The 2016 Dakar Rally
Leaving Buenos Aires on January 2, nearly 350 competitors started the 37th annual Dakar Rally: a two-week off-roading adventure through Argentina and Bolivia. The vehicles—which include specialized cars, trucks, motorcycles, and quadbikes—are currently on stage ten of 16 between Belén and La Rioja, Argentina. Bad weather conditions forced organizers to cancel or shorten four stages so far this year. Here is a look at Dakar 2016 in progress, as teams race to Rosario, Argentina, on January 16.
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Read moreHonda's French biker Adrien Metge competes in Stage 8 of the Dakar 2016 between Salta and Belen, Argentina, on January 11, 2016. #
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Read moreA drone with a camera follows Ronan Chabot of France as he drives his Toyota through the water during the Buenos Aires-Rosario prologue stage of Dakar Rally 2016 in Arrecifes, Argentina, on January 2, 2016. #
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Read moreRain falls over Uyuni, during the fifth stage of the 2016 Dakar Rally in Uyuni, Bolivia, on January 7, 2016. #
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Read moreToby Price of Australia rides his KTM in the sixth stage of Dakar 2016 near Uyuni, Bolivia, on January 8, 2016. #
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Read moreAn Aymara woman holds a child as she stands on the side of the road to watch vehicles in the fifth stage Jujuy-Uyuni, near Uyuni, Bolivia, on January 7, 2016. #
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Read moreA biker waits for the start of Stage 6 of the Dakar 2016 around Uyuni, Bolivia, on January 8, 2016. #
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Read moreA quad kicks up gravel during Stage 8 of Dakar 2016 between Salta and Belen, Argentina, on January 11, 2016. #
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Read moreTrata truck drivers by Martin Kolomy, David Kilian and Rene Kilian, of Kazakhstan, race in the fifth stage between the cities of Jujuy, Argentina and Uyuni, Bolivia, on January 7, 2016. #
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Read moreHusqvarna rider Ruben Faria of Portugal, is helped by two men after an accident during the sixth stage of Dakar 2016 in Uyuni, Bolivia, on January 8, 2016. #
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Read morePortugal’s Paulo Goncalves of Honda Team HRC, warms his hands with the exhaust of his bike, before the start of the sixth stage in Uyuni, Bolivia, on January 8, 2016. #
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Read moreSebastien Loeb of France drives his Peugeot through the water during the Buenos Aires-Rosario prologue stage in Arrecifes, Argentina, on January 2, 2016. #
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Read moreView of Peugeot driver Stephane Peterhansel's car instruments at the end of Stage 6 on January 8, 2016. #
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Read moreThe Peugeot of Sebastien Loeb of France is seen turned over next to a helicopter during the eighth stage near Belen, Argentina, on January 11, 2016. #
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Read moreView of Peugeot French driver Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena's overturned car after it was put back on its wheels during Stage 8 between Salta and Belen, Argentina, on January 11, 2016. #
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Read moreMikko Hirvonen of Finland drives his Mini in Stage 8 near Cafayate, Argentina, on January 11, 2016. #
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Read moreHonda rider Ricky Brabek, top, is followed by Sherco TVS rider Juan Pedrero Garcia, center, and Yamaha rider Adrien Van Beveren, during the ninth stage of Dakar 2016 in Belen, Argentina, on January 12, 2016. #
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Read moreA pack of Andean camelids run across the Andean plains, during the 7th stage between Uyuni, Bolivia, and Salta, Argentina, on January 9, 2016. #
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Read morePortugal’s Ruben Faria of Husqvarna Racing Team, races in Jujuy, Argentina, on January 6, 2016. #
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Read moreMini driver Finland’s Mikko Hirvonen and co-driver France’s Michel Perin, race during the ninth stage in Belen, Argentina, on January 12, 2016. #
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Read moreRicardo Torlaschi, co-pilot of Xavier Pons of Spain, cleans his windshield at the end of the second stage of Dakar 2016 in Cordoba province, Argentina, on January 4, 2016. #
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Read morePeugeot driver Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean Paul Cottret, both of France, race in the 7th stage of the 2016 Dakar Rally, between Uyuni, Bolivia, and Salta, Argentina, on January 9, 2016. #
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