Kwinqanaba le-13, abakhweli babuyela kwindawo yokuqala, besazi ukuba ukutyibilika kwindawo ekhethekileyo kunokonakalisa umnqweno wabo wokunyuka kwindawo yokuma.
I-Streak yokugqibela imfutshane kakhulu kunezolo - "kuphela" i-180km ebekiweyo - kwaye ke ngoko akulula kakhulu ukudlula, kodwa ulangazelelo lokufikelela ekugqibeleni lungabangcatha abakhweli abasaleleyo. Indlela edibanisa iVilla Carlos Paz ukuya eRosario ixuba amacandelo anamatye, iingqumba zentlabathi kunye nobude obungaqhelekanga, yona ngokwayo imele umngeni owongezelelweyo.U-Stéphane Peterhansel uya kuba ngowokuqala ukuhamba, eqinisekile ukuba ugqatso olungenazo iingxaki ezinkulu luya kukwanela ukukhusela uloyiso lwakhe lwe-12 eDakar (6 ngezithuthuthu kunye nabanye abaninzi kwiimoto). Imizuzu engama-41 yahlula umFrentshi kuNasser Al-Attiyah (Mini); ngenxalenye yakhe, ophumeleleyo kwi-transata edition uyazi ukuba kuya kufuneka enze ugqatso olugqibeleleyo kwaye alinde isiliphu ngumqhubi wePeugeot.
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Umlo wendawo yesithathu kufuneka ulungelelane ngakumbi, kuthathelwa ingqalelo umahluko ongaphezulu nje kwemizuzu emi-4 phakathi kuka-Giniel de Villiers (Toyota) noMikko Hirvonen (uMini), kunye ne-advanteji encumayo kuMzantsi Afrika.
Kwizithuthuthu, emva kokulahlwa kuka-Paulo Gonçalves, u-Hélder Rodrigues ngoyena ukwindawo egqwesileyo yesiPhuthukezi, kwaye unokuba nokukroba eqongeni kwindawo ekhethekileyo yanamhlanje. “Ndonwabile ukulwa kule veki yesibini ndilwela iindawo ezingaphambili,” utshilo umkhweli waseYamaha.
