Emuva eNingizimu Melika, umjaho wangaphandle onzima kunayo yonke emhlabeni uqala ngalo Msombuluko futhi uqhubeke kuze kube wumhla ziyi-14 olandelayo.
Konke sekumi ngomumo ukuze kuqale uhlelo luka-2017 lwe-Dakar, oluchazwa njengenye yezinzima nedinga kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva. Ngokokuqala ngqa, iParaguay isingethe umjaho wenganekwane wangaphandle komgwaqo, iba yizwe lama-29 ukusingatha iDakar. Kuse-Asunción, inhloko-dolobha yaseParaguay, lapho isigaba sokuqala se-Dakar 2017 sizoqala, i-39 km ekhethekile enesikhathi esiphelele se-454 km ukuya ku-Resistance (Argentina).
Ngaphezu kwezithuthuthu ezingu-144, ama-quad angu-37 namaloli angu-50, izimoto ezingu-87 zizoqhudelana ukuze ziphumelele kulo mjaho. Ngokungafani nohlelo lwangonyaka odlule, oluhlanganisa ukubamba iqhaza kukaCarlos Sousa (Mitsubishi), kulokhu ngeke sibe nommeleli wamaPutukezi esigabeni sezimoto. Nokho, uhlelo luzoqinisekiswa ngamagama afana noGiniel de Villiers, Nasser Al-Attiyah, Carlos Sainz, Sébastien Loeb futhi ikakhulukazi uStéphane Peterhansel, ozozama ngempela ukugcina isicoco asinqoba ngonyaka odlule. Ukuqala komjaho (izimoto) kuhlelelwe ihora le-14:03, isikhathi sezwe lasePortugal.
OKUhlobene: I-Kamaz Master: "i-monster yaseRussia" ukuncintisana e-Dakar 2017
Esigabeni seqembu, iPeugeot iqala njengentandokazi enkulu, isimo esizuzwe ngenxa ye-"wonder quartet" iqembu laseFrance elinalo - uPeterhansel, uSainz, uDespres noLoeb - kodwa futhi ngenxa ye-Peugeot 3008 DKR evuselelwe, i i-evolution ka-2008 eyanqoba ngonyaka odlule.
Kuzoba nabamele isiPutukezi abangu-11 emabhayisikili, ohlwini oluholwa nguPaulo Gonçalves (Honda) onolwazi noHélder Rodrigues (Yamaha). Abashayeli bezindiza basePortugal bazoba nomphikisi wabo omkhulu iToby Price yase-Australia.
I-Dakar 2017 iqala namuhla futhi ungalandela yonke into lapha e-Razão Automóvel.
