2017 Dakar Rally Explained

2017 Dakar Rally
Championship:	Dakar Rally
Previous Round:	2016 Dakar Rally
Next Round:	2018 Dakar Rally
Country:	, and
Start:	Asunción
Finish:	Buenos Aires
Startdate:	2
Enddate:	14 January 2017
Stages:	12
Overallkm:	8782.00
Surface:	Gravel, dirt, sand
Category2:	Bikes
Category3:	Quads
Category1:	Cars
Driver1:
Team1:	Team Peugeot Total
Category4:	Trucks
Driver4:
Team4:	Kamaz-Master
Category5:	UTV's
Driver5:
Team5:	Polaris
Teamsstart:	317
Teamsfinish:	227

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.^[1] This year saw the introduction of the new UTV category.

Entries

Stage	Bikes	Quads	Cars	Trucks	UTVs	Total
Start of rally	143	37	79^[2]	50	8	317
Rest day	111	25	64	45	5	249
End of rally	97 (68%)	22 (59%)	58 (73%)	45 (90%)	5 (63%)	227 (72%)

Bikes

Leading entries

Manufacturer	No.	Rider
KTM	1	Toby Price
	2	Štefan Svitko
	8	Gerard Farres Guell
	10	Armand Monleon
	14	Sam Sunderland
	16	Matthias Walkner
	19	Laia Sanz
	20	Ivan Jakes
	25	Iván Cervantes
Honda	9	Ricky Brabec
	11	Joan Barreda
	15	Michael Metge
	17	Paulo Gonçalves
Yamaha	5	Helder Rodrigues
	6	Adrien Van Beveren
	18	Alessandro Botturi
	23	Xavier De Soultrait
	41	Marc Sola Tarradellas
	43	Rodney Faggotter

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

Quads

Leading entries

Manufacturer	No.	Rider
Yamaha	250
	251
	252
	254
	257
	259
	260
Honda	256
	258

Trucks

Leading entries

Manufacturer	No.	Driver	Co-driver & mechanic
Iveco	500
	502
	507
Kamaz	501
	505
	513
	515
Tatra	503
	508
MAN	504
	509
Renault Trucks	506
	510
MAZ	511	Siarhei Viazovich	Pavel Haranin	Andrei Zhyulin

Stages

Distance according to the official website.^[3]

