The 2017 Dakar Rally was the 39th edition of the event and the ninth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Asunción, Paraguay on January 2, then ran through Argentina and Bolivia, before returning to Buenos Aires on January 14 after 12 stages of competition. This year saw the introduction of the new UTV category.
Entries StageBikesQuadsCarsTrucksUTVsTotalStart of rally 143 37 79 50 8 317Rest day 111 25 64 45 5 249End of rally 97 (68%) 22 (59%) 58 (73%) 45 (90%) 5 (63%) 227 (72%)
Bikes + Leading entriesManufacturerNo.Rider KTM1 Toby Price2 Štefan Svitko8 Gerard Farres Guell10 Armand Monleon14 Sam Sunderland16 Matthias Walkner19 Laia Sanz20 Ivan Jakes25 Iván Cervantes Honda9 Ricky Brabec11 Joan Barreda15 Michael Metge17 Paulo Gonçalves Yamaha5 Hélder Rodrigues6 Adrien Van Beveren18 Alessandro Botturi23 Xavier De Soultrait41 Marc Solà Terradellas43 Rodney Faggotter
Quads
+ Leading entriesManufacturerNo.Rider Yamaha250251252254257259260 Honda256258
Cars + Leading entries Car No. Driver Co-driver Ford 311 Xavier Pons Ruben Garcia 321 Martin Prokop Ilka Minor-Petrasko 324 Marco Bulacia Claudio Bustos Peugeot 300 Stephane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret 304 Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz 307 Cyril Despres David Castera 309 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena 318 Romain Dumas Alain Guehennec 319 Khalid Al-Qassimi Pascal Maimon Mini 303 Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn 306 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk 308 Orlando Terranova Andreas Schulz 314 Boris Garafulic Filipe Palmeiro 316 Jakub Przygonski Tom Colsoul 322 Mohammed Abu-Issa Xavier Panseri 325 Stephan Schott Paulo Fiuza Toyota 301 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel 302 Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz 305 Nani Roma Alex Haro 310 Erik Van Loon Wouter Rosegaar 317 Ronan Chabot Gilles Pillot 320 Conrad Rautenbach Robert Howie 326 Benediktas Vanagas Sebastien Rozwadowski 327 Christian Lavieille Jean-Pierre Garcin 328 Antanas Juknevičius Darius Vaiciulis
Trucks
+ Leading entriesManufacturerNo.DriverCo-driver & mechanic Iveco500502507 Kamaz501505513515 Tatra503508 MAN504509 Renault Trucks506510 MAZ 511 Siarhei Viazovich Pavel Haranin Andrei Zhyulin
Stages Distance according to the official website.
StageDateDepartArriveBikesQuadsCarsTrucksUTV'sWinnerWinnerWinnerWinnerWinner12 Jan Asunción Resistencia45439 J. Pedrero Sherco TVS M. Medeiros Yamaha45439 N. Al-Attiyah Toyota45439 M. Kolomý Tatra45439 R. Maganov Polaris23 Jan Resistencia San Miguel de Tucumán803275 T. Price KTM P. Copetti Yamaha803275 S. Loeb Peugeot812284 M. van den Brink Renault803275 M. Ruijin Polaris34 Jan San Miguel de Tucumán San Salvador de Jujuy780364 J. Barreda Honda W. Nosiglia Honda780364 S. Peterhansel Peugeot757199 E. Nikolaev Kamaz780364 L. Torres Polaris45 Jan San Salvador de Jujuy Tupiza521416 M. Walkner KTM W. Nosiglia Honda521416 C. Despres Peugeot521416 G. de Rooy Iveco521416 M. Ruijin Polaris56 Jan