2012 Dakar: Stage 1 Results, Motorcycle

2012 Dakar Rally Results

In spring of 2011, Francisco "Chaleco" Lopez suffered a heavy crash during the Rally of Tunisia, breaking various bones.

"Chaleco," which means "sweater," underwent six surgeries, and didn’t get back into competition aboard the Team Aprilia RSX until the Pharaons Rally; during that race, the 36-year-old finished in 36th position.

But the Chilean rider remained determined, and trained endlessly for the 2012 Dakar Rally. And his training paid off – Lopez took Stage One in the 33rd edition of the Dakar Rally, topping three-time Dakar winner Marc Coma (MRW Red Bull AVM KTM 450 Rally) by 14 seconds.

Taking the final podium position in Stage One was Argentina’s Javier Pizzolito (Honda).

The stage took the riders from Mar del Plata to Santa Rosa de Lap Pampa in Argentina, a trek of over 474 miles, with the first 35 timed.

Francisco "Chaleco" Lopez (Aprilia RSX) says: "I’ve been cautious, I started very fast this morning because the first part of the special stage was hard and there were many spectators. The Dakar´s first stage must always be faced with caution, avoiding risks and it is useful to take the race rhythm. Fortunately, the last 20 km were fast and I succeeded guiding in an aggressive way, showing of the power of my Aprilia.

"I did not get off to a very fast start this morning, since the first part of the special stage was quite tough, with all the dunes and all those spectators. Moreover, the first special of the Dakar is always more challenging, since you need to find your focus on the race, and the new GPS is somewhat smaller, so I really was very careful. Fortunately, the special’s last 20 kilometers were very fast and I was able to drive much more aggressively."

The highest-placed American was JCR Honda’s Quinn Cody, who took fourth aboard the CRX. As for three-time Dakar winner Cyril Despres, the Frenchman finished 13th aboard the Red Bull KTM 450 Rally, 1:48 behind Chaleco.

During Stage Two on Monday, the riders will endure a timed special of 186 miles as they go from Santa Roas to San Rafael, Argentina.

