La ngamanani eDakar ka-2014: abathathi-nxaxheba be-431; izithuthuthu ezili-174; 40 moto-4; 147 iimoto; kwaye iilori ezingama-70 ziya kuba ekuqaleni kowona mdyarho wemoto unzima kakhulu kwihlabathi.
Amadoda kunye noomatshini bakulungele ukusungula olunye uhlelo lweDakar, ngokutsho kombutho, owona mdyarho omkhulu nowona unzima emhlabeni. Amanani athetha ngokwawo, le yeyona sekisi yomhlaba wonke: Ubungqina bobungqina. Nangona kunjalo, eyona rali ibalulekileyo engaphandle kwendlela emhlabeni iya kuba nenqaku elingazange libonwe kulo nyaka: iindlela ezahlukeneyo zeemoto kunye nezithuthuthu. Oku kungenxa yokuba iindlela kunye neendlela ezikhokelela kwiSalar de Uyuni, kumphakamo weemitha ezingama-3,600 (kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zaseBolivia), azikalungiselelwa ukujikeleziswa kweenqwelo ezinkulu.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo-mafutha neelori bajongana neekhilomitha ezingama-9 374, kuzo ezingama-5 552 ezinexesha, ezahlulwe ngokwamanqanaba eArgentina naseChile, ngoxa izithuthuthu nee<em>quads kuya kufuneka zigubungele ama-8 734, kuquka nama-5 228 amacandelo anexesha elibekiweyo, kwanamanqanaba ali-13, kodwa ngokudlula eBolivia.
Ngokomlawuli womdyarho, u-Étienne Lavigne, i-2014 edition ye-Dakar iya kuba "yinde, ibe yinde kwaye ibe yinkimbinkimbi". «I-Dakar ihlala inzima, yeyona rally inzima kwihlabathi. Ngeentsuku ezimbini ze-marathon yeqonga, sibuyela kwimvelaphi yoqeqesho e-Afrika ».
Kwiimoto, umFrentshi uStéphane Peterhansel (iMini) uphinde abe ngumgqatswa omkhulu woloyiso. UmPhuthukezi uCarlos Sousa/Miguel Ramalho (Haval) noFrancisco Pita/Humberto Gonçalves (SMG) nabo bakhuphisana kolu didi. Ithamsanqa kwi-"armada yesiPhuthukezi".