# 1980 Paris–Dakar Rally

1980 Dakar Rally also known as the 1980 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 2nd running of the Dakar Rally event, starting from Paris on 1 January and finishing in Dakar on the 23 January. The 1980 event saw vehicle manufacturers such as Yamaha, Volkswagen, Lada, and BMW taking part and the introduction of a truck category.

## Summary

216 competitors started the rally of which 81 made the finish. Cyril Neveu won for the second time in succession on a Yamaha, Freddy Kottulinsky won the car class driving a Volkswagen Iltis and Zohra Ataouat became the first winner of the truck class driving for Sonacome.

## Entry List
### Number of entries

| Stage | Bikes | Cars | Trucks | Total |
| Start of Rally | 90 | 116 | 10 | 216 |
| End of Rally | 25 | 49 | 7 | 81 |

### Competitor list

Entry list — Bikes :
| No. | Driver | Bike |
| 1 | Dominique Boisgontier | Yamaha DTMX 125 |
| 2 | Pierre David | MZ 250 |
| 3 | Martine De Cortanze | Yamaha 500 |
| 4 | Grégoire Verhaeghe | Honda XLS 250 |
| 5 | Yvan Tcherniavsky | Vespa P200E |
| 6 | Bernard Tcherniavsky | Vespa P200E |
| 7 | Bernard Neimer | Vespa P200E |
| 8 | Marc Simonot | Vespa P200E |
| 9 | Hubert D'aboville | Kawasaki KL 250 |
| 10 | Norbert D'aboville | Kawasaki KL 250 |
| 11 | Guillaume D'aboville | Kawasaki KL 250 |
| 12 | Baudouin D'aboville | Kawasaki KL 250 |
| 13 | Gérard D'aboville | Kawasaki KL 250 |
| 14 | Christine Martin | Honda XLS 250 |
| 15 | Nicole Maitrot | Honda XLS 250 |
| 16 | Jacques Maitrot | Honda XLS 250 |
| 17 | Jean-Louis Daudet | Yamaha DMX 250 |
| 18 | Pierre-Michel Decombeix | Honda XLS 250 |
| 21 | Michel Montange | Suzuki SP 370 |
| 22 | Marc Joineau | Suzuki SP 370 |
| 23 | Michel Razet | Suzuki SP 370 |
| 24 | Jean-Pierre Tonnelline | Suzuki SP 370 |
| 25 | Jean-Noël Castanet | Suzuki SP 370 |
| 26 | Bernard Tabarly | Suzuki SP 370 |
| 27 | Gilbert Galinier | Suzuki SP 370 |
| 28 | Alain Fesquet | Honda XLS 500 |
| 29 | Bruno Vecchioni | Honda XLS 500 |
| 30 | Thierry Henriette | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 31 | Pierre Mengue | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 32 | Jean-Michel Yvora | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 33 | Gilbert Lebrun | Honda XLS 500 |
| 34 | Louis Leandri | Honda XLS 250 |
| 35 | Jean-Pierre Lerude | Honda XLS 500 |
| 36 | Luc Quesson | Honda XLS 500 |
| 37 | Alain Gaeremynck | Honda XR 500 |
| 38 | Alain Padou | Honda XR 500 |
| 39 | Daniel René | Honda XLS 500 |
| 41 | Bernard Rigoni | Honda XLS 500 |
| 42 | Gilles Desheulles | KTM 240 |
| 43 | Philippe Vassard | KTM 240 |
| 44 | Marie Ertaud | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 45 | François De Casanove | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 46 | Philippe De Casanove | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 47 | Jacques-Philippe Auriol | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 48 | Ludovic Loue | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 49 | Gilles Maurice | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 50 | Cyril Neveu | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 51 | Pierre Berty | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 52 | Flavien Malguy | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 53 | Jean-claude Lesault | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 54 | Patrick Beaufront | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 55 | Pierre-henri Hollenweger | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 56 | Patrick Duisit | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 57 | Alain Dupuis | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 58 | Michel Merel | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 59 | Eric Breton | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 60 | Jean-Noël Pineau | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 61 | Patrice Roa | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 62 | Jean-Michel Plu | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 63 | Jean-claude Dinga | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 64 | Christian Figlia | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 65 | Jean-Luc Delchet | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 66 | Serge Stacoffe | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 67 | Christian Becker | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 68 | Philippe Léonard | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 69 | Patrick Meziani | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 70 | Antoine Mayorga | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 71 | Dante Favaro | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 72 | Jean-Michel Lyonnard | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 73 | Jean-Pierre Tisserant | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 74 | Guy Albaret | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 75 | Gilles Burgat | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 76 | Pascal D'ursel | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 77 | Daniel Lorenzini | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 78 | Jean-Jacques Lefebvre | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 79 | Gérard Paineau | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 80 | Jean-Pierre Lloret | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 81 | Christian Rayer | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 82 | Gilles Comte | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 83 | Gérard Ladaurade | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 85 | Michel Cheylan | Ducati 750 |
| 86 | Georges Fenouil | BMW 800 |
| 87 | Hubert Auriol | BMW 800 |
| 88 | Pascal Boujieau | BMW 1000 Proto |
| 89 | Giorgio Tabarin Claude Lampart | Side 1000 |
| 90 | Vincent Murgat Claude Boyet | Side 1000 |

