Stages
| Stage | Date | From | To | Total (km) |
Stage winners | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bikes | Cars | Trucks | |||||
| 1 | 1 January | Marseille | Narbonne | 265 | C. Despres | K. Shinozuka | A. de Azevedo |
| 2 | 2 January | Narbonne | Castellón de la Plana | 574 | R. Sainct | S. Peterhansel | J. de Rooy |
| 3 | 3 January | Castellón de la Plana | Valencia | 95 | C. Despres | H. Masuoka | G. de Rooy |
| 4 January | Valencia | Tunis | Rest day | ||||
| 4 | 5 January | Tunis | Tozeur | 463 | N. Roma | S. Peterhansel | J. de Rooy |
| 5 | 6 January | Tozeur | El Borma | 494 | R. Sainct | H. Masuoka | K. Loprais |
| 6 | 7 January | El Borma | Ghadames | 278 | A. Cox | S. Peterhansel | G. de Rooy |
| 7 | 8 January | Ghadames | Ghat | 691 | R. Sainct | S. Peterhansel | G. de Rooy |
| 8 | 9 January | Ghat | Sabha | 727 | G. Sala | H. Masuoka | V. Chagin |
| 9 | 10 January | Sabha | Zilla | 585 | R. Sainct | A. Vatanen | G. de Rooy |
| 10 | 11 January | Zilla | Sarir | 554 | P-G. Lundmark | H. Masuoka | A. de Azevedo |
| 11 | 12 January | Sarir | Siwa | 586 | F. Meoni | S. Peterhansel | G. de Rooy |
| 13 January | Siwa | Rest day | |||||
| 12 | 14 January | Siwa | 445 | G. Sala | S. Peterhansel | V. Chagin | |
| 13 | 15 January | Siwa | Dakhla | 657 | F. Meoni | A. Vatanen | F. Kabirov |
| 14 | 16 January | Dakhla | Luxor | 702 | R. Sainct | L. Alphand | F. Kabirov |
| 15 | 17 January | Luxor | Abu Rish | 576 | F. Meoni | A. Vatanen | F. Kabirov |
| 16 | 18 January | Abu Rish | Sharm El Sheikh | 828 | C. Despres | S. Henrard1 | F. Kabirov |
| 17 | 19 January | Sharm El Sheikh | 56 | P-G. Lundmark | A. Vatanen | F. Kabirov | |
- ^1 - Miki Biasion set the fastest time for the stage, but was stripped of the win after incurring a ten hour penalty for a gearbox change in parc ferme conditions.
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