Sport in Short: Rallying
BRUNO SABY, driving a Mitsubishi, led a French 1-2-3 when the Paris to Dakar Rally ended in Senegal yesterday. Pierre Lartigue and Hubert Auriol, both driving Citroens, finished second and third.
PARIS-DAKAR RALLY: Eleventh and final stage (60km, Nouakchott, Mauritania to Dakar, Sen): Cars: 1 J-P Fontenay (Fr) Mitsubishi 33min 6sec; 2 E Weber (Ger) Mitsubishi +4sec; 3 P Lartigue (Fr) Citroen +34; 4 A Vatanen (Fin) Citroen +2:13; 5 H Auriol (Fr) Citroen +3:03. Overall: 1 B Saby (Fr) Mitsubishi 24hr 56min 02sec; 2 Lartigue +1.09:45; 3 Auriol +4.02:08; 4 Weber +6.14:38; 5 K Shinozuka (Japan) Mitsubishi +7.02:51. Motorcycles: Stage: 1 S Peterhansel (Fr) Yamaha 38min 50sec; 2 J Arcarons (Sp) Yamaha +17sec; 3 T Charbonnier (Fr) Yamaha +2:11; 4 M Pilet (Fr) Honda +4:46; 5 P Sireyjol (Fr) Suzuki +5:58. Overall: 1 Peterhansel 51hr 51min 51sec; 2 Charbonnier +1.22:19; 3 Arcarons +8.01:01; 4 J- M Bennerotte (Fr) Kawasaki +13.20:50. 5 K Kolberg (Bra) Yamaha +14h 15:04.
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