1990 Dakar Rally also known as the 1990 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 12th running of the Dakar Rally event. 465 competitors started from La Défense. The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen, for the third time in four years. The motorcycle class was won by Edi Orioli.
Stages StageDateStartFinishSpecial (km)Total (km)Prologue 25 December Chevilly 5 Prologue 26 December Marseille 3.5 1 29 December Tripoli Ghadamès 273 5392 30 December Ghadamès Ghat 609 7073 31 December Ghat Sabha 446 6874 1 January Sabha Tumu 641 5 2 January Tumu Dirkou 504 6 3 January Dirkou N'Gourti 497 7 4 January N'Gourti N'Djamena 499 6478 5 January N'Djamena N'Guigmi 425 4839 6 January N'Guigmi Agadez 780 Rest7 January10 8 January Agadez Tahoua 198 48311 9 January Tahoua Niamey 222 43112 10 January Niamey Gao 492 63813 11 January Gao Tombouctou 412 14 12 January Tombouctou Néma 674 15 13 January Néma Tidjikja 458 73816 14 January Tidjikja Kayes 485 68517 15 January Kayes Saint Louis 200 83818 16 January Saint Louis Dakar 40 227 Total 8,564 11,420
Stage Winners StageCarsBikesPrologue Claude Arnoux Citroën HusqvarnaPrologue Pierre Lartigue Mitsubishi Husqvarna1 Ari Vatanen Peugeot Jordi Arcarons Cagiva2 Ari Vatanen Peugeot Edi Orioli Cagiva3 Ari Vatanen Peugeot Gilles Picard Yamaha4 Ari Vatanen Peugeot Cagiva5 Björn Waldegård Peugeot Cagiva6 Alain Ambrosino Peugeot Cagiva7 Ari Vatanen Peugeot Cagiva8 Ari Vatanen Peugeot Stephane Peterhansel Yamaha9 Kenjiro Shinozuka Mitsubishi Edi Orioli Cagiva10 Björn Waldegård Peugeot Cagiva11 Ari Vatanen Peugeot Yamaha12 Kenjiro Shinozuka Mitsubishi Jordi Arcarons Cagiva13 Philippe Wambergue Peugeot Gilles Picard Yamaha14 Björn Waldegård Peugeot Cagiva15 Jacky Ickx Lada Roberto Mandelli Gilera16 Philippe Wambergue Peugeot Gilles Picard Yamaha16 Philippe Wambergue Peugeot Gilles Picard Yamaha17 Andrew Cowan Mitsubishi Gaston Rahier Suzuki18 Philippe Wambergue Peugeot Franco Picco Yamaha
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