2000 Dakar Rally

2000 Dakar Rally
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2000 Dakar Rally also known as the 2000 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 22nd running of the Dakar Rally event. The event began in January 2000 in Senegal and ended in Cairo.[1] It had been re-routed to avoid Mauritania following an armed robbery of competitors in the 1999 rally.[1] A stage of the rally between Niger and Libya was cancelled following a reported terrorist threat.[1][2] Competitors were airlifted from Niamey airport to Libya where the rally was restarted at Sabha.[2][3] The rally was won by French drivers, Jean-Louis Schlesser and Henri Magne.[4] The motorcycle title was won by Richard Sainct.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Terrorist threat on Paris-Dakar rally". BBC News. 11 January 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/598917.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-28. 
  2. ^ a b "Dakar Rally waits for airlift". BBC News. 12 January 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/600082.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-28. 
  3. ^ "Rally resumes after airlift". BBC News. 18 January 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/608540.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-28. 
  4. ^ "Frenchmen win Dakar rally". BBC News. 23 January 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/615379.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-28. 
  5. ^ "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. 
In Europe and Africa: 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991
1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007
Central Europe Rally 2008 *

In South America: 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012

* The Central Europe Rally was organised as a replacement race in the Dakar Series by Amaury Sport Organisation after the terrorist attacks in Mauritania in 2007, on the route of the 2008 race, just days before the start in Lisbon.