2005 Dakar Rally

2005 Dakar Rally
2005 Dakar Rally
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Host country	Spain; Morocco; Mauritania; Mali; Senegal
Results
Cars winner	Stéphane Peterhansel; Jean-Paul Cottret; Mitsubishi
Bikes winner	Cyril Despres; KTM
Trucks winner	Firdaus Kabirov; Aydar Belyaev; Andrey Mokeev; Kamaz

The KTM on which Andy Caldecott placed sixth in the 2005 Dakar Rally

2005 Dakar Rally also known as the 2005 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 27th running of the Dakar Rally event. The 2005 event was 5,565 miles (8,956 km) long, began in Barcelona on 31 December 2004 and passed through Morocco, Mauritania and Mali before ending at Dakar in Senegal on 16 January 2005.^[1] The course was shorter than in 2004 but was more challenging.^[1] A record number of competitors, 696 cars, motorbikes and trucks (including assistance vehicles) in total, entered the rally.^[2]

This year introduced a regulation for motorcycles that allowed open class single cylinder motorcycles of any capacity but limited twin cylinder motorcycles to 450cc.^[3]

Robby Gordon and Colin McRae swapped the lead in the early stages of the rally,^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] until McRae suffered a crash during the sixth stage between Smara and Zouerat and retired from the event.^[8] Stephane Peterhansel took the lead after winning the seventh stage.^[9] The eighth stage between Tichit and Tidjikja across the Mauritanian desert was cancelled due to stormy weather.^[10] Luc Alphand won the ninth stage although Peterhansel retained the overall lead.^[11] Peterhansel won the tenth stage around the town of Atar in Mauritania,^[12] and retained his lead after the twelfth stage.^[13] The motorcycle stage was cancelled as a mark of respect for Fabrizio Meoni, twice winner of the motorcycle category, who died following an accident on the 11th stage.^[13]^[14] Peterhansel also won the thirteenth stage from Bamako to Kayes in Mali.^[15] The 14th stage was won by Ari Vatanen, the 51st of his career,^[16] the 15th was won by Giniel de Villiers,^[17] and the final stage by Bruno Saby.^[18] The overall title was won by Stephane Peterhansel for the second successive year.^[18] The motorcycle category was won by Cyril Despres.^[18]

Entries

**Number of participants**
Stage	Bikes	Cars	Trucks	Total
Start of Rally	230	164	69	463
End of Rally	104	75	36	215

Bikes

**Leading Entries**
Manufacturer	Team	No.	Rider
KTM	Gauloises KTM	2	Cyril Despres
		3	Alfie Cox
		4	Fabrizio Meoni
		9	Jean Brucy
	Team Scandinavia	5	Pål Anders Ullevålseter
	KTM Repsol-Red Bull	6	Marc Coma
		7	Isidre Esteve
		14	Giovanni Sala
		16	Jordi Durán
	De Gavardo	8	Carlo de Gavardo
	Red Bull USA KTM	17	Scot Harden
		21	Kellon Walch
		22	Chris Blais
	KTM Team Australia	23	Andy Caldecott
	Petrobras-Lubrax	25	Jean de Azevedo
	KTM-Toni-Togo	26	Alain Duclos
Yamaha	Yamaha France	12	David Frétigné

Note: Number one was not issued as a mark of respect Richard Sainct, who was killed during the Rally of the Pharaohs in Egypt in September 2004.^[1] The reigning champion in the category, Nani Roma, switched to the car category for this year.

