1980 Paris–Dakar Rally

1980 Dakar Rally
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1980 Dakar Rally also known as the 1980 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 2nd running of the Dakar Rally event. The 1980 event saw vehicle manufacturers, such as Yamaha, Volkswagen, Lada and BMW, taking part, and the introduction of a category for trucks.

216 competitors started the rally. Cyril Neveu won for the second time in succession on a Yamaha. Kotulinsky and Patrick Zaniroli won the car class.[1]

Stages

Stage Date From To Total (km)
1 1 January Paris Olivet
2 2 January Olivet Marseille
3–5 January Transportation to Africa
3 6 January Algiers In Salah 957
4 7 January In Salah Reggane 270
5 8 January Reggane Bordj Badji Mokhtar 630
6 9 January Bordj Badji Mokhtar Gao 675
10 January Rest day in Gao
7 11 January Gao Mopti 595
8 12 January Mopti Niono
9 13 January Niono Tombouctou 570
10 14 January Tombouctou Gao 424
11 15 January Gao Bobo-Dioulasso 1300
12 16 January Bobo-Dioulasso Kolokani 120
17 January Rest day in Kolokani
13 18 January Kolokani Nioro du Sahel 280
14 19 January Nioro du Sahel Kayes 247
15 20 January Kayes Bakel 68
16 21 January Bakel Linguère 370
17 22 January Linguère Lompoul 87
18 23 January Lompoul Dakar 120

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