Career
Foreign other meanings, see also the disambiguation page Auriol
Auriol began competing in motocross and enduro events in 1973. From 1979 to 1994, he took part in The Paris-Dakar rally, taking part in the first nine events on a bike and the remaining seven on a car. He broke both ankles on the penultimate day of the 1987 edition, while he was in the lead.
He wrote a book with the French journalist Jean-Michel Caradec"h, "Paris Dakar.
Une histoire d"hommes" about this story. Then Auriol switched to the car class in 1988, first racing a works Mitsubishi Pajero Proto T3, but after losing the event to Ari Vatanen in 1990, switched to the Citroën team, winning in 1992 with a ZX Rallye Raid, co-driven by Philippe Monnet.
He headed the event until the 2004 edition, when he was replaced by Patrick Zaniroli.
