The 1982 Paris-Alger-Dakar Rally

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Official Team: BMW France
Sponsors: Le Point, Wilkinson
Colors: White.
Pilotes:
  100. Hubert Auriol - F
  101. Fenouil - F
  102. R. Loiseaux - F
  120. E. Breton - F (Team Moto-Verte)
Bikes technical data:
  Bikes prepared in France by Arcueil Motor
  55hp, 980cc engine, 150kg
  Monolever rear suspension, fork Maico
  Engine protection bars on white frame
Results:
  All the team out at Gao (10 January), general gear box default!
Trivia:
  Eric Breton was journalist at Moto-Verte (French dirt 
  bikes journal) and was riding an official bike as "pilote-
  journalist"
PD rally GS 1982 Pic

Privates:
  10 private GS at the start of the race.?)

The rally

31/12/1981  "parc fermé" at the Trocadero (Paris)
01/01/1982  prologue at Olivet (chrono)
            Olivet-Nîmes (liaison)
02/01/1982  Garrigues (chrono)
            Nîmes-Sète (liaison)
03/01/1982  Boat through Mediterannean Sea
04/01/1982  Alger-Oued Djellal (liaison)
05/01/1982  Oued Djellal-El Baadj (chrono)
            El Baadj-Touggourt (liaison)
            Touggourt-Guerrara (chrono)
            Guerrara-Hassi Messaoud (liaison)
06/01/1982  Hassi Messaoud-Hassi Bel Guebbour (liaison)
            Hassi Bel Guebbour-Les Quattres Chemins (chrono)
07/01/1982  Les Quattres Chemins-In Ecker (567km chrono)
            In Ecker-Tit(140km liaison)
08/01/1982  Tit-Timiaouine (540km chrono)
09/01/1982  Timiaouine-Gao (740km chrono)
10/01/1982  Gao (rest day)
11/01/1982  Gao-Mopti (chrono)
12/01/1982  Mopti-Gao (liaison)
13/01/1982  Gao (rest day)
14/01/1982  Gao-Tombouctou (412km chrono)
15/01/1982  Tombouctou-Niono (570km chrono)
16/01/1982  Niono-Nioro (chrono)
17/01/1982  Nioro-Kayes (247km chrono)
            Kayes-Kidira (120km chrono)
18/01/1982  Kidira-Tambacunda (chrono)
            Tambacunda-Koungheul (chrono)
19/01/1982  Koungheul-Linguère (chrono)
            Linguère-Dara (liaison)
            Dara-Louga (86km chrono)
            Louga-Tiougoune (63km liaison)
20/01/1982  Tiougoune-Dakar (120km chrono on the beach)
Go to the map Go to the stages map of this 4th Paris-Dakar rally

Final result :
  1. Cyril Neveu - F (Honda XR550)
  2. Philippe Vassard - F (Honda XR550)
  3. Grégoire Verhaeghe - F (Barigo 500)
  ...


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