1991 Dakar Rally also known as the 1991 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 13th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen, for the third successive time and for the fourth time in five years. Stéphane Peterhansel won the motorcycle category.
Stages StageDateStageSpecialSpecial (km)Total (km)Prologue29 December Clermont-FerrandPrologue5.55.511 January Tripoli- GhadamèsLiaison06042 Ghadamès- Ghat Ghadamès- Idri5945942 Ghadamès- Ghat Idri- Ghat5015013 Ghat- Tumu Ghat- Tumu6816814 Tumu- Dirkou Tumu- Dirkou6016015 Dirkou- Agadez Dirkou- Gossololom3503505 Dirkou- Agadez Gossololom- Agadez490490Rest9 January6 Agadez- Gao Assouas- Tillia4565166 Agadez- Gao Tillia- Gao6306307 Gao- TombouctouConvoy4104108 Tombouctou- Néma Tombouctou- Néma6726729 Néma- Kiffa Néma- Tichit4824829 Néma- Kiffa Tichit- Kiffa53253210 Kiffa- Tambacounda Kiffa- Kayes2835721117 January Tambacounda- Dakar M’Boro- Lac Retba60536Total6,7479,186
Stage Winners StageCarsBikesPrologue Ari Vatanen/ Bruno BerglundCitroën Kawasaki1Liaison2 Jacky Ickx/ Christian TarinCitroën Yamaha2 Ari Vatanen/ Bruno BerglundCitroën Marc MoralesCagiva3 Hubert Auriol/ Philippe MonnetLada Luigino MedardoGilera4 Kenjiro ShinozukaMitsubishi Yamaha5 Kenneth Eriksson/ Staffan ParmanderMitsubishi WagnerSuzuki5 Ari Vatanen/ Bruno BerglundCitroën Stephane PeterhanselYamahaRest6 Kenneth Eriksson/ Staffan ParmanderMitsubishi Yamaha6 Ari Vatanen/ Bruno BerglundCitroën Jordi ArcaronsCagiva7Convoy8 Kenneth Eriksson/ Staffan ParmanderMitsubishi Gilles LalayYamaha9 Kenneth Eriksson/ Staffan ParmanderMitsubishi Edi OrioliCagiva9 Kenneth Eriksson/ Staffan ParmanderMitsubishi Thierry MagnaldiYamaha10 Hubert Auriol/ Philippe MonnetLada Gilles LalayYamaha11 Ari Vatanen/ Bruno BerglundCitroën Jordi ArcaronsCagiva
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