1980 Paris–Dakar Rally

1980 Dakar Rally
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1980 Dakar Rally also known as the 1980 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 2nd running of the Dakar Rally event. The 1980 event saw vehicle manufacturers, such as Yamaha, Volkswagen, Lada and BMW, taking part, and the introduction of a category for trucks.

216 competitors started the rally. Cyril Neveu won for the second time in succession on a Yamaha. Kotulinsky and Patrick Zaniroli won the car class.

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)
1	1 January	Paris	Olivet
2	2 January	Olivet	Marseille
	3–5 January	Transportation to Africa
3	6 January	Algiers	In Salah	957
4	7 January	In Salah	Reggane	270
5	8 January	Reggane	Bordj Badji Mokhtar	630
6	9 January	Bordj Badji Mokhtar	Gao	675
	10 January	Rest day in Gao
7	11 January	Gao	Mopti	595
8	12 January	Mopti	Niono
9	13 January	Niono	Tombouctou	570
10	14 January	Tombouctou	Gao	424
11	15 January	Gao	Bobo-Dioulasso	1300
12	16 January	Bobo-Dioulasso	Kolokani	120
	17 January	Rest day in Kolokani
13	18 January	Kolokani	Nioro du Sahel	280
14	19 January	Nioro du Sahel	Kayes	247
15	20 January	Kayes	Bakel	68
16	21 January	Bakel	Linguère	370
17	22 January	Linguère	Lompoul	87
18	23 January	Lompoul	Dakar	120