Dakar 97 - Monday, Jan. 8 Stage 5 Placings

PARIS, Jan 8 (Reuter) - Leading placings in the 415-km fifth
stage of the Dakar-Agades-Dakar rally from Timbuktoo to Gao on
Wednesday:

    Cars:
    Stage placings:

 1. Jean-Pierre Fontenay (France) Mitsubishi  3 hr. 42 min. 40 sec.
 2. Kenjiro Shinozuka (Japan) Mitsubishi       49 seconds behind
 3. Bruno Saby (France) Mitsubishi           1:41
 4. Jean-Louis Schlesser (France) Buggy      2:59
 5. Jutta Kleinschmidt (Germany) Buggy      15:50
 6. Hiroshi Masuoka (Japan) Mitsubishi      16:45
 7. Maurizio Traglio (Italy) Nissan         31:55
 8. Salavador Servia (Spain) Nissan         33:53
 9. Jean-Pierre Strugo (France) Mitsubishi  34:20
10. Giacomo Vismara (Italy) Ssangyong       41:45

    Overall placings:

 1. Saby                          23 hours 58 minutes 12 seconds
 2. Shinozuka                                   9 seconds behind
 3. Fontenay                                   56
 4. Schlesser                               15:21
 5. Masuoka                               1:06:04
 6. Servia                                2:20:54
 7. Strugo                                2:53:23
 8. Traglio                               2:58:25
 9. Kleinschmidt                          3:21:50
10. Pornsawan 				  3:52:59

    Motorcycles:
    Stage placings:

 1. Thierry Magnaldi (France) KTM   4 hours 10 minutes 6 seconds
 2. Gerard Jimmink (Netherlands) KTM        10:47 behind
 3. Stephane Peterhansel (France) Yamaha    11:56
 4. Oscar Gallardo (Spain) Cagiva           13:19
 5. David Castera (France) Yamaha           17:55
 6. Jordi Arcarons (Spain) KTM              18:01
 7. Jimmy Lewis (U.S.) KTM                  18:16
 8. Dirk von Sitzewitz (Austria) KTM        24:16
 9. Norbert Schilcher (Germany) KTM         26:26
10. Paulo Marques (Portugal) KTM            26:56


    Overall placings:

 1. Peterhansel                    24 hours 49 minutes 58 seconds
 2. Arcarons                              1:10:30 behind
 3. Gallardo                              1:58:45
 4. Jimmink                               2:00:58
 5. Lewis                                 2:07:56
 6. Castera                               2:09:03
 7. Von Zitzewitz                         2:33:11
 8. Maletti                               3:06:32
 9. Jose Luis Steuri (Spain) Cagiva       3:17:04
10. Juergen Mayer (Germany) KTM           3:28:39