A gasar tseren da ruwan sama ya sake shafa, Sébastien Loeb shi ne mahayin da ya fi karfi da ya isa Bolivia.
Bafaranshen ya fara da kakkausan harshe kuma ya yi tseren kama-karya tun daga farko har karshe, inda ya yi nasara a kan hanyar da ke tsakanin Salvador de Jujuy da Uyuni, wadda aka takaita da nisan kilomita 7 saboda ruwan sama. Direban Peugeot, wanda da alama ya yi daidai da kashe-kashe, ya kare dakika 22 a matsayi na biyu, dan kasar Spain Carlos Sainz, da minti 3 a gaban abokin wasansa Stéphane Peterhansel.GAME: 15 facts da Figures game da 2016 Dakar
Don haka, idan aka zo batun matsayi na gaba ɗaya, Sébastien Loeb ya sami damar ƙara fa'idarsa akan gasar kuma yanzu yana da ƙarin sarari don motsa jiki, kodayake Bafaranshen ba zai iya shakatawa ba.
A kan babura, Toby Price (KTM) na Australiya ya lashe matakinsa na biyu, amma Paulo Gonçalves (Honda) ne ya ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin babban matsayi bayan matsayi na 11 da aka samu a yau.