2012 Dakar Rally Results: Motorcycles Stage One Results

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	variation	Penalty
1	4	LOPEZ (CHL)	APRILIA	00:32:37	–	–
2	1	COMA (ESP)	KTM	00:32:51	00:00:14	–
3	27	PIZZOLITO (ARG)	HONDA	00:33:04	00:00:27	–
4	9	CODY (USA)	HONDA	00:33:07	00:00:30	–
5	11	PRZYGONSKI (POL)	KTM	00:33:26	00:00:49	–
6	23	BARREDA BORT (ESP)	HUSQVARNA	00:33:34	00:00:57	–
7	36	SUNDERLAND (GBR)	HONDA	00:33:42	00:01:05	–
8	8	FARIA (PRT)	KTM	00:33:55	00:01:18	–
9	14	CASTEU (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:34:03	00:01:26	–
10	19	STREET (USA)	YAMAHA	00:34:07	00:01:30	–
11	6	ULLEVALSETER (NOR)	KTM	00:34:18	00:01:41	–
12	16	PAIN (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:34:20	00:01:43	–
13	2	DESPRES (FRA)	KTM	00:34:25	00:01:48	–
14	15	VERHOEVEN (NLD)	SHERCO	00:34:26	00:01:49	–
15	3	RODRIGUES (PRT)	YAMAHA	00:34:28	00:01:51	–
16	7	GONCALVES (PRT)	HUQSVARNA	00:34:34	00:01:57	–
17	25	GOUET (CHL)	HONDA	00:34:56	00:02:19	–
18	5	PEDRERO GARCIA (ESP)	KTM	00:35:01	00:02:24	–
19	10	VILADOMS (ESP)	KTM	00:35:02	00:02:25	–
20	21	AUBERT (FRA)	KTM	00:35:06	00:02:29	–
21	34	BOTTURI (ITA)	KTM	00:35:40	00:03:03	–
22	20	FARRES GUELL (ESP)	KTM	00:35:49	00:03:12	–
23	32	SVITKO (SVK)	KTM	00:35:49	00:03:12	–
24	49	DABROWSKI (POL)	KTM	00:35:49	00:03:12	–
25	22	DUCLOS (FRA)	APRILIA	00:35:51	00:03:14	–
26	28	ZANOL (BRA)	KTM	00:35:52	00:03:15	–
27	18	KNUIMAN (NLD)	KTM	00:35:53	00:03:16	–
28	26	RODRIGUES FILHO (BRA)	HUSQVARNA	00:36:09	00:03:32	–
29	24	STANOVNIK (SVN)	KTM	00:36:46	00:04:09	–
30	35	CECI (ITA)	KTM	00:37:17	00:04:40	–
31	82	GUINDANI (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:37:19	00:04:42	–
32	31	JAKES (SVK)	BMW	00:37:26	00:04:49	–
33	37	KLAUMANN (BRA)	HUSQVARNA	00:37:33	00:04:56	–
34	57	WILLEMSEN (NLD)	HONDA	00:37:38	00:05:01	–
35	47	ZANOTTI (ITA)	TM	00:37:47	00:05:10	–
36	12	PELLICER (ESP)	HUSQVARNA	00:38:06	00:05:29	–
37	148	GOMEZ (ARG)	YAMAHA	00:38:06	00:05:29	–
38	39	GYENES (ROU)	KTM	00:38:09	00:05:32	–
39	110	BIRCH (NZL)	KTM	00:38:28	00:05:51	–
40	40	SERRADORI (FRA)	KTM	00:38:31	00:05:54	–
41	30	GUASCH (ESP)	GAS – GAS	00:38:34	00:05:57	–
42	29	BERGLUND (SWE)	HUSABERG	00:38:35	00:05:58	–
43	183	RODRIGUEZ (ARG)	HONDA	00:38:40	00:06:03	–
44	113	FAGGOTTER (AUS)	HUSABERG	00:38:41	00:06:04	–
45	64	SCHRÖDER (DEU)	KTM	00:38:49	00:06:12	–
46	68	BARROT (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:38:52	00:06:15	–
47	50	SALVATIERRA (BOL)	HONDA	00:38:53	00:06:16	–
48	17	CZACHOR (POL)	KTM	00:38:57	00:06:20	–
49	48	LIEFHEBBER (NLD)	KTM	00:38:59	00:06:22	–
50	66	LORMAND (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:39:00	00:06:23	–
51	51	ARREDONDO (GTM)	KTM	00:39:02	00:06:25	–
52	44	DA COSTA (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:39:08	00:06:31	–
53	33	BETHYS (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:39:29	00:06:52	–
54	157	CERDERA (ARG)	KAWASAKI	00:39:44	00:07:07	–
55	86	MUNK (DNK)	KTM	00:40:18	00:07:41	–
56	46	BIANCHI PRATA (PRT)	HUSQUARNA	00:40:23	00:07:46	–
57	43	PISANO (FRA)	KTM	00:40:24	00:07:47	–
58	168	GUIRAL (ARG)	HONDA	00:40:36	00:07:59	–
