Isiqingatha sesibini seMarathon Stage sinokubangela intloko ebuhlungu kubakhweli abaninzi.
Isigaba se-5 seDakar 2016 sidibanisa uSalvador de Jujuy kunye ne-Uyuni, ngaloo ndlela uwela umda phakathi kweArgentina neBolivia. Nge-327km, ekhethekileyo yanamhlanje ibandakanya amacandelo obunzima obukhulu obunokubangela iingxaki zokuhamba.Ngaphaya koko, siyakukhumbuza ukuba ngeli nqanaba (kanye njengayizolo) akunakwenzeka ukunika uncedo ngoomatshini, ngakumbi kumatayara. Obunye ubunzima obongezelelweyo buya kuba kukuphakama: 4,600m! Ixabiso eliphezulu elirekhodiweyo kwimbali yeDakar, leyo kunye nemiphumo yokugqoka kunye nokukrazula kwinqanaba layizolo ngokuqinisekileyo liya kuchaphazela isantya sogqatso.
EZIQHELEKILEYO: Yiloo ndlela iDakar yazalwa ngayo, eyona adventure inkulu emhlabeni
Emva kosuku oluphawulwe kulawulo lwePeugeot, uSébastien Loeb uqala eli nqanaba kwindawo yokuqala yokuhlelwa ngokubanzi; nangona kunjalo, umqhubi waseFransi uyavuma ukuba inzuzo ye-4m48s ngaphezu komlingane wakhe uStéphane Peterhansel "umahluko omfutshane kakhulu kwi-rally efana nale". IsiPhuthukezi uCarlos Sousa uyaqhubeka nokubuyisela kwakhe etafileni. Ngendawo ye-24 kwindawo ekhethekileyo yayizolo, umqhubi weMitsubishi unyuke ukusuka ku-71 ukuya ku-30 jikelele.
