Dakar 97 - Monday, Jan. 7 Stage 4 Placings

PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuter) - Leading placings in the 658-km
fourth stage of the Dakar-Agades-Dakar rally from Nara to
Timbuktoo on Tuesday:

    Cars:
    Stage placings

 1. Bruno Saby (France) Mitsubishi   5 hr. 23 min.
 2. Jean-Pierre Fontenay (France) Mitsubishi 2:58
 3. Kenjiro Shinozuka (Japan) Mitsubishi     5:34
 4. Jean-Louis Schlesser (France) Buggy     15:55
 5. Hiroshi Masuoka (Japan) Mitsubishi)     24:08
 6. Jutta Kleinschmidt (France) Buggy       27:29
 7. Salvador Servia (Spain) Nissan          31:30
 8. Thierry de Lavergne (France) Nissan     35:42
 9. Jean-Pierre Strugo (France) Mitsubishi  44:14
10. Maurizio Traglio (Italy) Nissan         52:22

    Overall standings:

 1. Saby                    20 hr. 13 min. 51 sec.
 2. Shinozuka                                1:01 behind
 3. Fontenay                                 2:37
 4. Schlesser                               14:03
 5. Masuoka                                 51:00
 6. De Lavergne                           1:26:29
 7. Servia                                1:48:42
 8. Strugo                                2:20:44
 9. Traglio                               2:28:11
10. Kleinschmidt                          3:07:41

    Motorcycles:
    Stage placings

 1. Stephane Peterhansel (France) Yamaha 5 hr. 28 min. 55 sec.
 2. Jordi Arcarons (Spain) KTM              23:04 behind
 3. Oscar Gallardo (Spain) Cagiva           30:20
 4. Dirk von Zitzewitz (Austria) KTM        30:29
 5. Guido Maletti (Italy) Kawasaki          43:57
 6. David Castera (France) Yamaha           46:24
 7. Jimmy Lewis (U.S.) KTM                  47:09
 8. Gerard Jimmink (Netherlands) KTM        51:14
 9. Andre de Azevedo (Brazil) KTM           54:41
10. Eric Bernard (France) KTM             1:01:42

    Overall standings:

 1. Peterhansel            20 hours 27 minutes 56 seconds
 2. Arcarons                              1:04:25 behind
 3. Gallardo                              1:57:22
 4. Lewis                                 2:01:36
 5. Jimmink                               2:02:07
 6. Castera                               2:03:04
 7. Von Zitzewitz                         2:20:61
 8. Sotelo                                2:32:26
 9. Maletti                               2:46:55
10. Steuri (Spain) Cagiva                 2:58:24