Sport in Short: Rallying

PARIS-DAKAR RALLY Seventh stage (650km, 403 miles, from Chenachen, Algeria, to Bir Amrane, Mauritania): 1 J-P Fontenay (Fr) Mitsubishi 1hr 57min 44sec; 2 B Saby (Fr) Mitsubishi +11min 10sec; 3 H Auriol (Fr) Mitsubishi +15:37; 4 P Lartigue (Fr) Citroen +17:30; 5 A Vatanen (Fin) Citroen +22:40; 6 S Servia (Sp) Lada +23:28; 7 A Ambrosino (Fr) Citroen +25:12; 8 E Weber (Ger) Mitsubishi +36:58; 9 K Shinozuka (Japan) Mitsubishi +54:32; 10 J-L Schlesser (Fr) Buggy +56:41. Overall: 1 Saby 14hr 27min 24sec; 2 Lartigue +1hr 42min 56sec; 3 Auriol +4:36:44; 4 Shinozuka +5:46:44; 5 Servia +6:05:34; 6 Weber +6:11:33; 7 Vatanen +7:30:27; 8 Ambrosino +8:08:13.

Motorcycles: 1 J Acarons (Sp) Yamaha 5hr 57min 27sec; 2 T Charbonnier (Fr) Yamaha +3min 31sec; 3 S Peterhansel (Fr) Yamaha +5:45; 4 P Sireyjol (Fr) Suzuki +36:16; 5 X Riba (Sp) K2 +44:16. Overall: 1 Peterhansel 32hr 42min 23sec; 2 Charbonnier +1hr 22min 58sec; 3 Riba +5:04:00; 4 Acarons +8:21:43; 5 J-M Benerotte (Fr) Kawasaki +10:54:19.