Stage	Date	Depart	Arrive	Bikes			Quads	Cars			Trucks			UTV's
						Winner	Winner			Winner			Winner			Winner
1	2 Jan	Asunción	Resistencia	454	39	J. Pedrero Sherco TVS	M. Medeiros Yamaha	454	39	N. Al-Attiyah Toyota	454	39	M. Kolomý Tatra	454	39	R. Maganov Polaris
2	3 Jan	Resistencia	San Miguel de Tucumán	803	275	T. Price KTM	P. Copetti Yamaha	803	275	S. Loeb Peugeot	812	284	M. van den Brink Renault	803	275	M. Ruijin Polaris
3	4 Jan	San Miguel de Tucumán	San Salvador de Jujuy	780	364	J. Barreda Honda	W. Nosiglia Honda	780	364	S. Peterhansel Peugeot	757	199	E. Nikolaev Kamaz	780	364	L. Torres Polaris
4	5 Jan	San Salvador de Jujuy	Tupiza	521	416	M. Walkner KTM	W. Nosiglia Honda	521	416	C. Despres Peugeot	521	416	G. de Rooy Iveco	521	416	M. Ruijin Polaris
5	6 Jan	Tupiza	Oruro	692	447 219	S. Sunderland KTM	K. Koolen Barren	692	447 219	S. Loeb Peugeot	683	438 219	G. de Rooy Iveco	692	447 219	R. Maganov Polaris
6	7 Jan	Oruro	La Paz	786	527	Stage 6 cancelled due to bad weather.		786	527	Stage cancelled	772	513	Stage cancelled	786	527	Stage cancelled
	8 Jan	La Paz	Rest day
7^M	9 Jan	La Paz	Uyuni	622 801	322 161	R. Brabec Honda	S. Karyakin Yamaha	622 801	322 161	S. Peterhansel Peugeot	622 801	322 161	D. Sotnikov Kamaz	622 801	322 161	R. Maganov Polaris
8	10 Jan	Uyuni	Salta	892	492 419	J. Barreda Honda	I. Casale Yamaha	892	492 419	S. Loeb Peugeot	892	429 174	M. van den Brink Renault	892	429 419	L. Dongsheng Polaris
9	11 Jan	Salta	Chilecito	977	406	Stage cancelled due to a landslide.		977	406	Stage cancelled	977	406	Stage cancelled	977	406	Stage cancelled
10	12 Jan	Chilecito	San Juan	751	449	J. Barreda Honda	S. Karyakin Yamaha	751	449	S. Peterhansel Peugeot	751	449	E. Nikolaev Kamaz	751	449	W. Fujiang Polaris
11	13 Jan	San Juan	Río Cuarto	754	288	J. Barreda Honda	S. Karyakin Yamaha	759	292	S. Loeb Peugeot	754	288	E. Nikolaev Kamaz	759	292	L. Torres Polaris
12		Río Cuarto	Buenos Aires	786	64	A. Van Beveren Yamaha	I. Casale Yamaha	786	64	S. Loeb Peugeot	786	64	E. Nikolaev Kamaz	786	64	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.^[4]
• 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	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Juan Pedrero	Sherco	00:28:22		1	Juan Pedrero	Sherco	00:28:22
	2	Ricky Brabec	Honda	00:28:34	00:00:12	2	Ricky Brabec	Honda	00:28:34	00:00:12
	3	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	00:28:48	00:00:26	3	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	00:28:48	00:00:26
2	1	Toby Price	KTM	02:37:32		1	Toby Price	KTM	03:07:17
	2	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	02:41:23	00:03:51	2	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	03:10:11	00:02:54
	3	Xavier de Soultrait	Yamaha	02:41:38	00:04:06	3	Sam Sunderland	KTM	03:10:40	00:03:23
3	1	Joan Barreda	Honda	04:23:30		1	Joan Barreda	Honda	07:36:19
	2	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna	04:35:35	00:12:05	2	Sam Sunderland	KTM	07:46:34	00:10:15
	3	Sam Sunderland	KTM	04:35:54	00:12:24	3	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna	07:47:18	00:10:59
4	1	Matthias Walkner	KTM	04:57:22		1	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna	12:54:02
	2	Xavier de Soultrait	Yamaha	05:03:20	00:05:58	2	Matthias Walkner	KTM	12:56:09	00:02:07
	3	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna	05:06:44	00:09:22	3	Sam Sunderland	KTM	13:00:14	00:06:12
5	1	Sam Sunderland	KTM	02:21:51		1	Sam Sunderland	KTM	15:22:05
	2	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	02:28:58	00:07:07	2	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna	15:34:05	00:12:00
	3	Adrien Van Beveren	Yamaha	02:29:20	00:07:29	3	Adrien Van Beveren	Yamaha	15:38:12	00:16:07
6	Stage cancelled
Rest day
7	1	Ricky Brabec	Honda	02:02:05		1	Sam Sunderland	KTM	17:28:53
	2	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	02:03:49	00:01:44	2	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna	17:46:38	00:17:45
	3	Sam Sunderland	KTM	02:06:48	00:04:43	3	Adrien Van Beveren	Yamaha	17:51:09	00:22:16
8	1	Joan Barreda	Honda	04:28:21		1	Sam Sunderland	KTM	22:01:08
	2	Matthias Walkner	KTM	04:32:12	00:03:51	2	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna	22:22:06	00:20:58
	3	Sam Sunderland	KTM	04:32:15	00:03:54	3	Adrien Van Beveren	Yamaha	22:29:57	00:28:49
9	Stage cancelled
10	1	Joan Barreda	Honda	05:49:45		1	Sam Sunderland	KTM	28:07:59
	2	Štefan Svitko	KTM	05:50:09	00:00:24	2	Matthias Walkner	KTM	28:38:00	00:30:01
	3	Franco Caimi	Honda	05:53:33	00:03:48	3	Gerard Farrés	KTM	28:46:42	00:38:43
11	1	Joan Barreda	Honda	03:16:57		1	Sam Sunderland	KTM	31:34:11
	2	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	03:18:47	00:01:50	2	Matthias Walkner	KTM	32:07:20	00:33:09
	3	Adrien Van Beveren	Yamaha	03:22:25	00:05:28	3	Gerard Farrés	KTM	32:11:33	00:37:22
12	1	Adrien Van Beveren	Yamaha	00:30:29		1	Sam Sunderland	KTM	32:06:22
	2	Gerard Farrés	KTM	00:30:29	00:00:00	2	Matthias Walkner	KTM	32:38:22	00:32:00
	3	Joan Barreda	Honda	00:30:47	00:00:18	3	Gerard Farrés	KTM	32:42:02	00:35:40

