Kubwerera ku South America, mpikisano wovuta kwambiri wapamsewu padziko lonse lapansi ukuyamba Lolemba lino mpaka 14 lotsatira.
Chilichonse chiri chokonzekera chiyambi cha kope la 2017 la Dakar, lomwe likufotokozedwa kuti ndi limodzi mwa zovuta kwambiri komanso zovuta kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwapa. Kwa nthawi yoyamba, Paraguay imachititsa mpikisano wongopeka, kukhala dziko la 29 kuchititsa Dakar. Ndi ndendende ku Asunción, likulu la Paraguay, kuti gawo la 1 la Dakar 2017 lidzayamba, makilomita a 39 omwe ali ndi nthawi yapadera pamtunda wa 454 km ku Resistance (Argentina).
Kuphatikiza pa njinga zamoto 144, ma quad 37 ndi magalimoto 50, magalimoto 87 adzapikisana kuti apambane mpikisanowo. Mosiyana ndi kope la chaka chatha, lomwe linaphatikizapo kutenga nawo mbali kwa Carlos Sousa (Mitsubishi), nthawi ino sitidzakhala ndi woimira Chipwitikizi m'gulu la magalimoto. Komabe, chiwonetserochi chidzatsimikiziridwa ndi mayina monga Giniel de Villiers, Nasser Al-Attiyah, Carlos Sainz, Sébastien Loeb komanso makamaka Stéphane Peterhansel, amene adzayesa kusunga mutu womwe adagonjetsa chaka chatha. Kuyamba kwa mpikisano (magalimoto) akukonzekera 14:03, nthawi yaku Portugal.
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M'magulu a timu, Peugeot imayamba ngati yomwe imakonda kwambiri, udindo womwe umapezeka chifukwa cha "wonder quartet" yomwe timu yaku France ili nayo - Peterhansel, Sainz, Despres ndi Loeb - komanso chifukwa cha Peugeot 3008 DKR yokonzedwanso, chisinthiko cha 2008 chomwe chidapambana chaka chatha.
Padzakhala oimira 11 a Chipwitikizi panjinga, pamndandanda wotsogozedwa ndi Paulo Gonçalves (Honda) wodziwa zambiri ndi Hélder Rodrigues (Yamaha). Oyendetsa ndege aku Portugal adzakhala ndi mdani wawo wamkulu wa Toby Price waku Australia.
Dakar 2017 ikuyamba lero ndipo mutha kutsatira chilichonse pano ku Razão Automóvel.
