The BMW GS motorcycles - Race bikes P-D 2001

The 2001 "Total" Paris-Dakar Rally

BMW Motorrad Team Gauloises

The Team

Juan "Nani" Roma, Jimmy Lewis, Cyril Despres, Andrea Mayer, John Deacon, Norbert Schilcher (Team Manager), Berthold Hauser (BMW Motorrad Sport's Boss)

The pilots

Juan "Nani" Roma

Pilot of a R900GS-RR.

Date of birth: 17.02.72
Birthplace: Folgueroles (Spain)

Stature / Weight: 1,90 m / 90 kg

Greatest successes:

3 time winner of the Baja Aragon
1994:	Europe Enduro champion
1996:	Spain Enduro champion
1997:	Spain Enduro champion - Spanish Championship of Raids
1999:	2nd place at the Pharaon Rally 2nd place at the Dubai Rally

Jimmy Lewis

Pilot of a R900GS-RR.

Date of birth: 20.06.68
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California (USA)

Stature / Weight: 1,73 m / 81 kg

Greatest successes:

4 time AMA National Hare & Hound 3 time winner of the AMA National Reliability
1989-1992:	4 Gold medailles at the International Six Day Enduro
1991:	AMA Amateur of the Year
1992:	ISDE Junior World Champion
1993:	ISDE Junior World Champion
1997:	4th place at Paris-Dakar Rally
1998:	Winner of Baja 1000
2000:	3rd place at the Paris-Dakar-Cairo Rally Winner of the Dubai Rally

John Deacon

Pilot of a R900GS-RR.

Date of birth: 30.11.62
Birthplace: Plymouth (GB)

Stature / Weight: 1,85 m / 90 kg

Greatest successes:

1994:	Overall British Enduro champion
1995:	13th place at the Tunisia Rally
1997:	17th place at the Paris-Dakar Rally 7th place at the Atlas Rally
1998:	8th place at Paris-Dakar Rally
1999:	6th place at the Granada-Dakar Rally 4th place at the Dubai Rally
2000:	4th place at the Dubai Rally

Cyril Despres

Pilot of a R900GS-RR.

Date of birth: 24.01.74
Birthplace: Fontainbleau (France)

Stature / Weight: 1,80 m / 82 kg

Best results:

1998:	13th place at the Tunisia Rally
2000:	16th place at the Paris-Dakar-Cairo Rally 3th place at the Tunisia Rally Winner of the Atlas Rally 4th place at the Master Rally 3rd place at the Dubai Rally

Andrea Mayer

Pilot of a F650RR.

Date of birth: 02.01.68
Birthplace: Kaufbeuren (Germany)

Stature / Weight: 1.67 m / 60 kg

Greatest successes:

1994:	1st in ladies' category, Atlas Rally
1995:	1st in ladies' category, Tunisia Rally
1996:	1st in ladies category, Atlas Rally 1st in ladies category, Granada-Dakar 2nd in ladies category, Tunisia Rally
1997:	1st in ladies category, Tunisia Rally 1st in ladies category, Dubai Rally
1998:	1st in ladies category, Dubai Rally
1999:	1st in ladies category, Granada-Dakar Rally
2000:	2nd in ladies category, Paris-Dakar-Cairo Rally 1st in ladies category, Dubai Rally

The bikes

R900GS-RR

  HPN bike
  90hp, 900cc engine
  Fork WP (300mm travel)
  WP shock (300mm travel, PDS)
  Brake disk: Front 1 x 300 mm; rear 1 x 285 mm
  Brake caliper: Brembo 4-piston
  Tank: 
    Main front: 34 liters
    Central: 10 liters
    Side: 4 liters left; 6 liters right
  Weight (dry): 190 kg

F650RR

  Schalber bike
  75hp, 700cc engine
  Fork WP (300mm travel)
  WP shock (300mm travel, PDS)
  Brake disk: Front 1 x 300 mm; rear 1 x 200 mm
  Brake caliper: Brembo front 4-piston; rear 2-piston
  Tank:
    2 front tanks, 12 liters; 12 liters
    Central: 7 liters
    Side: 7 liters left; 7 liters right
  Weight (dry): 168 kg

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Updated the 19 October 2001