Tupiza Oruro692447219 S. Sunderland KTM K. Koolen Barren692447219 S. Loeb Peugeot683438219 G. de Rooy Iveco692447219 R. Maganov Polaris67 Jan Oruro La Paz786527 Stage 6 cancelled due to bad weather.786527 Stage cancelled772513 Stage cancelled786527 Stage cancelled8 Jan La PazRest day7M9 Jan La Paz Uyuni622801322161 R. Brabec Honda S. Karyakin Yamaha622801322161 S. Peterhansel Peugeot622801322161 D. Sotnikov Kamaz622801322161 R. Maganov Polaris810 Jan Uyuni Salta892492419 J. Barreda Honda I. Casale Yamaha892492419 S. Loeb Peugeot892429174 M. van den Brink Renault892429419 L. Dongsheng Polaris911 Jan Salta Chilecito977406 Stage cancelled due to a landslide.977406 Stage cancelled977406 Stage cancelled977406 Stage cancelled1012 Jan Chilecito San Juan751449 J. Barreda Honda S. Karyakin Yamaha751449 S. Peterhansel Peugeot751449 E. Nikolaev Kamaz751449 W. Fujiang Polaris1113 Jan San Juan Río Cuarto754288 J. Barreda Honda S. Karyakin Yamaha759292 S. Loeb Peugeot754288 E. Nikolaev Kamaz759292 L. Torres Polaris12 Río Cuarto Buenos Aires78664 A. Van Beveren Yamaha I. Casale Yamaha78664 S. Loeb Peugeot78664 E. Nikolaev Kamaz78664 R. Maganov Polaris Notes Stage 5 shortened due to bad weather (second timed sector cancelled). Stage 6 cancelled due to bad weather. Bad weather forced to change Stage 7 route. M: Marathon Stage (without assistance park at the end of the stage). Stage 8 shortened due to bad weather (and second timed sector cancelled for the trucks). Stage 9 cancelled due to a landslide.
Stage results
Bikes Stage result General classification Stage Pos CompetitorMakeTimeGap Pos CompetitorMakeTimeGap 11 Juan PedreroSherco00:28:221 Juan PedreroSherco00:28:222 Ricky BrabecHonda00:28:3400:00:122 Ricky BrabecHonda00:28:3400:00:123 Paulo GonçalvesHonda00:28:4800:00:263 Paulo GonçalvesHonda00:28:4800:00:26 21 Toby PriceKTM02:37:321 Toby PriceKTM03:07:172 Paulo GonçalvesHonda02:41:2300:03:512 Paulo GonçalvesHonda03:10:1100:02:543 Xavier de SoultraitYamaha02:41:3800:04:063 Sam SunderlandKTM03:10:4000:03:23 31 Joan BarredaHonda04:23:301 Joan BarredaHonda07:36:192 Pablo QuintanillaHusqvarna04:35:3500:12:052 Sam SunderlandKTM07:46:3400:10:153 Sam SunderlandKTM04:35:5400:12:243 Pablo QuintanillaHusqvarna07:47:1800:10:59 41 Matthias WalknerKTM04:57:221 Pablo QuintanillaHusqvarna12:54:022 Xavier de SoultraitYamaha05:03:2000:05:582 Matthias WalknerKTM12:56:0900:02:073 Pablo QuintanillaHusqvarna05:06:4400:09:223 Sam SunderlandKTM13:00:1400:06:12 51 Sam SunderlandKTM02:21:511 Sam SunderlandKTM15:22:052 Paulo GonçalvesHonda02:28:5800:07:072 Pablo QuintanillaHusqvarna15:34:0500:12:003 Adrien Van BeverenYamaha02:29:2000:07:293 Adrien Van BeverenYamaha15:38:1200:16:07 6 Stage cancelledRest day 71 Ricky BrabecHonda02:02:051 Sam SunderlandKTM17:28:532 Paulo GonçalvesHonda02:03:4900:01:442 Pablo QuintanillaHusqvarna17:46:3800:17:453 Sam SunderlandKTM02:06:4800:04:433 Adrien Van BeverenYamaha17:51:0900:22:16 81 Joan BarredaHonda04:28:211 Sam SunderlandKTM22:01:082 Matthias WalknerKTM04:32:1200:03:512 Pablo