1990 Paris–Dakar Rally

Off-road motorsport event in France and Africa 1990 Dakar Rally 1989 1991 thumb|Gianni Lora Lamia Paris-Dakar 1990 Astra Truck BM309 1990 Dakar Rally also known as the 1990 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 12th running of the Dakar Rally event. 465 competitors started from La Défense.http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007 Dakar 2009-01-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110708222829/http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf 2011-07-08 The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen, for the third time in four years.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/2399883.stm Vatanen on comeback trail 4 November 2002 BBC Sport 2009-02-28 The motorcycle class was won by Edi Orioli. Stages StageDateStartFinishSpecial (km)Total (km)Prologue 25 December FRA Chevilly 5 Prologue 26 December FRA Marseille 3.5 1 29 December LBY Tripoli LBY Ghadamès 273 5392 30 December LBY Ghadamès LBY Ghat 609 7073 31 December LBY Ghat LBY Sabha 446 6874 1 January LBY Sabha LBY Tumu 641 5 2 January LBY Tumu NER Dirkou 504 6 3 January NER Dirkou NER N'Gourti 497 7 4 January NER N'Gourti CHA N'Djamena 499 6478 5 January CHA N'Djamena NER N'Guigmi 425 4839 6 January NER N'Guigmi NER Agadez 780 Rest7 January10 8 January NER Agadez NER Tahoua 198 48311 9 January NER Tahoua NER Niamey 222 43112 10 January NER Niamey MLI Gao 492 63813 11 January MLI Gao MLI Tombouctou 412 14 12 January MLI Tombouctou MRT 1959 Néma 674 15 13 January MRT 1959 Néma MRT 1959 Tidjikja 458 73816 14 January MRT 1959 Tidjikja MLI Kayes 485 68517 15 January MLI Kayes SEN Saint Louis 200 83818 16 January SEN Saint Louis SEN Dakar 40 227 Total 8,564 11,420 Stage Winners StageCarsBikesPrologue FRA Claude Arnoux Citroën FRA Laurent Charbonnel fr HusqvarnaPrologue FRA Pierre Lartigue Mitsubishi FRA Laurent Charbonnel fr Husqvarna1 FIN Ari Vatanen Peugeot ESP Jordi Arcarons Cagiva2 FIN Ari Vatanen Peugeot ITA Edi Orioli Cagiva3 FIN Ari Vatanen Peugeot FRA Gilles Picard Yamaha4 FIN Ari Vatanen Peugeot ITA Alessandro De Petri it Cagiva5 SWE Björn Waldegård Peugeot ITA Alessandro De Petri it Cagiva6 FRA Alain Ambrosino Peugeot ITA Alessandro De Petri it Cagiva7 FIN Ari Vatanen Peugeot ITA Alessandro De Petri it Cagiva8 FIN Ari Vatanen Peugeot FRA Stephane Peterhansel Yamaha9 JPN Kenjiro Shinozuka Mitsubishi ITA Edi Orioli Cagiva10 SWE Björn Waldegård Peugeot ITA Alessandro De Petri it Cagiva11 FIN Ari Vatanen Peugeot ESP Carlos Mas Samora es Carlos Mas Yamaha12 JPN Kenjiro Shinozuka Mitsubishi ESP Jordi Arcarons Cagiva13 FRA Philippe Wambergue Peugeot FRA Gilles Picard Yamaha14 SWE Björn Waldegård Peugeot ITA Alessandro De Petri it Cagiva15 BEL Jacky Ickx Lada ITA Roberto Mandelli Gilera16 FRA Philippe Wambergue Peugeot FRA Gilles Picard Yamaha16 FRA Philippe Wambergue Peugeot FRA Gilles Picard Yamaha17 GBR Andrew Cowan Mitsubishi BEL Gaston Rahier Suzuki18 FRA Philippe Wambergue Peugeot ITA Franco Picco Yamaha References Category:Dakar Rally by year Paris Paris Category:1990 in African sport