Kamar yadda ya yi gargadin, direban Faransa ya ga mataki na 10 a matsayin mai yanke hukunci kuma a fili ya doke gasar.
Kamar yadda ya faru a jiya, an takaita bangaren da aka kayyade daga kilomita 485 zuwa kilomita 244, sakamakon karuwar kwararar kogin bayan CP5, wanda ya sa matukan jirgin ke da wuya su wuce.Stéphane Peterhansel ya sami fa'ida tun daga farko, yana sarrafa gaban tseren koyaushe. A ƙarshe, ya ɗauki nasarar da fiye da minti 5 a gaban Cyril Despres (Peugeot), wanda duk da kyakkyawan aikin da ya yi ba zai iya ci gaba da motsa jiki na abokin wasansa ba.
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Dan kasar Sipaniya Carlos Sainz, wanda har ya zuwa yanzu ya kasance mai dorewa, yana da matakin mantawa: direban ya fuskanci matsalar akwatin gear a kan motarsa ta Peugeot 2008 DKR16, wanda ya bar shi daga tseren samun nasara. A shugaban na gaba ɗaya shine Peterhansel, sai Nasser Al Attiyah (Mini) da Giniel de Villiers (Toyota).
A kan babura, Slovakian Štefan Svitko ya sami nasarar farko a cikin wannan bugu na Dakar, tare da fa'idar 2m54s akan Kevin Benavides. Dan kasar Portugal Paulo Goncalves ya kammala matakin a matsayi na hudu.