QuintanillaHusqvarna22:22:0600:20:583 Sam SunderlandKTM04:32:1500:03:543 Adrien Van BeverenYamaha22:29:5700:28:49 9 Stage cancelled 101 Joan BarredaHonda05:49:451 Sam SunderlandKTM28:07:592 Štefan SvitkoKTM05:50:0900:00:242 Matthias WalknerKTM28:38:0000:30:013 Franco CaimiHonda05:53:3300:03:483 Gerard FarrésKTM28:46:4200:38:43 111 Joan BarredaHonda03:16:571 Sam SunderlandKTM31:34:112 Paulo GonçalvesHonda03:18:4700:01:502 Matthias WalknerKTM32:07:2000:33:093 Adrien Van BeverenYamaha03:22:2500:05:283 Gerard FarrésKTM32:11:3300:37:22 121 Adrien Van BeverenYamaha00:30:291 Sam SunderlandKTM32:06:222 Gerard FarrésKTM00:30:2900:00:002 Matthias WalknerKTM32:38:2200:32:003 Joan BarredaHonda00:30:4700:00:183 Gerard FarrésKTM32:42:0200:35:40
Quads Stage result General classification Stage Pos CompetitorMakeTimeGap Pos CompetitorMakeTimeGap 11 Marcelo MedeirosYamaha00:32:531 Marcelo MedeirosYamaha00:32:532 Gaston GonzalezYamaha00:33:5500:01:022 Gaston GonzalezYamaha00:33:5500:01:023 Nelson SanabriaYamaha00:34:3200:01:393 Nelson SanabriaYamaha00:34:3200:01:39 21 Pablo CopettiYamaha03:14:291 Pablo CopettiYamaha03:49:062 Axel DutrieYamaha03:20:0000:05:312 Marcelo MedeirosYamaha03:53:2600:04:203 Ignacio CasaleYamaha03:20:0500:05:363 Axel DutrieYamaha03:54:4700:05:41 31 Walter NosigliaHonda05:37:031 Ignacio CasaleYamaha09:39:262 Ignacio CasaleYamaha05:43:5500:06:522 Simon VitseYamaha09:51:4200:12:163 Santiago HansenHonda05:45:4100:08:383 Axel DutrieYamaha09:53:5100:14:25 41 Walter NosigliaHonda06:06:221 Sergey KaryakinYamaha16:18:422 Sergey KaryakinYamaha06:17:5000:11:282 Ignacio CasaleYamaha16:19:1000:00:283 Daniel DomaszewskiHonda06:25:3400:19:123 Simon VitseYamaha16:21:4200:03:00 51 Kees KoolenBarren02:57:431 Simon VitseYamaha19:32:222 Gustavo GallegoYamaha03:09:4900:12:062 Sergey KaryakinYamaha19:40:3600:08:143 Simon VitseYamaha03:10:4000:12:573 Axel DutrieYamaha19:42:5700:10:35 6 Stage cancelledRest day 71 Sergey KaryakinYamaha02:32:491 Sergey KaryakinYamaha22:13:252 Axel DutrieYamaha02:35:4800:02:592 Simon VitseYamaha22:18:4100:05:163 Ignacio CasaleYamaha02:42:2500:09:363 Axel DutrieYamaha22:18:4500:05:20 81 Ignacio CasaleYamaha05:26:461 Sergey KaryakinYamaha27:45:502 Sergey KaryakinYamaha05:32:2500:05:392 Axel DutrieYamaha27:52:4700:06:573 Axel DutrieYamaha05:34:0200:07:163 Ignacio CasaleYamaha27:56:0900:10:19 9 Stage cancelled 101 Sergey KaryakinYamaha06:52:431 Sergey KaryakinYamaha34:38:332 Ignacio CasaleYamaha07:03:2900:10:462 Ignacio CasaleYamaha34:59:3800:21:053 Santiago HansenHonda08:19:0901:26:063 Axel DutrieYamaha37:45:2403:06:51 111 Sergey KaryakinYamaha03:58:221 Sergey KaryakinYamaha38:36:552 Daniel DomaszewskiHonda04:19:0300:20:412 Ignacio CasaleYamaha39:53:1901:16:243 Rafał SonikYamaha04:22:1100:23:493 Pablo CopettiYamaha42:58:0104:21:06 121 Ignacio CasaleYamaha00:40:241 Sergey KaryakinYamaha39:18:522 Daniel DomaszewskiHonda00:41:0600:00:422 Ignacio CasaleYamaha40:33:4301:14:513 Pablo CopettiYamaha00:41:1000:00:463 Pablo CopettiYamaha43:39:1104:20:19
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