I-Dakar ka-2016 ibuyela kwisenzo kunye nekhethekileyo eya kwenza uqhagamshelwano lokuqala kunye neendunduma, uvavanyo lokwenene lwamalungiselelo abaqhubi.
Inqanaba le-8 le-Dakar 2016 liqala ngoMvulo ngokudibanisa okukhethekileyo kwiphondo laseSalta ukuya eBelén, eligubungela i-393km epheleleyo yendawo yesanti enokubangela iingxaki zokuhamba.Emva kweveki yokuqala elungeleleneyo, uCarlos Sainz kunye noStéphane Peterhansel ngokuqinisekileyo baya kuzama ukugcina isantya kunye noSébastien Loeb, ophethe isikhundla esiphezulu. UNasser Al-Attiyah kaMini ngomnye wabaqhubi abambalwa abaye bagxuphuleka kwi-domain ye-Peugeot's trident. Enyanisweni, iqela laseFransi libonakala licacile kwinqanaba eliphezulu xa lithelekiswa namanye amaqela, liphumelele zonke izigaba ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
EZIQHELEKILEYO: I-15 iinyani kunye namanani malunga ne-2016 Dakar
Kwizithuthuthu, u-Paulo Gonçalves uqala kwindawo yokuqala kudidi jikelele nge-advanteji ye-3m12s ngaphezulu kweTobey Price (KTM). Nangona ugqatso oluhle ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, isiPutukezi sihlala silumkile: "Ndicinga ukuba iveki yesibini iya kuba nzima ngakumbi kuneyokuqala, ngoko ke kubalulekile ukuba ugxininise kwaye unamandla amaninzi."
