Esigabeni eside kunazo zonke kuze kube manje, u-Stéphane Peterhansel akagcinanga ngokuwina okukhethekile, kodwa futhi wahola ekumeni jikelele.
Emjahweni olinganiselayo kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni, lapho cishe zonke izintandokazi zihamba phambili, u-Stéphane Peterhansel wagcina engumgibeli oshesha ukweqa umugqa, ngaphambi kwabasolwa abavamile: uCarlos Sainz no-Sébatien Loeb. Ngakho-ke, ngomehluko wama-8m15 ka-Loeb kulesi sigaba, u-Peterhansel wenyukela emyalweni wokuhlukaniswa.Umnqobi waseDakar nyakenye uNasser Al Attiyah (Mini) ubengomunye wabagibeli abebezama ukugasela ebukhosini bePeugeot, kodwa walahlekelwa isikhathi esiningi esiwombeni sesibili se-special 542km.
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Emabhayisikili, osukwini lwesibili olulandelanayo, umgibeli we-KTM u-Toby Price ubenamandla kunabo bonke ababekhona, eqeda ngenzuzo engu-1m12s kunomPutukezi u-Paulo Gonçalves, ogcina ukuhola esigabeni esijwayelekile.