2000 Paris–Dakar–Cairo Rally
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The 2000 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2000 Dakar–Cairo Rally, was the 22nd running of the Dakar Rally event. The event began on 6 January 2000 in Senegal and ended on 23 January in Cairo.[1] It had been re-routed to avoid Mauritania following an armed robbery of competitors in the 1999 rally.[1] Four stages of the rally scheduled to be held in Niger were cancelled following a reported terrorist threat.[1][2] Competitors were airlifted from Niamey airport to Libya where the rally was restarted five days later at Sabha.[2][3] The rally was won by French driver Jean-Louis Schlesser and his co-driver Henri Magne in a Schlesser-Renault buggy.,[4] with the motorcycle title going to BMW's Richard Sainct and the truck title to Kamaz's Vladimir Chagin.[5]
2000 Dakar Rally | |||
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Host country | Senegal Mali Morocco Burkina Faso Niger Libya Egypt | ||
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Cars winner | Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne Schlesser-Renault | ||
Bikes winner | Richard Sainct BMW | ||
Trucks winner | Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin Kamaz |