## Stages

| Stage | Date | From | To | Dist. | Winner (cars) | Winner (bikes) |
| P | 1 January | Paris | Olivet | 4 | J-C. Briavoine | C. Neveu |
| P | 2 January | Olivet | Marseille | | Liaison only | Liaison only |
| | 3–5 January | Transportation to Africa | Transportation to Africa | Transportation to Africa | Transportation to Africa | Transportation to Africa |
| 1 | 6 January | Algiers | In Salah | 37 | J-C. Briavoine | C. Neveu |
| 2 | 7 January | In Salah | Reggane | 270 | C. Neveu | E. Breton |
| 2 | 8 January | Reggane | Bordj Badji Mokhtar | 630 | J. Ragnotti | M. Merel |
| 2 | 9 January | Bordj Badji Mokhtar | Gao | 675 | F. Kottulinsky | H. Auriol |
| | 10 January | Gao | Gao | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day |
| 3 | 11 January | Gao | Mopti | 595 | F. Kottulinsky | H. Auriol |
| 3 | 12 January | Mopti | Niono | | Liaison only | Liaison only |
| 3 | 13 January | Niono | Tombouctou | 570 | J. Ragnotti | G. Desheulles |
| 3 | 14 January | Tombouctou | Gao | 424 | C. Neveu | H. Auriol |
| 4 | 15 January | Gao | Bobo-Dioulasso | | Liaison only | Liaison only |
| 5 | 16 January | Bobo-Dioulasso | Kolokani | 120 | F. Kottulinsky | M. Merel |
| | 17 January | Kolokani | Kolokani | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day |
| 6 | 18 January | Kolokani | Nioro du Sahel | 280 | C. Marreau | C. Neveu |
| 6 | 19 January | Nioro du Sahel | Kayes | 247 | F. Kottulinsky | P. Vassard |
| 7 | 20 January | Kayes | Bakel | | Liaison only | Liaison only |
| 7 | 21 January | Bakel | Linguère | | Liaison only | Liaison only |
| 7 | 22 January | Linguère | Lompoul | 87 | H. Cotel | P. Vassard |
| 7 | 23 January | Lompoul | Dakar | 120 | C. Neveu | C. Neveu |

## Leading Results
### Bikes

| Pos. | No. | Competitors | Vehicle |
| 1 | 50 | Cyril Neveu | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 2 | 58 | Michel Merel | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 3 | 60 | Jean-Noël Pineau | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 4 | 80 | Jean-Pierre Lloret | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 5 | 86 | "Fenouil" | BMW 800 |
| 6 | 43 | Philippe Vassard | KTM 240 |
| 7 | 38 | Alain Padou | Honda XR 500 |
| 8 | 48 | Ludovic Loue | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 9 | 74 | Guy Albaret | Yamaha XT 500 |
| 10 | 22 | Marc Joineau | Suzuki SP 370 |

### Cars

| Pos. | No. | Competitor | Vehicle |
| 1 | 137 | Freddy Kottulinsky Gerd Löffelmann | Volkswagen Iltis |
| 2 | 136 | Patrick Zaniroli Philippe Colesse | Volkswagen Iltis |
| 3 | 120 | Claude Marreau Bernard Marreau | Renault 4 |
| 4 | 138 | Jean Ragnotti Georges Vaills | Volkswagen Iltis |
| 5 | 180 | Christophe Neveu Rémy Bourgoin | Range Rover |
* Of the 216 starters, 81 completed the event - 49 cars (of 116), 25 bikes (of 90) and 7 trucks (of 10).