1980 Paris–Dakar Rally

1980 Paris–Dakar Rally
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Host country	France  Algeria  Mali  Upper Volta  Senegal

1980 Dakar Rally also known as the 1980 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 2nd running of the Dakar Rally event, starting from Paris on 1 January and finishing in Dakar on the 23 January. The 1980 event saw vehicle manufacturers such as Yamaha, Volkswagen, Lada, and BMW taking part and the introduction of a truck category.

Summary

216 competitors started the rally of which 81 made the finish. Cyril Neveu won for the second time in succession on a Yamaha, Freddy Kottulinsky won the car class driving a Volkswagen Iltis and Zohra Ataouat became the first winner of the truck class driving for Sonacome.^[1]

Entry List

Number of entries^[2]

Stage	Bikes	Cars	Trucks	Total
Start of Rally	90	116	10	216
End of Rally	25	49	7	81

Competitor list^[3]

Entry list — Bikes

No. Driver Bike 1 Dominique Boisgontier Yamaha DTMX 125 2 Pierre David MZ 250 3 Martine De Cortanze Yamaha 500 4 Grégoire Verhaeghe Honda XLS 250 5 Yvan Tcherniavsky Vespa P200E 6 Bernard Tcherniavsky Vespa P200E 7 Bernard Neimer Vespa P200E 8 Marc Simonot Vespa P200E 9 Hubert D'aboville Kawasaki KL 250 10 Norbert D'aboville Kawasaki KL 250 11 Guillaume D'aboville Kawasaki KL 250 12 Baudouin D'aboville Kawasaki KL 250 13 Gérard D'aboville Kawasaki KL 250 14 Christine Martin Honda XLS 250 15 Nicole Maitrot Honda XLS 250 16 Jacques Maitrot Honda XLS 250 17 Jean-Louis Daudet Yamaha DMX 250 18 Pierre-Michel Decombeix Honda XLS 250 21 Michel Montange Suzuki SP 370 22 Marc Joineau Suzuki SP 370 23 Michel Razet Suzuki SP 370 24 Jean-Pierre Tonnelline Suzuki SP 370 25 Jean-Noël Castanet Suzuki SP 370 26 Bernard Tabarly Suzuki SP 370 27 Gilbert Galinier Suzuki SP 370 28 Alain Fesquet Honda XLS 500 29 Bruno Vecchioni Honda XLS 500 30 Thierry Henriette Yamaha XT 500 31 Pierre Mengue Yamaha XT 500 32 Jean-Michel Yvora Yamaha XT 500 33 Gilbert Lebrun Honda XLS 500 34 Louis Leandri Honda XLS 250 35 Jean-Pierre Lerude Honda XLS 500 36 Luc Quesson Honda XLS 500 37 Alain Gaeremynck Honda XR 500 38 Alain Padou Honda XR 500 39 Daniel René Honda XLS 500 41 Bernard Rigoni Honda XLS 500 42 Gilles Desheulles KTM 240 43 Philippe Vassard KTM 240 44 Marie Ertaud Yamaha XT 500 45 François De Casanove Yamaha XT 500 46 Philippe De Casanove Yamaha XT 500 47 Jacques-Philippe Auriol Yamaha XT 500 48 Ludovic Loue Yamaha XT 500 49 Gilles Maurice Yamaha XT 500 50 Cyril Neveu Yamaha XT 500 51 Pierre Berty Yamaha XT 500 52 Flavien Malguy Yamaha XT 500 53 Jean-claude Lesault Yamaha XT 500 54 Patrick Beaufront Yamaha XT 500 55 Pierre-henri Hollenweger Yamaha XT 500 56 Patrick Duisit Yamaha XT 500 57 Alain Dupuis Yamaha XT 500 58 Michel Merel Yamaha XT 500 59 Eric Breton Yamaha XT 500 60 Jean-Noël Pineau Yamaha XT 500 61 Patrice Roa Yamaha XT 500 62 Jean-Michel Plu Yamaha XT 500 63 Jean-claude Dinga Yamaha XT 500 64 Christian Figlia Yamaha XT 500 65 Jean-Luc Delchet Yamaha XT 500 66 Serge Stacoffe Yamaha XT 500 67 Christian Becker Yamaha XT 500 68 Philippe Léonard Yamaha XT 500 69 Patrick Meziani Yamaha XT 500 70 Antoine Mayorga Yamaha XT 500 71 Dante Favaro Yamaha XT 500 72 Jean-Michel Lyonnard Yamaha XT 500 73 Jean-Pierre Tisserant Yamaha XT 500 74 Guy Albaret Yamaha XT 500 75 Gilles Burgat Yamaha XT 500 76 Pascal D'ursel Yamaha XT 500 77 Daniel Lorenzini Yamaha XT 500 78 Jean-Jacques Lefebvre Yamaha XT 500 79 Gérard Paineau Yamaha XT 500 80 Jean-Pierre Lloret Yamaha XT 500 81 Christian Rayer Yamaha XT 500 82 Gilles Comte Yamaha XT 500 83 Gérard Ladaurade Yamaha XT 500 85 Michel Cheylan Ducati 750 86 Georges Fenouil BMW 800 87 Hubert Auriol BMW 800 88 Pascal Boujieau BMW 1000 Proto 89 Giorgio Tabarin Claude Lampart Side 1000 90 Vincent Murgat Claude Boyet Side 1000

