yamaha 1h 45' 27" + 00' 00"1 Yamaha 64h 17' 44" + 00' 00"2 Polaris 1h 49' 30" + 04' 03"2 Yamaha 66h 40' 43" + 2h 22' 59"3 Yamaha 1h 53' 13" + 07' 46"3 Yamaha 69h 25' 15" + 5h 07' 31"

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