Quads

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Marcelo Medeiros	Yamaha	00:32:53		1	Marcelo Medeiros	Yamaha	00:32:53
	2	Gaston Gonzalez	Yamaha	00:33:55	00:01:02	2	Gaston Gonzalez	Yamaha	00:33:55	00:01:02
	3	Nelson Sanabria	Yamaha	00:34:32	00:01:39	3	Nelson Sanabria	Yamaha	00:34:32	00:01:39
2	1	Pablo Copetti	Yamaha	03:14:29		1	Pablo Copetti	Yamaha	03:49:06
	2	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	03:20:00	00:05:31	2	Marcelo Medeiros	Yamaha	03:53:26	00:04:20
	3	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	03:20:05	00:05:36	3	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	03:54:47	00:05:41
3	1	Walter Nosiglia	Honda	05:37:03		1	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	09:39:26
	2	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	05:43:55	00:06:52	2	Simon Vitse	Yamaha	09:51:42	00:12:16
	3	Santiago Hansen	Honda	05:45:41	00:08:38	3	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	09:53:51	00:14:25
4	1	Walter Nosiglia	Honda	06:06:22		1	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	16:18:42
	2	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	06:17:50	00:11:28	2	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	16:19:10	00:00:28
	3	Daniel Domaszewski	Honda	06:25:34	00:19:12	3	Simon Vitse	Yamaha	16:21:42	00:03:00
5	1	Kees Koolen	Barren	02:57:43		1	Simon Vitse	Yamaha	19:32:22
	2	Gustavo Gallego	Yamaha	03:09:49	00:12:06	2	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	19:40:36	00:08:14
	3	Simon Vitse	Yamaha	03:10:40	00:12:57	3	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	19:42:57	00:10:35
6	Stage cancelled
Rest day
7	1	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	02:32:49		1	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	22:13:25
	2	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	02:35:48	00:02:59	2	Simon Vitse	Yamaha	22:18:41	00:05:16
	3	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	02:42:25	00:09:36	3	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	22:18:45	00:05:20
8	1	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	05:26:46		1	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	27:45:50
	2	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	05:32:25	00:05:39	2	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	27:52:47	00:06:57
	3	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	05:34:02	00:07:16	3	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	27:56:09	00:10:19
9	Stage cancelled
10	1	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	06:52:43		1	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	34:38:33
	2	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	07:03:29	00:10:46	2	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	34:59:38	00:21:05
	3	Santiago Hansen	Honda	08:19:09	01:26:06	3	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	37:45:24	03:06:51
11	1	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	03:58:22		1	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	38:36:55
	2	Daniel Domaszewski	Honda	04:19:03	00:20:41	2	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	39:53:19	01:16:24
	3	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	04:22:11	00:23:49	3	Pablo Copetti	Yamaha	42:58:01	04:21:06
12	1	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	00:40:24		1	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	39:18:52
	2	Daniel Domaszewski	Honda	00:41:06	00:00:42	2	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	40:33:43	01:14:51
	3	Pablo Copetti	Yamaha	00:41:10	00:00:46	3	Pablo Copetti	Yamaha	43:39:11	04:20:19

Cars

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota	00:25:41		1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota	00:25:41
	2	Xavier Pons Ruben Garcia	Ford	00:26:05	00:00:24	2	Xavier Pons Ruben Garcia	Ford	00:26:05	00:00:24
	3	Nani Roma Alex Haro	Toyota	00:26:10	00:00:29	3	Nani Roma Alex Haro	Toyota	00:26:10	00:00:29
2	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	02:06:55		1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	02:33:31
	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota	02:08:18	00:01:23	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota	02:33:59	00:00:28
	3	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot	02:09:13	00:02:18	3	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot	02:35:27	00:01:56
3	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	04:18:17		1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	06:54:56
	2	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot	04:20:11	00:01:54	2	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot	06:55:38	00:00:42
	3	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	04:21:25	00:03:08	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	06:59:14	00:04:18
4	1	Cyril Despres David Castera	Peugeot	04:22:55		1	Cyril Despres David Castera	Peugeot	11:33:16
	2	Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn	Mini	04:33:46	00:10:51	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	11:37:24	00:04:08
	3	Nani Roma Alex Haro	Toyota	04:35:46	00:12:51	3	Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn	Mini	11:38:20	00:05:04
5	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	02:24:03		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	14:02:58
	2	Nani Roma Alex Haro	Toyota	02:24:47	00:00:44	2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	14:04:07	00:01:09
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	02:25:34	00:01:31	3	Cyril Despres David Castera	Peugeot	14:07:52	00:04:54
6	Stage cancelled
Rest day
7	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	01:54:08		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	15:57:06
	2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	01:54:56	00:00:48	2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	15:59:03	00:01:57
	3	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	01:57:41	00:03:33	3	Nani Roma Alex Haro	Toyota	16:08:13	00:11:07
8	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	04:11:02		1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	20:10:05
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	04:14:37	00:03:35	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	20:11:43	00:01:38
	3	Cyril Despres David Castera	Peugeot	04:16:15	00:05:13	3	Cyril Despres David Castera	Peugeot	20:27:22	00:17:17
9	Stage cancelled
10	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	04:47:00		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	24:58:43
	2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	04:54:28	00:07:28	2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	25:04:33	00:05:50
	3	Cyril Despres David Castera	Peugeot	04:57:01	00:10:01	3	Cyril Despres David Castera	Peugeot	25:24:23	00:25:40
11	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	03:21:15		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	28:20:16
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	03:21:33	00:00:18	2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	28:25:48	00:05:32
	3	Orlando Terranova Andreas Schulz	Mini	03:27:52	00:06:37	3	Cyril Despres David Castera	Peugeot	28:53:10	00:32:54
12	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	00:28:55		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	28:49:30
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	00:29:14	00:00:19	2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	28:54:43	00:05:13
	3	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	00:29:25	00:00:30	3	Cyril Despres David Castera	Peugeot	29:22:58	00:33:28

