Stephan Peterhansel and Guy Frequelin of France...

Stephan Peterhansel and Guy Frequelin of France won the top two starting spots in the prologue for the African leg of the 11th Paris-Dakar rally.

Peterhansel finished ahead of 150 other motorcycle racers on his Yamaha 600 with a time of 6 minutes, 46.17 seconds for the 4-mile circuit,

Frequelin, driving a Peugeot, clocked a lap time of 7:18.27, best among the 240 automobiles.