Calendar
| # | Epreuve | Vainqueur |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Arras/Châteauroux (28 December 2001) (no stage)
|
— |
| 2 |
Châteauroux/Narbonne (29 December 2001)
|
Fernando Gil
|
| 3 |
Narbonne/Madrid (30 December 2001)
|
Grégoire De Mevius
|
| 4 |
Madrid/Rabat (31 December 2001)
|
Fernando Gil
|
| 5 |
Rabat/Er-Rachidia (1 January)
|
Hiroshi Masuoka
|
| 6 |
Er-Rachidia/Ouarzazate (2 January)
|
Stéphane Peterhansel
|
| 7 |
Ouarzazate/Tan-Tan (3 January)
|
Hiroshi Masuoka
|
| 8 |
Tan-Tan/Zouerat (4 January)
|
Kenjiro Shinozuka
|
| 9 |
Zouerat/Atar (5 January)
|
Hiroshi Masuoka
|
| 10 |
Atar/Atar (7 January)
|
Jutta Kleinschmidt
|
| 11 |
Atar/Tidjikdja (8 January)
|
Hiroshi Masuoka
|
| 12 |
Tidjikdja/Tichit (9 January)
|
Jean-Pierre Fontenay
|
| 13 |
Tichit/Tichit (10 January)
|
Hiroshi Masuoka
|
| 14 |
Tichit/Kiffa (11 January)
|
Jutta Kleinschmidt
|
| 15 |
Kiffa/Dakar (12 January)
|
Grégoire De Mevius
|
| 16 |
Dakar/Dakar (13 January)
|
Grégoire De Mevius
|

no in the second stage
Put them in 2nd stage? OK....