Namuhla uthembise umjaho olinganiselayo nonobunzima obengeziwe, kodwa u-Stéphane Peterhansel ufakazele ukuthi “ngubani owaziyo, ngeke akhohlwe”.
U-Stéphane Peterhansel (Peugeot) umangaze umncintiswano ngokunqoba isigaba sesi-4 ngesitayela, eqedela umjikelezo we-Jujuy ngenzuzo yamasekhondi angu-11 ngaphezu kwendawo yesibili, i-Spanish Carlos Sainz. Mayelana no-Sébastien Loeb, umshayeli wendiza uqede endaweni yesi-3, imizuzwana engama-27 ngemuva kophumelele. Ngaleyo ndlela iPeugeot ikwazile ukuwina izindawo ezintathu zasemsamo.Ngemuva kokuqala kahle, uPeterhansel uziqhelelanisile nezimbangi zakhe esiwombeni sesibili somjaho. Ngokunqoba engxenyeni yokuqala ye-"Marathon Stage", eqhubeka kusasa, uPeterhansel uzuze ukunqoba kwakhe kwama-33 eDakar (ama-66 uma sibala ukunqoba ngezithuthuthu).
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Phezulu esicongweni sekukonke, u-French Sebastien Loeb usalokhu elawula i-Peugeot 2008 DKR16, ecindezelwa ngu-Peterhansel, okhuphukele endaweni yesibili.
Ezithuthuthuni, uJoan Barreda nguyena obephethe inkundla zisuka nje, kodwa ekugcineni wajeziswa ngenxa yokuhamba ngesivinini esiphezulu. Ngakho-ke, ukunqoba kugcine kumomotheka kuPaulo Gonçalves wasePutukezi, ngenzuzo engu-2m35s kunoRúben Faria (Husqvarna).