I-Dakar ka-2016 ibuyela esenzweni ngesipesheli esizokwenza ukuthintana kokuqala nezindunduma, ukuhlolwa kwangempela kokulungiselela kwabashayeli bezindiza.
Isigaba sesi-8 se-Dakar 2016 siqala kuloMsombuluko ngesipesheli esixhumanisa isifundazwe sase-Salta ne-Belén, esihlanganisa isamba esingama-393km wendawo enesihlabathi esingadala izinkinga zokuhamba.Ngemuva kwesonto lokuqala elilinganisiwe, uCarlos Sainz no-Stéphane Peterhansel bazozama nakanjani ukuhambisana no-Sébastien Loeb, ophethe ukuma okuphelele. UNasser Al-Attiyah kaMini ungomunye wabashayeli abambalwa abake bagxambukela esizindeni esinama-trident akwaPeugeot. Empeleni leli qembu laseFrance libukeka lisezingeni eliphezulu uma liqhathaniswa namanye, njengoba seliwine zonke izigaba kuze kube manje.
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Ezithuthuthuni, u-Paulo Gonçalves uqala endaweni yokuqala ekumeni jikelele ngenzuzo engu-3m12s kune-Tobey Price (KTM). Naphezu komjaho omuhle kuze kube manje, isiPutukezi sihlala siqaphile: "Ngicabanga ukuthi isonto lesibili lizoba nzima nakakhulu kunelokuqala, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukugxila kanye namandla amaningi."
