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2005 Dakar Rally Photo Gallery
2005 Dakar Rally - Check out all the Dakar action is MotorcycleUSA.com's Photo essay
Marc Coma leads Isdre Esteves during the beach stage at Barcelona.
Jean Brucy in action at Barcelona.
Brucy battles a Repsol rider on the beach of Barcelona.
Cyril Despres at Barcelona.
The Gauloises Team during the liason from Barcelona to Granada.
Team Red Bull KTM USA's Kellon Walch in action during Stage 3 Granda-Rabat.
David Fretigne on the way to victory in Stage 3 Granda-Rabat.
Cyril Despres in action during Granda-Rabat Stage.
Alfie Cox in action during Granda-Rabat.
Team Red Bull KTM USA's Scott Harden muscles his KTM during the Granda-Rabat Stage 3.
Team Red Bull KTM USA's gives a thumbs after riding Stage 4 from Rabat to Agadir.
David Fretigne blasts through a water crossing. I bet he will ong to see more of those later in the Rally.
Team Australia KTM's Andy Caldecott rests in the Smara bivoac after winning stage 5.
The Smara Bivouac is a nice place to visit, but we wouldn't want to stay there too long.
Jean Brucy goes over his Stage 5 adventures with another rider.
Stage 5 winner Andy Caldecott in action.
Marc Coma blasting his way to Smara during Stage 5.
Gauloises KTM's Alfie Cox finished 4th during Stage 5.
Cyril Despres blasts down a rocky road during Stage 5.
Yamaha's David Fretigne was 7th after taking a wrong turn slowed him down quite a bit during Stage 5.
Eric Verhoef prepares his KTM durng the early hours at the Smara Bivouac. The dunes of Stage 6 await him.
Fabrizio Meoni is looking forward to the dunes in Stage 6.
Jean Brucy hoped for a better result in Stage 6.
Cyril Despres was third fastest in Stage 7.
Fabrizio Meoni ruled the dunes of Stage 6.
American Chris Blais on his Red Bull KTM USA machine - Stage 6.
Jean Brucy - 12th in Stage 6.
Fabrizio Meoni was dominant in Stage 6.
Marc Coma (Repsol) and Cyril despres are happy to have made it safely to the Tichit bivouac.
Once in Tichit, the bikes could not be touched by the mechanics - riders had to do their own wrenching in this Stage.
Andy Caldecott looks over his machine at Tichit.
Always a ham for the camera, Meoni says hi to all you nancy boys back home.
Giovani Sala chanegs his air filter at Tichit.
American Scot Harden works on his biek at Tichit bivouac.
Jean Brucy and Gio Sala navigate the dunes between Tichit and Tidjikja.
Team Red Bull USA's Kellon Walch - Tichit and Tidjikja.
Estevez moved into 5th overall afetr Stage 9.
Pal Anders Ullevalseter finished Stage 9, 3rd overall.
Team KTM Gauloises' Alfie Cox rode a determined Stage 9. He finished 5th.
Cyril Despres took over the lead briefly after a penalty was dealt to Meoni.
Gauloises Yamaha's David Fretigne was off the pace in 15th.
Team KTM Gauloises' Fabrizio Meoni was runner-up in Stage 9.
'I'd rather change the engine. If there is a brake down I will be the one to be blamed,' reports Meoni's mechanic Romeo Feliciani.
The Gauloises KTM pit area at the Atar bivouac was busy during the so-called, Rest Day.
Cyril Despres dominated Stage 10.
Runner-up Fabrizio Meoni was ten minutes behind stage winner Despres - Stage 10
Repsol Red Bull KTM's Esteve Pujol was 3rd in Stage 10 which puts him 4th in the overall, 20 minutes behind the leaders.
Meoni leads Esteve Pujol in the early portion of Stage 10.
Gauloises KTM's Cyril Despres on his way to the win in Stage 10.
'I rode as hard as I could. But the problem is that I opened the way to Cyril Despres just behind me. So, he just had to follow my tracks.' - Fabrizio Meoni - Stage 10.
Repsol-Red Bull KTM's Marc Coma was 5th in Stage 10 which put him in 3rd overall.
Repsol-Red Bull KTM's Giovanni Sala finished Stage 10 in 8th place.
Jean Brucy finished Stage 10 in 13th place in the overall standings.
Alfie Cox was 6th in Stage 10 which put him in 5th overall.
'I really took a lot of pleasure today. The tracks was varied with a lot of piloting, dunes, navigation and camel grass.' - Cyril Despres.
Fabrizio Meoni finished 2nd in Stage 10.
'Concerning the news about Jose Manuel Perez's death. It's very sad and I want to dedicate him my victory. - Stage 10 winner, Cyril Despres.
The late Fabrizio Meoni - 1957-2005. Meoni died as result of an accident after CP1 during Stage 11.
Gauloises KTM's Alfie Cox in action during the rocky Stage 11 from Atar to Kiffa.
David Fretigne completes Stage 11 after helping the fallen Meoni.
Repsol Red Bull KTM's Marc Coma on his way to victory during Stage 11.
Stage 11, Atar-Kiffa would ultimately claim the life of Fabrizio Meoni.
The Parc Farme at Kiffa - Stage 12
Meoni's bike (2) sits idle along with all the other machines during Stage 12.
David Fretigne looks weary after completing Stage 13 from Bamako to Kayes.
Jean Brucy heading the right direction - Stage 13
Repsol Red Bull KTM's Alfie Cox was fourth fastest from Bamako to Kayes - Stage 13
Esteve Pujol continues to put in an excellent effort at Dakar - Stage 13
Marc Coma lost time to Despres in Stage 14.
Stage 14 was tough to navigate...just ask Jean Brucy.
Cyril Despres wades his way from Kayes to Tambacounda - Stage 14
Repsol Red Bull KTM's Esteve Pujol was tough but he finished 6th.
Despres on his way to extending his lead over Marc Coma - Stage 14
Alfie Cox in action at Stage 15. Cox is in third place overall.
Yamaha's David Fretigne - Second place, Stage 15 from Tambacounda to Dakar.
Cyril Despres locked-up his first ever Dakar Rally victory in Stage 15.
A mass start on the beach of Dakar was the final Stage of the 2005 Telefonica Dakar Rally.
Gauloises KTM's Cyril Despres celebrates his first ever Dakar Rally victory.
Team USA Red Bull KTM.
Team Repsol Red Bull.
Gauloises teammates celebrate the 2005 Telefonica Dakar Rally victory by Cyril Despres.
