1981 Paris–Dakar Rally
{{Short description|Off-road motorsport event in France and Africa}}
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1981 Dakar Rally also known as the 1981 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 3rd running of the Dakar Rally event. The car class was won by René Metge and Bernard Giroux. The motorcycle class was won by Hubert Auriol.{{cite web|url=http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf |format=PDF |title=History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007 |publisher=Dakar |accessdate=2009-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601010721/http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf |archivedate=2010-06-01 }}
Cars
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| width=17%|Driver | width=15%|Car
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} René Metge | Range Rover V8
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Hervé Cotel | Buggy Cotel
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Claude Briavoine | Lada Niva |
Stages
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| 1
|1 January||{{flagicon|France}} Paris || {{flagicon|France}} Olivet || approx 120 | ||
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|2 January||{{flagicon|France}} Olivet || {{flagicon|France}} Sète || approx 625 | ||
| 3 January | colspan="3" align="center"|Transportation to Africa | |
| 3
|4 January||{{flagicon|Algeria}} Algiers || {{flagicon|Algeria}} Moudjbara || 300 | ||
| 4
|5 January||{{flagicon|Algeria}} Moudjbara || {{flagicon|Algeria}} Bordj Omar Driss || 949 | ||
| 5
|6 January ||{{flagicon|Algeria}} Bordj Omar Driss || {{flagicon|Algeria}} Tit || 605 | ||
| 6
|7 January ||{{flagicon|Algeria}} Tit || {{flagicon|Algeria}} Timeaouine || 540 | ||
| 7
|8 January ||{{flagicon|Algeria}} Timeaouine || {{flagicon|Mali}} Gao || 740 | ||
| 9 January | colspan="3" align="center"| Rest day in Gao | |
| 8
|10 January||{{flagicon|Mali}} Gao || {{flagicon|Mali}} Tombouctou || 412 | ||
| 9
|11 January||{{flagicon|Mali}} Tombouctou || {{flagicon|Mali}} Niono || 570 | ||
| 10
|12 January||{{flagicon|Mali}} Niono || {{flagicon|Upper Volta}} Bobo-Dioulasso || 1080 | ||
| 11
|13 January||{{flagicon|Upper Volta}} Bobo-Dioulasso || {{flagicon| Côte d'Ivoire}} Bouna || 828 | ||
| 12
|14 January||{{flagicon| Côte d'Ivoire}} Bouna || {{flagicon| Côte d'Ivoire}} Korhogo || 326 | ||
| 13
|15 January||{{flagicon| Côte d'Ivoire}} Korhogo || {{flagicon|Mali}} Kolokani || 310 | ||
| 16 January | colspan="3" align="center"| Rest day in Kolokani | |
| 14
|17 January||{{flagicon|Mali}} Kolokani || {{flagicon|Mali}} Nioro du Sahel || 297 | ||
| 15
|18 January||{{flagicon|Mali}} Nioro du Sahel || {{flagicon|Senegal}} Bakel || 325 | ||
| 16
|19 January||{{flagicon|Senegal}} Bakel || {{flagicon|Senegal}} Louga || 143 | ||
| 17
|20 January||{{flagicon|Senegal}} Louga || {{flagicon|Senegal}} Dakar || 96 |
References
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