Dakar 2013: The first half stages

  • Jan. 5, Stage 1: Lima (Peru) - Pisco – total distance 263 km: 250 km liaison and 13 km special (shortest stage in the 2013 edition)
  • Jan. 6, Stage 2: Pisco - Pisco – (loop) total distance 327 km: 85 km liaison, 242 km special
  • Jan. 7, Stage 3: Pisco - Nazca – total distance 343 km: 100 km liaison, 243 km special
  • Jan. 8, Stage 4: Nazca - Arequipa – total distance 718 km: 429 km liaison, 289 special
  • Jan. 9, Stage 5: Arequipa - Arica – total distance 411 km: 275 km liaison, 136 km special
  • Jan. 10, Stage 6: Arica - Calama – Total distance 767 km: 313 km liaison, 454 km special
  • Jan. 11, Stage 7: Calama - Salta (rally enters Argentina) – total distance 806 km: 586 km liaison, 220 km special
  • Jan. 12, Stage 8: Salta - Tucuman – total distance 738 km: 247 liaison, 491 km special
  • Jan. 13: REST DAY in Tucuman, Argentina

 

Dakar 2013: The second half stages

  • Jan. 14, Stage 9: Tucuman - Cordoba – total distance 852 km: 259 km liaison, 593 km special (longest stage of the 2013 edition)
  • Jan. 15, Stage 10: Cordoba - La Rioja – total distance 636 km: 279 km liaison, 357 km special
  • Jan. 16, Stage 11: La Rioja - Fiambala – total distance 483 km: 262 km liaison, 221 km special
  • Jan. 17, Stage 12: Fiambala - Copiaco (rally enters Chile) – total distance 715 km: 396 km liaison, 319 km special
  • Jan. 18, Stage 13: Copiaco - La Serena – total distance 735 km: 294 km liaison, 441 km special
  • Jan. 19, Stage 14: La Serena - Santiago – total distance 630 km: 502 liaison, 128 km special
  • Jan. 20: Closing ceremony Santiago

 

Dakar 2013: The numbers

  • Dates for start and finish of the 2013 Dakar Rally: January 5-20
  • Total route: 8432 km (5,239.4 miles)
  • Total timed specials: 4146 km (2,576 miles)
  • Longest distance in a single day: 852 km (Stage 9)
  • Shortest distance in a single day: 250 km (Stage 1)
  • Highest point of altitude: 4800 m
  • Average rainfall in the Atacama Desert (Chile): 0 mm
  • Number of competitors (bikes): 196
  • Number of KTM starters: 66
  • Engine capacity of KTM Rally machine: 450 cc
  • Number of KTM Dakar victories: 11
  • Number of Dakar victories for KTM’s Marc Coma: 3
  • Number of Dakar victories for KTM’s Cyril Despres: 4