1997 Dakar Rally also known as the 1997 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 19th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally started and finished in Dakar, taking in a loop including Niger and the Ténéré desert. ^[1] Jutta Kleinschmidt became the first woman to win a stage of the Dakar Rally. ^[1] Japanese driver, Kenjiro Shinozuka, won the car class and Stephane Peterhansel won his fifth motorcycle title. ^[1]

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
					Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	4 January	Dakar	Tambacounda	587	S. Peterhansel	J-P. Fontenay	E. Pelichet
2	5 January	Tambacounda	Kayes	594	S. Peterhansel	J-L. Schlesser	P. Reif
3	6 January	Kayes	Nara	592	S. Peterhansel	K. Shinozuka	P. Reif
4	7 January	Nara	Timbuktu	658	S. Peterhansel	B. Saby	M. Koreny
5	8 January	Timbuktu	Gao	482	T. Magnaldi	J-P. Fontenay	P. Reif
6	9 January	Gao	Ménaka	332	S. Peterhansel	K. Shinozuka	B. Slenovsky
7	10 January	Ménaka	Tahoua	396	C. Sotelo	J-P. Fontenay	K. Loprais
8	11 January	Tahoua	Agadez	820	S. Peterhansel	K. Shinozuka	K. Loprais
	12 January	Agadez		Rest day
9	13 January	Agadez	Oclan	460	T. Magnaldi	J. Kleinschmidt	P. Reif
10	14 January	Oclan	Kidal	537	J. Arcarons	D. Guedes	P. Reif
11	15 January	Kidal	Timbuktu	577	J. Lewis	J-P. Strugo	P. Reif
12	16 January	Timbuktu	Néma	588	S. Peterhansel	J-P. Fontenay	P. Reif
13	17 January	Néma	Kiffa	604	É. Bernard	H. Masuoka	P. Reif
14	18 January	Kiffa	Saint-Louis	751	P. Marques	J-P. Fontenay	P. Reif
15	19 January	Saint-Louis	Dakar	255	J. Brucy	J. Kleinschmidt	J. Petit

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	1	Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	65:14:37
2	17	Oscar Gallardo	Cagiva	Pelayo Mutua de Seguros	+2:35:16
3	8	David Castera	Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	+2:56:25
4	7	Jimmy Lewis	KTM	KTM USA	+3:28:15
5	11	Dirk von Zitzewitz	KTM	KTM Sport	+4:28:38
6	73	Jurgen Mayer	KTM	MSA	+6:01:53
7	45	Jean Brucy	KTM	Raid Aventure	+7:17:10
8	41	Paulo Manuel Marques	KTM	Portugal RPM	+7:18:10
9	27	Norbert Schilcher	KTM	MSA	+7:20:30
10	10	Eric Bernard	KTM	E.Leclerc	+7:27:54

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	205	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	61:56:31
2	200	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	Bruno Musmarra	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+4:16
3	202	Bruno Saby	Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+9:12
4	220	Hiroshi Masuoka	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+2:25:27
5	206	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Jean Boutaire	Schlesser	Schlesser- SEAT	+4:35:51
6	204	Salvador Servia	Gilles Picard	Nissan	Nissan Europe	+5:15:14
7	216	Jean-Pierre Strugo	Bruno Catarelli	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi International	+6:20:08
8	208	Duarte Guedes	Jacky Dubois	Nissan	Team Dessoude	+9:23:13
9	268	Edoardo Argazzi	Riccardo Argazzi	Nissan	Team Dessoude	+9:40:41
10	224	Carlos Sousa	Philippe Rey	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi International	+23:28:05

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	427	Peter Reif	Johann Deinhofer	Hino	78:21:02
2	402	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Naoko Matsumoto Katsumi Hamura	Hino	+3:33:27
3	411	Joseph Petit	Jean-Christophe Wagner Takeshi Hashimoto	Hino	+4:08:52
4	425	Edmond Pelichet	Hubert Molina	Mercedes-Benz	+6:43:50
5	406	Gilbert Versino	Christian Lacourt Christian Versino	Mitsubishi	+7:51:50
6	415	Christophe Granjon	Masaaki Imai Anthony Martineau	Mitsubishi	+10:33:16
7	404	Christian Barbier	Eric André Jean-Louis Berger	Mercedes-Benz	+15:41:33
8	417	Yves Ferri	Michel Plateau Hubert Auvray	Mercedes-Benz	+22:11:30
9	433	Bernard Malferiol	Patrick Croset Jean Rodrigues	Mercedes-Benz	+23:43:18
10	434	Michel Gambillon	Raymond Louin Reynald Prive	Mercedes-Benz	+25:52:51

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