Lero adalonjeza mpikisano wokwanira ndi zovuta zina, koma Stéphane Peterhansel adatsimikizira kuti "ndani akudziwa, sadzayiwala".
Stéphane Peterhansel (Peugeot) adadabwitsa mpikisanowo pogonjetsa gawo la 4 mumayendedwe, ndikumaliza dera la Jujuy ndi mwayi wa 11-sekondi kuposa wachiwiri, Spanish Carlos Sainz. Ponena za Sébastien Loeb, woyendetsa ndegeyo adamaliza pa 3rd, masekondi 27 kumbuyo kwa wopambana. Peugeot adakwanitsa kupambana malo atatu okwera.Pambuyo poyambira bwino, Peterhansel adadzipatula kwa omwe amapikisana nawo mu theka lachiwiri la mpikisanowo. Ndi chigonjetso mu gawo loyamba la "marathon Stage", amene akupitiriza mawa, Peterhansel akwaniritsa chigonjetso chake cha 33 ku Dakar (66 ngati tiwerengera kupambana pa njinga zamoto).
ZOKHUDZANA: Ndi momwe Dakar adabadwa, ulendo waukulu kwambiri padziko lapansi
Pamwamba pamayimidwe onse, French Sebastien Loeb amakhalabe pamayendedwe a Peugeot 2008 DKR16, mokakamizidwa ndi Peterhansel, yemwe adakwera pamalo achiwiri.
Pa njinga zamoto, Joan Barreda ankalamulira siteji kuyambira pachiyambi, koma pamapeto pake analangidwa chifukwa chothamanga kwambiri. Chifukwa chake, kupambana kudatha kumwetulira kwa Paulo Gonçalves waku Portugal, ndi mwayi wa 2m35s kuposa Rúben Faria (Husqvarna).