Maanta waxa loo ballan qaaday tartan dheeli tiran oo ay ku jiraan dhibaatooyin dheeraad ah, laakiin Stéphane Peterhansel waxa uu caddeeyey in "yaa yaqaan, ma iloobi doono".
Stéphane Peterhansel (Peugeot) ayaa la yaabay tartanka isagoo ku guuleystay marxalada 4-aad qaab ahaan, isagoo dhameystiray wareegga Jujuy isagoo 11-ilbiriqsi ka sarreeya booska labaad, Isbaanishka Carlos Sainz. Dhanka Sébastien Loeb, duuliyaha ayaa ku dhameystay kaalinta 3-aad, isagoo 27 ilbiriqsi ka dambeeya guusha. Peugeot ayaa sidaas ku guulaysatay inay ku guulaysato saddexda boos.Ka dib bilow dheeli tiran, Peterhansel waxa uu iska fogeeyay kooxdii ay xafiiltamaan qeybtii labaad ee tartanka. Iyadoo guusha ee qaybta hore ee "Marathon Stage", taas oo sii socota berrito, Peterhansel gaadhay guushii 33aad ee Dakar ah (66aad haddii aan tirin guulaha mootooyinka).
XIDHIIDH: Taasi waa sida Dakar ku dhashay, tacaburka ugu weyn adduunka
Halka ugu sarraysa ee kala saraynta guud ahaan, Faransiis Sebastien Loeb waxa uu ku hadhay kontoroolka Peugeot 2008 DKR16, oo uu cadaadisay Peterhansel, oo soo fuulay kaalinta labaad.
Mootooyinka, Joan Barreda ayaa maamulaysay masraxa bilowgii, laakiin ugu dambeyntii waxaa lagu ganaaxay xawaaraha. Sidaas darteed, guushu waxay ku dhammaatay dhoola cadeynta Portuguese-ka Paulo Gonçalves, isagoo 2m35s ka faa'ideystay Rúben Faria (Husqvarna).