2006 Dakar Rally

The 2006 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2006 Paris-Dakar Rally, was the 28th running of the Dakar Rally event. The 2006 event ran from 31 December 2005 to 15 January 2006. It started from Lisbon, Portugal, and passed through Spain, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, before finishing in Senegal. The format included speed restrictions on motorcycles and trucks and reduced use of global positioning systems. Competitors included double world rally champion, Carlos Sainz.

Entries

Stage	Bikes	Cars	Trucks	Total
Start of Rally	232	174	69	475
Rest Day	131	115	51	297
End of Rally	93	67	33	193

Bikes

;Notes

Cars

Trucks

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers
Kamaz		500
Kamaz		508
Kamaz		514
Hino		501
Hino		505
		503
Iveco		507
Iveco		512
Iveco		519
Tatra		509
Tatra		513
		524
		530

Stages

Notes:

— Stage cancelled for bikes only in tribute to Andy Caldecott, who died during the previous stage.
Motorcycles

Australian motorcyclist Andy Caldecott died in an accident during ninth stage. The tenth stage was not timed as a mark of respect for Caldecott. Spanish rider Marc Coma on KTM won the motorcycle category, second was French rider Cyril Despres and third Italian rider Giovanni Sala.
Notes:

— Ruben Faria was awarded a 12-minute penalty for failing to complete the opening stage within the time limit, denying him the lead of the overall classification.
Cars

Sainz riding VW Race Touareg won the first stage from Lisbon to Portimão, and also the second stage. Jean-Louis Schlesser, winner of the event in 1999 and 2000, riding Schlesser-Ford Buggy, won the third stage between Nador to Er Rachidia in Morocco, with Nani Roma on Mitsubishi Pajero Evo taking the overall lead. Sainz won the fourth stage and took the overall lead. Stephane Peterhansel, winner in 2004 and 2005, won the fifth stage while Sainz held on to the overall lead. Giniel de Villiers moved into the lead, 22 seconds ahead of Sainz, after the sixth stage from Tan Tan to Zouerat, which was won by Thierry Magnaldi.
Stephane Peterhansel won the seventh stage between Zouerat and Atar in Mauritania but Luc Alphand, who took second place, moved into the overall lead. Stephane Peterhansel moved into the lead after finishing third in the eighth stage, which was won by Thierry Magnaldi.
Peterhansel won the ninth stage between Nouakchott and Kiffa in Mauritania to extend his lead; however, his win was overshadowed by the death of Australian motorcyclist Andy Caldecott in an accident. The tenth stage was won by Sainz with overall leader Stephane Peterhansel third. Peterhansel's overall lead was reduced after he finished 11th in the eleventh stage behind winner Giniel de Villiers. Peterhansel lost time after hitting a tree during a duststorm in the twelfth stage, which was won by Luc Alphand who took the overall lead. Alphand also won the thirteenth stage between Guinea and Senegal, which was marred by the death of a 10-year-old boy who was hit by a car as he crossed the road. He retained the overall lead after the fourteenth stage, which was won by Guerlain Chicherit; a second child was killed after reportedly being hit by a support lorry. The final stage was not timed as a mark of respect for the three deaths. The rally was won by Luc Alphand.

Trucks

riding Kamaz won the truck category, second was Hans Stacey on MAN, and third was Firdaus Kabirov on Kamaz.

