1996 Dakar Rally, also known as the 1996 Paris-Dakar Rally, was the 18th running of the Dakar Rally event. It began on 29 December 1995 with a prologue stage in Granada, Spain - the second successive year the event began away from the traditional starting point of Paris - and ended in the Senegalese capital of Dakar on 14 January 1996. Pierre Lartigue won the car class for the third year in succession for Citroën and Edi Orioli won his fourth motorcycle title for Yamaha. Viktor Moskovskikh secured the first trucks class title for the Russian Kamaz marque.
Stages Stage Date From To Total(km)Stage winnersBikesCarsP 29 December Granada 0.3 J. Arcarons K. Shinozuka1 30 December Granada Málaga 4 K. Tiainen B. Saby 2 31 December Nador Oujda 149 H. Kinigadner A. Vatanen3 1 January Oujda Er-Rachidia 328 S. Peterhansel A. Vatanen4 2 January Er-Rachidia Fam El Hisn 540 S. Peterhansel P. Wambergue5 3 January Fam El Hisn Smara 474 S. Peterhansel P. Lartigue6 4 January Smara Zouerat 603 E. Orioli J-P. Fontenay7 5 January Zouerat Atar 365 T. Magnaldi A. Vatanen8 6 January Atar Zouerat 511 F. Meoni H. Masuoka 7 January Zouerat Rest day9 8 January Zouerat El Mreiti 629 J. Arcarons P. Wambergue 10 9 January El Mreiti Tichit 632 D. Trolli A. Vatanen11 10 January Tichit Kiffa 530 E. Orioli J-P. Fontenay12 11 January Kiffa Kayes 275 D. Trolli P. Wambergue13 12 January Kayes Labe 516 F. Meoni A. Vatanen14 13 January Labe Tambacounda 620 F. Meoni A. Vatanen15 14 January Tambacounda Dakar 20 J. Arcarons A. Vatanen
Final standings
Motorcycles PosNo.RiderBikeEntrantTime 1 3 Edi OrioliYamahaYamaha Belgarda-Mobil 172:31:03 2 2 Jordi ArcaronsKTMLucky Strike-KTM+1:05:45 3 20 Carlos SoteloKTMLucky Strike-KTM+5:48:09 4 12 Gerard JimminkKTM+6:44:53 5 17 Richard SainctKTMGauloises Blondes-KTM+7:35:38 6 29 Guido MalettiKawasakiKawasaki Italy+11:18:23 7 65 Oscar GallardoCagivaPelayo Mutua de Seguros+11:33:12 8 134 Massimo ChiesaKTM+12:23:44 9 57 Norbert SchilcherKTM+12:38:08 10 35 Marcel PiletKTMAO American Optical+13:34:39
Cars PosNo.DriverCo-DriverCarEntrantTime 1201 Pierre Lartigue Michel PerinCitroënCitroën Sport65:44:38 2207 Philippe Wambergue Fred GallagherCitroënCitroën Sport+1:11:54 3206 Jean-Pierre Fontenay Bruno MusmarraMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+1:42:13 4203 Ari Vatanen Gilles PicardCitroënCitroën Sport+1:49:53 5205 Salvador Servia Jaime PuigCitroënCitroën Sport+3:16:45 6208 Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas SchulzMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+6:26:20 7202 Bruno Saby Dominique SerieysMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+11:06:06 8216 Giacomo Vismara Mario CambiaghiSsangyongSsangyong Motor+20:22:40 9209 Thierry Delavergne Luis ArguellesNissanTeam Dessoude+21:17:09 10212 Jean-Pierre Strugo Bruno CatarelliMitsubishi+23:38:51
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