Dakar standings after day 3

PARIS, January 6, 1997 - Top 10 placings in today's 552-kms third stage of the Dakar-Agades-Dakar rally from Kayes to Nara: Cars Stage placings 1. Kenjiro Shinozuka JPN Mitsubishi 6:37:28 2. Jean-Louis Schlesser FRA Buggy + 3:43 3. Jean-Pierre Fontenay FRA Mitsubishi + 4:02 4. Bruno Saby FRA Mitsubishi + 4:47 5. Hiroshi Masuoka JPN Mitsubishi + 26:55 6. Thierry de Lavergne FRA Nissan + 37:26 7. Jutta Kleinschmidt FRA Buggy + 39:07 8. Jean-Pierre Strugo FRA Mitsubishi + 47:01 9. Salvador Servia ESP Nissan + 51:19 10. Duarte Guedes FRA Nissan + 53:51 Overall standings: 1. Shinozuka JPN Mitsubishi 14:46:18 2. Schlesser FRA Buggy + 2:41 3. Fontenay FRA Mitsubishi + 4:12 4. Saby FRA Mitsubishi + 4:33 5. Masuoka JPN Mitsubishi + 31:25 6. De Lavergne FRA Nissan + 55:20 7. Servia ESP Nissan + 1:21:45 8. Strugo FRA Mitsubishi + 1:41:03 9. Jose Servia ESP Toyota + 1:51:52 10. Guedes FRA Nissan + 1:52:00 Motorcycles Stage placing 1. Stephane Peterhansel FRA Yamaha 6:43:47 2. Jordi Arcarons ESP KTM + 1 3. Thierry Magnaldi FRA KTM + 3:35 4. Gerard Jimmink N'lnds KTM + 11:43 5. Danny Laporte U.S. KTM + 13:08 6. Jimmy Lewis U.S. KTM + 16:00 7. Oscar Gallardo ESP Cagiva + 18:54 8. Heinz Kinigadner AUT KTM + 19:41 9. Carlos Sotelo ESP Cagiva + 20:44 10. David Castera FRA Yamaha + 21:47 Overall standings 1. Peterhansel 14:59:01 2. Magnaldi + 35:09 3. Arcarons + 41:21 4. Laporte + 44:34 5. Kinigadner + 1:01:52 6. Jimmink + 1:10:53 7. Lewis + 1:14:27 8. Castera + 1:16:40 9. Sotelo + 1:19:28 10. Gallardo + 1:27:02 -30-

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