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.
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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
- Cyril Despres (KTM) 13:56:54
- Jakub Przygoński (KTM) +4:45
- Mauricio Gomez (Yamaha) +1:03:15
- Pablo Rodríguez (Honda) +1:33:38
- Javier Pizzolito (Honda) +1:35:52
Cars
- Orlando Terranova/Paulo Fiuza (BMW) 12:48:06
- Nani Roma/Michel Périn (Mini) +26.39
- Boris Garafulic/Gilles Picard (BMW) +1:39:56
- Omar Gandara/Mauricio Jeromin (Toyota) +3:15:32
- Roberto Recalde/Carlos Zarza (Higher) +3:26:26
Quads 4x2
- Sergio Lafuente
- Gastón González
- Sebastián Foche
- Francisco Bartucci
- Germán Wolenberg
Quads 4x4
- Daniel Mazzucco
- Ezio Blangino
- Claudio Cavigliasso
- Pablo Ríos
- Pablo Bustamante
UTV
- Omar Yoma
- Alberto Depetris
- Pablo Depetris
- Hugo Zucchini
- Carlos González
References
2012 Desafio Litoral Rally Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA