BRIEFLY•••
As mentioned in the lead, KTM tried dividing up its factory rid-
ers into four different groups
In
an effort to create somewhat
of a rivalry in the absence of BMW, One of the teams within
the team was Gauloises KTM (rightJ, which received sponsorship from the French cigarette company, As French laws
limit tobacco advertising, the team's blue bikes had their
Gauloises logos removed dunng the French stages, In their
place were Gol! I!I I! logos.
Rally veteran Jordi Arcarons announced at the finish that
this would be his final Dakar Rally on a motorcycle, though he
would like to remain involved in some capacity. The Spaniard
seemed most interested in managing a team. and it would be
no surprise to see him leading RepsolfTelefonica KTM next
year, though some pundits predicted he'd compete In a car.
After G,ovani Sala got
hit with a time penalty
that some thought should have been assessed to his
teammate Fabrizio Meoni (see sidebar), Sala got out a
Magic Marker and modified his number 7 . Several black Afncans look part In
the rally, Including female racer Youma Tall· the first-ever
black female to compele. Tall unfortunately broke her knee
and failed to finish, but a couple of the Afncans did make it to
Dakar.
KTM awarded its riders
with a tiny mini bike for every stage they won, and AI~e
Cox was perhaps happiest to pick up a pair of the cool
bikes. The South African has a four-year·old son, and he's
been pestering dad to go riding (Cox had already arranged
for a set of tiny riding gear through sponsor Acerbis).
Four-strokes are obViously the bikes of chOice for rally racing, but there were a couple of masochists who entered on
two-strokes. One guy even entered on a KTM 125, but he
didn't come close to finishing.
Sorry, Red Bull: Apparently not an addict to energy drinks.
big Finn Kan Tiainen (right) religiously sucks down a
beer at the end of each stage.
S/PROO 250-: 1. Luiz Mingione (Hon).
Stages
M.AURITANIA): 1. Kari Tiainen (KTM): 2. Jordi
Arecarons (KTM); 3. Isidre Esteve (KTM); 4. Giovani
DEC 28 (ARRAS, FRANCE - CHATEAUROOX,
FRANCE): No spec~1 test.
DEC 29 (CHATEAUROUX. FRANCE NAR80NNE, FRANCE): I. Pierre Qulnonero (KTM);
2. Kari Tiainen (KTM): 3. JOiln Roma (KTM); 4. Cyril
Depres (KTM); 5. Celso Gorrara (KTM).
DEC 30 (NARBONNE, FRANCE - MADRID.
5.1. (KTM): 5. Rich.rd Sainet (KTM).
JAN 6: Rest d.y,
JAN 7 (ATAR. MAURITANIA - ATAR.
MAURITANIA): 1. Alfie Cox (KTM); 2. Fabrizio Meoni
(KTM); 3. Joan Roma (KTM); 4. Carlo de Geverdo
(KTM); 5. Rich.rd Sainet (KTM).
JAN 8 (ATAR. MAURITANIA - TIDJIKJA.
MAURITANIA): J. C.rlo de G.vardo (KTM): 2. Joan
Rome (KTM): 3. F8brizio Meoni (KTM); 4. Richard
Sainet (KTM); 5. Alfie COX (KTM).
JAN 9 (TIDJIKJA, MAURITANIA - TICHIT,
MAURITANIA): 1. Alfie Cox (KTM): 2. JOiln Roma
(KTM); 3. Fabrizio Meoni (KTM); 4. Jordi Arcarons
(KTM); 5. Giov.ni Sola (KTM).
JAN 10 (TICHIT. MAURITANIA. TICHIT,
MAURITANIA): 1. Giovani Sala (KTM); 2. Fabrizio
Meoni (KTM); 3. Isidre Esteve (KTM); 4. Joan Roma
(KTM); 5. Alfie Cox (KTM).
JAN 11 (TICHIT. MAURITANIA - KIFFA,
MAURITANIA): 1. Flibrizio Meonl (KTM); 2. Richard
Sainct (KTM); 3. Alfie Cox (KTM); 4. Isidre Esteve
(KTM); 5. Pierre Quinonero (KTM).
JAN 12 (KIFFA, MAURITANIA· DAKAR,
SPAIN): I. Richard Sainct (KTM); 2. Cyril Despres
(KTM): 3. Joan Roma (KTM); 4. Kari Tiainen (KTM);
5. Isidre Esteve (KTM).
DEC 31 (MADRID. SPAIN - RABAT,
MOROCCO): 1. Jo.n Rom. (KTM); 2. Kari nainen
(KTM); 3. Cyril Despres (KTM); 4. Isidre Esteve
(KTM); 5, Eric Verhoef (KTM).
JAN 1 (RABAT. MOROCCO - ER-RACHIDlA,
MOROCCO): 1. Carlo de G.vardo (KTM); 2. Alfie
Cox (KTM); 3. FabriziO Meoni (KTM): 4. Kart Tieinen
(KTM); 5, Joan Rom. (KTM).
JAN 2 (ER-RACHIDIA.
MOROCCO
-
OUARZAZATE. MOROCCO): 1. Jordi Arcerons
(KTM); 2. Joan Roma (KTM); 3. Kari Ti.inen (KTM):
4. Fabrizio Meoni (KTM); 5. Alfie Cox (KTM).
JAN 3 (OUARZAZATE, MOROCCO· TAN-TAN,
S/PROD 1WIN 900.: J. F.bri,io Meoni (KTM);
MOROCCO): 1. Carlo de Gavardo (KTM); 2. Isidre
2. Giovani Sala (KTM).
S/PROD 400.: 1. Alfie Cox (KTM); 2. Richard
Sainet (KTM): 3. Carlo de Gavardo (KTM); 4. Isidre
Esteve (KTM); 5. Jordi ArClirons (KTM).
S/PROD 400-: 1. Stephane S.cchettini (Hon); 2.
Joequim Gouveia (Hon); 3. Osamu Houll (Han); 4.
Bernard Montez (Hon); 5. Jean Gosselin (Hon).
Esteve (KTM); 3. Jo.n Rom. (KTM); 4. Alfie Cox
(KTM); 5. Richard Sainet (KTM).
JAN 4 (TAN-TAN, MOROCCO - ZOUERAT.
MAURITANIA): I. Fabrizio Meoni (KTM); 2. Carlo de
Gav.rdo (KTM); 3. Jo.n Roma (KTM); 4, Alfie Cox
(KTM); 5. Richard Sainet (KTM),
JAN 5 (ZOUERAT, MAURITANIA - ATAR.
cue I
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SENEGAL): I. Bernardo Villar (KTM); 2. Giovllni
Sal8 (KTM); 3. Richard Sainct (KTM); 4. Anders
Ullevalseter (KTM); 5. Fabrizio Meoni (KTM).
JAN 13 (DAKAR. SENEGAL - OAKAR,
SENEGAL): 1. Giov.ni Sal. (KTM); 2. M.nuel
Marques (KTM); 3. Isidre Esteve (KTM); 4. Eric
Bernard (KTM); 5. Anders Ullevalseter (KTM).
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