Paris-Dakar standings through 98-01-09

TAOUDENNI, Mali., Jan 9 - Top placings in today's 478-km 10th stage of the Paris-Dakar Rally from El Mreiti, Mauritania to Taoudenni, Mali: Cars 1. Driver Country Car Time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Hiroshi Masuoka Japan Mitsubishi 6:06:09 2. Bruno Saby France Mitsubishi + 02:05 3. Jean-Pierre Fontenay France Mitsubishi + 5:50 4. Kenjiro Shinozuka Japan Mitsubishi + 9:19 5. Jean-Louis Schlesser France Buggy + 13:34 6. Thierry De Lavergne France Nissan + 26:57 7. Philippe Alliot France Nissan + 43:16 8. Bernard Hanciaux Belgium Nissan + 46:22 9. Dominique Housieaux France Nissan + 1:01:13

           Overall
1. Fontenay         29:25:45
2. Saby              + 10:42
3. Masuoka         + 1:41:09
4. Shinozuka       + 1:43:22
5. Schlesser       + 3:39:31
6. Alliot          + 5:17:30
7. De Lavergne     + 6:33:52
8. Housieaux       + 6:44:33
9. Hanciaux        + 9:08:33

                           Motorcycles
P. Rider                    Country      Bike          Time
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~           
1. Fabrizio Meoni           Italy        KTM           2:56:47
2. Giovanni Sala            Italy        KTM           + 01:40
3. Carlos Sotelo            Spain        Cagiva        + 02:08
4. Stephane Peterhansel     France       Yamaha        + 02:15
5. John Deacon              Britain      KTM           + 03:35
6. Richard Sainct           France       KTM           + 04:19
7. Gerard Jimmink           Netherlands  KTM           + 04:19
8. Paulo Marques            Portugal     KTM           + 05:38
9. Joan Roma                Spain        KTM           + 06:24
10. Andy Haydon             Australia    KTM           + 06:29

Note: Distance shortened, but length not available. Overall: 1. Peterhansel 27:37:08 2. Roma + 04:58 3. Meoni + 10:45 4. Sainct + 17:04 5. Sotelo + 49:36 6. Haydon + 1:00:35 7. Cox + 1:14:30 8. Deacon + 1:39:54 9. Sala + 1:46:13 10. Marques + 2:17:30