Dị ka ọ dọrọ aka ná ntị, onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala France hụrụ ọkwa nke iri dị ka nke siri ike ma merie asọmpi ahụ n'ụzọ doro anya.
Dị ka ọ mere ụnyaahụ, a na-ebelata akụkụ nke oge site na 485 km ruo 244 km, n'ihi mmụba nke mmiri na-asọpụta mgbe CP5 gasịrị, nke mere ka ọ na-esiri ndị na-anya ụgbọ elu ike ịgafe.Stéphane Peterhansel nwetara uru site na mmalite, na-achịkwa n'ihu agbụrụ mgbe niile. N'ikpeazụ, o were mmeri na ihe karịrị 5 nkeji n'ihu Cyril Despres (Peugeot), bụ onye n'agbanyeghị ọrụ ya dị mma na-enweghị ike ịga n'ihu na-agba ọsọ nke onye otu ya.
Gụọ kwa: 15 eziokwu na ọnụ ọgụgụ banyere 2016 Dakar
Spaniard Carlos Sainz, bụ onye ruo ugbu a na-anọgide na-adịgide adịgide, nwere ọkwa ọ ga-echefu: onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala ahụ nwere nsogbu gearbox na Peugeot 2008 DKR16, nke na-ahapụ ya n'ọsọ maka mmeri. Na isi nke mkpokọta standings bụ Peterhansel, sochiri Nasser Al Attiyah (Obere) na Giniel de Villiers (Toyota).
Na ọgba tum tum, Slovakian Štefan Svitko nwetara mmeri mbụ ya na mbipụta Dakar a, yana uru 2m54 karịa Kevin Benavides. Portuguese Paulo Gonçalves gụchara ogbo ahụ na ebe 4th.