1998 Dakar Rally

1998 Dakar Rally
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1998 Dakar Rally also known as the 1998 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 20th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally returned to a Paris to Dakar route.[1] A number of competitors were attacked near the end of the ninth stage, at Taoudenni in Mali.[2] Jean-Pierre Fontenay won the car class and Stephane Peterhansel won his sixth motorcycle title in ten years.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-07. 
  2. ^ "Paris-Dakar motor rally attacked in Sahara". BBC News. 11 January 1998. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/46376.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-28. 
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