Cars

**Leading Entries**
Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Co-Driver
Schlesser	Schlesser-Ford Raid	300	Jean-Louis Schlesser	François Borsotto
Schlesser	Schlesser-Ford Raid	301	José Maria Servia	Arnaud Debron
SMG	SMG	302	Philippe Gache	Jean-Pierre Garcin
Honda	Fast & Speed	305	Thierry Magnaldi	Jean-Paul Forthomme
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	306	Stéphane Peterhansel	Jean-Paul Cottret
		309	Hiroshi Masuoka	Andreas Schulz
		312	Luc Alphand	Gilles Picard
		316	Andrea Mayer	Jean-Michel Polato
		320	Nani Roma	Henri Magne
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Motorsport	307	Bruno Saby	Michel Périn
		310	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Fabrizia Pons
		313	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo
		317	Robby Gordon	Dirk von Zitzewitz
Nissan	Nissan Rally Raid Team	308	Colin McRae	Tina Thörner
		311	Ari Vatanen	Tiziano Siviero
		314	Giniel de Villiers	Jean-Marie Lurquin
	Nissan Dessoude	315	Carlos Sousa	Thierry Delli-Zotti
		319	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Pascal Maimon
		322	Grégoire de Mévius	Jacky Dubois
BMW	X-Raid	318	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Alain Guehennec
BMW	X-Raid	325	José Luis Monterde	Rafael Tornabell

Trucks

**Leading Entries**
Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers
Hino	Sugawara	500	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Katsumi Hamura
Hino	Sugawara	501	Teruhito Sugawara	Seiichi Suzuki
Mercedes-Benz	Vismara Sport System	503	Giacomo Vismara	Mario Cambiaghi Claudio Bellina
Kamaz	Kamaz-Master	515	Vladimir Chagin	Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin
		520	Firdaus Kabirov	Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev
		525	Ilgizar Mardeev	Stanislav Konopko Vladimir Goloub
DAF	Team De Rooy	516	Gerard de Rooy	Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats
		521	Jan de Rooy	Dany Colebunders Clemens Smulders
		526	Hugo Duisters	Yvo Geusens Mohamed El Bouzidi
Iveco	Motorsport Italia	517	Miki Biasion	Giorgio Albiero Livio Diamante
Iveco	Motorsport Italia	522	Markku Alén	Guido Toni Adriano Micozzi
Tatra	Petrobras-Lubrax	518	André de Azevedo	Jaromír Martinec Luiz Antonio de Azevedo
Tatra	Loprais Tatra	519	Karel Loprais	Petr Gilar Josef Kalina
MAN	Exact Software	555	Hans Stacey	Eddy Chevallier Johan van Gestel

Stages

The KTM ridden by David Schwarz in the 2005 Dakar Rally

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	31 December	Barcelona		50	D. Frétigné	R. Gordon	H. Bekx
2	1 January	Barcelona	Granada	920	Liaison only
3	2 January	Granada	Rabat	573	D. Frétigné	C. McRae	H. Bekx
4	3 January	Rabat	Agadir	666	Stage cancelled¹	R. Gordon	V. Chagin
5	4 January	Agadir	Smara	654	A. Caldecott	C. McRae	V. Chagin
6	5 January	Smara	Zouérat	622	F. Meoni	S. Peterhansel	V. Chagin
7	6 January	Zouérat	Tichit	669	D. Frétigné	S. Peterhansel	F. Kabirov
8	7 January	Tichit	Tidjikja	Stage cancelled²
9	8 January	Tidjikja	Atar	399	I. Esteve	L. Alphand	V. Chagin
	9 January	Atar		Rest day
10	10 January	Atar		499	C. Despres	S. Peterhansel	F. Kabirov
11	11 January	Atar	Kiffa	695	M. Coma	J. Kleinschmidt	H. Bekx
12	12 January	Kiffa	Bamako	819	Stage cancelled³	G. de Villiers	G. de Rooy
13	13 January	Bamako	Kayes	668	A. Caldecott	S. Peterhansel	G. de Rooy
14	14 January	Kayes	Tambacounda	630	J. de Azevedo	B. Saby⁴	G. de Rooy
15	15 January	Tambacounda	Dakar	569	C. Despres	G. de Villiers	V. Chagin
16	16 January	Dakar		68	K. Walch	B. Saby	V. Chagin

Notes:

^1 — Stage cancelled for bikes only due to adverse weather conditions.
^2 — Stage cancelled for all classes due to poor visibility.
^3 — Stage cancelled for bikes only as tribute for Fabrizio Meoni, who died during the previous stage.
^4 — Stage winner Ari Vatanen penalised for excess speed.

