Namhlanje uthembise umdyarho olungeleleneyo kunye nobunzima obongezelelweyo, kodwa uStéphane Peterhansel ubonakalise ukuba "ngubani owaziyo, akasayi kulibala".
U-Stéphane Peterhansel (i-Peugeot) wamangalisa ukhuphiswano ngokunqoba isigaba se-4 kwisitayela, ukugqiba isiphaluka seJujuy kunye ne-11-yesibini inzuzo ngaphezu kwendawo yesibini, iSpanish Carlos Sainz. Ngokuka-Sébastien Loeb, umqhubi wenqwelomoya ugqibe kwindawo yesi-3, imizuzwana engama-27 emva kophumeleleyo. IPeugeot ngoko ikwazile ukuphumelela iindawo ezintathu zeqonga.Emva kwesiqalo esilungeleleneyo, uPeterhansel uye wazikhwebula koogxa bakhe kwisiqingatha sesibini sogqatso. Ngoloyiso kwinxalenye yokuqala ye "Marathon Stage", eqhubeka ngomso, uPeterhansel uphumelele uloyiso lwakhe lwama-33 eDakar (ama-66 ukuba sibala uloyiso kwizithuthuthu).
EZIQHELEKILEYO: Yiloo ndlela iDakar yazalwa ngayo, eyona adventure inkulu emhlabeni
Phezulu kokuma okupheleleyo, u-French Sebastien Loeb uhlala ekulawuleni i-Peugeot 2008 DKR16, ixinzelelwe nguPeterhansel, okhuphukele kwindawo yesibini.
Kwizithuthuthu, uJoan Barreda walawula iqonga kwasekuqaleni, kodwa ekugqibeleni wohlwaywa ngenxa yokubaleka. Ngaloo ndlela, uloyiso lwaphela ngokumomotheka kwiPutukezi uPaul Gonçalves, kunye ne-2m35s inzuzo ngaphezu kukaRúben Faria (Husqvarna).