Dakar 97 - Thursday, Jan. 9 Stage 6 Placings

PARIS, Jan 9 (Reuter) - Leading placings in the 404-km sixth
stage of the Dakar-Agades-Dakar rally from Gao to Menaka on
Thursday:

    Cars:
    Stage placings:

 1. Kenjiro Shinozuka (Japan) Mitsubishi  3 hr. 14 min. 35 sec.
 2. Jean-Pierre Fontenay (France) Mitsubishi       1:48 behind
 3. Bruno Saby (France) Mitsubishi                 4:25
 4. Jutta Kleinschmidt (Germany) Buggy            17:11
 5. Hiroshi Masuoka (Japan) Mitsubishi            19:28
 6. Pornsawan Siriwatanakun (Thailand) Mitsubishi 31:33
 7. Maurizio Traglio (Italy) Nissan               33:06
 8. Salavador Servia (Spain) Nissan               33:07
 9. Dominique Housieaux (France) Nissan           34:05
10. Samuele Landi (Italy) ATS                     34:38

    Overall placings:

 1. Shinozuka                            27 hours 12 minutes 56 seconds
 2. Fontenay                                       2:30 behind
 3. Saby                                           4:16
 4. Masuoka                                     1:25:23
 5. Servia                                      2:53:52
 6. Traglio                                     3:31:22
 7. Kleinschmidt                                3:38:52
 8. Jean-Pierre Strugo (France) Mitsubishi      3:43:53
 9. Siriwatanakun                               4:23:53
10. Landi                                       4:39:43

    Motorcycles:
    Stage placings:

 1. Stephane Peterhansel (France) Yamaha  3 hours 29 minutes 53 seconds
 2. Thierry Magnaldi (France) KTM              2:01 behind
 3. Jordi Arcarons (Spain) KTM                    4:59
 4 equal. Jimmy Lewis (U.S.) KTM                  7:28
 4 equal. Oscar Gallardo (Spain) Cagiva           7:28
 6. David Castera (France) Yamaha                10:25
 7. Joan Roma (Spain) KTM                        15:48
 8. Andre de Azevedo (Brazil)                    17:12
 9. Fernando Gil (Spain) KTM                     19:31
10. Dirk von Sitzewitz (Austria) KTM             20:09

    Overall placings:

 1. Peterhansel                 28 hours 19 minutes 51 seconds
 2. Arcarons                                   1:15:29 behind
 3. Gallardo                                   2:06:13
 4. Lewis                                      2:15:24
 5. Castera                                    2:19:28
 6. Dirk von Zitzewitz (Austria) KTM           2:53:20
 7. Guido Maletti (Italy) Kawasaki             3:34:35
 8. Juergen Mayer (Germany) KTM                3:49:30
 9. Gil (Spain) KTM                            4:04:50
10. Norbert Schilcher (Germany) KTM            4:07:13