Ukubuyela eMzantsi Melika, olona gqatso lunzima emhlabeni luqala ngoMvulo kwaye luqhube kude kube ngumhla we-14 olandelayo.
Yonke into ilungele ukuqala kwe-2017 edition ye-Dakar, echazwa njengenye yezona zinto zinzima kwaye zifuna kakhulu kwiminyaka yamuva. Okokuqala, iParaguay ibamba ugqatso lwentsomi olungekho endleleni, ibe lilizwe lama-29 ukubamba iDakar. Kuchanekileyo e-Asunción, inkunzi yaseParaguay, ukuba i-1st stage ye-Dakar 2017 iya kuqala, i-39 km yexesha elikhethekileyo kwi-454 km ukuya kwi-Resistance (Argentina).
Ukongeza kwizithuthuthu ezili-144, iiquads ezingama-37 kunye neelori ezingama-50, iimoto ezingama-87 ziya kukhuphisana ukuze ziphumelele ugqatso. Ngokungafaniyo noshicilelo lonyaka ophelileyo, olubandakanya ukuthatha inxaxheba kukaCarlos Sousa (Mitsubishi), ngeli xesha asiyi kuba nommeli wasePortugal kudidi lweemoto. Nangona kunjalo, umboniso uya kuqinisekiswa ngamagama afana noGiniel de Villiers, uNasser Al-Attiyah, uCarlos Sainz, uSébastien Loeb kwaye ngokukodwa uStéphane Peterhansel, oya kuzama ukugcina isihloko asiphumelele kunyaka odlulileyo. Ukuqala kogqatso (iimoto) kucwangciselwe u-14:03, ixesha lasePortugal.
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Kuhlelo lweqela, iPeugeot iqala njengeyona nto ithandwayo, iwonga eliphunyeziweyo ngenxa ye-"quartet emangalisayo" iqela laseFransi elinalo - uPeterhansel, uSainz, iDespres kunye noLoeb - kodwa kwakhona ngenxa ye-Peugeot 3008 DKR ehlaziyiweyo, i indaleko ka-2008 eyaphumelela kunyaka ophelileyo.
Kuya kubakho abameli be-11 basePutukezi kwiibhayisikili, kuluhlu olukhokelwa nguPaulo Gonçalves onamava (Honda) kunye noHélder Rodrigues (Yamaha). Abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya basePutukezi baya kuba nomchasi wabo oyintloko weToby Price yase-Australia.
I-Dakar 2017 iqala namhlanje kwaye unokulandela yonke into apha eRazão Automóvel.
