All-terrain automobile race held in South America, in 2017
2017 Dakar Rally
Part of the Dakar Rally
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2017 Dakar route
Host country
Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia
Dates run
2–14 January 2017
Start
Asunción
Finish
Buenos Aires
Stages
12
Stage surface
Gravel, dirt, sand
Overall distance
8,782.00 km (5,456.88 mi)
Results
Cars winner
Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret Team Peugeot Total
Bikes winner
Sam Sunderland Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Quads winner
Sergey Karyakin Yamaha
Trucks winner
Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov Kamaz-Master
UTV's winner
Leandro Torres Lourival Roldan Polaris
Crews
317 at start, 227 at finish
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.
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Global Information
Paraguay, 
Argentina and 
Bolivia
Stéphane Peterhansel
Sam Sunderland
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Sergey Karyakin
Yamaha
Leandro Torres
Polaris