Rally Dakar 2006: Leg 13 - Before the start
Uphill we go for this 13th stage of the Dakar. Mountain stages also exist on the Dakar... The rally reaches its highest point: close to 1000m with hilly tracks on the

Dakar : Team Gauloises Sperrer - Leg 12
Four days to go for the Gauloises Team Raphael Sperrer and its just getting better and better as Sperrer and co-driver Ola Floene arrived at Labe in 13th position with a

Dakar : Volkswagen Motorsport - Leg 12
Volkswagen moved up to second position overall only three stages before the end of this increasingly tense Dakar Rally. A mere 20 minutes separate works driver Giniel de Villiers

Dakar : Leg 12 - Finish
In cars, Luc Alphand captured his first special victory on this Dakar. The Frenchman has a 56" lead on Guerlain Chicherit (BMW). Third is Giniel De Villiers (VW) at 3`21".
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After the leg twelve of Dakar Rally
No regular service is allowed after the Rally Dakar`s twelfth stage. At the stage finish in the Guinean town Labé, the Volkswagen works drivers and all other competitors can

Dakar : Mitsubishi Motors - Leg 12
Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team driver Stéphane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean- Paul Cottret lost the outright lead of the 28th Dakar Rally to team mates Luc Alphand and Gilles

Dakar : Kwik Power - Leg 12
Following yesterday`s crash that wasn`t her fault, both Ellen Lohr in the rally prototype and the service Unimog had to retire from the 2006 Dakar Rally. A true pity as the team had

On the leg twelve of Dakar Rally
After doing their best to repair the rear left wheel of their Mitsubishi, Stephane Peterhansel and co-friver Jean-Paul Cottret are back on track and driving towards the finish line.

Dakar : Leg 12 - News from cars
Frenchman Luc Alphand has just clocked the fastest time at CP1 (km 215). The Mitsubishi driver has a 1`17" lead on Bruno Saby (VW), 2`20" on Giniel De Villiers (VW) and 3`43" on

Dakar : Leg 12 - News from bikes
At the first CP (km 215), Cyril Despres, a late starter (9th) has clocked the fastest time so far. The Frenchman has a 1`41" lead on Jean De Azevedo and 1`46" on Marc Coma, the

Rally Dakar 2006: Leg 12 - Before the start
For the first time since 1996, the Dakar returns to Guinea. A good opportunity for the competitors to test themselves in a real bush stage. The long portions on laterite

Dakar : Team Galp Energia - Leg 11
Day after day, Carlos Sousa is gradually climbing up the overall classification. Maintaining the right rhythm, and with no mechanical problems, the Portuguese driver set the sixth-fastest

Dakar : Team Nissan Aventure - Leg 11
Even if it is sometimes difficult after his problems in recent days, Benoît Rousselot is keeping his morale and determination intact for the end of the rally. Setting the second-

Dakar : Kwik Power - Leg 11
For Ellen Lohr, today`s leg represented another proof of the fact that the good Mercedes-Benz service is crucial, in the Dakar Rally. 50 kilometres into the special stage, a competitor

Dakar : Team Gauloises Sperrer - Leg 11
Only five days to go in Dakar 2006 for the Gauloises Team Raphael Sperrer who arrived at Bamako and reached the end of stage eleven in 21st position after 3 hours 47 minutes

Dakar : Volkswagen Motorsport - Leg 11
Volkswagen finished the Dakar Rally`s eleventh stage between Kayes and Bamako with a one-two for Giniel de Villiers and Bruno Saby. After Carlos Sainz won a stage the day

Rally Raid Dakar 2006: Mitsubishi Motors - Leg 11
Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team driver Stéphane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean- Paul Cottret saw their overall lead in the 28th Dakar Rally trimmed to 25m 09s after

Rally Raid Dakar 2006: Leg 11 - Film of the stage
For its second day in Mali, the Euromilhoes Dakar 2006 saw Alain Duclos clinch his first ever stage victory and what better place than Bamako to do it for the Mali

Dakar : Leg 11 - News from CP 1
Giniel De Villiers (VW) has just reached CP1 (km 163) and has the fastest time so far with a 6`39" advantage on Carlos Sainz. De Villiers who started 8th this morning has overtaken

Dakar : Leg 11 - First news
At around km 100 of the day`s car special, overall leader Stephane Peterhansel and his Mitsubishi team mate Nani Roma have taken a wrong track and had to turn back to find the right