Gẹgẹbi o ti kilọ, awakọ Faranse rii ipele 10th bi ipinnu ati ni gbangba lu idije naa.
Gẹgẹbi o ti ṣẹlẹ ni ana, apakan akoko ti kuru lati 485 km si 244 km, nitori ilosoke ninu sisan odo kan lẹhin CP5, eyiti o jẹ ki o ṣoro fun awọn awakọ lati kọja.Stéphane Peterhansel ni anfani lati ibẹrẹ, nigbagbogbo n ṣakoso iwaju ere-ije naa. Ni ipari, o gba iṣẹgun pẹlu diẹ sii ju awọn iṣẹju marun 5 siwaju fun Cyril Despres (Peugeot), ẹniti laibikita iṣẹ rere rẹ ko le tẹsiwaju pẹlu iyara frenetic ti ẹlẹgbẹ ẹlẹgbẹ rẹ.
Wo tun: 15 mon ati isiro nipa 2016 Dakar
Ara ilu Spaniard Carlos Sainz, ẹniti o jẹ igbagbogbo nigbagbogbo, ni ipele kan lati gbagbe: awakọ naa jiya iṣoro apoti gear lori Peugeot 2008 DKR16 rẹ, eyiti o fi silẹ kuro ninu ere-ije fun iṣẹgun. Ni ori awọn ipo gbogbogbo ni Peterhansel, atẹle nipa Nasser Al Attiyah (Mini) ati Giniel de Villiers (Toyota).
Lori awọn alupupu, Slovakian Štefan Svitko ṣe aabo iṣẹgun akọkọ rẹ ni ẹda Dakar yii, pẹlu anfani 2m54s lori Kevin Benavides. Ilu Pọtugali Paulo Gonçalves pari ipele ni ipo 4th.