1999 Dakar Rally
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1999 Dakar Rally also known as the 1999 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 21st running of the Dakar Rally
event. The race began on 1 January 1999 with 1998 winner, Jean-Pierre Fontenay, being the favourites to win the race. After the fifth stage, the overall rally leader was German driver, Jutta Kleinschmidt
, who, in the 1998 rally, was the first woman to ever win a stage of the rally. The event was marked by a robbery on the 12th stage of the rally between Nema
and Tichit
in Mauritania
of fifty competitors by armed men in which vehicles, money and petrol were stolen. Rally co-ordinators decided to continue with the race. The rally was won by French driver, Jean-Louis Schlesser
. The motorcycle title was won by Richard Sainct
, also a Frenchman.
Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally is an annual rally raid type of off-road automobile race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation...
event. The race began on 1 January 1999 with 1998 winner, Jean-Pierre Fontenay, being the favourites to win the race. After the fifth stage, the overall rally leader was German driver, Jutta Kleinschmidt
Jutta Kleinschmidt
Jutta Kleinschmidt is a competitor of offroad automotive racing events. She is known for her numerous showings in the Paris Dakar Rally, and notably for having won the event in 2001, becoming the first woman to win the race....
, who, in the 1998 rally, was the first woman to ever win a stage of the rally. The event was marked by a robbery on the 12th stage of the rally between Nema
Nema
Nema is an occultist and writer best known for her magical writings about the Ma'atian current. She has been practising and writing about magick for over twenty-five years...
and Tichit
Tichit
Tichit is a partly abandoned village at the foot of the Tagant Plateau in central southern Mauritania that is known for its vernacular architecture...
in Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
of fifty competitors by armed men in which vehicles, money and petrol were stolen. Rally co-ordinators decided to continue with the race. The rally was won by French driver, Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser is a French racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is known for his successful wins of many different competitions...
. The motorcycle title was won by Richard Sainct
Richard Sainct
Richard Sainct was a French Rally Raid Motorcycle Rider, best known for his three victories on the Paris-Dakar rally in 1999, 2000 and 2003....
, also a Frenchman.