Trucks

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Martin Kolomý Rene Kilian David Kilian	Tatra	00:30:00		1	Martin Kolomý Rene Kilian David Kilian	Tatra	00:30:00
	2	Ton van Genugten Anton Van Limpt Bernard Der Kinderen	Iveco	00:30:13	00:00:13	2	Ton van Genugten Anton Van Limpt Bernard Der Kinderen	Iveco	00:30:13	00:00:13
	3	Martin van den Brink Daniel Kozlowsky Marcel Blankestijn	Renault	00:30:25	00:00:25	3	Martin van den Brink Daniel Kozlowsky Marcel Blankestijn	Renault	00:30:25	00:00:25
2	1	Martin van den Brink Daniel Kozlowsky Marcel Blankestijn	Renault	02:37:08		1	Martin van den Brink Daniel Kozlowsky Marcel Blankestijn	Renault	03:07:33
	2	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	02:39:11	00:02:03	2	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	03:10:42	00:03:09
	3	Peter Versluis Artur Klein Marcel Pronk	MAN	02:40:00	00:02:52	3	Martin Kolomý Rene Kilian David Kilian	Tatra	03:10:44	00:03:11
3	1	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	02:45:41		1	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	05:57:56
	2	Martin Kolomý Rene Kilian David Kilian	Tatra	02:49:39	00:03:48	2	Martin Kolomý Rene Kilian David Kilian	Tatra	06:00:23	00:02:27
	3	Federico Villagra Adrian Yacopini Ricardo Torlaschi	Iveco	02:50:24	00:04:33	3	Federico Villagra Adrian Yacopini Ricardo Torlaschi	Iveco	06:02:03	00:04:07
4	1	Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald	Iveco	04:55:55		1	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	11:12:40
	2	Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Dmitriy Svistunov	Kamaz	04:56:25	00:00:30	2	Federico Villagra Adrian Yacopini Ricardo Torlaschi	Iveco	11:14:35	00:01:55
	3	Anton Shibalov Robert Amatych Ivan Romanov	Kamaz	04:59:02	00:03:07	3	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	11:17:20	00:04:40
5	1	Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald	Iveco	02:39:12		1	Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald	Iveco	14:06:07
	2	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	02:51:10	00:11:58	2	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	14:08:30	00:02:23
	3	Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Dmitriy Svistunov	Kamaz	02:53:16	00:14:04	3	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	14:12:43	00:06:36
6	Stage cancelled
Rest day
7	1	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	01:41:35		1	Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald	Iveco	15:52:07
	2	Ton van Genugten Anton Van Limpt Bernard Der Kinderen	Iveco	01:44:26	00:02:51	2	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	15:54:18	00:02:11
	3	Federico Villagra Adrian Yacopini Ricardo Torlaschi	Iveco	01:45:12	00:03:37	3	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	15:58:04	00:05:57
8	1	Martin van den Brink Daniel Kozlowsky Marcel Blankestijn	Renault	01:55:20		1	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	17:52:20
	2	Federico Villagra Adrian Yacopini Ricardo Torlaschi	Iveco	01:55:37	00:00:17	2	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	17:54:06	00:01:46
	3	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	01:56:02	00:00:42	3	Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald	Iveco	17:54:40	00:02:20
9	Stage cancelled
10	1	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	05:33:06		1	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	23:27:12
	2	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	05:40:07	00:07:01	2	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	23:32:27	00:05:15
	3	Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Dmitriy Svistunov	Kamaz	05:40:47	00:07:41	3	Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald	Iveco	23:51:29	00:24:17
11	1	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	03:56:47		1	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	27:23:59
	2	Federico Villagra Adrian Yacopini Ricardo Torlaschi	Iveco	03:57:39	00:00:52	2	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	27:41:08	00:17:09
	3	Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Dmitriy Svistunov	Kamaz	04:06:40	00:09:53	3	Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald	Iveco	28:02:57	00:38:58
12	1	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	00:34:25		1	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	27:58:24
	2	Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev Dmitriy Svistunov	Kamaz	00:34:58	00:00:33	2	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	28:17:22	00:18:58
	3	Federico Villagra Adrian Yacopini Ricardo Torlaschi	Iveco	00:35:50	00:01:25	3	Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald	Iveco	28:39:43	00:41:19