Stage results

Motorcycles

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	4:11		1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	4:11
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	4:19	0:08	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	4:19	0:08
	3	Eric Verhoef	KTM	4:24	0:13	3	Eric Verhoef	KTM	4:24	0:13
2	Liaison only
3	1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	7:57		1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	12:08
	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	7:59	0:02	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	12:19	0:11
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	8:00	0:03	3	Kellon Walch	KTM	12:55	0:47
4	Stage cancelled due to adverse weather conditions
5	1	Andy Caldecott	KTM	4:00:09		1	Marc Coma	KTM	4:13:13
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	4:00:12	0:03	2	Andy Caldecott	KTM	4:13:57	0:43
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	4:03:39	3:30	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	4:15:58	2:45
6	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:37:14		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	8:56:49
	2	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	4:38:52	1:38	2	Marc Coma	KTM	8:57:24	0:35
	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	4:40:12	2:58	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	8:58:05	1:16
7	1	David Frétigné	Yamaha	9:16:26		1	Marc Coma	KTM	18:18:21
	2	Marc Coma	KTM	9:20:57	4:31	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	18:18:37	0:16
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	9:21:48	5:22	3	Andy Caldecott	KTM	18:24:01	5:40
8	Stage cancelled due to poor visibility
9	1	Isidre Esteve	KTM	5:14:10		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	23:41:32
	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	5:15:39	1:29	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	23:44:27	2:55
	3	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	5:18:19	4:09	3	Marc Coma	KTM	23:46:23	4:51
10	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	5:28:26		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	29:12:53
	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	5:38:34	10:08	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	29:20:06	7:13
	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	5:40:50	12:24	3	Marc Coma	KTM	29:28:55	16:02
11	1	Marc Coma	KTM	5:58:59		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	35:13:04
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	6:00:11	1:12	2	Marc Coma	KTM	35:27:54	14:50
	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	6:02:56	3:57	3	Isidre Esteve	KTM	35:35:27	22:23
12	Stage cancelled due to death of Fabrizio Meoni
13	1	Andy Caldecott	KTM	3:51:41		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	39:13:03
	2	David Frétigné	Yamaha	3:53:47	2:06	2	Marc Coma	KTM	39:29:09	16:06
	3	Chris Blais	KTM	3:55:13	3:32	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	39:33:42	20:39
14	1	Jean de Azevedo	KTM	5:10:56		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	44:39:59¹
	2	Chris Blais	KTM	5:11:19	0:23	2	Marc Coma	KTM	44:43:15	3:16
	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	5:11:30	0:34	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	44:45:12	5:13
15	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	2:27:37		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	47:07:36
	2	Alain Duclos	KTM	2:29:01	1:24	2	Marc Coma	KTM	47:17:21	9:45
	3	Andy Caldecott	KTM	2:29:31	1:54	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	47:19:45	12:09
16	1	Kellon Walch	KTM	17:17		1	Cyril Despres	KTM	47:27:31
	2	Isidre Esteve	KTM	18:09	0:52	2	Marc Coma	KTM	47:26:38	9:17
	3	Eric Verhoef	KTM	18:12	0:55	3	Alfie Cox	KTM	47:39:00	11:29

Notes:

^1 — Despres' time includes a nine-minute penalty.

