The nyengo zoipa kamodzinso anayesedwa amuna ndi makina pa tsiku ili 4 Dakar 2016 (siteji 3). Sébastien Loeb akadali patsogolo.
Mu gawo lachitatu ili, Sébastien Loeb adapambananso, panjira pakati pa Termas de Río Hondo ndi likulu lachigawo San Salvador de Jujuy, yemwe mtunda wake udafupikitsidwa kuchokera ku 314 mpaka 190km chifukwa cha nyengo yoyipa. Kutalikirako kunapatsa mwayi kwa okwera aluso kwambiri ndipo anali Loeb yemwe adakwanitsa kuchita bwino pamikhalidweyi.Dalaivala wa Peugeot waku France adatengerapo mwayi pazomwe adachita dzulo ndikutsogola kuyambira pachiyambi, pafupifupi mphindi imodzi patsogolo pa CP1. Pomaliza, adamaliza ndi nthawi ya maola 2, mphindi 9 ndi masekondi 39, motero adakhalabe pamalo oyamba mugulu lonse.
OSATI KUphonya: 15 mfundo ndi ziwerengero za Dakar 2016
Mu malo achiwiri anabwera teammate Carlos Sainz, 1 mphindi 23 masekondi kenako, kenako 2015 Dakar wopambana Nasser Al Attiyah (Mini), amene anamaliza ndi 1 miniti ndi 25 masekondi Loeb. Pa njinga zamoto, Paulo Gonçalves anali Mpwitikizi wabwino kwambiri atafika pamalo a 3, masekondi 52 kumbuyo kwa Spanish Joan Barreda, wopambana pa siteji.