59	144	CURTIS (ZAF)	KTM	00:40:36	00:07:59	–
60	53	RODRIGUEZ (CHL)	HONDA	00:40:36	00:07:59	–
61	38	BESNIER (FRA)	APRILIA	00:40:51	00:08:14	–
62	73	BONY (FRA)	KTM	00:41:02	00:08:25	–
63	185	SANCHEZ (ARG)	KAWASAKI	00:41:05	00:08:28	–
64	98	BLONDEAU (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:41:08	00:08:31	–
65	70	JAMETT (CHL)	HUSQUARNA	00:41:32	00:08:55	–
66	55	MERKIT (TUR)	KTM	00:41:45	00:09:08	–
67	89	NASCIMENTO (BRA)	HONDA	00:41:59	00:09:22	–
68	97	LAGRIVE (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:42:01	00:09:24	–
69	75	BUSIN (ARG)	YAMAHA	00:42:02	00:09:25	–
70	42	PROHENS (CHL)	HONDA	00:42:03	00:09:26	–
71	145	NUTTALL (AUS)	KTM	00:42:28	00:09:51	–
72	84	CARILLON (FRA)	KTM	00:42:34	00:09:57	–
73	56	MENARD (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:42:37	00:10:00	–
74	77	PICCO (ITA)	YAMAHA	00:42:37	00:10:00	–
75	81	SUESSE (USA)	KTM	00:42:44	00:10:07	–
76	72	GOUNON (FRA)	KTM	00:42:45	00:10:08	–
77	173	MALO (ECU)	KTM	00:42:46	00:10:09	–
78	169	HEINRICH DEL VALLE (PER)	KTM	00:42:53	00:10:16	–
79	79	BOULANGER (FRA)	APRILIA	00:42:54	00:10:17	–
80	45	SANZ PLA-GILIBERT (ESP)	GAS – GAS	00:43:00	00:10:23	–
81	69	PAYEN (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:43:10	00:10:33	–
82	62	SCHWARZ (AUS)	HUSABERG	00:43:18	00:10:41	–
83	41	PROHENS (CHL)	HONDA	00:43:24	00:10:47	–
84	61	MATTOS (BRA)	KTM	00:43:27	00:10:50	–
85	92	HAMARD (FRA)	KTM	00:43:31	00:10:54	–
86	172	LUCCHESE (ITA)	HUSABERG	00:43:43	00:11:06	–
87	60	WATT (GBR)	KTM	00:43:48	00:11:11	–
88	76	PEDERZOLI (ITA)	YAMAHA	00:43:50	00:11:13	–
89	134	SERRA RIPOLL (ESP)	HONDA	00:44:03	00:11:26	–
90	119	DOLLEVOET (NLD)	HONDA	00:44:07	00:11:30	–
91	94	WEI (CHN)	JINCHENG	00:44:10	00:11:33	–
92	87	MEILLAT (FRA)	KAWASAKI	00:44:20	00:11:43	–
93	115	BASSI (ARG)	YAMAHA	00:44:24	00:11:47	–
94	164	DEMELCHORI (ARG)	KAWASAKI	00:44:36	00:11:59	–
95	184	SAKIR (TUR)	KTM	00:44:39	00:12:02	–
96	154	GAJDOSECH (ARG)	YAMAHA	00:44:55	00:12:18	–
97	63	SAGHMEISTER (SRB)	KTM	00:44:57	00:12:20	–
98	65	LAZARD (URY)	YAMAHA	00:45:00	00:12:23	–
99	122	PALANTE (BEL)	KTM	00:45:04	00:12:27	–
100	58	PUERTAS HERRERA (ESP)	YAMAHA	00:45:13	00:12:36	–
101	177	VAN GEEL (NLD)	HONDA	00:45:29	00:12:52	–
102	114	FESANI (ITA)	RIEJU	00:45:30	00:12:53	–
103	186	VAN GERVEN (NLD)	HONDA	00:45:32	00:12:55	–
104	179	PETRONE (ARG)	BETA	00:45:34	00:12:57	–
105	178	VAN WOERKUM (NLD)	HONDA	00:45:40	00:13:03	–
106	151	BEALUSTEGUI (ARG)	YAMAHA	00:45:47	00:13:10	–
107	159	CHITTICK (AUS)	HONDA	00:45:47	00:13:10	–
108	74	KOFMAN (NLD)	KTM	00:45:56	00:13:19	–
109	165	MULDER (NLD)	HONDA	00:46:05	00:13:28	–
110	124	TARLINGTON (AUS)	KTM	00:46:08	00:13:31	–
111	96	CID DE LA PAZ (ARG)	BETA	00:46:08	00:13:31	–
112	100	VESELY (CZE)	YAMAHA	00:46:10	00:13:33	–
113	181	RIOS (PER)	KTM	00:46:21	00:13:44	–
114	131	THEURIOT (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:46:42	00:14:05	–
115	150	BELAUSTEGUI (ARG)	KTM	00:46:46	00:14:09	–
116	152	TER BEEK (NLD)	HONDA	00:46:47	00:14:10	–
117	104	DE BENEDICTIS NETO (BRA)	KTM	00:47:17	00:14:40	–
118	71	BUTUZA (ROU)	KTM	00:47:20	00:14:43	–
119	59	CIOTTI (ITA)	RIEJU	00:47:21	00:14:44	–
