1979 – 1990 ~ 1st CHAPTER

1979 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR

Start: 26 December 1978 from Paris (Trocadéro)
Finish: 14 January 1979 at Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 8 January 1979 at Gao
Length of rally: 10,000 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 3,168 km

Countries crossed:

  • France
  • Algeria
  • Niger
  • Mali
  • Upper Volta
  • Senegal

1980 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR

Start: 1 January 1980 from Paris (Trocadéro)
Finish: 23 January 1980 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 10 January 1980 in Gao
Length of rally: 10,000 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 4,059 km

Countries crossed: 

  • France
  • Algeria
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Niger
  • Upper Volta
  • Senegal

1981 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR

Start: 1 January 1981 from Paris (Trocadéro)
Finish: 20 January 1981 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 9 January 1981 at Gao
Length of rally: 6,263 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 3,357 km

Countries crossed:

  • France
  • Algeria
  • Mali
  • Upper Volta
  • Ivory Coast
  • Senegal

1982 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR

Start: 1 January 1982 from Paris (Place de la Concorde)
Finish: 20 January 1982 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 10 January 1982 at Gao
Length of rally: 10,000 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 5,963 km

Countries crossed:

  • France
  • Algeria
  • Mali
  • Senegal

1983 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR

Start: 1 January 1983 from Paris (Place de la Concorde)
Finish: 20 January 1983 à Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: No rest day
Length of rally: 12,000 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 5,210 km

Countries crossed: 

  • France
  • Algeria
  • Niger
  • Upper Volta
  • Ivory Coast
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Senegal

1984 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR

Start: 1 January 1984 from Paris (Place de la Concorde)
Finish: 20 January 1984 à Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: No rest day
Length of rally: 12,000 km
Number of kilometers from special : 5,882 km

Countries crossed: 

  • France
  • Algeria
  • Niger
  • Upper Volta
  • Ivory Coast
  • Sierra Leone
  • Guinea
  • Senegal

1985 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR

Start: 1 January 1985 from Versailles (Place d’Armes)
Finish: 22 January 1985 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 12 January 1985 in Agadez
Length of rally: 14,000 km
Number of kilometers of special : 7,470 km

Countries crossed: 

  • France
  • Algeria
  • Niger
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Senegal

1986 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR

Start: 1 January 1986 from Versailles (Place d’Armes)
Finish: 22 January 1986 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 13 January 1986 in Niamey
Length of rally: 15,000 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 7,731 km

Countries crossed: 

  • France
  • Algeria
  • Niger
  • Mali
  • Upper Volta
  • Senegal

1987 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR

Start: 1 January 1987 from Versailles (Place d’Armes)

Finish: 22 January 1987 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 11 January 1987 in Agadez
Length of rally: 13,000 km
Number of kilometers of special: 8,315 km

Countries crossed: 

  • France
  • Algeria
  • Niger
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Senegal

1988 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR

Start: 1 January 1988 from Versailles (Place d’Armes)
Finish: 22 January 1988 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 11 January 1988 in Agadez
Length of rally: 12,874 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 6,605 km

Countries crossed: 

  • France
  • Algeria
  • Niger
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Senegal

1989 PARIS – TUNIS – DAKAR

Start: 25 December 1988 from Paris (Porte de Versailles)
Finish: 13 January 1989 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 3 January 1989 in Agadez
Length of rally: 10,831 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 6,605 km

Countries crossed:

  • France
  • Tunisia
  • Libya
  • Niger
  • Mali
  • Guinea
  • Senegal

1990 PARIS – TRIPOLI – DAKAR

Start: 25 December 1989 from Paris
Finish: 16 January 1990 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: No rest day
Length of rally: 11,420 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 8,564 km

Countries crossed: 

  • France
  • Libya
  • Niger
  • Chad
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Senegal