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	N°	Nom	Marque	Temps	Écart	Pénalité	Premiere fois	MARATHON	ELF	MALLE
1	2	COMA	KTM	55:27:17	00:00:00
2	1	DESPRES	KTM	56:40:46	01:13:29
3	6	SALA	KTM	57:57:05	02:29:48
4	9	BLAIS	KTM	58:03:35	02:36:18
5	4	DE GAVARDO	KTM	58:50:04	03:22:47	01:00:00
6	5	ULLEVALSETER	KTM	59:22:09	03:54:52
7	14	DUCLOS	KTM	60:11:13	04:43:56			1	1
8	8	CASTEU	KTM	61:43:38	06:16:21
9	55	RODRIGUES	YAMAHA	62:21:58	06:54:41	02:00:00	1
10	34	VINTERS	KTM	63:20:31	07:53:14				2
11	11	GAU	KTM	63:21:22	07:54:05		2
12	58	KNUIMAN	YAMAHA	63:56:44	08:29:27				3
13	12	FRETIGNE	YAMAHA	64:13:13	08:45:56
14	19	CZACHOR	KTM	64:14:11	08:46:54
15	32	ALGAY	YAMAHA	64:15:25	08:48:08
16	97	FARRES GUELL	YAMAHA	64:41:44	09:14:27	30:00:00	3
17	42	STREET	KTM	65:30:08	10:02:51		4
18	85	BETHYS	HONDA	65:37:18	10:10:01		5
19	20	MARCHINI	YAMAHA	66:29:17	11:02:00	02:00:00
20	95	AGRA CARRERA	YAMAHA	67:04:42	11:37:25	13:00	6
21	28	CROQUELOIS	YAMAHA	67:53:26	12:26:09
22	29	PIROUD	YAMAHA	67:58:16	12:30:59
23	76	LEPAN	KTM	68:05:49	12:38:32			2	4
24	16	STANOVNIK	KTM	69:33:43	14:06:26	02:30:00		3
25	80	GONCALVES	HONDA	70:55:48	15:28:31	01:05:00	7
26	15	VERHOEVEN	YAMAHA	72:02:14	16:34:57	03:55:00			5
27	49	EXTANCE	HONDA	72:14:44	16:47:27	05:00			6
28	31	PAIN	YAMAHA	72:48:48	17:21:31
29	110	CARILLON	KTM	73:18:02	17:50:45			4	7	1
30	37	KASTAN	KTM	73:33:27	18:06:10			5	8	2
31	61	DUBOIS	KTM	74:55:52	19:28:35				9
32	63	LAZARD	KTM	75:43:15	20:15:58		8	6	10
33	152	VAN PELT	HONDA	75:47:22	20:20:05	02:25:00			11	3
34	39	RIVERA	KTM	76:45:28	21:18:11	01:00:00		7		4
35	160	FARIA	KTM	76:51:20	21:24:03	01:27:00	9			5
36	68	MENGUS	KTM	77:30:27	22:03:10		10	8
37	211	HOTTA	KTM	77:51:41	22:24:24			9
38	170	BONJEAN	HONDA	78:40:53	23:13:36		11		12	6
39	26	LAMOTHE	KTM	79:02:07	23:34:50		12
40	177	DE GROOT	YAMAHA	79:40:51	24:13:34	01:00:00	13
41	51	DUBUY	KTM	79:49:13	24:21:56
42	46	RAYMOND	YAMAHA	79:56:40	24:29:23
43	134	DE BAAR	KTM	80:08:48	24:41:31	01:08:00		10
44	82	VAN DRUNEN	YAMAHA	80:25:59	24:58:42	07:07:00	14
45	219	GINEPRO	KTM	80:29:41	25:02:24					7
46	87	MEILLAT	HONDA	80:51:45	25:24:28	10:40:00
47	13	PAGNON	KTM	81:07:50	25:40:33					8
48	47	HERMET	KTM	81:10:37	25:43:20	02:51:00
49	35	FLOIRAC	KTM	81:11:13	25:43:56	01:00:00	15	11
50	117	PUERTAS HERRERA	YAMAHA	81:27:16	25:59:59	01:00
51	223	FERRER GARCIA	YAMAHA	82:12:43	26:45:26	32:00:00
52	27	JOBARD	KTM	82:27:35	27:00:18			12
53	204	GOMEZ PALLAS	YAMAHA	82:31:46	27:04:29	01:35:00
54	154	VERCOELEN	KTM	83:03:15	27:35:58	01:35:00		13		9
55	118	MIOTTO	KTM	83:06:25	27:39:08			14		10
56	132	EMBRO	KTM	83:38:36	28:11:19	15:00	16
57	25	RAMON	YAMAHA	83:45:01	28:17:44	01:01:00				11
58	129	ARREDONDO	KTM	83:54:00	28:26:43			15
59	59	GODET	KTM	83:56:33	28:29:16	01:10:00
60	22	VARGA	KTM	84:17:43	28:50:26
61	53	LE BLEVEC	YAMAHA	84:47:42	29:20:25		17
62	214	MORA BUSQUETS	YAMAHA	85:36:14	30:08:57	01:00:00	18
63	212	KASHIWA	YAMAHA	85:52:23	30:25:06	15:00
64	36	DIALLO	KTM	87:10:20	31:43:03			16
65	184	DELAYE	KTM	87:30:04	32:02:47	32:00:00
66	195	DOTTORI	KTM	87:46:25	32:19:08	01:30:00	19	17
67	116	WATSON-MILLER	KTM	87:59:29	32:32:12			18
68	44	CORNUAILLE	KTM	88:03:44	32:36:27
69	52	BONNET	KTM	88:53:32	33:26:15	38:00:00		19		12
70	93	LANSARD	KTM	89:18:42	33:51:25
71	108	CONIJN	YAMAHA	89:25:01	33:57:44		20
72	187	MEILINK	YAMAHA	89:29:19	34:02:02	36:00:00	21
73	109	LIST	YAMAHA	89:31:56	34:04:39		22
74	186	VAN DER VELD	YAMAHA	89:49:28	34:22:11	58:00:00	23
75	135	DE GROOT	YAMAHA	90:02:15	34:34:58	30:00:00	24
76	102	ALGERI	YAMAHA	90:17:15	34:49:58	01:00:00
77	120	CLASSEN	KTM	90:43:13	35:15:56	02:10:00	25	19		13
78	181	PLUMB	BMW	92:04:03	36:36:46	01:50:00
79	247	GONZALEZ	BOMBARDIER	92:25:04	36:57:47	01:18:00
80	81	POL	YAMAHA	92:40:27	37:13:10	31:00:00	26
81	148	PERIGAUD	KTM	93:30:48	38:03:31					14
82	83	BARRAL	YAMAHA	96:08:46	40:41:29		27
83	243	MOREL	BOMBARDIER	96:28:07	41:00:50
84	98	KRYNOCK	KTM	96:35:26	41:08:09	01:00:00	28
85	244	MOREL	BOMBARDIER	98:24:07	42:56:50		29
86	174	PAVEY	BMW	98:49:53	43:22:36	50:00:00
87	89	MAURICE	KTM	99:12:35	43:45:18	55:00:00	30
88	100	QUICK	KTM	103:27:17	48:00:00	02:00:00
89	101	TOWN	KTM	103:27:54	48:00:37	02:00:00
90	220	BONJEAN	KTM	105:59:07	50:31:50	01:00:00	31
91	130	VERMELOUX	KTM	108:02:50	52:35:33	03:48:00	32
92	226	GARCIA DOMINGUEZ	BMW	111:44:01	56:16:44	02:00:00	33
93	215	VAN BERGEIJK	YAMAHA	127:46:33	72:19:16	13:06:00	34			15

Cars

Trucks

In media

A motorcycle team organized by English actor Charley Boorman competed in the rally. Boorman was injured and fellow team member Matt Hall dropped out, but Simon Pavey finished in 86th place. Their experience was documented in the 2006 television miniseries Race to Dakar and an accompanying book.

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