UTV's

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitors	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitors	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	00:34:32		1	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	00:34:32
	2	Santiago Navarro Oriol Vidal	Yamaha	00:35:13	00:00:41	2	Santiago Navarro Oriol Vidal	Yamaha	00:35:13	00:00:41
	3	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	00:35:25	00:00:53	3	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	00:35:25	00:00:53
2	1	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	03:46:58		1	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	04:26:29
	2	Li Dongsheng Quanquan Guan	Polaris	04:45:16	00:58:18	2	Li Dongsheng Quanquan Guan	Polaris	05:21:53	00:55:24
	3	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	05:54:25	02:07:27	3	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	06:29:50	02:03:21
3	1	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	7:25:28		1	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	11:53:39
	2	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	7:27:10	00:01:42	2	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	13:55:18	02:01:39
	3	Santiago Navarro Oriol Vidal	Yamaha	9:31:14	02:05:46	3	Li Dongsheng Quanquan Guan	Polaris	15:23:38	03:29:59
4	1	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	07:08:04		1	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	19:01:43
	2	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	07:08:34	00:00:30	2	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	21:03:52	02:02:09
	3	Wang Fujiang Li Wei	Polaris	08:08:50	01:00:46	3	Li Dongsheng Quanquan Guan	Polaris	23:40:37	04:38:54
5	1	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	03:48:38		1	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	25:22:24
	2	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	04:18:32	00:29:54	2	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	27:56:28	02:34:04
	3	Li Dongsheng Quanquan Guan	Polaris	04:29:12	00:40:34	3	Li Dongsheng Quanquan Guan	Polaris	28:09:49	02:47:25
6	Stage cancelled
Rest day
7	1	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	03:02:09		1	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	28:29:32
	2	Li Dongsheng Quanquan Guan	Polaris	03:02:56	00:00:47	2	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	31:02:57	02:33:25
	3	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	03:06:29	00:04:20	3	Li Dongsheng Quanquan Guan	Polaris	31:12:45	02:43:13
8	1	Li Dongsheng Quanquan Guan	Polaris	06:30:15		1	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	36:07:48
	2	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	06:38:16	00:08:01	2	Li Dongsheng Quanquan Guan	Polaris	37:43:00	01:35:12
	3	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	06:51:01	00:20:46	3	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	38:44:06	02:36:18
9	Stage cancelled
10	1	Wang Fujiang Li Wei	Polaris	9:04:52		1	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	48:09:50
	2	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	9:47:57	0:43:05	2	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	50:55:18	2:45:28
	3	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	12:02:02	2:57:10	3	Wang Fujiang Li Wei	Polaris	52:12:26	4:02:36
11	1	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	5:05:14		1	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	53:15:04
	2	Wang Fujiang Li Wei	Polaris	5:44:33	0:39:19	2	Wang Fujiang Li Wei	Polaris	57:56:59	4:41:55
	3	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	8:29:32	3:24:18	3	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	59:24:50	6:09:46
12	1	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	0:42:35		1	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	54:01:50
	2	Mao Ruijin Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris	0:43:39	0:01:04	2	Wang Fujiang Li Wei	Polaris	58:44:24	4:42:34
	3	Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan	Polaris	0:46:46	0:04:11	3	Ravil Maganov Kirill Shubin	Polaris	60:07:25	6:05:35

Final standings

Bikes

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time	Gap
1	14	Sam Sunderland	KTM 450 Rally	Red Bull KTM Factory Team	32:06:22
2	16	Matthias Walkner	KTM 450 Rally	Red Bull KTM Factory Team	32:38:22	+ 00:32:00
3	8	Gerard Farrés	KTM 450 Rally	Himoinsa Dakar Team	32:42:02	+ 00:35:40
4	6	Adrien Van Beveren	Yamaha	Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team	32:42:50	+ 00:36:28
5	11	Joan Barreda	Honda	Monster Energy Honda Team	32:49:30	+ 00:43:08
6	17	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	Monster Energy Honda Team	32:58:51	+ 00:52:29
7	31	Pierre-Alexandre Renet	Husqvarna	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Team	33:03:57	+ 00:57:35
8	67	Franco Caimi	Honda	Honda South America Rally Team	33:48:40	+ 01:42:18
9	5	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team	34:09:28	+ 02:03:06
10	27	Joaquim Rodrigues	Speedbrain	Hero Motorsports Team Rally	34:30:46	+ 02:24:24

Quads

Pos	No.	Rider	Quad	Time	Gap
1	254	Sergey Karyakin	Yamaha	39:18:52
2	251	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	40:33:43	+ 01:14:51
3	263	Pablo Copetti	Yamaha	43:39:11	+ 04:20:19
4	250	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	44:52:21	+ 05:33:29
5	279	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	45:04:16	+ 05:45:24
6	262	Bruno Da Costa	Yamaha	45:16:10	+ 05:57:18
7	261	Santiago Hansen	Honda	45:16:11	+ 05:57:19
8	257	Nelson Sanabria	Yamaha	45:30:38	+ 06:11:46
9	258	Daniel Domaszewski	Honda	44:58:37	+ 06:39:45
10	284	Kamil Wiśniewski	Can-Am	47:25:01	+ 08:06:09