Cars

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Robby Gordon Dirk von Zitzewitz	Volkswagen	4:20		1	Robby Gordon Dirk von Zitzewitz	Volkswagen	4:20
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	4:22	0:02	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	4:22	0:02
	3	Giniel de Villiers Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	4:23	0:03	3	Giniel de Villiers Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	4:23	0:03
2	Liaison only
3	1	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	7:48		1	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	12:22
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	7:54	0:06	2	Robby Gordon Dirk von Zitzewitz	Volkswagen	12:23	0:01
	3	Ari Vatanen Tiziano Siviero	Nissan	7:58	0:10	3	Giniel de Villiers Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	12:24	0:02
4	1	Robby Gordon Dirk von Zitzewitz	Volkswagen	1:14:01		1	Robby Gordon Dirk von Zitzewitz	Volkswagen	1:26:24
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	1:14:54	0:53	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	1:27:23	0:59
	3	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	1:15:09	1:08	3	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	1:27:38	1:14
5	1	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	3:37:14		1	Colin McRae Tina Thörner	Nissan	5:07:24
	2	Giniel de Villiers Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	3:43:29	6:15	2	Giniel de Villiers Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	5:12:52	5:28
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	3:44:32	7:18	3	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	5:13:25	6:01
6	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	4:00:29		1	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	9:22:31
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	4:06:27	5:58	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	9:23:11	0:40
	3	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	4:07:55	7:26	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	9:26:27	3:56
7	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	8:21:57		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	17:51:47
	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah Alain Guehennec	BMW	8:47:37	25:40	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	18:13:19	21:32
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	8:48:04	26:07	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	18:14:31	22:44
8	Stage cancelled due to poor visibility
9	1	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:52:39		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	22:45:57
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	4:54:10	1:31	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	23:05:58	20:01
	3	Robby Gordon Dirk von Zitzewitz	Volkswagen	5:10:08	17:29	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	23:26:23	40:26
10	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	5:22:58		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	28:08:55
	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	5:24:25	1:27	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	28:30:23	21:28
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	5:53:17	30:19	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	29:19:40	1:10:45
11	1	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	5:29:37		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	33:41:14
	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	5:30:41	1:04	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	34:01:04	19:50
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	5:32:19	2:42	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	34:49:17	1:08:03
12	1	Giniel de Villiers Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	7:20:58		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	41:05:13
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	7:23:59	3:01	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	41:28:29	23:16
	3	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	7:27:25	6:27	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	42:24:00	1:18:47
13	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	3:30:07		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	44:35:20
	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:34:24	4:17	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	45:02:53	27:33
	3	Giniel de Villiers Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	3:38:06	7:59	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	46:06:15	1:30:55
14	1	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	4:59:24		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	49:46:23
	2	Giniel de Villiers Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	5:01:53	2:29	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	50:13:05	26:41
	3	Ari Vatanen Tiziano Siviero	Nissan	5:02:08¹	2:44	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	53:02:40	3:16:17
15	1	Giniel de Villiers Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	2:21:15		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	52:09:30
	2	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	2:22:12	0:57	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	52:36:43	27:13
	3	Carlos Sousa Thierry Delli-Zotti	Nissan	2:22:15	1:00	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	55:32:47	3:23:17
16	1	Bruno Saby Michel Périn	Volkswagen	19:00		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	52:31:39
	2	Thierry Magnaldi Jean-Paul Forthomme	Honda	19:20	0:20	2	Luc Alphand Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	52:58:53	27:14
	3	Ari Vatanen Tiziano Siviero	Nissan	19:57	0:57	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	55:53:39	3:22:00

Notes:

^1 — Vatanen's time includes a 12-minute penalty for excess speed during the liaison section of the stage.

