Kuwani waa lambarada Dakar 2014: 431 ka qaybgalayaasha; 174 mootooyin; 40 mooto-4; 147 baabuur; iyo 70 baabuur ayaa noqon doona bilowga mid ka mid ah tartanka baabuurta ugu baahida badan adduunka.
Ragga iyo mishiinada ayaa diyaar u ah inay bilaabaan daabacaadda kale ee Dakar, sida uu sheegay ururka, tartanka ugu weyn uguna adag ee ka baxsan waddooyinka adduunka. Tirooyinka ayaa naftooda u hadla, kani waa wareegga adduunka oo dhan ee weyn: caddaynta caddaynta. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, isu-soo-baxa ugu muhiimsan ee ka baxsan waddada adduunka ayaa yeelan doona muuqaal aan hore loo arag sanadkan: safarro kala duwan oo baabuurta iyo mootooyinka ah. Sababta oo ah waddooyinka iyo waddooyinka loo maro Salar de Uyuni, oo ku yaal joog dhan 3,600 mitir (oo ku yaal dhulalka sare ee Bolivia), ayaan weli loo diyaarin wareegga gaadiidka culus.
Darawalada baabuurta iyo kuwa xamuulka ah ayaa wajihi doona 9,374 kilomitir, kuwaas oo 5,552 ka mid ah, loo qaybiyey marxaladaha Argentina iyo Chile, halka mootooyinka iyo afargeesyada ay tahay inay daboosho 8,734, oo ay ku jiraan 5,228 qaybo waqti ah, sidoo kale 13 marxaladood, laakiin iyada oo la marayo Bolivia.
Sida laga soo xigtay agaasimaha tartanka, Étienne Lavigne, daabacaadda 2014 ee Dakar waxay noqon doontaa "dheer, dheer iyo xagjirnimo". "Dakar had iyo jeer waa adag tahay, waa isu soo baxa ugu adag adduunka. Laba maalmood oo marxalad-marathon ah, waxaan ku soo laabaneynaa asalka asluubta Afrika.
Gawaarida, Faransiiska Stéphane Peterhansel (Mini) ayaa mar kale ah musharaxa ugu weyn ee guusha. Boortaqiisku Carlos Sousa/Miguel Ramalho (Haval) iyo Francisco Pita/Humberto Gonçalves (SMG) ayaa iyaguna ku tartamaya qaybtan. Nasiib wacan "Portuguese armada".