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Entrant	Time	Gap
1	300	Stéphane Peterhansel	Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot 3008 DKR	Team Peugeot Total	28:49:30
2	309	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Peugeot	Team Peugeot Total	28:54:43	+ 00:05:13
3	307	Cyril Despres	David Castera	Peugeot	Team Peugeot Total	29:22:58	+ 00:33:28
4	305	Nani Roma	Àlex Haro	Toyota	Overdrive Toyota	30:06:13	+ 01:16:43
5	302	Giniel de Villiers	Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	Toyota Gazoo South Africa	30:39:18	+ 01:49:48
6	308	Orlando Terranova	Andreas Schulz	Mini	X-Raid Cooper Works Rally Team	30:42:01	+ 01:52:31
7	316	Jakub Przygonski	Tom Colsoul	Mini	Orlen Team	33:04:17	+ 04:14:47
8	318	Romain Dumas	Alain Guehennec	Peugeot	RD Limited	33:13:31	+ 04:24:01
9	320	Conrad Rautenbach	Robert Howie	Toyota	Overdrive Toyota	33:29:43	+ 04:40:13
10	322	Mohammed Abu-Issa	Xavier Panseri	Mini	X-Raid Team	33:43:00	+ 04:53:30

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver & mechanic	Truck	Entrant	Time	Gap
1	505	Eduard Nikolaev	Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	Kamaz	Kamaz-Master	27:58:24
2	513	Dmitry Sotnikov	Ruslan Akhmadeev Igor Leonov	Kamaz	Kamaz-Master	28:17:22	+ 00:18:58
3	500	Gerard de Rooy	Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald	Iveco	Petronas Team de Rooy Iveco	28:39:43	+ 00:41:19
4	502	Federico Villagra	Adrian Yacopini Ricardo Torlaschi	Iveco	YPF Team de Rooy Iveco	28:58:28	+ 01:00:04
5	501	Ayrat Mardeev	Aydar Belyaev Dmitriy Svistunov	Kamaz	Kamaz-Master	30:25:14	+ 02:26:50
6	522	Aleksandr Vasilevski	Dzmitry Vikhrenka Anton Zaparoshchanka	MAZ	MAZ-Sport auto	30:33:21	+ 02:34:57
7	503	Aleš Loprais	Jiří Stross Jan Tománek	Tatra	Tatra Buggyra Racing	31:05:20	+ 03:06:56
8	514	Teruhito Sugarawa	Hiroyuki Sugiura	Hino	Hino Team Sugarawa	31:17:00	+ 03:18:36
9	504	Hans Stacey	Jan van der Vaet Hugo Kupper	MAN	Eurol/Veka MAN Rally Team	31:43:20	+ 03:44:56
10	518	Martin Macik	Frantisek Tomasek Michal Mrkva	LIAZ	Big Shock Racing	31:53:04	+ 03:54:40

UTVs

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	UTV	Entrant	Time	Gap
1	351	Leandro Torres	Lourival Roldan	Polaris	Xtremeplus	54:01:50
2	386	Wang Fujiang	Li Wei	Polaris		58:44:24	+ 04:42:34
3	378	Ravil Maganov	Kirill Shubin (racer)	Polaris	Xtremeplus	60:07:25	+ 06:05:35
4	342	Mao Ruijin	Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris		77:31:57	+ 23:30:07
5	374	Li Dongsheng	Quanquan Guan	Polaris		78:47:15	+ 24:45:25

Major retirements

Stage		Driver	Manufacturer	Class	Cause	Obs
3	271	Marcelo Medeiros	Yamaha	Quads	Injured
3	301	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota	Cars	Crash	Finished S3 but failed to recover the car for S4
3	311	Xavier Pons Ruben Garcia	Ford	Cars	Crash	Finished S3 but failed to recover the car for S4
4	281	Gaston Gonzalez	Yamaha	Quads	Injured	Finished S4 with several bone fractures
4	1	Toby Price	KTM	Bikes	Injured	Crashed when was virtual overall leader
4	304	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot	Cars	Crash

Notes and References

1. Web site: Accueil - Site officiel du rallye raid Dakar (ex Paris Dakar).
2. Web site: ASUNCIÓN - RESISTENCIA . 2017-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170105004405/http://gaps.dakar.com/2017/dakar/asuncion-resistencia-1/aso/ukie/m . 2017-01-05 . dead .
3. Web site: Dakar 2017 Route. Dakar. 2016-12-15.
4. Web site: Dakar Rally 2017: Bolivian rain forced 'unprecedented' change to Stage 7 route. news.com.au/. 9 January 2017. 2017-01-09.