Ingxenye yesibili yeMarathon Stage ingadala ikhanda kubagibeli abaningi.
Isigaba sesi-5 se-Dakar 2016 sixhuma i-Salvador de Jujuy ne- Uyuni, ngaleyo ndlela weqa umngcele ophakathi kwe-Argentina ne-Bolivia. Nge-327km, okukhethekile kwanamuhla kufaka phakathi izingxenye zobunzima obungadala izinkinga zokuzulazula.Ngaphezu kwalokho, siyakukhumbuza ukuthi kulesi sigaba (njengayizolo) ngeke ukwazi ukuhlinzeka ngosizo lwemishini, ikakhulukazi amathayi. Obunye ubunzima obengeziwe kuzoba ukuphakama: 4,600m! Inani eliphakeme kakhulu elilotshwe emlandweni we-Dakar, okuhlangene nemiphumela yokuguga nokudilika esiteji sayizolo ngokuqinisekile kuzothinta ijubane lomjaho.
OKUPHATHELENE: Yileyo ndlela i-Dakar yazalwa ngayo, i-adventure enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni
Ngemva kosuku oluphawulwe ukubusa kwePeugeot, u-Sébastien Loeb uqala lesi sigaba endaweni yokuqala yokuhlukaniswa okujwayelekile; Nokho, umshayeli waseFrance uyavuma ukuthi inzuzo ye-4m48s ngaphezu kozakwabo u-Stéphane Peterhansel "umehluko omfushane kakhulu embuthanweni ofana nalo". UmPutukezi uCarlos Sousa uyaqhubeka nokululama etafuleni. Njengoba umshayeli weMitsubishi ephume endaweni ka-24 kwabakhethekile bayizolo, ukhuphuke esuka ku-71 waya ku-30 jikelele.