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Dist.	Winner (cars)	Winner (bikes)
P	1 January	Paris	Olivet	4	J-C. Briavoine	C. Neveu
	2 January	Olivet	Marseille		Liaison only
	3–5 January	Transportation to Africa
1	6 January	Algiers	In Salah	37	J-C. Briavoine	C. Neveu
2	7 January	In Salah	Reggane	270	C. Neveu	E. Breton
	8 January	Reggane	Bordj Badji Mokhtar	630	J. Ragnotti	M. Merel
	9 January	Bordj Badji Mokhtar	Gao	675	F. Kottulinsky	H. Auriol
	10 January	Gao		Rest day
3	11 January	Gao	Mopti	595	F. Kottulinsky	H. Auriol
	12 January	Mopti	Niono		Liaison only
	13 January	Niono	Tombouctou	570	J. Ragnotti	G. Desheulles
	14 January	Tombouctou	Gao	424	C. Neveu	H. Auriol
4	15 January	Gao	Bobo-Dioulasso		Liaison only
5	16 January	Bobo-Dioulasso	Kolokani	120	F. Kottulinsky	M. Merel
	17 January	Kolokani		Rest day
6	18 January	Kolokani	Nioro du Sahel	280	C. Marreau	C. Neveu
	19 January	Nioro du Sahel	Kayes	247	F. Kottulinsky	P. Vassard
7	20 January	Kayes	Bakel		Liaison only
	21 January	Bakel	Linguère
	22 January	Linguère	Lompoul	87	H. Cotel	P. Vassard
	23 January	Lompoul	Dakar	120	C. Neveu	C. Neveu

Leading Results

Bikes

Pos.	No.	Competitors	Vehicle
1	50	Cyril Neveu	Yamaha XT 500
2	58	Michel Merel	Yamaha XT 500
3	60	Jean-Noël Pineau	Yamaha XT 500
4	80	Jean-Pierre Lloret	Yamaha XT 500
5	86	"Fenouil"	BMW 800
6	43	Philippe Vassard	KTM 240
7	38	Alain Padou	Honda XR 500
8	48	Ludovic Loue	Yamaha XT 500
9	74	Guy Albaret	Yamaha XT 500
10	22	Marc Joineau	Suzuki SP 370

Cars

Pos.	No.	Competitor	Vehicle
1	137	Freddy Kottulinsky Gerd Löffelmann	Volkswagen Iltis
2	136	Patrick Zaniroli Philippe Colesse	Volkswagen Iltis
3	120	Claude Marreau Bernard Marreau	Renault 4
4	138	Jean Ragnotti Georges Vaills	Volkswagen Iltis
5	180	Christophe Neveu Rémy Bourgoin	Range Rover

• Of the 216 starters, 81 completed the event - 49 cars (of 116), 25 bikes (of 90) and 7 trucks (of 10).^[1]

References

1. "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
2. "Historic Book 2025". Dakar. 2024-12-19. Archived from the original on 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
3. "Liste des engagés au Paris Dakar 1980 - 205 participants". www.dakardantan.com. Retrieved 2024-12-19.