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The 1999 Dakar Rally also known as the 1999 Granada-Dakar Rally was the 21st running of the Dakar Rally event. After a short prologue stage on New Years’ Eve 1998 the race began in earnest on 1 January 1999 and ended on 17 January after 16 competitive stages. After the fifth stage the overall rally leader was German driver Jutta Kleinschmidt who in the 1998 rally was the first woman to ever win a stage of the rally.