Trucks

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	5:20		1	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	5:20
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	5:35	0:15	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	5:35	0:15
	3	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Clemens Smulders	DAF	5:36	0:16	3	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Clemens Smulders	DAF	5:36	0:16
2	Liaison only
3	1	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	9:56		1	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	15:16
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	10:05	0:09	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	15:40	0:24
	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	10:17	0:21	3	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Clemens Smulders	DAF	15:56	0:40
4	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	1:28:38		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	1:45:05
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	1:30:12	1:34	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	1:46:15	1:10
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	1:30:35	1:57	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	1:46:15	1:10
5	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:34:00		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:19:05
	2	André de Azevedo Luis Antonio Azevedo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	4:35:46	1:46	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	6:25:23	6:18
	3	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra	4:38:26	4:26	3	André de Azevedo Luis Antonio Azevedo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	6:26:39	7:34
6	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:43:22		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	11:02:27
	2	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	5:01:24	18:02	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	11:28:02	25:35
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	5:02:39	19:17	3	André de Azevedo Luis Antonio Azevedo Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	11:36:26	33:59
7	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	11:43:01		1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	23:11:03
	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Katsumi Hamura	Hino	13:09:34	1:26:33	2	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	24:48:45	1:37:42
	3	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	13:12:12	1:29:11	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Katsumi Hamura	Hino	26:43:36	3:32:33
8	Stage cancelled due to poor visibility
9	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:08:38		1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	29:58:02
	2	Hans Stacey Eddy Chevaillier Johan van Gestel	MAN	6:26:23	17:45	2	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	31:39:24	1:41:22
	3	Karel Loprais Petr Gilar Josef Kalina	Tatra	6:27:33	18:55	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Katsumi Hamura	Hino	33:45:32	3:47:30
10	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	7:49:49		1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	37:47:51
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	8:06:58	17:09	2	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	40:05:10	2:17:19
	3	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Clemens Smulders	DAF	8:15:53	26:04	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Katsumi Hamura	Hino	42:14:36	4:26:45
11	1	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	7:28:16		1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	45:32:31
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	7:32:22	4:06	2	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	47:33:26	2:00:55
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	7:39:35	11:19	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Katsumi Hamura	Hino	50:25:44	4:53:13
12	1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	9:35:14		1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	55:13:02
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	9:40:31	5:17	2	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	58:09:14	2:56:12
	3	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Clemens Smulders	DAF	10:30:02	54:48	3	Giacomo Vismara Mario Cambiaghi Claudio Bellina	Mercedes-Benz	61:24:35	6:11:33
13	1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	4:27:38		1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	60:32:35
	2	Jan de Rooy Dany Colebunders Clemens Smulders	DAF	4:46:28	18:50	2	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	63:12:55	2:40:20
	3	Hugo Duisters Yvo Geusens Mohamed El Bouzidi	DAF	4:59:01	31:23	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Katsumi Hamura	Hino	66:35:18	6:02:43
14	1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	6:32:14		1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	67:35:58
	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Katsumi Hamura	Hino	6:56:52	24:38	2	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	70:31:19	2:55:21
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	7:03:23	31:09	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Katsumi Hamura	Hino	73:32:10	5:56:12
15	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	2:49:57		1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	70:45:58
	2	Hugo Duisters Yvo Geusens Mohamed El Bouzidi	DAF	2:56:34	6:37	2	Hans Bekx Tonie Maessen Edwin Willems	DAF	73:49:17	3:03:19
	3	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	3:03:16	13:19	3	Yoshimasa Sugawara Katsumi Hamura	Hino	76:46:33	6:00:35
16	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	24:52		1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	71:33:55
	2	Hugo Duisters Yvo Geusens Mohamed El Bouzidi	DAF	26:35	1:43	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Katsumi Hamura	Hino	78:00:23	6:04:19
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	27:57	3:05	3	Giacomo Vismara Mario Cambiaghi Claudio Bellina	Mercedes-Benz	78:00:23	6:46:28

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	2	Cyril Despres	KTM LC4 660R	Gauloises KTM	47:27:31
2	6	Marc Coma	KTM LC4 660R	KTM Repsol-Red Bull	+9:17
3	3	Alfie Cox	KTM LC4 660R	Gauloises KTM	+11:29
4	7	Isidre Esteve	KTM LC4 660R	KTM Repsol-Red Bull	+11:51
5	12	David Frétigné	Yamaha	Yamaha France	+33:36
6	23	Andy Caldecott	KTM LC4 660R	KTM Team Australia	+48:11
7	25	Jean de Azevedo	KTM LC4 660R	Petrobras-Lubrax	+1:27:41
8	14	Giovanni Sala	KTM LC4 660R	KTM Repsol-Red Bull	+1:33:53
9	22	Chris Blais	KTM LC4 660R	Red Bull KTM USA	+1:53:10
10	9	Jean Brucy	KTM LC4 660R	Gauloises KTM	+3:11:39

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	306	Stéphane Peterhansel	Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	52:31:39
2	312	Luc Alphand	Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	+27:14
3	310	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Motorsport	+3:22:00
4	314	Giniel de Villiers	Jean-Marie Lurquin	Nissan	Nissan Rally Raid Team	+4:02:36
5	307	Bruno Saby	Michel Périn	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Motorsport	+8:44:14
6	320	Nani Roma	Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	+9:19:37
7	315	Carlos Sousa	Thierry Delli-Zotti	Nissan	Nissan Dessoude	+10:02:29
8	305	Thierry Magnaldi	Jean-Paul Forthomme	Honda	Fast & Speed Honda	+11:03:44
9	325	José Luis Monterde	Rafael Tornabell	BMW	Team X-Raid	+13:27:31
10	353	Ramon Dalmau	Enric Oller	Mitsubishi	Epsilon Team	+19:16:53