120	80	PASCUAL (ARG)	JINCHENG	00:47:35	00:14:58	–
121	95	MAZET (FRA)	KTM	00:47:43	00:15:06	–
122	149	CIPKA (SVK)	BMW	00:47:47	00:15:10	–
123	102	ALAN (ARG)	YAMAHA	00:47:50	00:15:13	–
124	109	BUDWEG (BRA)	KTM	00:47:50	00:15:13	–
125	138	LECOQ (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:48:00	00:15:23	–
126	140	REINIKE (CHL)	KTM	00:48:38	00:16:01	–
127	153	BEKTAS (TUR)	KTM	00:48:40	00:16:03	–
128	116	GEOFFROY (FRA)	HONDA	00:48:51	00:16:14	–
129	93	GOMEZ (ESP)	BMW	00:48:56	00:16:19	–
130	67	BALOOSHI (ARE)	KTM	00:48:57	00:16:20	–
131	107	BODINGER (SWE)	HUSABERG	00:48:57	00:16:20	–
132	170	KREIDL (AUT)	KTM	00:48:58	00:16:21	–
133	85	PENATE MUNOZ (ESP)	KTM	00:49:09	00:16:32	–
134	120	ILLANES (CHL)	HUSQVARNA	00:49:15	00:16:38	–
135	137	COUE (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:49:41	00:17:04	–
136	176	RAAF (ZAF)	KTM	00:49:41	00:17:04	–
137	101	SULEM (FRA)	KTM	00:49:43	00:17:06	–
138	188	CONGER (USA)	HUSQUARNA	00:49:45	00:17:08	–
139	91	TONETTI (ITA)	HONDA	00:50:01	00:17:24	–
140	127	KARATHANASSIS (GRC)	YAMAHA	00:50:33	00:17:56	–
141	78	ROMERO FONT (ESP)	KTM	00:50:39	00:18:02	–
142	105	BARRON (PER)	KTM	00:51:11	00:18:34	–
143	121	DAVIDSON (AUS)	KTM	00:51:17	00:18:40	–
144	129	DEPOORTER (BEL)	KTM	00:51:27	00:18:50	–
145	136	IGARIS (LTU)	YAMAHA	00:51:56	00:19:19	–
146	135	SCOTT-WILLIAMS (ZAF)	KTM	00:52:05	00:19:28	–
147	126	MUTELET (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:52:39	00:20:02	–
148	112	GUYOMARC’H (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:53:01	00:20:24	–
149	130	DETANG (FRA)	SHERCO	00:53:15	00:20:38	–
150	117	GHITTI (ITA)	KTM	00:53:32	00:20:55	–
151	143	PAILLÉ (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:53:59	00:21:22	–
152	155	GALLO (ITA)	YAMAHA	00:54:02	00:21:25	–
153	90	DIGUIET (FRA)	KTM	00:54:44	00:22:07	–
154	156	BARBERY (ARG)	BETA	00:54:53	00:22:16	–
155	125	ASTORI (ITA)	KTM	00:55:04	00:22:27	–
156	99	CHERPIN (FRA)	KTM	00:55:05	00:22:28	–
157	128	ANO (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:55:26	00:22:49	–
158	108	STEVENSON (ZAF)	KTM	00:55:28	00:22:51	–
159	106	EMBRO (USA)	KTM	00:55:58	00:23:21	–
160	111	ESPINASSE (FRA)	SHERCO	00:56:52	00:24:15	–
161	171	LORENZETTI (ARG)	KTM	00:57:04	00:24:27	–
162	139	GARD (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:58:58	00:26:21	–
163	161	ORLANDO (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:58:59	00:26:22	–
164	162	FLAMBERT (FRA)	YAMAHA	00:59:05	00:26:28	–
165	166	PANIGALLI (ITA)	YAMAHA	00:59:53	00:27:16	–
166	142	CAREVIC (CHL)	YAMAHA	01:00:07	00:27:30	–
167	187	YOUNGER (GBR)	KTM	01:00:19	00:27:42	–
168	147	STANFIELD (USA)	KTM	01:01:02	00:28:25	–
169	163	CHAPSAL (FRA)	KTM	01:01:26	00:28:49	–
170	158	VELLUTINO (PER)	KTM	01:01:39	00:29:02	–
171	182	ZATKO (SVK)	BMW	01:02:14	00:29:37	–
172	180	PICKERING (GBR)	KTM	01:02:20	00:29:43	–
173	167	DEZEIRAUD (FRA)	KTM	01:02:34	00:29:57	–
174	132	FRIGERIO (ITA)	BETA	01:02:45	00:30:08	–
175	160	HAMEL (FRA)	YAMAHA	01:04:20	00:31:43	–
176	174	MARTÍNEZ (ESP)	KAWASAKI	01:13:51	00:41:14	–
177	133	SCHNEIDER (FRA)	SHERCO	02:02:32	01:29:55	–

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