2012 Desafio Litoral Rally


The 2012 Desafio Litoral Rally was a first edition of rally raid endurance race held in Argentina from 23–28 July 2012. It was the first Dakar Series rally held in South America. The itinerary contained 3,454 kilometres of roads and tracks in total, including 1,840 of timed sections. It was organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation.

Itinerary

The race was held in public roads in the northeastern Argentine provinces of Misiones, Corrientes and Chaco. The original route included two stops at Asunción and Encarnación in Paraguay, but were cancelled prior to the event because of political instability after the impeachment of the president.

Bikes

Results

Bikes

  1. Cyril Despres 13:56:54
  2. Jakub Przygoński +4:45
  3. Mauricio Gomez +1:03:15
  4. Pablo Rodríguez +1:33:38
  5. Javier Pizzolito +1:35:52

    Cars

  6. Orlando Terranova/Paulo Fiuza 12:48:06
  7. Nani Roma/Michel Périn +26.39
  8. Boris Garafulic/Gilles Picard +1:39:56
  9. Omar Gandara/Mauricio Jeromin +3:15:32
  10. Roberto Recalde/Carlos Zarza +3:26:26

    Quads 4x2

  11. Sergio Lafuente
  12. Gastón González
  13. Sebastián Foche
  14. Francisco Bartucci
  15. Germán Wolenberg

    Quads 4x4

  16. Daniel Mazzucco
  17. Ezio Blangino
  18. Claudio Cavigliasso
  19. Pablo Ríos
  20. Pablo Bustamante

    UTV

  21. Omar Yoma
  22. Alberto Depetris
  23. Pablo Depetris
  24. Hugo Zucchini
  25. Carlos González