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	520	Firdaus Kabirov	Aydar Belyaev Andrey Mokeev	Kamaz	71:13:55
2	500	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Katsumi Hamura	Hino	+6:04:19
3	503	Giacomo Vismara	Mario Cambiaghi Claudio Bellina	Mercedes-Benz	+6:46:28
4	521	Jan de Rooy	Dany Colebunders Clemens Smulders	DAF	+7:37:43
5	516	Gérard de Rooy	Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	+9:34:39
6	501	Teruhito Sugawara	Seiichi Suzuki	Hino	+11:05:33
7	522	Markku Alén	Toni Guido Adriano Micozzi	Iveco	+11:26:19
8	542	Karl Sadlauer	Franz Maier Martin Mayer	MAN	+12:18:50
9	543	Peter Reif	Gunter Pichlbauer Stefan Huber	MAN	+12:34:39
10	552	Jan Govaere	Mario Gherardyn Yves Despiegelaere	GINAF	+14:03:24

References

1 2 3 "'Tougher' route for Dakar drivers". BBC Sport. 17 November 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Record entry set for Dakar Rally". BBC Sport. 29 December 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "No Big Twins for Dakar Rally In '05". Archived from the original on 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
↑ "Gordon grabs early Dakar glory". BBC Sport. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Stage win gives McRae Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 2 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Gordon back on top in Dakar rally". BBC Sport. 3 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "McRae storms back into Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "McRae crashes out of Dakar Rally". BBC Sport. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Peterhansel moves into Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 6 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Bad weather wipes out Dakar stage". BBC Sport. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Alphand cuts down Dakar deficit". BBC Sport. 8 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Peterhansel tightens Dakar grip". BBC Sport. 10 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
1 2 "Peterhansel maintains Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 12 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Rider Meoni dies in Dakar Rally". BBC Sport. 11 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Peterhansel increases Dakar lead". BBC Sports. 13 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Veteran Vatanen takes Dakar stage". BBC Sport. 14 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "De Villers seals Dakar stage win". BBC Sport. 15 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
1 2 3 "Peterhansel retains Dakar crown". BBC Sport. 16 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

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['Tougher'_route_for_Dakar_drivers-1] 1 2 3 "'Tougher' route for Dakar drivers". BBC Sport. 17 November 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[2] "Record entry set for Dakar Rally". BBC Sport. 29 December 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[3] "No Big Twins for Dakar Rally In '05". Archived from the original on 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-02-21.

[4] "Gordon grabs early Dakar glory". BBC Sport. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[Stage_win_gives_McRae_Dakar_lead-5] "Stage win gives McRae Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 2 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[Gordon_back_on_top_in_Dakar_rally-6] "Gordon back on top in Dakar rally". BBC Sport. 3 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[McRae_storms_back_into_Dakar_lead-7] "McRae storms back into Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[McRae_crashes_out_of_Dakar_Rally-8] "McRae crashes out of Dakar Rally". BBC Sport. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[Peterhansel_moves_into_Dakar_lead-9] "Peterhansel moves into Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 6 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[10] "Bad weather wipes out Dakar stage". BBC Sport. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[11] "Alphand cuts down Dakar deficit". BBC Sport. 8 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[Peterhansel_tightens_Dakar_grip-12] "Peterhansel tightens Dakar grip". BBC Sport. 10 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[Peterhansel_maintains_Dakar_lead-13] 1 2 "Peterhansel maintains Dakar lead". BBC Sport. 12 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[Rider_Meoni_dies_in_Dakar_Rally-14] "Rider Meoni dies in Dakar Rally". BBC Sport. 11 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[Peterhansel_increases_Dakar_lead-15] "Peterhansel increases Dakar lead". BBC Sports. 13 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[Veteran_Vatanen_takes_Dakar_stage-16] "Veteran Vatanen takes Dakar stage". BBC Sport. 14 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[De_Villers_seals_Dakar_stage_win-17] "De Villers seals Dakar stage win". BBC Sport. 15 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

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